As mentioned, the plan was to remove all the home modifications and photograph for the experts at AOMCI to see and provide their comments, the webmaster is yet to set up my account so I'm stuck waiting.
Removed parts include magneto and exhaust.
You can see that they had gone to quite a bit of trouble to fit the magneto. Interesting to note however is that is was no way to advance/retard ignition timing, and hence way to vary the speed as far as I could tell anyway. The sad part is that to make this and the rope start function they've had to drill and tap holes into the flywheel to make it all work, which creates a problem for me now.
The silencer may in fact be original to models 1909-1913 but I don't think it will be salvageable anyway.
Another interesting mod is this choke assembly that's been added between the barrel and carburettor. Kind of looks like original equipment there, but clearly not once it was cleaned up.
The fuel tank has also had a section removed (presumably due to rust) and a repair/modification made which means the carb does not connect quite as it should.
An adaptor has ben fitted between the spark plug and barrel/head, presumably to allow more readily accessible spark plugs to be used. Finding out the spark plug type will confirm the afore-mentioned or give clues as to another modification possibly made due to a bad thread etc.
There's broken bracket in the tilt assembly that will need to be repaired or replaced. This assembly also gives some clues as to the manufacturing year range.
Research confirms there are at least two versions of the reversing gearfoot. What we see here however is water pick up (section above the ring with the holes) is incorrectly mounted forward instead aft of the main trunk. The fixing screws need to be loosened and the whole lot just rotated 180 degrees.
A closer look at the serial number and section of the flywheel. This particular flywheel design appears to be limited to the 1914 year only. The serial number also suggests 1914 build however the Model B reference implies there should be no reversing gearfoot. Problem is the more I look, the more I'm convinced the reversing gearfoot is original to this particular outboard. So the questions are; was the wrong plate fitted during the original build, has the tank (and hece ID tag) been replaced at some stage etc etc.
Anyway, this will give some clues as to where we finished for the day. I'm yet to separate the barrel from the crank case, but can say also rotates very smoothly and without any odd noises, the compression feels good, and previous owner had the foresight to semi-fill barrel with oil before putting in to storage.
More later.
Regards,
S
) so there hasn't been too much progress made to the RBM over the last week or so.
