[Transporting Coal]

Wigan Pier, a coal tippler I believe, 

Its still there, such as it is.

[Busier today]

Had to do shopping today. Thought better than Friday when every hoarder and his mum would be shopping for the 'holiday' weekend.

 

Big wrong. Huge queues at 2 supermarkets, one a bit quieter [ guess which? ]  and I mean huge, over 100 queuing at Morrisons at 9:34 today. Usual piled high trolleys coming out, ma and pa shopping together, kids running around.

 

What is wrong with these people????

[Water pump leaking]

Concur, scrap and replace with a decent pump.  one of the Jabsco PAR  36950 series. You only need ever buy one, all the parts are available from Lancing Marine so you can repair these.

Certainly not cheap, big, and not so quiet but they just pump water, on and on and on and.....

[Electric cables via engine bay accepted by BSS?]

12 minutes ago, Balliol said:

OK, so do the calculation for an Engel under counter fridge (about 3.3 amps) at 8 metres run from distribution board, 2.5 ring. Please show working.

Ah, but.  A fridge takes a considerable amount more current to start the motor, you cannot work it out on the running current. Distribution board ring circuit? On a boat? @12v?

TD'

[lpws4 started smoking after replacing head gasket]

9 minutes ago, nicknorman said:

Well hopefully, 3 1/2 years later, the OP has fixed the problem.

Why didn't he tell us?

[lpws4 started smoking after replacing head gasket]

If it only smokes when revved in gear, could  be engine overload due to fouled prop. It will then overfuel and produce sooty smoke.

[Lock gate damage Worcester]

I have never agreed with painting exterior timber.

 

Are CRT now to use stealth golf buggies to vandalise rotten lock gates so that they can claim vandalism? Is it a new policy? 

 

The balance beam on the bottom lock at Hillmorton fell off when a grandmother and her grand daughter [small ] sat on it. Is this vandalism by pensioner?

 

All the above is stupid as is the lack of maintenance we are suffering on the canals.

[What's the aversion for gas cooking on a boat?]

There was a gas fired thermocouple electrical generator made and I see that there is also a current Russian one made by Kryotherm. So gas TV and radio is perfectly possible.

[Cruising at night.... CRT say don't do it. FFS.]

When did most boaters slavishly follow rules anyway?

I love night cruising, done thoughtfully and quietly it disturbs nobody and we never leave gates or paddles open night or day.

Have to be careful around locks though in the dark, the risk element is higher.

[Clean and re-use a spin on oil filter?]

Its very unlikely that an engine that is regularly serviced at the near correct intervals would have completely "filled up" its oil filter, reuse it, it will be fine.

Bear in mind that some of the servicing swapping of parts is to insure the manufacturer against unexpected failure and also to make a profit for him supplying spares.

I've come across engines that have never had the oil filter changed in their lives. They run fine as the filter bypass valve opens when the filter is totally blocked and the oil continues to lubricate far longer than the service instructions would have you believe.

I once had an early PRM gearbox that must have been 40+years old, the boat was at the time, and the oil and filter had never been changed, the filter still had the spray paint on and the sump plug was unmarked, with the same paint on it! Had trouble finding a filter for it. When we drained the oil it was like coal tar.

[Finding the right NB]

Gas free boat? Consider when you want to brew up at 4am cos you ate too much the night before, your neighbours will not like you starting up a 40hp diesel.

Live aboard needs all the cabin space you can get on a 58 ft boat, hence my preference for trad sterns. Better too for cruising in bad weather, you are not out on an open deck in the rain.

Semi trad I never understood, its a waste of 5ft of boat in my opinion.

[TwinTub Washer/Inverter]

Poor 12v connections to the inverter causing volt drop under load. The alarm sounding is low input voltage.

Its not on a cigar plug is it? They are rubbish at passing a decent current.

[Can somebody tell me what where I can get a new pipe from?]

7 minutes ago, BIG DOG BONGO said:

Thanks guys, great advice. Yes they where tight on the end one which is leaking. Yes it’s the top pipe as attached. Tried tape no luck with that and tried a copper washer. It does seem to slightly be out of line. Is the solder any good? How would you do that? 

Remove the pipe, clean the end/s with sandpaper. Plumbers solder and flux. [Laco will work best] and a blowlamp. Tin the olive all over, just a thin layer of solder. Clean the pipe well especially inside. Refit, bend the pipe till it meets the union square on, cross fingers.

 

 

[Can somebody tell me what where I can get a new pipe from?]

I thought you were wanting an injector pipe, the thicker ones, not the leak off rail on the tops of the injectors.

If it is the leak off rail, you buy it complete and a set of 10 new copper washers. 2 different sized ones on each injectors and 2 bigger ones for the banjo union on the end to the filter head.

[Can somebody tell me what where I can get a new pipe from?]

BMC 1.8D engine.

ASAP?   Calcutt?

Any diesel workshop will be able to make pipes up to your sample.  Where are you?

 

If they are leaking from the swaged olive at the end, and won't seal with nipping up, you can try solder tinning the olives, usually works.

[ultra violet fly zappers]

Its the sneaky flies, they found a load of sunglasses.

 

Tried pond-filter.co.uk?

 

Is there an LED equivalent made yet as all fluorescent tubes are being phased out?

 

[Bow thruster battery advice]

Learn to control the boat in windy conditions and leave the BT alone. They don't last long if over used. Check that the prop has not got lots of rubbish on it, if you have it will wear through your possibly un-blacked bow  tube and you will sink.

Its a toy for beginner boaters, no working boats ever found the need.

[Busted gear box?]

PRM150 and the Deltas are very different animals.

Some of the Deltas on BMC 1.5Ds had the bearings for the intermediate shafts in the back of the bell housing rather than in the casing front half. The cases are all aluminium, never seen a steel one.

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[First year with a composting toilet]

Not everyone can urinate properly when sat down.  Pity the poor man with a prostate problem, very common.

[Busted gear box?]

Cable is busted and jamming in the outer sheath, disconnect it at the gearbox end, change gear manually, bet it works OK. 

PRM120 is not the best, a purely mechanical box, but they survive this sort of treatment day in and day out on hire boats.

[First year with a composting toilet]

20 minutes ago, Alastair said:

Question for Frahkn: did you put toilet paper in the solids bit, or in a separate bin?

 

We found it necessary to use a separate bin for toilet paper (seems odd but you soon get used to it - and it is normal in many countries).

I know its usual in many countries with poor drain systems but in a civilised country its disgusting especially in the confines of a small boat.

And just how do you then dispose of the soiled  -contaminated-  paper? Please don't tell me you bin it, that would be gross.

[First year with a composting toilet]

Sounds like a load of faffing about rather than a comfy relaxing egestion. Bungs, levers, separators, flaps? No, not for me, a comfy seat on a porcelain bowl, easy to clean is my ideal.

[Diesel heater tank.]

Convert an old fire extinguisher?

[Some Positive Restoration News]

Nah, was ready for this, glad you got it on before 12.

[Leave boat for longer than norm.....]

Fridge will need defrosting when you get back !

 

Even a tiny solar panel avoids this dilemma.