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Its a summer operation after yoove collected the winters coal dust.

Old coal dust can be used again by mixing up some flour and water paste and mixing with the coal dust, moulding in your hands into ovals firmly and left out in the sun to dry. Don't worry about hands getting black, a quick wash under the tap and they'll be so lovely and clean you won't believe. Coal is a good clenser. Before tooth paste ''Flueride'' was invented folk brushed their teeth with soot from the chimney, all lovely and sparkely.

Or a partially blocked flue pipe.

Open the door dead slowly so that the vacuum caused does not pull smoke out into the cabin.

My coal Meccano coal dryer grid.

It does.

Waterloo

I doubt theres water in the cylinders as an SR3 is air cooled, unless he left off the W from SR3. Although if he has a vertical exhaust pipe I suppose rain water may have entered the cylinders.

If you have help then with someone on the levers with someone on the starter button. You could easily make your own linkage with strips of Meccano and small nuts and bolts. Loads of cheap s/h Meccano on ebay.

Start with simples. Check engine battery terminals for cleanliness and tightness, including cable to engine mass.

Dropping down in a lock when a powerful side wind is a'blowin. Whilst down in the lock all is serene, quiet and peaceful. Then leaving the lock Wallop!!!! you find yourself blown sideways, hard onto the opposite bank, lea shore. When you know that side wind is a'blowin, whack throttle fully open when leaving the lock.

It would probably start on a low battery if you use the de-compressors, best if the three levers are linked together.