Lloyd,
Westerbeke used to do the cutest little 7hp diesel. THey may still do it, for
all I know.
Steve

But he did say cheap ....

"Stephen Baker" wrote in message
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Lloyd,
Westerbeke used to do the cutest little 7hp diesel. THey may still do it,
for
all I know.
Steve

Dave Flew says:

But he did say cheap ....

Cheap is a variable, as I have discovered. ;-)
My definition of cheap wouldn't allow for the westerbeke, to be sure, but for
some folks it's a drop in the bucket.
I work on the basis that if it's right for the job, it will somehow be
afforded.
Can't see the Westie making that "pocketa pocketa" sound much, though.....

Steve

From my experience, the minimum price of a Westerbeke part is about ten bucks.

David Flew wrote:

But he did say cheap ....

"Stephen Baker" wrote in message
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Lloyd,
Westerbeke used to do the cutest little 7hp diesel. THey may still do it,
for
all I know.
Steve

Jim Conlin ) writes:
From my experience, the minimum price of a Westerbeke part is about ten bucks.

do they make an engine with less than, say, 20 parts?

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ospam (Stephen Baker) wrote in message ...
Lloyd,
Westerbeke used to do the cutest little 7hp diesel. THey may still do it, for
all I know.
Steve


I think he wants a Lister or similar. I understand the feeling: I had a
Victor Coventry single cylinder, 9 HP at 900 rpm, idle at 150 rpm: you could
almost count the firing. Big monster flywheel, hand start, reliable.
I should never have sold it.
I am checking eBay regularly for old Listers but rarely see them.
I want one too just to build a boat around, love those engines.

Jacques
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Jacques ) writes:

I think he wants a Lister or similar. I understand the feeling: I had a
Victor Coventry single cylinder, 9 HP at 900 rpm, idle at 150 rpm: you could
almost count the firing. Big monster flywheel, hand start, reliable.

the Lunenburg make-and-break was a one-lunger. pretty sure it was
gasoline. there may be some still around. too bad for LS they'd be found
on the east coast.
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Jacques wrote:
ospam (Stephen Baker) wrote in message ...

Lloyd,
Westerbeke used to do the cutest little 7hp diesel. THey may still do it, for
all I know.
Steve



I think he wants a Lister or similar. I understand the feeling: I had a
Victor Coventry single cylinder, 9 HP at 900 rpm, idle at 150 rpm: you could
almost count the firing. Big monster flywheel, hand start, reliable.
I should never have sold it.
I am checking eBay regularly for old Listers but rarely see them.
I want one too just to build a boat around, love those engines.

Jacques
http://boatplans-online.com

Does it have to be diesel? I have a 5 hp hercules gas, throttle
governed, hopper cooled engine of early 1920's vintage. It weighs
about650 lbs, but it goes Chunka......chunka.....chunka.....at about
650-700 rpm.

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(Jacques) wrote in message om...
ospam (Stephen Baker) wrote in message ...
Lloyd,
Westerbeke used to do the cutest little 7hp diesel. THey may still do it, for
all I know.
Steve


I think he wants a Lister or similar. I understand the feeling: I had a
Victor Coventry single cylinder, 9 HP at 900 rpm, idle at 150 rpm: you could
almost count the firing. Big monster flywheel, hand start, reliable.
I should never have sold it.
I am checking eBay regularly for old Listers but rarely see them.
I want one too just to build a boat around, love those engines.

Heh. I have a Lister GK-2 hopper cooled engine tucked in a crate for
some future project. Can be radiator-cooled by adding a pump.Twin
cylinders, runs on petrol or kerosene, 10 HP at 1000 rpm, 15 @ 1500.
Biiiiiig heavy flywheel. Currently needs a new valve guide,
rebore/resleeve and new rings. One of these days...

Peter Wiley

you might try an old Easthope one lunger. like some of the others it will
burn gas, oil, diesel, castor oil, and i am not sure but i think it might
even burn water once started ;-)

they are a little hard to find these days but were great old engines

brian