PHPaul
Well-known member
Equipment
B2650, Pronovost snow blower, Landpride rotary mower, Howard tiller, box blade
The fellow that rents the barn on the property behind mine is a building contractor. I may have mentioned him before, I call him Dale the Builder.
He's all over the area on all sorts of jobs from roofing to ground-up new construction. He finds all sorts of interesting things in his travels. One day he dragged the remnants of an ultralight to me and asked me to get the engine running. That was fun, and the look on my wife's face when she saw it was priceless.
A week or so ago, he mentioned that the derelict sailboat that has sat on another of his properties for years was becoming an eyesore and he wanted to scrap it, but wanted to save the little engine in it. Yesterday, he informed me he had the engine/transmission/shaft/prop assembly out of it and wanted me to see if I could get IT running.
I went and fetched it and the associated paraphernalia attached to it. It's a Yanmar Marine one-lunger diesel, 8HP, sea water cooled.
I spent the day cleaning it up, changed the oil and filter, purged the fuel system with fresh fuel and a new filter and pulled the starter off to make sure it was free. At this point, I see no reason it won't run. Just need to build a stand to mount it to and then I'll grab a battery out of one of the tractors and give it a whirl.
Don't know that he'll actually USE it for anything (the ultralight sits under a tarp since I got it running), but he pays me for my time to check them out and it's usually something somewhat unusual and interesting.
He's all over the area on all sorts of jobs from roofing to ground-up new construction. He finds all sorts of interesting things in his travels. One day he dragged the remnants of an ultralight to me and asked me to get the engine running. That was fun, and the look on my wife's face when she saw it was priceless.
A week or so ago, he mentioned that the derelict sailboat that has sat on another of his properties for years was becoming an eyesore and he wanted to scrap it, but wanted to save the little engine in it. Yesterday, he informed me he had the engine/transmission/shaft/prop assembly out of it and wanted me to see if I could get IT running.
I went and fetched it and the associated paraphernalia attached to it. It's a Yanmar Marine one-lunger diesel, 8HP, sea water cooled.
I spent the day cleaning it up, changed the oil and filter, purged the fuel system with fresh fuel and a new filter and pulled the starter off to make sure it was free. At this point, I see no reason it won't run. Just need to build a stand to mount it to and then I'll grab a battery out of one of the tractors and give it a whirl.
Don't know that he'll actually USE it for anything (the ultralight sits under a tarp since I got it running), but he pays me for my time to check them out and it's usually something somewhat unusual and interesting.
