I would add test the kill cord does work and stops the engine.

Looking forward to it, count me in

I was taught it takes about 10 hours to run in and bed in a recon engine, initially run it at a fast idle in neutral until you get bored and the set up feels right, then start gently keep to mid range revs but don't let it labour then slowly increase revs but don't drone along at the same revs all t...

May be able to help with cables.

Still trying to get hold of some photos...not forgotten

As Puddleduck says... everyone should give their view, it's dead easy, follow the prompt in the text and click/tick your view ...ignore at your peril

Thank you both How many turns of the wheel are usual to move the outboard from one side to the other? I've just checked the set up on Colliwobble as per my sketch, the steering drum is 100mm dia and it takes just over 3/4 turn from lock to lock, bear in mind this is a little race boat and you have ...

Hopefully with this post is a sketch of the set up I've used, you'll need to adapt it a bit to suit the layout of your boat. I have a fairly large drum on the the back of the steering wheel so needed the extra pulleys to get the amount of wheel movement I wanted, I'd look to use this set up with the...

I asked my local automotive paint supplier for etch primer...no problem he says comes as a 2 pack. I used it with cellulose on top and its stayed on, even the prop paint.

There were still a few bits of Jolly boat in the Dell Quay stores when I joined them. (I think in 1969) I bought 2 of the plastic seats for a ply runabout I shared at the time. Never saw one the water, Dell Quay were just into the Dory 17 production and they produced a hardtop similar in look to the...