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<blockquote data-quote="john998" data-source="post: 53443" data-attributes="member: 289"><p>Hello, about 15 years ago I stripped and rebuilt one of these for Mark Goodson. It is a very interesting engine, 3 cylinders, 6 pistons, 2 cranks chained together</p><p>to give asymmetrical port timing ( it is a 2 stoke). The middle cylinder is a double acting pump supplying fuel/air to the outer power cylinders. </p><p>The hand starter works through a fierce sized spring to spin the engine, the hand leaver has a Vincent kick start serration, this hand lever was missing so I used a spare</p><p>kick start lever to turn the engine over. The electrics were all aircraft quality, screened to stop interference as the boat was to have a radio. The hand starter was only a back up I think.</p><p>It was set up for economy as it had to be capable of a given range as dropped form the aircraft, usually a Hudson.</p><p>There is an article that about the rebuild in MPH. This engine went to Denver some time after completion, there was a overhaul write up supplied by the military with the engine when I had it, sadly I did not think to copy it. John.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="john998, post: 53443, member: 289"] Hello, about 15 years ago I stripped and rebuilt one of these for Mark Goodson. It is a very interesting engine, 3 cylinders, 6 pistons, 2 cranks chained together to give asymmetrical port timing ( it is a 2 stoke). The middle cylinder is a double acting pump supplying fuel/air to the outer power cylinders. The hand starter works through a fierce sized spring to spin the engine, the hand leaver has a Vincent kick start serration, this hand lever was missing so I used a spare kick start lever to turn the engine over. The electrics were all aircraft quality, screened to stop interference as the boat was to have a radio. The hand starter was only a back up I think. It was set up for economy as it had to be capable of a given range as dropped form the aircraft, usually a Hudson. There is an article that about the rebuild in MPH. This engine went to Denver some time after completion, there was a overhaul write up supplied by the military with the engine when I had it, sadly I did not think to copy it. John. [/QUOTE]
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