[Alberg30] Atomic 4

[George Dinwiddie]

I recommend joining the Atomic 4 mailing list at Sailnet and asking 
there.  Check http://www.alberg30.org/collaborate/moin.cgi/Atomic4Engine 
for a good starting point.

  - George

RReitz6289 at aol.com wrote:
> The Group,
> At the early part of the year I enjoyed sailing. One day I came back to port 
> and all was well.The engine that could did, then a week later I came to take 
> her out and she would not start. I checked/dismantled and cleaned the 
> carburetor, cleaned and set the plugs, checked the spark, the fuel, anything I could 
> think of. I tried to start it, it would not start.
> I called in a mechanic who appeared a few days later and informed me the 
> engine was seized. He explained that I had probably turned it over to much and had 
> drawn water in through the exhaust. I went down with a pipe wrench to attempt 
> to free it up and was unsuccessful. I am now in the market for an engine 
> rebuilder, a rebuilt engine, or a place that I could work on it at. I have the 
> experience in rebuilding engines and the original Universal, Atomic Four Manual.
> Does anyone have any ideas what my problem might have been and where I could 
> turn to for my engine problem.
> I was thinking of a place in Maryland, Moyer Marine, has anyone had 
> experience with them. I understand there is also a place in Pennsylvania?
> I can be reached directly at RREITZ6289 at aol.com
> Thank you all
> Ralph Reitz
> Dances with Waves #457
> Sea Bright, New Jersey
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