Thank you for your reply.
I think I'm going to break this one for spares and look at getting a newer engine. I don't think the boat will be ready until next summer now anyway, so no rush

A couple of pics of the motor. I have also put a new fuel filter on since this pic was taken.

A couple more of my project and the plate

(Sorry, still trying to get the hang of this forum lol)

This is my Windsor project...

Good morning all. I've bought this boat recently as a project. To me it looks like it has good potential. A good hull, but as posted earlier in this thread it does have a wooden floor. In the process of building some rear seats for it, but going to buy some front ones and put padded coversed panels ...

Good morning all. I have recently purchased a bit of a classic boat, which came with a bit of a classic outboard. It is apparently a Volvo Penta 250. I have tried starting it and discovered one of the plugs has stripped the thread in the head so I have had a helicoil fitted and that is fine now, and...