Greetings,
I just joined the group so thanks for having this group.
I just bought an old wooden boat with inboard engine (one cylinder). It
has no electric system so it starts by turning a crank.
I bought it as a hobby - something to do in the dark and cold winter
evenings.
I want to open the motor and refurbish it. It is "Fredrikstad Mekaniske
Verksted" from Norway. The producer is long closed down.
Can anybody tip me if there exist drawings or parts for such old
engines?
Thanks for replies
Kamil

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On 22 Sep 2006 08:44:13 -0700, "kamil" wrote:

Greetings,
I just joined the group so thanks for having this group.
I just bought an old wooden boat with inboard engine (one cylinder). It
has no electric system so it starts by turning a crank.
I bought it as a hobby - something to do in the dark and cold winter
evenings.
I want to open the motor and refurbish it. It is "Fredrikstad Mekaniske
Verksted" from Norway. The producer is long closed down.
Can anybody tip me if there exist drawings or parts for such old
engines?
Thanks for replies

Oh - good question.

When I was in my twenties, I became interested in one lung flywheel
engines which is a similar engine in concept. Working on them is
really a case of what you can machine or parts that you can adapt to
the engine - in particular with engines that are no longer produced.

You might want to look around at antique engine groups in your area
(and there are a ton of them - they are quite the hobby) and see if
any have engines similar to yours. There are also several active one
lung flywheel engine groups on Usenet that might be able to help.

I looked around on the 'net because I found this interesting. Apparently
"Fredrikstad Mekaniske Verksted" is (was) a large shipyard of sorts. I
didn't find anything on small engines of the name. I assume it's a one lung
diesel. The good thing is that all should need to run is fuel, air and some
serious cranking to get it primed.

Eisboch

Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On 22 Sep 2006 08:44:13 -0700, "kamil" wrote:

Greetings,
I just joined the group so thanks for having this group.
I just bought an old wooden boat with inboard engine (one cylinder). It
has no electric system so it starts by turning a crank.
I bought it as a hobby - something to do in the dark and cold winter
evenings.
I want to open the motor and refurbish it. It is "Fredrikstad Mekaniske
Verksted" from Norway. The producer is long closed down.
Can anybody tip me if there exist drawings or parts for such old
engines?
Thanks for replies

Oh - good question.

When I was in my twenties, I became interested in one lung flywheel
engines which is a similar engine in concept. Working on them is
really a case of what you can machine or parts that you can adapt to
the engine - in particular with engines that are no longer produced.

You might want to look around at antique engine groups in your area
(and there are a ton of them - they are quite the hobby) and see if
any have engines similar to yours. There are also several active one
lung flywheel engine groups on Usenet that might be able to help.

It's probably not a flywheel engine, where it fires only when the
flywheel slows down.

Eisboch wrote:
"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On 22 Sep 2006 08:44:13 -0700, "kamil" wrote:

Greetings,
I just joined the group so thanks for having this group.
I just bought an old wooden boat with inboard engine (one cylinder). It
has no electric system so it starts by turning a crank.
I bought it as a hobby - something to do in the dark and cold winter
evenings.
I want to open the motor and refurbish it. It is "Fredrikstad Mekaniske
Verksted" from Norway. The producer is long closed down.
Can anybody tip me if there exist drawings or parts for such old
engines?
Thanks for replies

Oh - good question.

When I was in my twenties, I became interested in one lung flywheel
engines which is a similar engine in concept. Working on them is
really a case of what you can machine or parts that you can adapt to
the engine - in particular with engines that are no longer produced.

You might want to look around at antique engine groups in your area
(and there are a ton of them - they are quite the hobby) and see if
any have engines similar to yours. There are also several active one
lung flywheel engine groups on Usenet that might be able to help.

I looked around on the 'net because I found this interesting. Apparently
"Fredrikstad Mekaniske Verksted" is (was) a large shipyard of sorts. I
didn't find anything on small engines of the name. I assume it's a one lung
diesel. The good thing is that all should need to run is fuel, air and some
serious cranking to get it primed.

Eisboch

Don't forget decent compression!

Thanks for all replies.

Shortwave Sportfishing: I did not even know the term "one lung flywheel
engine" now I have something to Google.

Eisboch: FMV was the biggest employer in the region. The word
"outsorcing" was not invented then so they manufactured everything in
the ship. Big engines, ship furniture, everything. They apparently had
a small engine workshop too.

basskisser: I am not familiar with the terms but the engine fires at
every revolution.

Best
Kamil