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Oh I am enjoying this.

 

Plenty of information, and thanks for all the pics. Some of your previous posts have been quite self-deprecating (running down your own abilities), so I really am pleasantly surprised (and a bit envious) at what you're managing to achieve and the standards of finish.

 

Going back to post #29 though, who's in the picures?

 

Come on, Jill (wrigglefingers) has posted self-portraits and crew pics, where's yours?

 

Moley, Those are very kind words, thank you! I must emphasise that photographs are not the best witness to standards of finish! My aim is to get the boat so it is easy to understand, and obvious how it works (by following pipes and looking at the diagrams I have drawn. It is getting there.

 

The pictures - one is me, the other is a member of my crew.

 

Here is a picture of my calorifier.

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I have simplified the pipework enormously, and will in time replace the nasty plastic hose with other pipework, but before I do that I want to know that it all works efficiently.

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... but you're not saying which pic's which ;)

 

... and ‘Crew’ contradicts ‘Loner’ :D

 

... and that last pic's brought it back down - trailing wires and scruffy plumbing :lol:

 

 

I Love the skeleton pics,

 

I think Bones is an Artist on the quiet.......A Con....tradict artist :D

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The wiring is going to be put into conduit this evening! The plumbing is very scruffy indeed, but will be beautiful when its done. Before I couldn't see the calorifier for the pipes! I just hope it all works!!!!

 

I must show you the cupboard my crew hide in when cruising (thats when they are on the boat rather than falling in!).

 

A loner can always have care in the community!!!!!!! :lol:

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Fire cement will always crack as it is not flexible and will not allow for the expansion and contraction.

Try 'FJC' (stands for Fireproof Jointing Compound). It's like putty, but its heatproof and never sets hard so it doesn't crack. It forms a skin, so you can paint it with stove paint to make it black.

 

It's no good externally though as it dissolves in the rain.

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I have two glass panels in the front doors which are currently covered by curtains, a situation I decided was not optimal - so, the solution is two boards to cover the panels. My talents don't extend to clevetts on the boat painting front, so I chose something a bit different, and my crew decided to paint it for me - here it is:

 

 

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This is one of the panels... but the question is - 'to straw boater or to not straw boater'

 

Does he need a bright colourful hat?.....??????

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I hereby proudly announce that my engine goes VVrrrrrrmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

 

I tried endlessly to re-fit the startermotor to no avail, and eventually discovered a bolt end was the problem - which was promptly sawn off. The motor slipped in like a glove, and the engine turned over beautifully and roared into life. Smoke came from a hole in the exhaust (which I will sort out), and other than that - it was fantastic!

 

Thank you all for the assistance you gave me and spurning me on to carry on wrestling with it.

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I hereby proudly announce that my engine goes VVrrrrrrmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

 

I tried endlessly to re-fit the startermotor to no avail, and eventually discovered a bolt end was the problem - which was promptly sawn off. The motor slipped in like a glove, and the engine turned over beautifully and roared into life. Smoke came from a hole in the exhaust (which I will sort out), and other than that - it was fantastic!

 

Thank you all for the assistance you gave me and spurning me on to carry on wrestling with it.

 

 

Great news Bones I`m glad 4 u too

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I hereby proudly announce that my engine goes VVrrrrrrmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

 

I tried endlessly to re-fit the startermotor to no avail, and eventually discovered a bolt end was the problem - which was promptly sawn off. The motor slipped in like a glove, and the engine turned over beautifully and roared into life. Smoke came from a hole in the exhaust (which I will sort out), and other than that - it was fantastic!

 

Thank you all for the assistance you gave me and spurning me on to carry on wrestling with it.

 

Hip Hip hooray!

 

Well done, Bones - happy vroooommmming!!!!!

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Yeah, well done Bones..........so............how many bolts are holding it?

 

Cheers.......

 

 

only 2 at the moment - I need to find a third! I have put the two I have in diagonally. Any idea where I can find another!?

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Well, three would be ideal but two is a lot better number than your original one.

 

Keep an eye on it, probably be OK but sort it if it comes loose........

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Do I remember that it's a BMC 1800? If so, then any garage that has a working knowledge of MGB sportscars, or maybe Sherpa vans with the "old" petrol engines - or probably any car scrapyard. Go for teh MGB option, there's dozens of firms around specialising in them, there must be one near you.

If it's not a BMC, please disregard this reply.

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Do I remember that it's a BMC 1800? If so, then any garage that has a working knowledge of MGB sportscars, or maybe Sherpa vans with the "old" petrol engines - or probably any car scrapyard. Go for teh MGB option, there's dozens of firms around specialising in them, there must be one near you.

If it's not a BMC, please disregard this reply.

 

 

Alex, its a 1.5 - does the same apply?

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Yes. My remarks are based on the range of vehicles that used the BMC "B" Series engine in its 1.5 or 1.8 forms. They include the old A60 Cambridge/Oxford, MGB, earlier Marina, to name the most common.

I would hazard a guess that were you to remove one of the bolts 'n nuts (they are actually machine screws but we won't go into that) and take it to any country garage, they will have one in a grubby old box or tin underneath the workbench - I know I would have, which leads me to suggest that if you measure the bolt's length and thickness accurately using vernier calipers or similar and let me know, I could post you one.

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Well, I have put the engine room vaguely back together, but need to do quite a lot of work in there yet - which I am planning to do at the weekend. Mostly securing bits, tidying up the wiring, and making cubbyholes for my handbag, hairbrush, nail polish, and other essential engine room accessories. :)

 

I have also finally decided on some handles for the kitchen cupboards - until now I had been using the childproof system of none. The new handles are from B&Q and I have discovered it isn't an easy job fitting handles that don't just screw in the front! I THINK they are straight, if not they will be in line with the rest of the boat and 'characterful'! I have fitted two, and have two more to go which I will tackle this evening, along with the magnetic catches.

 

I am going to have a very busy weekend sorting as much out as I possibly can, not least because I need to move the last of my earthly life onto it asap, and thus need to make/find room. I suspect I will be embracing recyling in its full!

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making cubbyholes for my handbag, hairbrush, nail polish, and other essential engine room accessories. :)

:) Why am I never sure how seriously to take you ?

 

Somehow, nail polish and other such fripperies don't sit right with the image of you, head down in the bilges, tinkering with starter motors etc. :)

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:) Why am I never sure how seriously to take you ?

 

Somehow, nail polish and other such fripperies don't sit right with the image of you, head down in the bilges, tinkering with starter motors etc. :)

 

:):)

 

 

 

 

Besides, everyone knows that applying clear nail polish to the threads of screws in glasses before tightening prevents the screws from loosening.

 

A hair brush is good for a quick spruce, or itching a back. (although I have yet to buy a hair brush)

 

and handbags are for tools.

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