Those two plugs in the crankcase may come out at any time.
He washed out innumerable small oil pipes with gasoline, and flushed out the crankcase itself, and had at the end of his working as many small scraps of metal as would half fill a thimble.
Bell drained the crankcase beneath a sun that grew more and more hot and blistering, catching the oil in a gasoline can that he was able to empty into the main tanks.
When he had the crankcase full of oil the young man came out.
By special providence it had not struck the crankshaft, and had partly penetrated the crankcase on the other side.
The bullet had entered the aluminum crankcase of the motor and pierced it through.
Examine engine crankcase for good condition and for leaks.
When starting and warming up in cold weather, considerable vapor getting into crankcase condenses to water before crankcase is hot enough to exhaust the vapor, without inside condensation, through outside breather.
Should the crankcase breather valve be incorrectly timed, smoke will issue from the exhaust, but not as noticeably as when scavenger pump is not working.
Make sure that crankcase breather outlet and rear chain oil supply pipe are clear.
This is an indication that the scavenger pump is not draining engine crankcaseand returning oil to tank.
Make sure that crankcase breather outlet and rear chain oil feed pipe are clear.
Clean crankcase breather outlet, rear chain oil supply pipe, and grease drains in front and rear brake side covers.
Pass remaining three engine mounting bolts up from under side of frame lugs through crankcase lugs: install plain washers and castle nuts.
If engine is driven enough to getcrankcase thoroughly warmed up frequently, most of this water is again vaporized and blown out through outside breather.
Remove strap nut, lock washer, and curved washer from end of strap that clamps generator in its cradle on engine crankcase (fig.
Engine scavenger pump and crankcase breather valve are one unit, operated by worm gear located behind engine shaft pinion gear.
The crankcase was of tough aluminum alloy, and lubrication was well provided for, being kept at a constant level in the crankcase by a geared oil pump.
Rear crankcase cover and gear train: crankshaft gear drives B, which drives oil pump at F.
This type of fastening actually strengthened thecrankcase in contrast to the usual method.
Rear view of engine with rear crankcase cover removed, showing valve and injector rocker levers and injector control ring mounted on crankcase diaphram.
In this rotary motor the cylinders and crankcase revolve about the crankshaft which is stationary.
The cylinders and crankcase themselves serve as flywheel, thereby eliminating the dead weight of the usual heavy flywheel in the other types of motors, and the rotation serves to cool the engine perfectly.
All of these water-cooled engines and several standard air-cooled makes are of the reciprocating type that have stationary cylinders and crankcase while the crankshaft rotates like that of the motor boat.
The distributing valve forms a part of the crankcase as does the water intake, and the gear pump.
The cylinder barrel would then be threaded into the valve box and the whole tightened or fastened to the crankcase by means of two sets of threads, one at each end of the barrel proper.
The crankcase was drilled to provide forced-feed lubrication to the connecting rod big end and crankshaft main bearings.
The pushrod was fastened in the rocker by a pin, about which it operated, through its upper end and was positioned near the bottom by a guide in the crankcase deck.
Return to pump from each compartment of crankcase base ("sump") via gallery 10 and pipe to pump 11 underneath jacket.
The integrally cast cylinder water jackets were abandoned and the top of the crankcase was machined flat to provide a mounting deck for individual cylinders.
The camshaft for the exhaust valves (101, Figure 6), was chain driven from the crankshaft and was carried along the bottom of the crankcase in three babbit-lined bearings in bearing boxes or lugs cast integral with the case.
Since this position was determined by a metal-to-metal jam fit of the crankcase and cylinder barrel flange, the barrel would reassemble with the holes in very nearly the same relative position after disassembly.
Why the one-piece crankcase and cylinder jacket combination of the 1903 engine was abandoned for the individual cylinder construction can only be surmised.
By means of the proper webs, brackets and bosses, the crankcase would also carry the crankshaft, the rocker arms and bearings, and the intake manifold.
Breakage of the crankcase casting caused the retirement of this engine, which was not rebuilt until much later, and the pattern for this part had no doubt long since been altered to incorporate a pump.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "crankcase" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
