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Karen Lea Rainey

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  • Birthday 29/04/1965

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  • Location
    Midlands
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    I use my wife's Facebook page to log in, I dont have one thanks Keith
  • Boat Name
    Hawkeye
  • Boat Location
    Coventry canal

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  1. Yes, exactly that, I think they're called Rose cottages, very private then and even more so now. The picture would have been Winter '63,
  2. That's bridge 71, in it's original form, built 1908 on its parapet, to the right of the young fishermen is what was Hopleys farm, if you stood where the picture was taken, you would be opposite what is now Torc Avenue. Lived in this area all my life.
  3. I listed my boat with a local broker at the start of September this year, no interest whatsoever for 4 weeks, I listed it on marketplace on Oct 6th, swamped with requests to view and questions etc, one of my potential buyers rang the broker but failed to get a reply/ answer on the tel phone. I then had a firm interested buyer travel over 100 miles to view the boat, the brokers website said opening hours on it, so 12 noon on a Sunday was thought to be acceptable. I personally texted the broker to say a customer was coming at 12 noon, got no reply from that either. Low and behold the buyer turned up at 12 noon, the site was closed even though the website says open from 10 till 3 on that day. Buyer then rang the caretakers marina, number on gate, no answer, then the buyer rang me again to say he could see the boat through the fence but it was 50ft away. The buyer left and went to Mercia marina some 30 miles away still and purchased a narrowboat, I was fuming with the broker efforts and moved the boat away from them 2 days later.
  4. It looks to me like, there are many equally as worrying 'pits' holes/ previously blacked that have not got any worse since the last blacking. Do you know when it was last blacked? In almost all of the pictures, the bitumen stopped any further corrosion, you could choose to black it every 2 years and it will stall any advancement of the pits,, / shiny silver rash. The wholes look more troublesome and a few look quite deep. Definitely address them now, plus 3 coats of blacking, look to reduce the cost by another 3 to 5k, that is if you like the boat. It has definitely been plugged in long term on a mooring and fizzling away like a lozenge. Extra Blacking, spot welding, 6 to 8 new anodes plus the risk is worth the 3k reduction, plus what else did your surveyor find. It's quite a young boat at 2007 in my view to need so much work and probably not blacked since 2016 in my view.
  5. If you've got 2 x 400 w panels, then you wont need shoreline in the summer, you can unplug it and let you're solar panels do the maintaining of the batteries. I have the same system and if I'm not on the boat with the fridge running, TV on, lights on etc then I get about 30 w produced maximum over the day, the batteries remain fully charged and throughout the day stay around 13.8v (5 batteries in total) 4L +1S. Go onto "trends" on your victron and you will hopefully see that when you are using serious power like the fridge, then the solar graph spikes upwards to compensate for a voltage drop. Then when the fridge compressor rests the solar wattage drops off very quickly. Basically 'if you ain't using any electricity, your solar doesnt need to generate anything. Sounds like your solar is working correctly to my eyes.
  6. Had a similar problem recently, the barrel of the key had turned round due to being loose when the key gets turned. It had stretched a busy connection wire(s) on the back of the barrel to the point of arcing/ touching wires. I twisted the barrel back and tightened the locking nut. Alls good now. Just might be worth checking or considering if this has happened to yourself.
  7. I used wickes ceramic tiles 600mm x 300mm x 30mm each, fixed onto thick plywood underneath and behind, then you need a ceramic drill bit to screw the stoves feet down, through the ceramic and into the plywood. Quite pleased with the result, if I say so myself.
  8. Not that I can see, the exhaust manifold is bolted to the head separately, certainly cant see any sign of blowing/ escaping air or fumes at all.
  9. Hi Richard, Very close inspection yesterday showed a leaking gasket from the water cooling manifold to the engine,( not from the water cooling exhaust manifold).looking right underneath and behind the pepper pot air filter, I could see a constant drip of coolant at both inner water cooling gaskets. They obviously need replacing long term, Yesterday I sprayed the bolts with wd40 and today I managed to tighten these 2 nuts up by about 90 degrees turn. This reduced the drip but not completely. Will give it one more tighten in another couple of days to see if it improves further. Failing that, it will be quite a big job to remove the exhaust, the water pump and thermostat, the outer water cooled exhaust manifold, then the offending internal engine water cooled manifold.( if that's what its called). I have highlighted a picture to show where the leak was. Sorry, couldn't highlight the area, but it's the thinner/ internal of the two manifolds, immediately below the red starting handle bar.
  10. Thank you everyone, sound advice all round, great to get the experience and expertise from you. Todays task now awaits. Thanks
  11. Thanks Tracy, The newer black vertical hose and clip are also a source of leak, but they were dry to the touch yesterday morning, The only wet area was a dark brown crescent shape area to the left of the single green jubilee clip, if you zoom in slightly on picture 2 you can just make it out and see a rubber type sealant which showed a leak. I will investigate all of the connections later and run the engine for half an hour to get the water flowing, Interesting that the whole section is held on with those bolts and gaskets, obviously with it being painted previously you cannot determine any join. Thanks again. I plan to take the air filter off for a good access, it's just a screw on type to look at it, but I tried moving it by hand yesterday, It wouldn't budge, should I just take a rubber mallet or similar and push a screwdriver or similar into one of the air holes underneath.
  12. No, no electric supply, only got 12v on the boat, it's just my hobby and love it. Pictures for info, I love it.
  13. Yes, it a T piece with a 2 " hose either side then entering the very rusty block, that's why I say it must have been like it for many years, Just slightly out of site, unless you get on your hands and knees with a torch. Here is the missing jubilee clip, fell off in my hand (40+ years service) Probably answering my own question here, The leak is not where the jubilee clip is missing, It is more to the left by about an inch, this is where the holymar type sealant is and where was wet to the touch earlier. Could it be that this small 'collet' type pipe actually screws into the block and the sealant has been put on the threads of it. After 40 years this wont want to come out without dangerous persuasion to the block. "Me thinks" boiler cement may be a good, albeit temporary repair. And a replacement clip just in case without disturbing it to much to see how it goes.
  14. Hi All, On a newish to me boat, one which I have been slowly improving/ doing up, I have just had 3 days away on it for the first time. It has been lying in my marina undergoing some modern touches to various parts of the narrowboat. It is a 45ft , Mike Heywood built 1982 trad with boatmans cabin, engine room, galley and saloon. I'm quite proud of the way the boat is taking shape. Engine 1978 HRW2 Lister, runs very well, sounds sweet, been around the block a few times but still works for me. Anyway, having gone away this week for 3 8 hour journeys I've had to top up the coolant each morning with upto 1 litre, only a very small amount has ended up in the bilge, so I'm guessing ! That the coolant has mostly been evaporated on the engine block before reaching the bilge floor. Today having looked again at every hose connection to the engine, calorifier, radiator, jabsco pump, thermostat, skin tank, unvented top up tank etc, I came across what I think is the culprit, Behind the air filter is an exhaust manifold pipe water cooling pipe ( if that's what its called). The state of the block here shows a leak that has been going on for years and years. There is a hose which connects between the two engine block water passages, with another hose going upright into the water cooled exhaust manifold. The jubilee clips look original and are clearly very rusted/worn , The leak is to the left hand pipe before re-entering the block circulation, It looks like on closer inspection that the leak is not at the remaining left hand jubilee clip but, the steel pipe entering the block, After scratching the rusty area and scraping bits of paint away this pipe looks like it's an inner and outer pipe that are joined together with a hylomar type sealant which has now failed after 40+ years. Finally my question for advice is this, Is this a serviceable/ replacement steel/ cast iron pipe, if what is it called, where could I get on from.? Or in the short term, could I use / bodge it with a Milliput cement or other product that works on hot pipes/ boilers/ water pipes. Pictures for help below, Thanks, keith
  15. I've often thought when passing this landmark, that whoever carved the inscription did it the wrong way round, if you did it on a road sign everybody would end up going the wrong way. Could this have been an early case of stonemasons dyslexia?
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