[Solid Fuel Not Getting Hot?]

Light winds at the moment so less draw. If so where you are open up bottom air control more.

[Land]

Land Samosa size ?

[Fitting a starter battery]

1 hour ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:

Bibendum works for NASA now.

Before I went self employed I did my apprenticeship at a garage that had an old ex Canadian army Chevrolet breakdown wagon, bullet proof, open top doors, brake pedal in the middle of clutch and throttle pedals, Harvey Frost crane, This had a Michelin man on the roof, sitting, about 1' high.

[Fitting a starter battery]

Included with all the above precautions a special protective suit is worth while.

[Loss of foreward thrust from BMC engine]

6 minutes ago, magnetman said:

The worst thing is when one gets the wrong sort of leaves. 

 

Then it gets really serious. 

Especially if a tea leaf steals your prop.

2 hours ago, IanD said:

In this case leaves aren't as bad as half a dustbinful of reeds and their roots wrapped round the prop so the engine stops dead. DAMHIK... 😞

 

(but at least the gates were open so we drifted into the lock, then spent a happy hour down the weedhatch with a folding pruning saw...)

All bound round with fishing line, solid as a football.

[Loss of foreward thrust from BMC engine]

6 minutes ago, Tony Brooks said:

 

That reminds me of LH150 boxes that are low on oil, especially in the hands of inexperienced hirers.

Yes, My ST2 has the LH150 box. Lovely smooth operating box.

[Loss of foreward thrust from BMC engine]

Folk need to be careful stopping the boat too. leaves can destroy prop thrust when in reverse gear as well. Go dead slow when approaching lock gates for example.

[Loss of foreward thrust from BMC engine]

1 minute ago, Amh300 said:

No difference to speed of the prop shaft - it carries on at normal speed

If your cerain of that than then go for a fouled prop.

[Loss of foreward thrust from BMC engine]

5 minutes ago, Amh300 said:

No, revs stay the same. Don't know what kind of gearbox it is but. here's a photo. Oil level is ok.

Seems like clutch slip. Looks like a mechanical box so metal cone slip.  When  sthe boatlows down and the engine revs remain the same does the prop shaft stop revolving or almost stop revolving.

[Loss of foreward thrust from BMC engine]

2 minutes ago, Amh300 said:

Hi,

This may not be the correct forum to discuss but as my nb has a BMC engine I thought I'd post it here. I have a recurring issue with foreword thrust (recurring because it also happened last year). Boat is fine when I start out but after about 30 mins, speed drops until barely any forward movement. Reverse thrust is good. When I stick it in reverse and crank up the revs, when I put it back in foreword it regains thrust. But it drops down again after 15-20 mins. If I switch off the engine and leave it for a while, when I start up again, foreword is fine. But then drops off again. Things to note:

1. weed hatch is clear

2. RCR engineer has been out to check it. As it was over night, engine had totally cooled down etc and engineer couldn't find anything wrong - foreword and reverse thrust strong.

3. RCR engineer checked and slightly adjusted the cable;

4. RCR engineer checked gearbox oil - right amount in there just dirty. Gearbox was replaced in May this year by qualified engineer.   

So we carried on but same problem has recurred.

 

Just wondering if anyone has had a similar experience?

Thanks

Andrew

 

 

Do the engine reva remain the same when it slows down.  Which gearbox and is it's oil level ok

[Marine electrician]

8 minutes ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:

Funny how no one asks for an incompetent marine electrician.

No circus will employ an incontinent trapeze artist either.

[Electric slippers,]

6 hours ago, Mike Hurley said:

My bike has heated grips, some newer ones have heated seats too. If its that cold then i use the car.

A hot water bottle strapped to the bikes saddle will keep your bum warm too.  A rubber one though, not an old stone type.

[Electric slippers,]

6 hours ago, LadyG said:

In my gliding days electric socks were a big thing, it's cold up there!

Powered by EverReady

 

I can see a drawback

Ah So, Never Leady lectic sock not glood as China lectic sipper.

[Electric slippers,]

Sitting about in the boat in oold weather can bring on cold feet. Electric slippers are the thing to have. USB powered. about £16 on ebay or Amazon.  As depicted.

[Voting your own posts up.]

2 hours ago, mrsmelly said:

The greenies thing is a nonsense anyway. A year or three ago I found there was a score board thingy for them. The highest numbers are by people on the politics section so not even boating related.

Click on ''All Activity'' and then Leader board.

[BMC 1.5 electrics for starter and glow plugs]

17 minutes ago, MicB5454 said:

I tested the pos cable to battery earth sparks fly, tested on 3 different parts of the engine and nothing, seems engine is not being earthed, as its grp cruiser how does the engine get grounded 

Should be a heavy cable bolted to from the engine mass to the neg- terminal of the start battery.

[WW2 Fire boats]

17 minutes ago, Sue68 said:

My father worked on the Massy Shaw on the Thames

Tidal Thames. I had Firebrigade customers who restored it at Docklands, I also did some work on it. Don't know where it is now though.

[My hose won't start]

Mentioned a snorkel, a nose problem, perhaps stink nose.

[Icey Winter sport.]

Not sure I've already done this one, anyway lets go.  Don't cash in old batteries, they're heavy and have handles on em. ideal for playing the game of Curling along with a simple broom if the canal or river happens to freeze over this winter.

[Using Excel Coal with Stovax Multifuel stove]

Coalition needed.

[Using Excel Coal with Stovax Multifuel stove]

Plenty of kindling, bottom vent fully open, door slightly ajar, when kindling is well alight feed coal on, cover all over with coal any part missed, called ''A black hole'' draft from below will blow through it, missing the coals and it will die out.  If that fails use a hair dryer as bellows through the bottom vent with door closed.

[Propeller clearance]

6 minutes ago, Maudesmaster said:

Eventually ordered a Left hand 21”x 18 pitch Propeller 3 years ago  was ok but lacking thrust so had it remodelled to 21”x21 pitch 1 year ago worked fine but hectic on right hand bends until got used to the stern pushing to the right 

Now then I have a throw of 12” ie 24” between skeg and uxter plate 

Up on Leeds Liverpool just west of Wigan flight top lock picked up a big rock or something winding all three blade ends are like the top of an “r”

I am wondering if better to have 1” gap top and bottom and going for a 22” prop 

62’ with a Gardner 3LW 

not done anything about it yet as needed to descend the flight before it closed

 

You need a repeller instead od a propeller.

[The reluctance of my television to switch on.]

7 minutes ago, MtB said:

 

 

Great typo.

 

This problem is often caused by the batteries in the remote also being 15 years old. Have you tried changing them?

 

 

Yes first thing I tried and renewed the power brick. must be a temp sensor in the telly that's faulty.  Tears was intentional.

2 minutes ago, David Schweizer said:

 

It used to be possible to buy a inlet heat conversion kit for Nuffield/Leyland  tractor engines, from some Agricultural Merchants, I believe it could also be used on the BMC 1.5 and 1.8 engine.

They bloomin well need it because as I said they start instantly  by blowing hot air into the air intake.

[The reluctance of my television to switch on.]

4 minutes ago, cuthound said:

 

A another wheeze by @bizzard at last.

 

Hopefully this will be the first of many more.  

Thanks. I suggested that I mounted with the help of Meccano the hair dryer permanently aimed at the BMC 1500 engines air intake for the boat owner had a big inverter capable of supplying a bit of mains power for a few seconds to power it, fitted with a remote switch up near the starter switch to enable it's use without yanking up the deck boards, but the owner sadly declined the idea, said it was a botch, so are BMC heater plugs. I decline fro fixing his boat in the future unless he agrees to the plan now the winters here and his engine won't go at all without heat i reckon he will. He didn't want the expense of renewing the wretched heater plugs.

[The reluctance of my television to switch on.]

My telly won't switch on by remote control or by it's manual switch unless the ambient temperature is precisely 20c degrees or above. To cobat it's reluctance to switch on I've taken to a harsh method, which works a treat. I tried the usual thumping it but not thumping too hard after all it's been a good telly for about fifteen tears, but I like my money's worth.  I bought a cheap electric hair dryer with the hope that if I train the nozzle at the telly the hot air will switch it on. And hey presto it does at precisely 20c. The jolly old hair dryer is very useful for warming up other things like starting up bl--dy BMC diesel engines which I've done by removing the air cleaner and aiming it into the air intake,by which it started instantly, saved messing with those stupid heater plugs. I don't know why BMC didn't just stick a 12v element in the air intake venturi like some other engines. The hair dryer can also be used to dry out damp nooks and crannies before blacking when in dry dock and general drying before painting. Can be used for drying out your bed if you happen to be a bed wetter. A very useful task for it is is to use it as bellows to revive  dying coals in your stove. To do this open the bottom vent completely and hold the hair dryer close up to it, switch on for a minute or two and your fire should come alive. Remember to make sure that the door is closed beforehand or the draft pressure might blow em off.  Oh and it is not bad for drying your hair also, if you've got any. A cheap one like mine is about £18 on ebay or Amazon.