102 slowly coming back to life

[Horsley-Anarak]

Well you are a wood person, wooden boat no probs.

H-A

P.S.I did offer you the offsets.

What we need is 2D CNC laser cutter that will take an 8x4 sheet.

[Collector Inspector]

H-A, you have given me a chuckle Mate!

No, I do not have a tank like that.........YET!

My Minor, remember, has dents in the tank so I will get them off, panel beat the F out of them nicely as you have done and then..........Upside down!

You are Inspiration my friend!

Still have to sort the head off and try welding the jacket etc.

Regards

B

[Waggles]

I seriously advise against so modifying your tank. Obviously the tank was built for the Oz market and thus factory adjusted to work with gravity running in the opposite direction to here 'up over', reversing end caps will not only invalidate your warranty but may destroy this conditioning and cause your motion lotion to exit via the tank cap breather instead of the fuel tap.

[Collector Inspector]

Waggles!

I did beer goggle math with my reverse Polish Crapulator and you are correct! Nuts!

But!

When re-calcuemlated it turns out that if the tank shell is rotated 180 degrees (Tap on other side) it may possibly work hydronically.....so to speak.

Work in progress..........to be advised.

B

[JohnT]

Thanks to all of you for advice etc. on tank repairs. I've been away so not looked at the forum until this morning, apologies for not replying but WORK is a four letter word that has to be done. I have already said I'm no engineer so your advice is most welcome. It is now unlikely that we will be using the Seagull this year so I've now time to have a real go at it, at present it runs well in a test tank, ticks over, runs up and down the throttle with no hic-ups so it probably deserves to be done properly. As to Rosbullterier’s post on 7th September, sorry but the Austin 7 came from Durham and has nothing to do with north Devon. You people make me ashamed to even thinking of bodging the job, the pictures show what can be done. I am now easily recognisable as the one hanging my head in shame but even that’s better than getting it blown off for not finding out about the correct precautions. Good news is that one of the ship’s engineers has taken pity on a ‘driver’ and offered to do the job for me, who knows, the engineers might even convert the Seagull to run on heavy oil!

[Collector Inspector]

Do Not Stop Now!

Looking Good what you are doing Mate!

B