[SEL] Another engine recovered

[Russell Gilbert]

Hi Patrick, that man Ronald Sulivan is a very very sick man and the last 
thing that he needs is help to source and further deepen this dreadfull and 
uncureable attachment to junk!

by the way they run reeeeeaaal bloody nice them 11horse ronnies!
cheers, Russ


At 12:36 PM 12/03/2006 +1100, you wrote:
>We went for a little drive yesterday to recover another engine from the
>wilds. I drove 1200km and was away from home for 17 hours to bring home
>Ron's new toy, an 11hp Austral Oil Engine.
>The engine has been partially dismantled and all the brass stolen for scrap.
>We took both of our Nissans and both trailers as it is a substantial engine
>and just a little too big for one trailer. We used the ramps and winch to
>load the large transport wheels and the massive flywheels into my trailer
>and used Ron's little crane to load the engine itself and the front
>axle/turntable assembly into Ron's trailer. The engine itself without the
>flywheels is almost 8 foot long!
>The major bits missing are the transport rails, one axle, and all the
>bearings. Any one got any parts for an 11hp Austral?
>It was a long day but very successful :)
>Patrick
>
>Patrick M Livingstone
>Leichhardt NSW
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Russell Gilbert
Sunny Sunraysia
russell at ncable.com.au
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