The engine looks to be in a "challenging" state. Once cleaned up I started to strip it down. Surprisingly, especially as this engine has spent many years in a river, nothing was seized on the engine. I could almost go as far as saying it was in good condition.
The same couldn't be said of the swim. There was extensive rust around the joint between the uxter plate and the swim, so we decided just to remove it
Gone!!
The old swim was then used as a pattern to make a new one...
Once back on The boat looked a whole lot better
A coat of blacking and things are looking up
One of the con rods in the engine was slightly warped, but this was the only replacement needed. The engine block and cylinders are now back together. Loads of progress
Once the required plating was done on the hull of Toad, a couple of coats of blacking and it is looking better
Next, the engine was removed and stripped down. The oil drained was a 50:50 mixture of oil and water, which won't have helped, however there were no major problems found
The block was given a coat of engine enamel and was re-assembled with new shells on the Crankshaft
All of the valves were ok, so they were reground into the head with new guides fitted.
Meanwhile Ian has cleaned up the shell and Toad is now looking better in primer.
