Re: 1939 Sea King / Thor barrel test

[JOHN D.]

I was inspired to run my motor yesterday. Something I noticed with this motor is before putting back into storage, turn the motor upside down to drain the water out of the cylinder. I think the check valves work too good on these motors and don’t allow the water to drain out. The drain pipe is also a little lower coming out of the water jacket causing an air space above the cylinder. This may explain why it is so hot there.