I purchased some marine gear a while back, mainly to scavenge the dry sump for my meth monster project. I figured this would be as good a time as any to start a marinised grey motor thread. I know stuff-all about grey motor boats (give Harv a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach Harv to fish and he will sit around in a boat all day drinking beer). I’m hoping that some of our more nautical mates will chip in and help school me.
The marinized setup was originally owned (in the 1970’s) by a gentleman by the name of McIntosh, who owned a wreckers in Geelong. The setup was on a boat motor on an engine stand, and probably never made it into McIntosh’s boat. On the top side of the trusty grey was a Repco head and twin downdraught Webers. The engine was purchased by Ken, who stripped off the marine gear (including the dry sump) and put them into a corner of his garage. The gear has sat idle since the 70’s. The Repco-headed grey was put into Ken’s FJ, but was a little wild (and ran hot). Ken replaced the cam, and had the old one examined (I now have the cam). The cam was hard to identify at the time, with Clive from Clive Cams reckoning it was likely ground by Repco (as a special marine grind for the head). At some stage later in this thread I want to measure that cam up…it has been heavily ground, and has bugger all base circle left. Ken’s FJ (recammed) grey was replaced with a red. The grey sat for two years then was sold (including the Repco head) for $1000 to someone in Melbourne. No idea where it is now.
Anyhoo, enough about the FJ. On to the marinised bits. Attached below some photos, with what I understand.
The sump came with a collection of nuts, washers and bits (all glued into the bottom of the sump with old sump oil). After a quick clean with some dirty kero, this is what I have:
- Assorted nuts and bolts.JPG (1001.85 KiB) Viewed 1105 times
- Unusual shaft and fitting.JPG (555.04 KiB) Viewed 1105 times
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