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Tracy D'arth

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  1. The water take offs for the LPW3 and LPW4 are a bit odd, there is a post on here somewhere about how it should be done. You will have problems bleeding the pipes and keeping them free of air if it is not piped up the right way. Try loosening the hose clamp with the engine running and pull the hose off the tail a fraction until air comes out. You will have to have someone top up the water whilst you do it. You may have to do both hoses.
  2. Looking at that calorifier installation my first question is has it ever worked? There is a coil unused and unconnected and a connected coil which has its unions at the same level and hence very difficult to bleed air from. Horizontal calorifiers are not as easy to bleed as vertical but when they are fitted incorrectly like this one they become almost impossible.
  3. Is that one of the few Eco hulls built in the '80s to try to reduce bank wash? I can't remember which hire fleet built them. My rudder is probably worth 5p too.
  4. I'm sure that a DM2 takes much more than 5 litres!
  5. In the context of the engine cooling system that is irrelevant. You have an air lock in the pipes from engine to the heating coil inside the calorifier. When this air gets warm it expands, causing the level in your expansion bottle to rise unduly. It also restricts the circulation to the calorifier hence you only get luke warm water heating.
  6. I tried to assist her some time back with regards to her flat in Scotland. She was unpleasant to deal with and quite insulting so I am not surprised that anyone working for her decides to down tools and jump ship.
  7. Are Panya and Porcupine one and the same person? If so I feel conned.
  8. Vac? If you can get the hose down to close to the cap, turn it on first in case you nudge it further down. Odd boat with a 1.7m long filler. Will the cap float? Try a similar one in a bucket. If so you could try filling the tank with the overflow blocked until it comes floating back up. Pray tell why you put it in there in the first place!
  9. There is a very deep double pit above and forward of the chalked mark, how the surveyor can say that there is nothing of note is beyond me. The pitting is extensive. A tyre tread depth gauge is the easy way to measure pit depth. Think very long & hard before buying this boat on the strength of the surveyor's opinion.
  10. Now I understand why you have such troubles with people who do work for you.
  11. You mean that you have paid them, in fact overpaid, they have not finished the job and they have left? Are you really that simple?
  12. Looks average for 25 years. If you are having any welding done, get the worst pits filled up. Time to give it some tlc. The extensive pitting on the sides need to be attended to with a good grit blast and epoxy 2 pack, same with the baseplate.
  13. Screwfix, Toolstation. But it will be more economical from an auto supplier, farm tractor store or ebay. Rock Oil ( Groundsman ) and Duckhams do 30s oils
  14. Trouble, trouble and toil, trouble, toil and tears. An ongoing saga of a boat person. Serialised on a forum near you.
  15. BMC used to paint their engines to stop the oil leaks.
  16. Accepted, thanks. Ally tube is generally poor stuff to manipulate, swaging will thin it, likely not uniformly, and cracking/splitting is a distinct possibility. If you do sleeve it I would recommend supporting the tube inside with a wooden plug.
  17. I think that you will find an Arial far too heavy to be mounted on a pole. A lightweight racer may be better. Or even an aerial, Or an antennae. To be helpful, can you get a sleeve that is 25mm internal diameter and use that to join the two? MDPE pipe is 25mm OD so a heavy plastic pipe joiner may do it. Or a brass 28mm compression pipe fitting with a slit sleeve of 28mm copper pipe inside. 28mm copper is about 25.6mm internal, it will crush in a compression fitting if slit. Expanding tube unless it is a ductile metal like copper is tricky without the proper machines.
  18. Do you really need a super accurate tacho on a diesel engine in a boat? Most of us are quite happy with a guestimate one running off the alternator. In fact, do we need tachos at all?
  19. I had bought the cheaper end 20A charger from Durite to replace a 20 odd year old Halfords auto charger which had been great until it died. The Durite was replaced twice under warrantee, the last time because it spewed sparks out of the vent. Gave up and bought a blue Victron for about twice as much and it has been fine, worth the money for peace of mind.
  20. Looking on the bright side its most likely to be condensation. The air around the tank gets warmed in the sun and then the cold wind chills it below the dew point.
  21. Find the Samsung complaints button rather than repair or warranty. Or simply reject your purchase with the credit card company as "unfit for purpose" Dedicated or desiccated? I would hold off on the contact spray, some damage some plastics and if you have to return it; you may queer your pitch.
  22. For flash Harrys with shiny boats who sit in marinas all the time?
  23. To save you searching for it here is the Tracy D'arth method that works. "How to correctly pressurise an accumulator. You need a bicycle or foot pump which will attach to the schrader valve on the end of the accumulator. Switch off the pump electric supply. Open a tap. Pump air in, water may run from the tap,, until some resistance is felt to pumping and then a little more. How much depends on the size of the accumulator but you will not damage it unless you go mad. Remove the pump. Close the tap. Switch on the pump and allow it to pump until it stops. Very slowly let air out of the accumulator by pressing the pin in the valve, stop letting air out as soon as the pump starts up again. Pump will run and then stop. Job done, the accumulator is now correctly pressurised to a tad under the pump cut in pressure whatever that may be."
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