Starting the J3 is wonderful, with a many point plan which you need to follow ... there's a marvellous video on Youtube of the starting of a [much bigger] K2, which explains things really well, and is the procedure that we have tried to follow as well as following the points from the Kelvin handbook ... the "How to start ..." video can be found here [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEaS097_tww].Now I explained that I am no engineer, and I needed therefore to find someone who knows the Kelvin engines well who can advise accordingly on the extent of the overhaul, and carry out the work as necessary. There are some names (but not many) which are mentioned within the industry, but none equal (in my opinion) to that of Dick Goble, and Dick kindly agreed to look at my engine and help me to bring it back to full working order. What Dick doesn't know about Kelvin engines simply isn't worth knowing, and over the last few months he has undertaken quite a bit of work to improve the J3. Dick's name was provided to me by Dave Moore, the narrowboat signwriter and decorator. Dave, who has helped us enormously for many years, has a Kelvin J3 in the Norton Canes tug 'Resolute', and our new boat plans are very much modelled on 'Ressie' ... and incredibly we have sourced a J3 engine which [hopefully] can be reliable and suitable for our new boat.
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