Gardner Diesel Engines Tue Oct 04 2022 - Howard Evans

Gardner of Patricroft - Diesel Engines of Distinction Presenters: Howard Evans
Synopsis: For over a century, L Gardner and Sons built a reputation for superbly engineered electrical and mechanical products including industrial goods, machine tools and internal combustion engines. Latterly this was enhanced by the excellence of their L3, LW and LX range of diesel engines that found widespread application both nationally and abroad. The reputation of these engines for high durability and class leading fuel economy was unsurpassed for decades.
The presentation will include reference to the key personnel involved, the products, customers and applications and then the changing market conditions that ultimately brought the demise of the original company.
However, the reputation and products live on in a number of bespoke applications and these will be reviewed to bring the story up to date.

[@sylviageldeard1639]

Injection pumps were originally by Robert Bosch then by CAV. 28:03 mounted on the Gardner cambox otherwise all parts apart from the crankshafts which were supplied by Kirkstall Forge and were machined by Gardner on Gardner designed and built machines.
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[@matui6983]

Best of the best. Own a lot of them and service plus rebuild Gardners as my job along with my 2 brothers.

[@solomon2611]

You failed to mention that travelling showmen used them for many years as generators and are still using them to this day

[@dfwc]

Hi all. Great into from Gardner, at the moment I am rebuilding an 8/LW that has been lying out in the rain for many years, did my apprenticeship on a number of diesel and petrol engines especially the 6/LWs driving air compressors great learning time, that was 60 years ago.

[@a40a40]

Brilliant & very informative. Such a shame about the microphone noise.

[@FZ1nbiker]

Great talk thank you! I have used many small tugs and workboats with Gardner engines and they a great machines. there have been some very odd set ups in marine use. I have seen an 8LW with 2X 6 LW going into a three input gearbox out to one shaft. 4 fitted transverse with hydraulic pumps driving a hydraulic motor on to one shaft! Its a shame we won't see the like again