General tinkering

[Harry]

I knew Bank holiday Monday would be a great day to spend tinkering with the Marlin, stay off the road and out the rain ( Not stopped raining all day here) Anyhow, I'm carrying on with all the little job's, it does get a bit tedious at times, I fitted my newly fabricated battery box, sorted out new wiring for the starter etc, then tried to start the engine, but never got very far, the starter would not engage the flywheel and one carb was squirting petrol all over the place, so I had another sort out this morning, I removed the starter, oiled it and freed up the shaft and gear, (Working fine now) then checked the carb ( Float valve sticking ) then had another go at starting the old lump, it did start to on the second try, so I run it for 10 minutes to see how it went, it sounds better than the original engine, no rattles and no smoke ! Just the timing and carbs to check some time. So this afternoon I replaced the brake pipes. Now it's beer time !!