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by tim1920_1
Mon Jan 03, 2011 7:24 pm
Forum: Events and Racing Seagulls
Topic: Proposed Seagull Marathon early next summer 2011 May/June
Replies: 140
Views: 158092

Re: Proposed Seagull Marathon early next summer 2011 May/June

Hi Charles,i'm afraid not,well not Hayling island anyway,the furthest east i've been out of Poole is Cowes,in a Westerly.
by tim1920_1
Mon Jan 03, 2011 7:01 am
Forum: Events and Racing Seagulls
Topic: Proposed Seagull Marathon early next summer 2011 May/June
Replies: 140
Views: 158092

Re: Proposed Seagull Marathon early next summer 2011 May/June

Looks like fun,i don't mind competing or help supplying you with a another safety boat if required,not too sure about the wolf pack bit tho,always thought that was better suited to a pack of killer German u-boats Hunting the British navy etc,how about flock?
by tim1920_1
Mon Jan 03, 2011 6:43 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: crank endfloat & x stamp
Replies: 10
Views: 13061

Re: crank endfloat & x stamp

Hi Charles,ok thanks thats reasuring,i suppose to a certain extent the mentality of if it ain't broke don't fix it applies to these motors.It's funny i run two modern rally cars with approx 600hp between them that require to be connected to a laptop before they can be started,a few modern off road b...
by tim1920_1
Sun Jan 02, 2011 9:59 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: crank endfloat & x stamp
Replies: 10
Views: 13061

Re: crank endfloat & x stamp

cheers guys,i would more likely expect the figures you are quoting,but i can't find a max value in the manual so who knows? In the diagrams in the manual,there appears to be a lip on the main bearings,which i guess is a running surface to control the crank end float,maybe this lip on the lower beari...
by tim1920_1
Fri Dec 31, 2010 8:09 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: crank endfloat & x stamp
Replies: 10
Views: 13061

crank endfloat & x stamp

Hi all,my silver century plus has 3-4mm/120+ thou of endfloat when i pull the magneto flywheel up & down,no side to side just up & down.I know some endfloat is normal but is this amount excessive,the motor runs very well otherwise,is the lower crank bush worn to cause this or is it not a pro...