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  2. Boat movements

    in General Boating

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    Sometimes i think they unsure that you have actually stopped and are waiting for them so to be sure they know i wave them through many times until they get the message all frustrating sometimes as my boat is a bastid to keep still at the best of times :blush:

  3. Up The Ashby

    in Cruise Diaries & Reports

    Posted · Edited by Chas78

    49 minutes ago, Lily Rose said:

    Saturday 3 August
    I spotted another forum member as Tabula Blue went past this morning before we set off. We stopped for lunch at the CMs just before bridge 17A and then later I went to Aldi for some shopping. A shade over 0.9 miles each way according to Runkeeper but it felt like more, especially on the way back. 

    I probably bought a bit more than was good for me so I was well cream-crackered by the time I got back. So much so that I couldn't be bothered to move again, despite the fact that it's a bit noisy here from traffic on the A47 going over the bridge and seagulls noisily hanging around nearby. After a while the lack of scenery and the traffic and seagull noise got to me so we moved a little further along to the long stretch of Arco just past the Triumph factory and the Tesco distribution centre. 

     

    It seemed to be a lot busier today but I guess (hope) that's just the weekend effect. One of the hire boats that went past, heading up, was from Wyvern Shipping. Quite a long way from home and on a 12 day hire planning to go all the way up to Snarestone.

     

    Must remember to look out for nb Eliza Jane (Chas78) at its new mooring when we get to Sutton Cheney.

     

    I'm in the process of painting her at the moment so is partially sanded down and so unnamed at present but you should recognise it its quite scruffy at the moment Lily Rose :blush:

  4. Up The Ashby

    in Cruise Diaries & Reports

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    We travelled to our new mooring at Sutton Cheney from Fazeley Tuesday took us 11hrs 40 mins in the torrential rain i admit me and the nephew didn't hang around when got past moored boats we also saw many boats on the move even in the sometimes terrible weather but was well worth it when we reached our destination pity we couldn't appreciate the journey more due to the heavens opening up every five mins its seemed :huh:   

  5. Ashby and moorings?

    in General Boating

    Posted

    5 minutes ago, waterdog said:

    Had an overnight stop at the wharf a few weeks back, there are a few interesting vehicles in the car park. The custom VW looked great with some interesting additions and a custom built open 2 seater too.

    Yes that's one of our neighbours :)

     

  6. Ashby and moorings?

    in General Boating

    Posted

    Updated update we arrived at our new mooring at Sutton Cheney last night at 17:40pm after setting off at 06:00am so it took us 11hrs 40 mins to complete our journey of 30 miles and 13 locks in torrential rain! anyway we are here and it seems very idyllic quiet and very rural as expected and have meet the very friendly fellow boater/neighbours me and my family are looking forward to new beginnings at this lovely quiet retreat :wub:    

  7. Ashby Boats & Streethay Wharf

    in General Boating

    Posted

    I find this post refreshingly pleasing thanks waterdog as i was told by someone who shall stay unnamed to avoid Streethay when asked why they declined to give a reason just don't go there suffice to say i took it with a pinch of salt poppy cock Chinese whispers! enough said i will be visiting Streethay to try to source some windows for my boat very soon and will let you know my experience with them :)   

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  8. Ashby and moorings?

    in General Boating

    Posted

    Hi All,

    An update after me and the wife visited the Ashby on foot many times recently and checking out the linear moorings site at Sutton Cheney i must confess we are smitten so much so that although not suitable for my friend he now has a mooring on a (marina not for me):mellow: It does look very tranquil quiet and such beautiful countryside and have not heard a bad thing said except for the shallowness of the canal which is not a problem for us as our boat has a shallow draft and is just over 8 tons :) The cafe car park seems very safe and secure and locals report no trouble there  ok there are some artistic different individuals in the mooring line up but all seemed very friendly to us when we chatted to them from the towpath side to cut this short we now have a mooring on the this site and can't wait to moor up and enjoy The Ashby :wub: 

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  11. Anyone fitted an electric fuel pump?

    in BMC

    Posted

    All well that ends well i finally got my BMC running today and must say it sounds better than it ever did must have been all the crud build up over time restricting things or something anyway now with fresh fuel/filters and a good clean out all is running beautifully twas a biatch to bleed though ;)

  13. Anyone fitted an electric fuel pump?

    in BMC

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    Well it looks like this is my problem i suspect this is diesel bug? anyway i have cleared the tank out cleaned the water trap and lines put fresh fuel in and added diesel bug preventing additive just waiting for my new filters and extra filter/trap to arrive i will also be fitting an elec fuel pump hopefully this will sort it ? 

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  16. Anyone fitted an electric fuel pump?

    in BMC

    Posted

    19 minutes ago, Tony Brooks said:

    I am not going to say that will definitely be OK but I can see no reason it will not be.

     

    The rise in revs is indicative of a shortage of fuel but 6" in the tank seems rather a lot for a typical boat. I would expect between 2 and 4 inches. This suggest that you might have something else causing fuel starvation, especially as you are having trouble bleeding it.

     

    When did you last suck the water and crud out of the bottom of the tank?

    Have you had the water trap apart, especially if it has a filter in it?

    Have you checked the sediment trap and stainer that is under most BMC lift pump caps (but not all).

     

    I have never sucked water and crud out of the tank all the filters were replaced last year and the sediment trap was also cleaned out i was that sure it was out of fuel i put 50 ltrs in the other day now i wish i hadn't listening to your advice as i now also suspect crud/water may be the culprit :blush:

  17. Anyone fitted an electric fuel pump?

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    Posted

    9 minutes ago, Tony Brooks said:

    I can see no reason an electric fuel pump can not be put in series with the mechanical one providing:

    1. Its on the tank side of the mechanical pump (in case the electric pump tries to suck air via the mechanical pump'd cap screw or seal).

    2. The mechanical pump does not have its strainer or valves clogged with carp.

     

    If the little lever on the pump has a lot of slack and only a little stiffer movement the pump is on the front of the eccentric so turn the engine over one full turn.

     

    Are you sure you have not clogged up a filter, especially if you have a water trap type filter between tank and pump.

     

    Have you dipped the tank. A split dip (suction tube) would give "out of fuel" symptoms and allow the pump to suck air.

     

     

     

     

    So if i put the pump between the water trap and pump that will be ok will this push past the mechanical pump as i was thinking of removing and blanking off? it was running great then revs went up slightly then it died i dipped the tank which was showing about 6 inch on the stick.

     

    5 minutes ago, Tony Brooks said:

    We will have to differ on that. I would not open the one on the idle damper unless I really had to.

     

    if it wont bleed try taking the return pipe (the one on the injector pump closest to the filter) ff at the filter end and cranking the engine on the starter. Be ready to catch a lot of fuel!

    I actually did that but there seems to be very little coming from the gland nut i am suspecting the fuel pump has seen better days?

  19. Anyone fitted an electric fuel pump?

    in BMC

    Posted

    24 minutes ago, Boater Sam said:

    There is a knack to (the) bleeding BMCs

     

    Helps to swear a lot whilst bending over the engine pumping the lever. As you do that the fuel from the bleed screws soaks into your clothes.

     

    I just open all the bleeds and the injector pipes, pump till I'm well soaked, close bleeds, crank and close injector unions when they have jets of fuel coming out.

     

    Swear some more and repeat.

     

    What's hard about that?

    I don't swear :D

  20. Anyone fitted an electric fuel pump?

    in BMC

    Posted

    Just now, RLWP said:

    I'd be very surprised if it made any difference, BMC 1.5 engines are just really hard to bleed - even if you crank the engine

     

    Richard

    My thinking is that instead of trying to pump with the farty lever which seems to pump very little the electric one will shove more fuel in at a faster rate ;)

  21. Anyone fitted an electric fuel pump?

    in BMC

    Posted

    Hi All,

    Having ran out of fuel :blush: and obviously sucked loads of air in the system i am now finding it very difficult to purge the system i think by fitting an electric fuel pump in the system this problem would be much easier to bleed has anyone fitted an electric fuel pump to their BMC 1500? and if so did you remove the mechanical one i seem to remember Tony B mentioning something on this? thanks in advance ;)

  23. Ashby and moorings?

    in General Boating

    Posted

    As with all initial posts on this forum it has gone off the topic again anyway just to explain my initial post a little better my interest for moorings on the Ashby which i omitted to mention was for a friend not for me who has recently bought a narrowboat his first!! He wanted a safe mooring nearby and Ashby canal seemed the best bet but after looking at the moorings for him i would not recommend it ok this is only one part of the Ashby so can't vouch for the rest of it but Sutton Cheney is a no no as previous a scrapyard does come to mind one boat was even complete with a coffin on the roof:huh:    

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