Argentum Vulpes said:
If I remember right all of the gaskets on the engine will be the cork type. So in this case the high humidity of the jungle should of kept them viable, if not then a good thick piece of tanned leather should work for a low power application.
Okay, gaskets are a different matter. I was referring to the main seals on the crankshafts. As far as I know, they're usually neoprene or maybe even natural rubber in something that old. I still don't know what the hell a 'compression bearing' is, but it was my thought to make replacement rod and main bearings out of leather if the original babbitt ones are shot. (Hey, wait a sec... do you mean a
thrust bearing? That would be a whole 'nother problem.)
Argentum Vulpes said:
I think we might be able to also set up an engine as a pump for water. However if it is a four stroke it will be very difficult or maybe imposable with what we have here. Well I can check on that when we tear them down.
That's a good thought, but we can still do it with the windmills as well. Also, if the fresh water supply that Wooley mentioned includes a waterfall, we can tap off what we want at the top and let gravity take it where we want it, as well as build a really nice paddle wheel power supply.
Argentum Vulpes said:
As for the hunting I'll also be working on a bow, and start to help with the arrows. I've done a lot of hunting (read camping trip with weapons
), and for fun I also do a lot of line shooting (both bow, riffle and pistole).
Awesome, mate! Welcome to the Nasty Boys squad. I've got my first trap set up, but haven't armed it until I can warn everyone. All six of the crossbows that I built from springs and steel from the wreckage are now firmly mounted, 3 per side, beside the boar's path to the water. A trip wire right in the middle will fire all at once across the path. There are logs behind them on both sides, so the quarrels made from the B-29 control rods can be recovered after use. Any or all of the crossbows can be dismounted for hand-held use. I'm not going to bother building any small-animal traps until I know what kind of small animals live here. Brewnog, I still need a heavy-duty net or three made out of thick vines or whatever, so you're not off the hook there. I'm going to try making a bird-trap with some of the cargo netting, as long as there's still enough left for fishing. If necessary, I can convert some of the .50's to shotgun shells.
As for dduardo, eating him might be temporarily satisfying but he probably tastes fishy. I'd prefer to electrolyze some water, inflate him with the hydrogen from it, and float him over the island as a beacon. If we plug any natural orifices with light bulbs, he shouldn't outgas for a couple of days.
Yep, that seemed sharp enough. Hypatia, just keep holding pressure on the wound. Evo, I need thread! Strip dduardo and shred his clothing to threads and soak them in the alcohol. Wolram, once we get the clothes off dduardo, take those leather straps and tie him up to that tree so he stays out of trouble! 
Sorry, Danger, this is going to hurt, no way around it.