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I have a beta engine with this set up on and have managed to fit the modified pully support to the splined shaft extension I have had trouble with the pully that drives the generator which is not keyed to the shaft spinning plus drive belts,beta have been most helpful supplying parts at my exspence,speaking to people who worked on these set ups when new they were not reliable from new the mass weight which is driven at all times is excessive,there is someone on Facebook an engineer who has ground the shaft down and put a tapered collar and a taper on the pully to pull tight together don't now if that survived,me I have disconnected the generator belt as being an engineer it was like driving a ticking time bomb,I bought my boat second hand like you would a car and work for a major car manufacturer if there was a fault like this on a car the manufacturer would have recalled the car and fixed the problem.the problem here is that beta do not seem to have a fix on speaking to them there seemed to be a clutch set up fitted onto the generator pully to cure the fault but this is not now offered maybe it did not work.

If I had grounded where the cows are I could have got off the boat we were about thirty feet out yes proved to be still too close we were grounded both side of the boat with deep water in front my 18 foot pole would not touch the bottom. A very big learning lesson when we came back the other way cows were stood where we had grounded looked like they were walking on water

Hi As I have little knowledge on what's best regarding 12 volt electrics wonder what people would recommend I have a beta marine Bv2203 engine with an early prop gen which on forums they have been reasonable for front pully damage due to the operation of the generator.this week whilst out on the boat the generator failed not the first time this has happened,unfortunately I found that this provided the mains power to run the battery chargers. On inspecting the system the boat alternator only charges the starter battery. My battery bank is 440 amps the alternator is 55amps I have a victron 3000 inverter which I use to power a mains fridge the boat has all led lights we do not use the television or washer whilst off shore mains. The boat is mainly on a marina with the odd week away and weekends.I am thinking of removing the generator and looking at the following ways to provide power, fit solar panels.convert wiring on alternator fitted to split charging,what's the best way? Fit another alternator in place of generator to charge the leisure battery's what would you say would be best combination. One last question does anyone know which Kubota engine is the same as the beta bv2203 ?

Naughty cal your correct stay in the middle we have learnt a big lesson only defence we have is how far it comes out in the water we were not that near to the bank,thanks to the two men who had a try with there small boat at pulling us off,Wanderer Vagabond that's the position of the build up as above I had a wood stick that I pushed in the build up guess the stick was 2.4 metres I left twelve inches above the water line and marked it to see if the water level was going up or down that's a big build up we were also grounded on the outer of the boat as well.Big thanks to Pete who offered his help and phone number. The RCR were very supporting and the canal trust also.morral is yes keep to the centre.

inside curve of bend it's meant to be a known grounding point after the avent if you look on google earth it's before you get to selby turn off bends looks like a w or m and its the last bend on that on google earth you can see where the cows stand in the river some one above has said it's been like that 10 years

hi thank you to all we have managed to get going combination of the level going up and some luck moving again thanks for all the support

We are leaning by about 5 inches meaning the normal water line is above the water by 5 inches it's soft type silt we are James on if I use pole it's along left side for about thirty feet and Os for sale about ten the water at the prop is about three feet Drafts about two and a half feet I can see the raised sand bank we are jammed on

Thanks everyone. Still here. River is not likely to rise, after the rain this morning weather seems to have settled. We have tried Selby Chandlers but we think they are closed. Spoke to someone on his mobile that works there but he doesn't know of anyone. Made a makeshift spade to try and dig some of the silt out but that hasn't helped and moved all heavy stuff to the back of the boat. Spoke to CRT and they don't have a workboat in the area, but we're very supportive. Rang RCR earlier and I think we will end up paying them to do rescue.

Will keep trying but it is not moving an inch using pole it seems to be stuck for about thirty foot of its sixty foot length using pole to gauge depth been here about three hours now not moved an inch

Hi yes emptied water tank moved everything towards back do you know if water level may rise even thought of getting in and trying to shovel it out as last resort but wife says no dogs sat not impressed waiting for loo

We are on the aire not far from selby canal we have gone round a tight bend and have grounded where the cows come down to drink water just after a w bend on the map

Hi any advice other than not to do it again stuck on mud where the bank has erroded suck and not able to move the boat at all it's still deep in front of boat but middle section stuck on mud props is in about two to three foot of water but not moving at all

Thanks for all the replies think I will get the filter out after my holiday and go from there thanks for all the advise

I think I am going to have to take it out for the number as you recommend and as you say at the worst wash it out have no problems with system but just changed oil and will do again straight after a weeks trip I have planned in a fortnight as I have no history of when last changed the little glass eye sight above indicates when a filter is due and it's still green don't know how that works or how accurate that is. I am an old mechanic and believe in regular oil and filter changes

Yes number is 2133640 next step is to take filter out but it's always easier if you have the new one to slot straight in,it's off a prm 500 gearbox with a trolling set up the beta engine runs at a constant 1000 or 1500 rpm and the gearbox controls the prop speed from zero upwards.will phone Nick above in the week and have emailed the company who sold the trolling system, was hoping it might be a common filter thanks for repies so far

Can anyone advise what and where to get the filter for this housing cannot seem to identify you have always helped with your wealth of knowledge in the passed

Screwfix MANROSE ROUND PIPE WHITE 100MM (15872) under two pounds inc vat just done mine with it

Our tank is inside and no smell does sound like you may have a small leak some where

We have a corner bubble one with a back boiler great dial the temperature in nice and warm all night no messing with ash and stoking it up to keep it in of a night

Clayton aniline worth a google looks like that building grew up near there

My beta with travel pack runs at a constant 1500 rpm the gearbox changes the speed the boat via the prop, when I go past other boats people think I am speeding as the engine is revving away at 1500rpm

If the pully is loose then the seal what runs on the pully cannot be doing its job

There's a guy on a facebook canal site who had machined the crank and pully and then fitted a tappered cone between the two has done what looks like a good repair I also have fitted the modification to the front pully but the the engineers I have spoken to who repair beta units don't have confidence on it as a long term fix the travel pack is a great idea but running off the front pully is a lot of strain.i have also had trouble with the travel pack drive and belt.beta have been very helpful.if I had a failure of the crank I would either put a different make of engine in or do away with the travel pack