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Hi PJ. The Ruston was bought around 1976 (ish), it was the spare for the Isle of wight, Cowes, Chain-link ferry (floating bridge) and has been in my friends possession (whom I'm advertising it for as he's in his 70's and even more of a technophobe than me), up-until 6 years ago it was stored in a garage, but has since been stored in a yard, under cover, adjacent his mooring on the river Medina. It was stripped and rebuilt 2 years ago and runs, fine, although the pump, which isn't the original, could do with being independently stripped or replaced as it was "none too clever", as my friend puts it. Unfortunatly the gauge got damaged, but not the end of the world with that. The manifolds are both there and there are at least 2 new heads and injectors in the box of spares, which we'll dig out to take pictures of, sorry we didn't have more complete pictures to put up, but we just took a few snaps as we were clearing the yard and popped them up to see if there was any interest. We haven't gone so far as to stick it all back together and get it purring, but...it's certainly not ceased within the last 2 years and still turns by hand, we just haven't had the time to focus on it as a priority, so perhaps I've advertised it a wee bit prematurely, however...my friend assures me that this lump will run, no problem, Anyone interested is more than welcome to come and inspect it and spin it over and anyone is free to message me for my friends phone number for a more detailed and personable chat, other than that, then please......feel free to as *any* questions you feel are relevant. It was myself that suggested this site as the folk tend to (or at least appear to) be more artisanal and appreciative in their approach to quality engineering and the practical use of it. My friend is 'old school' you see and he'd rather it went to such folk rather than simply flinging it on the 'market' for any old 'merchant' to send it through the £'s multiplier, it wouldn't take all that much to get this thing close to pristine, painted up and flogged for top dollar, but that wasn't really the intention. Many thanks.

Hi Billh. Here's the gearbox on offer.

I hope these come through, would like to upload them all, but not sure how as the capacity appears limited, however...I must confess.....I haven't the foggiest what I'm doing! How's that folks? Many thanks.

Hi Madcat. Working on it, not quite sure just as to how. Thanks. .

Hi Mike. You're quite correct, my bad, it is indeed a 3VRHZ. Sadly, as altruistic as one would like to be, it's up for sale. Thanks for pointing out the suitable category, not great on these forum things.

Hi folks. There's a Ruston RV3H looking for a new life of use for anyone interested, also a box of spares. It was the spare engine for a chain-link ferry, been sat in the yard for a few years now and it's time to pass it on. There's also a large independent gearbox, which I can't find any identification plates on, but a solid lump it is. Bit of TLC should see it right. Many thanks in advance for any interest.