Thanks,
Mike
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- Tue Jan 06, 2015 2:19 pm
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Photos vanished
- Replies: 8
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- Tue Jan 06, 2015 12:18 am
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Photos vanished
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5590
Photos vanished
Is it just my computer?
All the photos have gone. When I click on the blocks, it says image no longer available.
All the photos have gone. When I click on the blocks, it says image no longer available.
- Mon Jan 05, 2015 8:13 pm
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Serial Number Identifier
- Replies: 99
- Views: 103488
Re: Serial Number Identifier
John, The flywheel itself is totally enclosed. There is a small blue plastic disc in the top of the part of the flywheel where the rope starter is wound. The tank is steel, oblong, and covered in what seems to be blue plastic. The engine is in very good condition and runs well. It was an executor sa...
- Mon Jan 05, 2015 5:48 pm
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Serial Number Identifier
- Replies: 99
- Views: 103488
Re: Serial Number Identifier
My 40 minus has the number
EF 195 BB3
The engine identifier says made in 1973.
BUT directly underneath, it says that EF engines were made in the 1980's
Confused.
EF 195 BB3
The engine identifier says made in 1973.
BUT directly underneath, it says that EF engines were made in the 1980's
Confused.
- Mon Dec 22, 2014 11:43 pm
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Sunday Cruising
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6970
Re: Sunday Cruising
Thanks Adrian.
I have a 2.4 meter at the moment but find it too small.
Mike
I have a 2.4 meter at the moment but find it too small.
Mike
- Mon Dec 22, 2014 1:04 am
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Sunday Cruising
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6970
Re: Sunday Cruising
Could you please tell what boat you have, size and type of floor?
Mike
Mike
- Sun Nov 09, 2014 11:41 am
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: thrust and bhp
- Replies: 32
- Views: 17188
Re: thrust and bhp
What I have difficulty with is that the 40 power head coupled to a 40 minus leg and propeller will produce (allegedly) 45 lbs. thrust.
Swap the same power head onto a 40 plus leg and the power apparently climbs to 55 lbs.
Swap the same power head onto a 40 plus leg and the power apparently climbs to 55 lbs.
- Mon Oct 06, 2014 12:09 am
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Just so that you all know
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3969
Re: Just so that you all know
Is that why the featherweight is only quoted at 45lbs, but the same engine with 40 plus leg is quoted at 55lbs?Adrian Dale wrote:Change the pitch/diameter of the prop and change the bollard pull.. there are many variables in this type of testing
AJ
- Sat Oct 04, 2014 9:34 pm
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Just so that you all know
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3969
Just so that you all know
On the weekend I tested a 1983 Mariner 2 hp on flat water in a cutting off the Thames.
It developed a bollard pull of 50 lbs.
It developed a bollard pull of 50 lbs.
Re: oil leak
Thanks Charles. I was wrongly advised and bought 90 oil, I have 140 on order. My guess is that the 'leak' was unburnt oil from the combustion chamber gathered in the exhaust. I have now used the engine quite a bit and can say that I am a convert. Seagulls obviously have their draw backs, mainly leak...
- Wed Sep 24, 2014 8:59 pm
- Forum: Help
- Topic: Leaking fuel cap
- Replies: 15
- Views: 10506
Re: Leaking fuel cap
Charles, Yes my new top washer is some sort of fibre, but as I say, it is not thick enough. I don't know whether my fuel cap is defective, but it seems fairly new. If you take the washer off and tighten the screw, it does not go all the way down leaving a 1.3mm gap. Because the washer is only 1.3 mm...
- Sun Sep 21, 2014 8:10 pm
- Forum: Help
- Topic: Erratic RPM Forty Featherweight.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8377
Re: Erratic RPM Forty Featherweight.
Did you look at the plug?
I would not be surprised if it was white.
I had a similar situation with a Mariner 2hp. Turned out that the air screw on top of the tank cap was getting obstructed.
I would not be surprised if it was white.
I had a similar situation with a Mariner 2hp. Turned out that the air screw on top of the tank cap was getting obstructed.
- Fri Sep 19, 2014 9:30 pm
- Forum: Help
- Topic: Leaking fuel cap
- Replies: 15
- Views: 10506
Re: Leaking fuel cap
Charles , I did, as explained above, the new washer etc. could not work satisfactorily
- Wed Sep 17, 2014 1:56 am
- Forum: Help
- Topic: Leaking fuel cap
- Replies: 15
- Views: 10506
Re: Leaking fuel cap
Phil, That is very kind of you but no need. The rubber washer is still steeping in petrol with no ill effect so far. As for Sikaflex, it is a polyurethane mastic and is so effective that they say 'It will stick ice to water!' It does not dissolve in anything, so when building campervans etc. if you ...
- Tue Sep 16, 2014 3:40 pm
- Forum: Help
- Topic: Leaking fuel cap
- Replies: 15
- Views: 10506
Re: Leaking fuel cap
Phil,
I am testing this rubber washer, so far, so good but I suspect that it will not hold up long term.
Plan B is to make a sheet of 2mm thick Sikoflex between two oiled sheets of glass and use that!
I am testing this rubber washer, so far, so good but I suspect that it will not hold up long term.
Plan B is to make a sheet of 2mm thick Sikoflex between two oiled sheets of glass and use that!