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Can you get servos which are powerful enough to drive a full size narrowboat's steering and gearchange/throttle? If so, where from (do you have a link)?
Windscreen wiper motor and gearbox for throttle/gear, 24v mobility scooter motor/gearbox for steering. There are many instructions on the internet on how to equip them with positional feedback for servo use.
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if the external visual things are that bad - what are the 'hidden' things like engines going to be like.?
Possibly in better condition that those in boats belonging to people who only know how to polish? My boat looks bleedin awful, but mechanically it's quite spot on!
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That's the Hillman Imp petrol engine, this is a 1950's diesel
Richard
Forgive me but the OP contradicts itself (although now I've seen it's years old!) - the engine on the auxiliary water pumps carried on green goddess appliances was a petrol Coventry Climax engined Godiva Fire Pump (at least the one I have is!).
The only "Godiva" engine that I'm aware of is a V8 Petrol.
[edit] after further research I stand corrected about the 2 cylinder diesel!
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Is the engine definitely classed as a "Coventry Godiva"? as far as I was aware, the engine is the Coventry Climax, the water pump attached to the engine is a Godiva Pump.
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Does anybody know if the locking fuel caps, the ones with a keyhole set in the middle of the cap, are truly waterproof? I can't think how a lock barrel could operate the mechanism in a way that would keep the water out if it were to enter the keyhole.
Surely its the same as millions of motorbike fuel filler caps that work just fine?
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I'm guessing it's one of the brackets shown on this microfiche, if so it will give you the part number that you need to order:
http://www.cmsnl.com/t99elrbelhbexhb-2003_model11140/partslist/D-01.html#row6G84853151
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Is the outboard tiller controlled or remote? Can you post a photo of the broken part?
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Relatively easy, but rather annoying having to lock twice. Are you on a broad or narrow canal? If you have 2 boats of narrow beam, they'll fit breasted up in a wide lock.
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And I'm now understanding why I've read this forum for several years and refrained from posting on it!
Because when you do post, you give out bad advice that can cause damage to solar charge controllers?
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I live on a 27ft Centre cockpit cruiser, power is all solar (alternator stopped working in winter and I haven't got round to fixing it yet). There's more than enough room for me on my own, and it wasn't unbearable when living with my ex mrs and her border collie!
Yes I would like to upgrade to a bigger boat eventually, but this is perfectly adequate to live on!
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Glasson branch on the Lancaster canal has welded windlasses, padlocked with BW key locks. Very long throw on them, which is bloody handy as most of the bottom paddles are awful to operate!
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I only came into this thread as I saw it was equipment section, and thought the title was "Horses - which one?", I feel a bit let down now
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This arrangement should work fine
It isn't the most balanced, but it's close enough with big enough cabling.
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Must visit: Kenlis arms, bridge 54, last pub before Garstang
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Could you drop the rad down 2" or if not get a lower rad from a breakers yard.
Neil
I could, yes, if I were to make a new duct out of fibreglass. It would also require fitting a large bilge blower to keep air flow moving through the engine bay from outside.
I would still prefer to ditch it though.
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Personally I would continue using the diggers rad and fan unless theres a good reason for getting rid of it, is the running temp ok? Heat exchangers, manifolds pumps and all the other stuff is expensive. Well done for connecting up the flywheel to the gearbox and shaft etc, that can be challenging engineering.
The reason for getting rid of it, is I can't put the cockpit floor in place while cruising, as the radiator sticks up through it by 2" !
I'd be going with a dry (lagged) exhaust, just water pump from the seacock, through a strainer, through the gearbox oil cooler, through a plate heat exchanger for the engine, then back out through a skin fitting.
Plate heat exchangers can be had for £30-40 quid, which is why I need to know if it would be suitable, or if it would block up too easily having raw canal water pumped through it!
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There is a huge difference between a Perkins 4108 and an Isuzu 3KC.
How are you managing the gearbox, drive and propeller set up ?
I drilled and tapped the flywheel to take an R&D drive plate (with a spacer turned down from 10mm steel to bring it further away from the flywheel) and made my own bell housing to mate the engine to the original velvet drive 1:1 box.
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Hi all, the Perkins 4108 that I had in my boat (27ft cruiser) was beyond economical repair, so I fitted an Isuzu 3KC1 that I scavenged from a 360 digger.
Currently I am using the diggers radiator and pulley driven fan, but obviously this is not the most efficient method in a small boat engine bay. The perkins used a tube and shell heat exchanger and wet exhaust, unfortunately I sold all this with the engine (for much too low of a price!). As I can see it, I could either use raw water cooling (not really too happy with that idea), or use a heat exchanger system which would also allow me to run the bypass circuit to a calorifier.
So my main question is, where can I find a reasonably priced heat exchanger? Any tube and shell heat exchangers with the word "marine" in the name are ridiculously expensive (upwards of £300 for the size I'd need) whereas a plate heat exchanger of the same thermal properties is about £30.
Has anyone used a plate heat exchanger with raw water before now? The only thing I'm worried about is clogging of the cooling channels, obviously I'd be using a strainer in conjunction with it, but I'm still not sure how easily it would get blocked.
If anyone can weigh in on this, it would be very much appreciated.
Thanks
Mark
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ALDI have a lot of "caravan" items on sale in their special buys section from tomorrow, a lot of these may be suitable for boats (Toilet chems including Bio, torches, canopy cleaner etc)
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If you wait a week or two, aldi do a very effective caravan and patio furniture cleaner for a couple of quid, may well be out for easter.
Aldi have the caravan items on sale from tomorrow:
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Project for sale, recently blacked, perfect liveaboard.
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Brayzel are certainly very good, I know they have 1 in at the moment for painting, but it's certainly worth giving them a phone call 07889 299731
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Hell, according to my solar controller, I use 100kwh over 3 months!
Finding red stove paint
in Boat Building & Maintenance
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Stovebright do various colours, available on ebay:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/172342879962?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&var=471164248781&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT