things you find in the rubbish...!

[discowhite]

a normal day for me..going through some boxes sorting out whats to be recycled..and i come across a box that says Rolls-Royce/merlin
this could be interesting!
crap thats a heavy box,
inside is a 400mm dia bearing
from the FAG part number on it all i get is a listing to an aerospace bearing mob..? so i wonder where it comes from in a merlin? if, thats what it for?

BNIB

i really should find a home for it, get it to someone who could use it as i reckon its worth a weeks wages or two!
anybody with contacts?

cheers phil

[p38arover]

Try Temora Aviation Museum:

Temora Aviation Museum

[LandyAndy]

Surely the RELMR people would have contacts.
Andrew

[justinc]

What a find Phil!

Give a Spitfire, Lancaster or Mosquito restorers 'club' a call, they may be looking for just this part to get one going again!!

JC

[harry]

just you hang ten there phil,
don't chuck anything old aeroplane'ish away.
this might just be a jigger that was scrapped due to an improved bit coming along, or the real mc'koy.
can you send me some better pics, and i can have a look and point you in the direction of some possible recipients.

i should point out that the part no. sticker and the cable ties don't give me much enthusiasm as to it being what it sounds like it should be.

also can't see anything on a merlin that would be 16 inches dia.

what else is called a merlin nowadays?

[85 county]

Easy

Out put bearing, reduction drive, top. Big dia to counter act the gyroscopic effect of the prop. There is nothing else in there that big. Add to that there were so many Mks with so many both major and minor changes. Being in aussie I would suspect its from a 61, but I have never rebuilt a 61

IE just behind the prop, there are 2 of them if I remember correctly.

The reduction drive was always a bit of a week point, well the casting was.

pity all the Australian spits got shot down or wrecked ( mostly) totally useless in the pacific.
And the aussie built Mosquitoes were done so with steel nails, Which rusted.

poms used copper or brass or some thing??

[85 county]

oh and I forgot, basically worthless with out the docs. may be of interest for a static display build up on a failed block but then these bearings don’t fail as a rule, well not unless the pilot tried to use it as a post hole borer

BUT DOINT BIN IT, ITS HISTORY

[aew849]

Don't forget the crabs at RAAF Point Cook for their museum aircraft. Merlins were also in Mustangs (Allison licence built the engine too!).

Otherwise Temora would snap it up!!

aew849

2004 130 DCPU The Truck
2007 Disco3 SE 2.7...

[discowhite]

just you hang ten there phil,
don't chuck anything old aeroplane'ish away. i wasnt i rescued it for the rubbish
this might just be a jigger that was scrapped due to an improved bit coming along, or the real mc'koy.
can you send me some better pics, and i can have a look and point you in the direction of some possible recipients.
will do..soon

i should point out that the part no. sticker and the cable ties don't give me much enthusiasm as to it being what it sounds like it should be.
im dubious too as the sticker has jun 2006 on it, but the pt#'s are etched into all the parts...so who knows..

also can't see anything on a merlin that would be 16 inches dia.

what else is called a merlin nowadays?

cheers phil

[isuzurover]

oh and I forgot, basically worthless with out the docs.

Aren't there plenty of Merlins still in use on race boats???

Without docs the part may still be of interest to boaties using merlins.