[SEL] Knapman Marine Engine......milk crate.

[peter ogborne]

Hey Mark ......that bloody milk crate ,where did you get that?
Looks very much like a Chapman but I don't doubt your vision.BTW.........You 
should have sent your email on the 1st April!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "blufire" <blufire at runbox.com>
To: <SEL at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 2:59 PM
Subject: [SEL] Knapman Marine Engine


> Hi everyone.
>
> Still here but been quiet.
> I went to the local scrapyard Friday and on the mound was a marine engine. 
> Had a bit of a look and kicked it on it's side and saw the last part of 
> it's name which was "man". Thought it was a Chapman engine and all the 
> one's I've seen need to be bolted to 1/2 a ton of concrete to stop them 
> jumping all over the place so walked away to look at a Fordson tractor 
> back end. On the way back I thought if it turned over I would save it and 
> hand it on to someone else. It did and then I saw the name KNAPMAN cast 
> into the cylinder. So $18 later it was on the Dodge. At home had a look in 
> the water jacket and saw new cast iron, looked up the exhaust port and saw 
> hone marks, unscrewed the remains of the sparkplug and looked on top of 
> the piston and saw new cast iron.
>
> Turns out the engine has never been run!. Aren't people wasteful?.
>
> Pictures at Webshots
> http://community.webshots.com/user/pavys
>
> Couldn't find the manifold but looking at the rust on the studs and mating 
> face don't reckon it ever had one.
>
> Anyone have any info on this engine?.
>
> Thanks
>
> Mark Pavy
> Queenstown South Australia
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