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Kjell �ke Persson
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Posted on Wednesday, August 31, 2016 - 01:50 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Can somebody tell me what this is ? I have the whole kit as in the logotype.

GrayGray II
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Jim Parrott
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Posted on Wednesday, August 31, 2016 - 09:46 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

That is a Gray Model S. Very nice, I haven't seen one with a magneto.
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Kjell �ke Persson
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Posted on Thursday, September 01, 2016 - 05:55 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Thanks for Your answer. It's marked with what looks like "L&F" above the exhaust, do You know what that means? Gray III
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Kjell �ke Persson
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Posted on Thursday, September 01, 2016 - 06:25 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

On the opposite side. Gray IV
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Kjell �ke Persson
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Posted on Thursday, September 01, 2016 - 06:26 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

On the opposite side. Gray IV
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Jim Parrott
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Posted on Thursday, September 01, 2016 - 07:42 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Kjell,

I am not sure about the L&F, but probably just a foundry marking. The 11 in your S/N should be the year.

Mine has a threaded flange bolted to the engine for the exaust. the inlet should have a check valve and carburetor.

Jim
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Kjell �ke Persson
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Posted on Thursday, September 01, 2016 - 08:37 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

That old ! I picked everything made of iron from whats left of the wooden boat. Gray VGray VI
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Kjell �ke Persson
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That old ! I picked everything made of iron from whats left of the wooden boat.
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Jim Parrott
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Posted on Thursday, September 01, 2016 - 09:18 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

That's a great find, you even have a reversible propeller. Do you have a picture of the boat it came out of?

Jim
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Kjell �ke Persson
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Posted on Thursday, September 01, 2016 - 10:28 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I don't have any photos, sorry for that but I was tog excited I suppose to think clearly. But it looked like this smaller one. It's 5 meters but the other was about 8. Gray VII
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Jim Parrott
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Posted on Thursday, September 01, 2016 - 10:35 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Nice old boat, thanks for posting.

Jim
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Robert
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Posted on Thursday, September 01, 2016 - 11:25 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Fantastic find, congratulations. Do you have any photos of the original boat we could see?

The boat you show, was it built as a sailboat or a powerboat? I don't see any sign of a shaft or propeller or stuffing box. It almost looks like someone added to the keel to make her a sailboat?

Is the magneto mount part of the cylinder casting or added later do you think?

Used in fresh water or was there a closed cooling system?

Original paint on the engine? If so, might be a good idea to keep it and just wipe with linseed oil to restore the colour.
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Kjell �ke Persson
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Posted on Thursday, September 01, 2016 - 12:45 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

No photos but perhaps is there something left of it. Someone added about two inches to the keel, it should have been about one. This is a norwegian boat about a hundred years old. The other was swedish but built the same way. This is built for rowing -two pairs- and an small engine. Bigger boats often had all three types. Fresh water. Original paint as far as I understand. I must take a closer look at the magneto but it looks very "original".Gray VIIIGray I X
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miro forest
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Nice to see that you have managed to find one of the most complete gray engines.
It even has the small spring chain to couple the oiler and the crankshaft - still in one piece.
The engine was just in the time period of transition from gas to gas/oil mix.
It appears that you even have the glass sight tube fr the oiler .
But please, if you do restore it and run it - use a 25:1 gas / oil mix
Some of Richard D's Grays of the same era have gib keys instead of a nut holding the flywheel to the crankshaft.

I think your crankshaft probably has couterweights to help make it run smoother.

Is your engine seized or is it free to turn?

miro
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Kjell �ke Persson
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Posted on Saturday, September 03, 2016 - 03:15 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Thank You for Your kind words and information about my engine !
The Gray is in very good condition, everything works and I belive it would start if I tried. I love the sound of an old one- cylinder ! For the moment I'm trying to date the American Bosch magneto.
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Kjell �ke Persson
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Posted on Sunday, September 04, 2016 - 02:49 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The one that started it all ...one-cylinder in pocket size.

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Robert
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Posted on Monday, September 05, 2016 - 12:25 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Cute little motor; what is it? Had a chain-drive starter or is that a power-take-off of some kind?

The lubricator on the Gray is a "Detroit" I believe. I have some literature on them if of interest to others here.
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Kjell �ke Persson
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It,s a swedish Meteor from 1919-24. It has a chaindriven SEM magneto.
Any information about the Gray is worth a lot to me !
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Kjell �ke Persson
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Posted on Thursday, September 08, 2016 - 05:32 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The magneto was not an easy nut to crack. But that is perhaps the fun with this hobby. It never gets boring. Here is a picture of a very common swedish engine from 1948 Albin 02 not exactly an exciting thing. Albin 02
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Robert
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Posted on Thursday, September 08, 2016 - 10:10 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

How about some Drotts & Bolinders? We see a few of those out here, and the odd Wichmann! ;-)
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Kjell �ke Persson
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Posted on Friday, September 09, 2016 - 06:08 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I like hot bulb music !
Norway have had 152 marine engine makers through the years. ....Sweden a lot too.
Look for Seffle on the net. They are nice.
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Robert
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Posted on Friday, September 09, 2016 - 10:55 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Sounds like you should write the book! ;-)

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