Kelvin J4 No 20956 : 44 SHP. This is an opportunity to buy a beautiful vintage engine that could take pride of place in a narrow-boat or Dutch Barge engine room.
I have been working on the project for 9 years and the majority of the hard work has been completed. Fully stripped down and ready to rebuild. The major work left to complete is restoration of the crank and cam shafts. A large number of new parts have either been manufactured as one offs or sourced. See list below. There are also a large number of second-hand re-serviceable parts.
The original plan was to home the engine in a narrow-boat, but relocation to Northern Ireland 6 years ago away from a canal network makes this difficult.
There is a wealth of information and support available on the internet and on the canal network to help bring this old girl back into life. For more information about the enigne go to www.restorej4.co.uk.
| Engine Part | Description | Cost Of Per Single | Qnty | Parts Total |
| Engine | Cost of Engine | £2075. 00 | 1 | £2075. 00 |
| Rocker Stay Plates & Rocker Plate Studs | 2 x Rocker Stay Plates2 x Rocker Plate To head Studs2 x Rocker Cover Studs | Per Head£12. 50 | 4 | £50. 00 |
| Push RodsRocker Arm Bushes | Complete New Push Rods to be made & Bearings for Rocker arms | Per Set£105. 00 | 4 sets(2 per set) | £420. 00 |
| Gear Box Output Shaft | Complete New Shaft to be made | £320. 00 | 1 | £320. 00 |
| Engine Mount Bushes | Bushes to be manufactured, to allow for wear in original mountings. | £10. 00 | 4 | £40. 00 |
| Big End Bearings | Brand New White Metal BearingsKELVIN ORIGINALS supplied by R W Davis | £45. 00per set | 4 | £180. 00 |
| Engine Mounting Bolts | New set of bolts to be made& reaming of crankcase to mount holes | £50. 00 | 1 set(4 per set) | £50. 00 |
| Tappets | New Tappets(valve plunges) to be made | £33. 75 | 8 | £270. 00 |
| Piston & Liner | New liner and piston to be madeMade Abroad | £55. 00 | 4 | £220. 00 |
| Water Pump | Secondhand water pump parts | £40. 00 | 1 | £40. 00 |
| Oil Well Caps | New Brass Oil caps | £9. 00 | 4 | £36. 00 |
| Governor | Second hand governorsupplied by R W Davis | £200. 00 | 1 | £200. 00 |
| Oil Pump Connecting Rod | Second handsupplied by R W Davis | £25. 00 | 1 | £25. 00 |
| White Metal Gear box Bush | Brand Newsupplied by R J Goble | £204. 00 | 1 | £204. 00 |
| Duplex Chain Gear box (Renold) | Brand Newsupplied by R J Goble | £65. 00 | 1 | £65. 00 |
| Cylinders | Brand New | £440. 00 | 4 | £1760. 00 |
| Venturi | Brand New | £70. 00 | 4 | £280 |