The overhauled engine was tested at home (a temporary fuel supply and exhaust pipe have been rigged and a hose is supplying cooling water) before it was installed back in Tudor Rose. Photo: Charles Beddingfield.Charles Beddingfield's classic yacht's old BMC 1.8 diesel engine was smoking badly. Rather than shell out for a new engine, he stripped and rebuilt the old one for a fraction of the cost of a replacement. When I started Tudor Rose’s old BMC (British Motor Corporation) 1.8 diesel engi...
