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With several other projects out of the way, I've been able to get back on to the Hurricane.

Spent a lot of time reworking the trunk and transom brackets, and although not perfect, I reckon they've come up better OK. I don't have a bead blaster or anything like that so the aluminium was attended to with a wire brush (larger areas) and a dremel (hard to get at areas). All nuts and bolts etc are original, just cleaned up with a wire wheel on the drill press. Literally countless hours spent on these parts.

Refinishing the chrome trunk and carry handle was pretty simple. All that was neded was a once over with some metal polish and extra fine steel wool. A few dents and scratches remain, but that adds to the character in my opinion.





With that out of the way, it was time to start the reassembly. The power head (engine), lower dust cover and carry handle are secured by the 4 engine bolts and are therefore fitted together.









Searching various vintage outboard and mower forums, I stumbled across a post by a gentleman stating he had just purchased a manual for a previously unknown Hurricane Engine on Ebay. With nothing to lose, I made contact with him and he kindly provided a scanned copy. Turned out to be for exactly this engine (Hurricane model 200) and answered question I had about spark plug and points gaps etc. It also contained some exploded view drawings which will come in handy for identification of any missing parts.



Haven't got around to setting the gaps yet, but thought I'd drop the flywheel on regardless, just to see how she looks so far.





More later.