Day 189, Engine mount angles painted, work on fresh water cooning, engine compartment fit.

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Engine 

Fitting fresh water pump to engine.

Cut and built new flat front lid to engine head from 12mm steel.

Built another plate to accommodate water pump to the place. Before cut/drill/tap  plate I prototyped it with plywood head lid and lexan pump plate.

 

 Belt positioning check and required belt length prototyping. Copper wire used as extender.

Parts final  cut.
 
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Check with real belt
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Parts painted  and waiting installation
 
 

Manual starter 

Drilled handle side sprocket shaft for the pin. Actually appeared not easy task - Shaft is made from HSS does not easy task. I had heat it up to red and slowly cooled down, then I was able to drill it.
 
Another piece - handle. Idea to make adapter to winch handle to use it as starter handle as well.
I took piece of thick wall pipe 29x19 (5mm wall) drill it to 20 inside, then add slot for the pin on the sprocket shaft on one side and weld adapter for winch handle on other,
 
I model it and order on JLCPCB.com 3/d printed in stainless ($24) - will see how it works.

 

Engine fit check

Measuring engine compartment. Pictures for the reverence

 


Quick scratch

Little modeling. Sits not bad.








 

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