Well I thought that was that BUT the wife has softened and allowed my to buy another engine.
I've been looking for a scrapper for free but its cost me £20 plus £20 in diesel and my new friend who drove got a corn mill for £30 that is fantastic but I couldn't take that on myself. So it balanced out well.
So this engine was seized up and all the tin work is totally rotten so unusable but it has turned into a treasure trove of parts.
I got it turning and now there just remains a stuck exhaust valve, this will free off with plus gas.
The carburettor despite being in a sorry state will come up like near new. I found that it left the factory faulty as the float chamber drain hole had not been drilled far enough to connect with the drain tap
(best of English Engineering)
I believe due to the above that this engine breathed its final breath due to dirty fuel and fouled up carb after almost 30 yrs then was abandoned for the next 30. So it has only had half a life and as a reward for this all the internals are pretty damn fantastic!
I figure there are many hundreds of pounds of parts here after I spend very many hours harvesting them. For certain I will be fusing the best of my two engines into one Prime unit
then looking for the missing parts to build up a reserve.
Even this head gasket it worth £15
Yes they are meant to be re used if un damaged.
Pretty fantastic condition magneto drive after I cleaned it up. Easy money