Wednesday 4 December 2019

Achilles Last Stand Part 2 - bottom lift??

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

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