[Ice Breaker Tugs and Ailsa Craig Engines]

On 31/03/2021 at 14:45, Admiral said:

I put the AC in Gorse when I owned it in the late 80s. It replaced an SR2.

The gearbox went after about 6 months and was repaired quite easily.

 

The engine had hand start but was almost impossible to hand start without the use of the cotton plugs that screwed into the head, I think they were called Zundfix? Got stuck one time in the winter without any and had about 4 blokes taking turns at starting it which it finally did after about an hour!

 

 

 

Just now, Yvonne Shelley said:

On 31/03/2021 at 14:45, Admiral said:

I put the AC in Gorse when I owned it in the late 80s. It replaced an SR2.

The gearbox went after about 6 months and was repaired quite easily.

 

The engine had hand start but was almost impossible to hand start without the use of the cotton plugs that screwed into the head, I think they were called Zundfix? Got stuck one time in the winter without any and had about 4 blokes taking turns at starting it which it finally did after about an hour!

 

 

 

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Hi 

I bought Gorse a couple of years ago and she is now based on the Lancaster Canal