Universal Marine Utility 4

Oh, the wonders of eBay. In September 2007, Jim was keeping an eye on an interesting little marine engine, and won it for a monsterous £2.20! £40-worth of diesel later, and one of those great eBay meetings with a really interesting seller, the engine was home. Seller information gave it as a Universal boat engine, from the 20s - 30s, and the internet narrowed it down further to a Universal Marine Utility 4.
Jim started work on it immediately, which was probably for the best as the rusty water inside looked fresh, probably from flooding earlier this summer. A project probably best described as "a challenge".

Head off to reveal a lot of fresh rust

Clean-up operation begins

Distributor

Inside the head

Work in progress

Valves mostly out

There's always one!

Soaking the bores

Distributor

Some work required

Clean up progressing well

Looking more like a distributor ... even if non functioning

Flywheel and starting motor

Carburettor

Water pump on end of dynamo

Waterpump, dynamo, distributor

Just to prove the pistons move

See - the pistons have swapped!

Universal Marine plate, with UK plate screwed on top

Engines restored by Jim

Webdesign by Dolly


Head off to reveal a lot of fresh rust	Clean-up operation begins		Distributor

Inside the head	Work in progress	Valves mostly out	There's always one!

Soaking the bores	Distributor	Some work required	Clean up progressing well

Looking more like a distributor ... even if non functioning			Flywheel and starting motor

Carburettor	Water pump on end of dynamo	Waterpump, dynamo, distributor

Just to prove the pistons move	See - the pistons have swapped!	Universal Marine plate, with UK plate screwed on top