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...that bit should be hot
you can run a mechanical pump on the engine
but it only pumps when the engine's running
I quite like to get the cooling going before there's any heat around
so I've got a very small electrical pump in the seacock over there
but I've got the water flowing
and I will now check everything is off to start with
I've got some pressure
I shall turn the gas on at the source
I've got a bit of crosswind at the moment
so my little lighter might get blown out
but I shall try and get a flame
oh, I've got a flame
eh, that was well behaved
sometimes they go pop
have I got a flame?
I think I've got a flame
But I can't see anything.... it's ignited
this one is usually the one that misbehaves
and it pops
like that
I've got a flame... Hooray!
And that just acts as a cooker, does it?
Yes, it is a gas hob
I've got three of them
and, um
life is less busy if you've only got one of them
like that one over there
right... that end's cooking
this end's cool
that is the starter motor
I'll take it over the compression
which is usually two or so to one
maybe two and a half
as it turns into an engine
so it takes less effort for me to turn it over
I can do it with two fingers
it's becoming an engine
and away it goes!
so I'm not exactly deafened by the noise
there are no explosions
'cos it's the external combustion engine