J A P Outboard Motor
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J A P Outboard Motor
Hi everyone. Evidently I should introduce myself! Frank. I am ~18 years into restoring an 1875 Steam Launch “Williamette” I never intended the job to take me into retirement! From BSC as an R&D Tiffy. Living in Great Ayton N’Yorks. I have recently been looking into the possibility of using an outboard motor as a “Get Us Home” method of propulsion. Should the Elliot Bay Triple Compound Steam Engine fail! I have had an old Seagull 40 Plus in the shed for ~ 20 years and was delighted to find it still works! I also have a JAP Air Cooled Outboard, believed to be a Sea-Bee 3? Having scoured the internet I can find very little information about this motor. The Wikipedia Page on the maker, one John, Albert, Prestwich. (Hence J.A.P.) contains no reference to their manufacturing Outboard Motors! The only numbers I can see are, ES8/1115 Stamped on the Crankcase, the Carburettor is an Amal stamped 37914 I would be very grateful for "any information" about this type of Motor.
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Re: J A P Outboard Motor
Hello Frank and to the forum.
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Re: J A P Outboard Motor
Hello and welcome!
AFAIK JAP just supplied engines to other companies rather producing complete machines. There has been some references to Sea-Bee outboards in Stationary Engine magazine in the past.
A quick search came up with this:
Spark plug - NGKB6HS, gap 0.025 in
contact breaker gap - 0.018 in
Fuel mixture - 20:1
Ignition timing - 7/64 in or 25 degrees before TDC
Bore - 46 mm
Stroke - 48 mm
The gearbox is filled with under-water grease.
AFAIK JAP just supplied engines to other companies rather producing complete machines. There has been some references to Sea-Bee outboards in Stationary Engine magazine in the past.
A quick search came up with this:
Spark plug - NGKB6HS, gap 0.025 in
contact breaker gap - 0.018 in
Fuel mixture - 20:1
Ignition timing - 7/64 in or 25 degrees before TDC
Bore - 46 mm
Stroke - 48 mm
The gearbox is filled with under-water grease.
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Re: J A P Outboard Motor
Hi Frank and welcome to the forum.
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Last edited by Woodsman on Fri Mar 31 2023, 09:57; edited 1 time in total (Reason for editing : typo)
Re: J A P Outboard Motor
Hi Frank and a warm welcome to the forum.
Please start a new thread in New Projects/Restorations when you get going.
Good luck!
Please start a new thread in New Projects/Restorations when you get going.
Good luck!
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Re: J A P Outboard Motor
Hi Frank
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To send a Private Message click on the MP button (or on envelope to send email).
To post in a topic.
Type whatever in the text box and click Preview to check and then Send to post the reply.
'Host an Image' saves the photo to our image hosting service (Servimg.com)
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Use Category to create a separate folder for a project if you wish, otherwise they will all drop into a 'root' folder.
'Insert Image' inserts a link (url) to the saved image.
Have a read of the tutorial here https://ukengineforum.forumotion.com/t9665-how-to-upload-images.
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