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  3. Engine Oil Drain Pump

    in BMC

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    I tried to drain the engine oil on our 1.5 BMC but after many minutes and lots of pumping action I only managed to suck out approx 1/2 litre of old engine oil.

     

    I suspect the pump seal may be at fault, so are these still available or will I have to source a new pump ?

  4. Boat Pole

    in Boat Building & Maintenance

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    Well glad my simple question has generated so mush response !. I will paint ours to match what will be our new colour (black.cream) but after 2 breakdowns in 2 days trying to get our baby from loughborough to Chirk, we may get the best value for money pushing our boat home punt style with our pole lol. If you see a rough looking green boat with 2 border collies on the stern give us a cheery wave and wish us luck, at Rugeley visitor moorings near Tesco at the mo fingers crossed will be back on our way in the morning.

     

    It's also weird that never before buying our Davison Brothers boat had we ever seen another, there is a 1973 version about 2 boat lengths away with a broken gearbox plus we have seen another 2 others on our journey

  5. Boat Pole

    in Boat Building & Maintenance

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    I never thought of ali scaffold poles, but to late now I have bought my nice Ash one lol, came in very handy today when I could not get Willoughby reversed back in her berth, I also like Neils idea of painting 1 foot sections different colours, be good practise with the brushes ready for her re-paint in the spring, or if enough coffers left after the re-fit, may book a dry dock to do it this winter if the dry dock has some form of heating.

  6. Is Our BMC Raw Water Cooled

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    Unless you want to confuse in the future you really need to sort this out. IF you have a car type water pump as you said earlier then it is not direct raw water cooled but has two circuits. Again IF you have a car water pump you should also have a brass raw water pump because it is indirect raw water or heat exchanger cooled. I not that you did not supply the photos as asked so we can still not see which you have.

     

    Unless you resolve this you will be in the hands of the engineer because you will get confusing advice from here - people will advise for the wrong type of system.

     

    As far as the mud box is concerned the answer is "when it needs it" and that depends upon the water you are boating on/through. On some shallow and very weedy waters it could be several times a day on deep clean rivers it could be days or weeks between cleaning. Basically keep an eye on the raw water discharge and if it reduces clean the mud box. If it is easy to do then look every day. However reduced raw water flow can also be problems with the raw water pump, blocked heat exchangers/oil coolers and hoses. This is why you need to really understand your system.

    Hi Tony,

    Thanks for your reply, the marine Engineer was very busy so just told me it is canal water cooled and also has a tank with antifreeze for the heat exchanger. I only have my camera phone and as it is very murky here and does not have a flash I don't think the pictures would be of any value, but once I find my proper camera, I will take some pictures to finally know 100% what we have.

     

    It was my confusion, the water pump is a big brass type run from a separate belt to the alternator, and from looking the engine also has a normal car type water pump that flows the water/antifreeze mix around the system.

     

    I am taking her up the river later, so when I have the engine covers up will give the camera phone a go and see how they turn out, thanks again for your help, I do really want to bottom this out.

    Cheers

    Geoff

  7. Boat Pole

    in Boat Building & Maintenance

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    Hi

     

    I've painted both my long shaft and cabin shaft, this was 12 years or so ago and never had a problem. The long shaft is in raddle red while the shorter one is in coach paint. Go for it, they should last for years.I'll 're do them over winter.

     

    Cheers

     

    Dave

    Thanks for your reply Dave, I will break out the paint then and give it the once over

  9. Boat Pole

    in Boat Building & Maintenance

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    Hi All,

    Just bought a new Ash boat pole, I have read that you should not paint them as they can rot under the paint, but mine looks very vunerable and I suspect needs some kind of treatment, so do I oil, varnish or just paint it to make it last the next few years?

  12. BMC 1.5 Spin on Filter Conversion

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    I've used a fuel filter conversion from ASAP supplies on a 1.8 rather than a 1.5. I can't imagine they are wildly different.

     

    The only issue I recall was that when I tried to use all the pipes connecting to it as they already were, with olives on them, the actual recesses that the pipes go into were shorter than on the original filter, so the olives would not come up against the surface they were supposed to mate with.

     

    I simply shortened the amount of each pipe projecting beyond each olive, and it all then went together just fine.

     

    I can't see why the installed filter should not work exactly the same as what it replaced - it's still in exactly the same place.

     

    Not tried an oil filter conversion - my 1.8 is spin on already, although it is in a pig awful place to get to it, and changing it is always guaranteed to create a God-dam mess!

    Thanks for your reply Alan, seen as I have bought them I may as well try and fit them, then if they do cause me problems at least I will still have the original bits to put back on, but on a cold day as today and seeing the news is saying arctic blasts are on the way, I think I will leave it till the summer

  13. BMC 1.5 Spin on Filter Conversion

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    I have just bought 2 spin on conversion kits 1 oil & 1 Fuel, looking at the supplied conversion housing, it seems very good quality to me, but when I asked our marine engineer to fit them, he flatly refused, saying he has had loads of trouble after fitting them with leaks and the fuel filter draining back etc.

     

    So are these kits a cone and I have bought a lame duck, or is he just to busy and is trying to put me off?

  20. Is Our BMC Raw Water Cooled

    in Boat Building & Maintenance

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    Hi Richard,

    Thanks for your reply, I have done a bit of web searching and I think I have a skin tank system, as the diagram I found for a skin tank system also cooled the gearbox, just like it does in ours, so if ours is skin tanked how often to you clean out the mud box ?

     

    I will take some pictures, we have been just using our phones but need a flash to get a good pic then will let you guys fill me in, as I'm starting to panic for the winter lay up

  21. Is Our BMC Raw Water Cooled

    in Boat Building & Maintenance

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    I had a quick look at our boats water cooling system, it seems to have a form of large upright approx 6 inch square tank that you can take the top off and it is mounted verticaly in the engine bay, it also has what looks like a header tank with the usual radiator cap and when the engine is running it pumps water out of the exhaust, so is our engine canal water cooled ?

     

    If so how do I winterize it and do you need an antifreeze mix in the header tank?

     

    I will try and get some good pix when down with her again next week but any help would be great

  22. Chandlers near Barrow Upon Soar Leics.

    in New to Boating?

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    Thanks very much for the info, did a few jobs and took her for a quick cruise to make sure she is running ok, but still loads to do, also worked out the beer has taken it's toll and I'm far to big to play in Narrow Boat Engine Bays, so need a good marine fitter to change the water pump and Alternator belts plus fit some new glow plugs so any suggestions ?

  24. Consumer Unit

    in Boat Building & Maintenance

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    We have, one for ring main, one for charger, one for mains lights, single RCD up front.

    - We only have one mains light, its never used, and only then because (because its there) the low voltage engine room lights are a bit naff for the job.

    - Mains lighting is a very valid option if you plan to have an inverter running 24/7, although i would always retain a skeleton low voltage circuit, and/or twin inverters.

     

    Cant see you needing any more, charger could be taken off the ring main, no real point it going for individual RCBOs as it basically is anyway!

     

    Your limited to 16amp incoming, which should be protected at the bollard and/or before, and you cant really get any discrimination if you tried, certainly not on the ring main. Which is why new installations all have to have the 16amp 'bolloard mcb/rcd/rcbo' accessible and one per berth.

     

    Are you having an inverter, if so, how does that integrate?

     

     

     

    Daniel

    I think we have bought the right unit then, so as it only has one leisure battery I will need to fit an Invertor so as we won't be running a washing machine but do have a 240 vac fridge so what size would I need ?, also what would I need to fit to get hot water from the engine?

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