Posted by: "Michael Askin" [email protected] HYPERLINK Thu Jan 8, 2009 3:11 am (PST) _Snip+ Blimey - I'm hoping I can start the thing on my own! The hurricane lamp - is that just hung so that the hot air from it gets sucked into the air intake?
>General heating of the engine hole. In cold weather, an old blanket over the >engine helps - You see pictures of working boats with engine holes insulated >by old top cloths sometimes. > Make sure you clean the water-channels through the engine to ensure that > EVERYTHING drains in cold weather -I once had a lot of expense and > embarrassment with a cracked cylinder block caused by mud freezing in what I > THOUGHT was a drained engine Was that due to mud stopping parts of the engine draining? Are there access points that need to be cleared out? >> Mud freezing and pushing out a previous metallock 9?) repair to the block which gad frozen in the hard wither of 1962-63, Yes, the stove needs a good clean out, and looks like I should probably do it soon than later, but want to wait till the weather is a little more clement. I actually bought some fire cement to seal it, but it looks like that Silicone will be much better. Does anyone know where I might get some without ordering on EBay? >>Don't wait, do it as soon as you get back on the boat before you relight the stove - it takes 10 minutes top and is SO worth the effort >>A good stove supplier should do the trick. There used to be a place in harrow that sold Rayburn spares, but goodness only knows if its still going... > Thanks Ray, Mike. -- Michael Askin http://shoestring_DOT_zapto_DOT_org/
