Britannia MK II in Box

[Collector Inspector]

Ok, what have I done with the Brit..............few things.

Excess heat for transom clamps...........they work now.

Excess heat and the reverse lock mechanism .............now works

Excess heat and tilt and swivel...................now works.

Clean carby, make new throttle cable (4 bloody hours to get it right), find top dead center and replace condenser with Evinrude jobby.

Time spark to 3/16" BTDC....took maybe an hour just to do that. Wico set up a bit fiddly.

Fly wheel key from one of my Riptides so flywheel centres nicely.

OK what else is there..................

The original spark plugs Champion 17 spark like new but I have done the adaption for NGK B6ES which is mid range heat value. Twist of my hand on flywheel and "Snap Snap" sparks like new.

I am really pissed off as carb, and cable fitment is SO bloody fiddly? Only problem with these things............many beers and pacience. Bloody tiller gets in the way straight up!

There is a lot of carbon inside the engine so I will hold off removing barrels and do some chemical injection to clean it out when I fire it. QuickSilver make Magic In a Can for this.

Pics for you Below..................















Regards

B

[Collector Inspector]

And today, cleaned up the tank.



B

[Collector Inspector]

OK, about the tank. Not too good actually.

Motor is basically about, roughly 1946 -48 which is reasonable for what it is all about so we now visit "Aircraft Aluminium".

Aircraft Aluminium is basically melted down war machinery , planes mostly. Big tip is that the shit mix that these tanks were made of, while polishing nice, were not intended for marine use like we know today. Now, during the war effort request for metals to make Aluminium came from everywhere...........pots, pans, dunny doors, who knows. All in the mix etc.

When converted back..................nasty.

This tank looks OK but pics of holes and many of them. Probably why the Old Dear had an oily box. (No Charles.....the Box it came in................NUTS!)

Pin Holes everywhere..............











Solder maintenance is going to be an ongoing thing so will not be painting it up Aye.

B

[Collector Inspector]

Just a link to other...............Still the same thing progress.

http://www.saving-old-seagulls.co.uk/fo ... f=2&t=2575

B