Hello All,
Not sure if I should be here with the specialists - do feel free to boot me out onto the general lists if I'd be better there.
I've got a 1981 boat on the Macclesfield Canal near Poynton. BMC engine. After a massive amount of work including a total re-build of the engine compartment requiring the removal and re-installation of the engine, the boat was returned to its moorings by the boat repairer under its own power. The next time we tried to start it, with the repairer present, it wouldn't - but we were all in a rush to turn it round and we just hauled it with ropes without much thought assuming flat battery (despite, with hindsight, it not making the right sound for that!). Pretty certain this is a starter motor issue. Reluctant just to clump it with a rubber hammer as everything is supposedly now beautifully aligned and I don't even know if that starter motor has a bendix (I used to have to do this on two of my old cars in my youth). The person who did the work is no longer available - we were his last job and he is now longer in the area, possibly no longer in business, through no fault of his own.
Can anyone recommend an engine engineer or maintanace or repair person who could come out to the boat and advise? I was hoping my days of pulling engine bits apart were long over. It's a lovely clean boat and could be a simple job for someone who knows what they are doing.
Any recommendations?
Please!!!
Ta,
Mayflower