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English diesel outboard? Please tell me they didn t use Lucas for the electrical components
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Que the warm beer jokes
The reason for the warm beer and the electrical problems is they used Smiths for their gauges


I have a 1973 BSA 441 Victor motorcycle that has Lucas, Smiths, and Amal parts on it. So aside from the fact that the shift and the brake are on the opposite sides of all other bikes, I'm plagued with
Lucas, the God of Darkness
Smiths, the God of Non-functioning
and
Amal, the only carburetor that I know of that you actually need to have raw gas pour out of the throat in order to start the engine.
Gotta love the British...
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Truthfully, in the 2-3 years I had that boat (25' John Allmand) I never had any problems with the BMW outdrive. The block cracked on me after a very cold winter and I had not drained it properly, (my fault) and that spelled the end for me and that boat, but the outdrive preformed flawlessly during that time.
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1978 16.5 Airslot w/1996 120HP Force on a Four Winns trailer
1996 V21 w/1993 200HP Mercury on a Shoreline Trailer
All towed by a 5.7L Hemi Durango.


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The reason for the warm beer and the electrical problems is they used Smiths for their gauges


I have a 1973 BSA 441 Victor motorcycle that has Lucas, Smiths, and Amal parts on it. So aside from the fact that the shift and the brake are on the opposite sides of all other bikes, I'm plagued with
Lucas, the God of Darkness
Smiths, the God of Non-functioning
and
Amal, the only carburetor that I know of that you actually need to have raw gas pour out of the throat in order to start the engine.
Gotta love the British...

Lucas makes refrigerators also
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Lucas makes refrigerators also
Yes, and Smiths makes the gauges that are used to fix the Lucas compressors... hence the warm beer. LOL
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1978 16.5 Airslot w/1996 120HP Force on a Four Winns trailer
1996 V21 w/1993 200HP Mercury on a Shoreline Trailer
All towed by a 5.7L Hemi Durango.


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Yes, and Smiths makes the gauges that are used to fix the Lucas compressors... hence the warm beer. LOL
That's funny right there, lol!
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