Alan de Enfield

Does molybdenum ring any bells ?

and, some from the 60s, and some from the 50s (when children should be seen and not heard !)

The pump should suck it thru' if the end of the pick up pipe is below the surface of the fuel.

Because of the lack of regular draining and cleaning of NB tanks the typical height of the the pick-up pipe seems to be 3" or 4" above the base. I think you may be onto a winner ! Put in 20 gallons (80 litres - 4 jerry cans) and try again.

I though there already was - presumably at some locations EBs would need a very long shore-line.

Well it would be from amazon, Try local tool and consumables suppliers £12.28 here (still more than a 'fiver' tho) TUW De-ionised Water For Battery Maintenance & Steam Irons from £0.69

Maybe it doesn't have any !

Indeed they are. We bought our Reeves NB from them. We had set out for a few days boat hunting and planned a circular route - found nothing that matched our needs and wants but called in Shobnall on the off chance - again nothing that interested us advertised on the 'wall' but the very nice lady said "I know its not a 57 footer, but we have an excellent 45 footer thats is immaculate.- we were there so decided to have a look. The condition was very good and the layout actually gave more space than some of the 57 footers we had looked at. Long story short, said "we'll have it" she said it'll take a week or so for the owner to get all his stuff out and get it properly valeted - NO, NO, NO - we are here to take it today and out came the "Aldi carrier bag" Its is amazing how the sight of that much in cash affects people - they phoned the owner who said he'd be down shortly (fortunately he lived fairly close by) so they sat us down with cups of tea and cream cakes until he had emptied the boat. Paid up, got the keys, fuelled it up and set off, SWMBO took the car and headed for home. Got as far as Sawley and the lock gates were closed - ended up stuck there for 2 weeks as the Trent was in flood. No spare clothes, no food nothing - I had only planned to be away a couple of days. Say what you will about the legality of large amounts of cash - I've found it doesn't really matter, if something is for sale, cash can buy it. All of our boats (except the £250k Cat and that is probably because it was in the EU and the owner wanted Euros.) have been bought with cash. Well he would be wouldn't he !

According to EVRI the maximum weight they will accept is 15kg. Is it different in Sweden ? I recently received a package which was 16kgs - the EVRI driver said he had the right to refuse it, but he brought it anyway - he's a good 'lad' From their website .......... Evri parcel weight limits The Evri parcel weight limit is 15kg. We base our prices on your parcel’s weight, so whether the parcel is small or large, please make sure you choose the right weight for your parcel: Postable parcels (letterbox-friendly & under 1kg) Under 1kg 1-2kg 2-5kg 5-10kg 10-15kg

The nipple is 'off centre' with a boss going to the centre of the base - is there a small horizontal hole going thru to the boss from the nipple. (it could be blocked) ?

Have you got fuel in the filter ? If you fill the filter before assembly does fuel come out of the bleed nipple if you loosen it ? Is the bleed nipple blocked ? Of course someone could just have replaced the 'correct bolt' with a nipple !

If you mean this one - it looks like a bleed nipple to drain water out of the bottom of the filter.