Saving Old Seagulls

Its todays technology that makes things more reliable and as you said , Last another 80 odd years. Clive Palmer is building the titanic 2 with modern ship building technology. Diesel engines instead of steam--Bulkheads that go all the way to the top instead of half way--Welded toghether instead of rivets. Still looks the same as the original. But better built so it shouldnt sink next time it goes and hits an ice-berg.

Interesting..

Pictures would be nice, just to see how he's got it all working again.

Looks good work Bruce.

I personally would have made an ali nose cone, or even better birmabright.

Why did he choose brass?

H-A

"Why did he choose brass?"

Absolutely no idea at this stage Mate! Probably what he had to use maybe or the thread land got longer into the casting?

He was rather more verbal about making a jig/fitment initially for the thing. I just copied and exploded the parts diagram, packed the thing up, sent to him.........and said "Help".

I owe a carton of Scotch (By expletives) just for the jiggy wiggy by the look see..............rest is free but.

Well, we will work it out I am sure. It will be useable, just a different colour?

Known him all my life so maybe we can forget the carton

B

What a shedload of work!

Given that you said the bushes were OK what was wrong with it in the first place?

What shape prop nut have you?

Just possibly you're mixing me up with the other Charles - he is definitely odd, and in some ways definitely not OK. We're not remotely similar, apart from the fact that the barmaids in my local think he's my dad.

Genuine questions. I was interested in the prop nut because the one in the photo isn't distinct. I know what shape it was before you got it because I'm quite familiar with this particular motor.

You did say earlier that the propshaft was bent but would be OK, so I was really wondering if other damage had been discovered that necessitated a new shaft - or is the new one oversize with bored bushes?

The other Charles and a couple of others have indeed been playing with gearboxes for some time. I know that their aim is to evolve a method of bringing dead boxes back to life in as authentic a manner as possible, most probably by re-sleeving the bushes (so the original shaft may be retained), possibly sleeving the casing where the thread often deteriorates (difficult with such thin walls) and making up a small batch of Birmabright front caps. All this takes time, because to bring it back as original as possible is a lengthy undertaking.

He has prop nuts available of the correct shape.

I'm sorry if you think my questions odd, I have reviewed them and I can't see why.

H-A has asked the other question that immediately comes to mind, but I guess it's better if I just don't go there.

Good Work. Im sure you will come to some sought of a compromise with the stub on the end of the nose cone. If i had it i would just machine it flat, After all its only a seagull and not a ski-race motor. Looks like its machined up for easy user freindly maintanance as well.

P-S Unusual drill set. You seem to have a complete set and nothing missing or broken

Well done very nice job. Good to see this engine is been built to use. Not another wheely bin queen. I would love to get one of these outboards for racing. I reckon some of these earlier designs have a lot of potential. Particularly the exhaust, cylinder barrel and gearbox/ exhaust housing.

The southern lot are very radical

The Tinker wrote:Well done very nice job. Good to see this engine is been built to use. Not another wheely bin queen. I would love to get one of these outboards for racing. I reckon some of these earlier designs have a lot of potential. Particularly the exhaust, cylinder barrel and gearbox/ exhaust housing.

Thanks Tink!

I rather think that racing it would be somewhat of a mismatch?

Is so small and delicate, better than rowing is the terminology I think..

The last thing to do is resize the big end con-rod slash crank-shaft as I stated earlier.

Something to twiddle while watching television................gets somewhat tedious but in this case I do not mind a bit!

B