What have you fettled for the boat today?

[RLWP]

Wish i was at work, spent all the time today filling and sanding...only to find more...and more....and more.

Just wait until you put a top coat on...

[W+T]

Stick at it!

 

Just wait until you put a top coat on...

 

 

When i do it will feel a whole lot better.

 

I have to admit there has been a time i wish i hadnt even bothered.

 

But then i have a moment and sit and think what it will be like to actaully chill out and cruise again. :)

[GUMPY]

Not today but last Sunday, refitted eberspacher after new pump and brain, took ages to remove the air lock in the piping.

Fitted new wash machine and rebuilt cupboard as WM now faces a different way.

[RLWP]

I Gibboed our alternator - I wonder if it still works?

 

Richard

[gazza]

I Gibboed our alternator - I wonder if it still works?

 

Richard

More importantly, did it hurt?

[W+T]

More importantly, did it hurt?

 

 

Richard has a funny walk now i bet

[RLWP]

More importantly, did it hurt?

No, I have learned which end of the soldering iron is hot and remember not to touch it. Most of the time

 

Richard

[gazza]

No, I have learned which end of the soldering iron is hot and remember not to touch it. Most of the time

Richard

Soldering irons should be treated with a great deal of mistrust, often used by people who are far too interested in the dark and mysterious art of electrickery.

Unless of course it's a gert big iron for working with tin. But even then it's a pale imitation of proper joining methods such as riveting forging and weldificating.

[FadeToScarlet]

Ali duct fabricated for the SR3 in hackenbush's new boat. 1mm Ali sheet, 1 1/4" Ali angle, lots and lots of holes and pop rivets.

 

To replace the rotten green canvas- should last a lot longer.

Edited May 20, 2016 by FadeToScarlet

[FadeToScarlet]

If I make another one, I must remember to drill the angle symmetrically, rather than leaving a bigger spacing at one end, as the spacing on one run is wrong because I drilled it the wrong way around!

No, I have learned which end of the soldering iron is hot and remember not to touch it. Most of the time

Richard

I must get my grandmother to teach me to solder properly, she spent the late 1950s and early 60s soldering together circuit boards for radar sets, aircraft and missiles for Sperry's.

[rustydiver]

I made a new telescopic tv aerial mast. Attached to it my LTE 4G antenna. Can be raised twice that height.

[Jamm]

Today I removed my hopper windows and cleaned the seals. I also clay barred all the windows

[rustydiver]

Took the Rev counter home put it in the airing cupboard after reading it on here and what beta marine advised me to do as the hours display didn't work.

Last logged service hours was 2010 at 1945 hours. So for a 2003 boat not many hours.

The rev counter still don't work cos some dipstick in the past fitted a cheapo one where these is no w connector for the revs to register.

Edited June 22, 2016 by rustydiver

[Naughty Cal]

Took the Rev counter home put it in the airing cupboard after reading it on here and what beta marine advised me to do as the hours display didn't work.

Last logged service hours was 2010 at 1945 hours. So for a 2003 boat not many hours.

The rev counter still don't work cos some dipstick in the past fitted a cheapo one where these is no w connector for the revs to register.

You really have not done many hours since 2010 then!

[rustydiver]

We've only had the boat since last October. I was supprised how little hours came up.

[Naughty Cal]

We've only had the boat since last October. I was supprised how little hours came up.

We have the Volvo Penta version of the same gauge, I believe VDO make them for VP. That also doesn't always display the hours. We have found that after a period sat in the sun it will start to work again. It is still counting hours even though it is not displaying.

[ditchcrawler]

Just finished painting the bathroom, almost as much work as doing the one at home. One of the double gang 13A/usb sockets I fitted has given up the ghost

[magnetman]

I fitted this yesterday. No 4 of 4 port side opening portholes below gunnel level (its a barge so they are about 18" above water level)

 

I cut the hole in the steel with a jigsaw. Mahogany ring cut with a holesaw. Porthole mounted to mahogany ring with neoprene seal between wood and steel now its almost finished just 3 more bolts to go on

 

Edited for autocorrect typos

Edited June 23, 2016 by magnetman

[magnetman]

 

I did the other 3 last year. By mounting the porthole onto a wooden ring (cut fro a 48mm thick mahogany plank) the porthole frame is isolated from the boat steelwork and I experience minimal condensation so if anyone is fitting opening portholes I can definitely recommend this method !

[canals are us?]

Changed the oil and filter on my beta marine 1305 engine after it had not been run for 2 years. It was the first time I had done it.

It went well but wish I had a filter wrench as space tight, Modern trad, so put screwdriver through the filter and it came undone easily! Installed filter and then re- filled with morris 15-40 oil.

Used the old oil can for the old oil and that will be disposed off at the tip in their oil waste can tomorrow.

Ran the engine and then let it cool, checked the level, all ok so checked diesel tank and filters, all ok so then went to the dock and had £40 put in.

 

Then decided why don't I go for a run, so went up from the marina to the first winding hole and then back, half hour each way and enjoyed it and no issues thankfully. After I had re-moored I gave the grease tap a quarter turn.

 

James

Edited June 23, 2016 by canals are us?

[ditchcrawler]

I fitted this yesterday. No 4 of 4 port side opening portholes below gunnel level (its a barge so they are about 18" above water level)

 

I cut the hole in the steel with a jigsaw. Mahogany ring cut with a holesaw. Porthole mounted to mahogany ring with neoprene seal between wood and steel now its almost finished just 3 more bolts to go on IMG_20160623_101739689.jpg

 

Edited for autocorrect typos

Great to see someone fitting them the right way round.

Changed the oil and filter on my beta marine 1305 engine after it had not been run for 2 years. It went well but wish I had a filter wrench as space tight, Modern trad, so put screwdriver through the filter and it came undone easily! Installed filter and then re- filled with morris 15-40 oil.

Used the old oil can for the old oil and that will be disposed off at the tip in their oil waste can tomorrow.

Ran the engine and then let it cool, checked the level, all ok so checked diesel tank and filters, all ok so then went to the dock and had £40 put in.

 

Then decided why don't I go for a run, so went up from the marina to the first winding hole and then back, half hour each way and enjoyed it and no issues thankfully. After I had re-moored I gave the grease tap a quarter turn.

 

James

I have one like this so I can put a ratchet spanner on the end https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/clarke-cht720-oil-filter-claw-wrench/?da=1&TC=GS-040810720&gclid=CjwKEAjwka67BRCk6a7_h_7Pui8SJABcMkWRCKdEgCXnW5oBKfq80q8lsNqYET8ZhTRRiQZeO3XBJxoCVz7w_wcB

[canals are us?]

Great to see someone fitting them the right way round.

I have one like this so I can put a ratchet spanner on the end https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/clarke-cht720-oil-filter-claw-wrench/?da=1&TC=GS-040810720&gclid=CjwKEAjwka67BRCk6a7_h_7Pui8SJABcMkWRCKdEgCXnW5oBKfq80q8lsNqYET8ZhTRRiQZeO3XBJxoCVz7w_wcB

Looks good I'm going to buy one and a funnel and keep them in the trad engine bay cupboard. This way I'll find them when I next need them!

 

James

[ditchcrawler]

I rubbed down the ceiling in the lounge area today ready for painting, its a lot bigger than the bathroom one was.

[W+T]

Finished priming the thing

[Naughty Cal]

Washed it this evening.