Dave Bebb

Had a look at the picture on ebay the that i bought

The Gauge has not come yet but it be here weds or thurs and i said it has fitting instructions

Red and a black wire coming out together and looks like three threaded brass threaded bolts coming out ,and two bolts that hold it in place to what ever it i gets fixed to i will have to see if there are any instructions

I have just sent for a temp gauge for our narrow boat and sender unit the gauge has only two wires coming out of the back of the gauge ,will one fit to the sender unit when i have fitted it and the other to the ignition live when the key is turned on just guessing , now on our boat there is only a light and a buzzer which i have never herd or seen come on and not really 100% confident in it any help would be appreciated thanks PS it going on Isuzu 35 hp

update just had a look in the paper work and it says a engine under load will have a closed circuit water temperature of 85 and 95 c and it goes on telling you not to undo the cap on the header tank when engine is running ,so the engines must run quite hot then ?

When i got out narrowboat it had the wrong oil filter lots of things where not right so if he had put the wrong thermostat in i will be matching the wrong one again i think i will have to grin and bear it and buy the genuine part then i know its right PS my engine is a Isuzu 35 hp

Why is a thermostat for a narrow boat engine three times the price than of a car ,or is the narrow boat one different in some way my engine is a isuzu 35 hp

Trying to get the front cover off my Sterling 3 in 1 inverted so i can run my solar cables to it but there is no access to get at the connectors ,at the moment i have the cables running from the solar panel to the solar power controller and down to the battery bank but not to starter battery if i have them going to the converter it will charge both .ps i can only see 4 screws the hold it to the wall do i have to take it off the wall and turn it upside down pictures below of top and bottom and help thanks

Oh that a lot of fluid 70% water 30% Antifreeze so i will need 10 ish Litres of Antifreeze Thank for all your help lads i did not have a clue how much i needed

Hi aim going to change the Antifreeze in our narrow boat , its a Liverpool boat with a keel cooling and a Isuzu 35 hp engine how much water do they hold and is it a 50/50 split and do i use pink or blue Antifreeze thanks for ant help

Only got a light for over heating and a buzzer and its never go off i think it had the wrong header filler cap fitter had the boat for 4 years a done about 300 hours in her .i will put the new header cap on and see if it fixes the problem might get one of the heat detector things just see if there is any hot spots

I all a few week ago i saw a comment on here about header tank on his Isuzu 35 hp engine losing water i had the same problem ,so i thought i would start from the easiest first so bought a new filler cap for the header tank just in case the spring was getting weak,well it came today gave the spring a press and its was a lot stronger looked at the old on and the new one was twice as much pressure rated than the old stamped on the top PS its a genuine Isuzu one i just bought for a 25/35/42/55/70 HP engine think that was the problem so if anybody has the same problem just check you have the right header cap fitted first before pulling things apart . hope this might help some one else .

i have left messages on the answer phone and still no replies going to the office tomorrow and give them a letter telling them i will be leaving at the end of the mouth

Thanks for all your info i am going to pay this mouths moorings which are dew on the 1/7/17 and write them a letter saying this is the last payment and i will be leaving at the end of the next mouth and hand it in to the office or post it in there letter box. gives us one more mouth to get my next mooring sorted out thanks again

Hi all we are changing our moorings do i have to give notices ,because why i am asking i when we moved on to the moorings 4 years ago they never gave us a contract telling us what you can do and no to do they just gave us a till receipt , and they said just moor over there ,and i have paid mouthy for the last 4 years ,i have sent them emails rang them with on answer thank Dave and Jean

Yes it is a Vetus with a air pipe coming out she is going in for bottom blacking this mouth so i will ask the them to change the seals ,thanks for all your replies

Hi all prop shaft is dripping when run after about 30 mins put some grease in then it stops , when it starts dripping and i get in the engine bay and stand on the gear box to get down to the shaft to put some grease in it stops ,when i take my foot off the gear box it starts dripping again until i put a bit of grease in again . ps it the type you put the blue silicon grease in . not a stuff box .do you think it the engine mounting nuts need lowering a 1 or 2 mm or not . thanks

Hi all any (GOOD) boat blacking people round my area where are boat is moored we are at uplands Northwich thanks

Happy Christmas and happy new year hope you all have a good one and keep safe boating

Thanks for all your replies put my mind at rest

Hi all tried to drain water out of all our narrow boat hot water tank and pipes but could not get it to come out of the hot water tank , i opened the drain cock at the bottom of the hot water cylinder but only a few drips and opened the taps to let air in but nothing confused now . do i what do i have to do please getting a bit concerned about these freezing nights and its only December Thanks any help would be appreciated

Been thinking of giving my fresh water tank a debuging our boat is eight years old and the lid has never been off ,do not like bleach as it a bit harsh, will Milton do the same job we do not live on our boat just holidays about six to eight week a year thanks

When i did my tank i bought a wet and dry vac from b and q cost about £ 20 , took off the brass fitting what the filler cap screws to and just left a bigger hole .I then put a plastic extension pipe on the vac so it could reach the bottom of the diesel tank had two 5 gallon drums to put all the water and bugs to go in .There must have been 3 ins of water and like a red jelly in the bottom of the tank . PS my engine keeped cutting out to much crud in the bottom of my tank that was three years ago she still running fine

Thanks for all your replies think i will give it a spray with wd 40 it might be damp as its out side in all weathers. if that does not work i will got plan b

Hi all just done a trip to llangollen and back from Northwich , and my digital hours meter stopped working then it worked next day then it started half working now its stopped working again ,the rev counters ok can i get a new hour meter are will i need to renew all , its a vetus