mechanic

[robertsimigla]

Hi.Anybody know a good mechanic around cheshunt please but real one

[WotEver]

Might help the selection if you say what engine?

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

A good mechanic will cope with any engine. ?

[BWM]

Just now, Goliath said:

A good mechanic will cope with any engine. ?

In theory yes, but one whose experience is in modern diesels would be at a disadvantage sourcing parts alone for many vintage engines. I'd also prefer a mechanic to do more than cope with a problem! 

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

4 minutes ago, BWM said:

In theory yes, but one whose experience is in modern diesels would be at a disadvantage sourcing parts alone for many vintage engines. I'd also prefer a mechanic to do more than cope with a problem! 

Yes, fair point  

the op didn't say any specifics which made me think modern diesel  

 

[cereal tiller]

2 hours ago, WotEver said:

Might help the selection if you say what engine?

O.P.'s Boat is a Seamaster 25, so Engine likely to be BMC 1.5,Perkins 4.107/108?

[WotEver]

23 minutes ago, cereal tiller said:

O.P.'s Boat is a Seamaster 25, so Engine likely to be BMC 1.5,Perkins 4.107/108?

Which have their quirks, so someone with a good knowledge of BMCs would have an advantage

[robertsimigla]

is a nanny deisel old engine.

[MtB]

8 hours ago, Goliath said:

A good mechanic will cope with any engine. ?

 

I disagree. If I had, say, a BMC, I'd rather employ a bloke who spends his whole life working on BMCs, than someone who knows a bit about all engines and is master of none. 

The technician you mention who knows everything about all engines may well exist, but I've never met him and the chances of him being available at short notice are vanishingly small. 

[koukouvagia]

Yes, get someone who really knows your engine.

Our 1.8 BMC developed a mysterious fault which a good general mechanic misdiagnosed (persuading me to buy unecessarily a new pump).  It didn't take long for BMC specialist, Ed Boden, to find the real cause of the problem. 

A friend had a misbehaving Kelvin which puzzled several engineers until a real Kelvin guru, Dick Goble, sorted him out very quickly.

 

[robertsimigla]

thanks for all the answer but any body can give me a phone number to a good mechanic

[koukouvagia]

16 minutes ago, robertsimigla said:

thanks for all the answer but any body can give me a phone number to a good mechanic

You could try Ed Boden.  ED BODEN. ENGINE REPAIRS. 07941 048 847

He's based at Marsworth.

Edited November 2, 2017 by koukouvagia

[Laurie Booth]

2 hours ago, robertsimigla said:

thanks for all the answer but any body can give me a phone number to a good mechanic

To repair what?

 

[robertsimigla]

the gear

 

[Tony Brooks]

Symptoms? This might just be a broken or maladjusted cable.  A perfectly safe DIY job.

[robertsimigla]

The engine run but when i put in gear no power just a small what is still moving the boat.When i wish to put in revers is a big noise and just dont wana take it.

[Tony Brooks]

Although I do not understand all of it I very much doubt it is a simple cable fault.

You may well have something wrapped around the prop and apart from the noise in reverse it could be leaves. It wont be leaves if you have no drive afetr stopping for a while.

Seamaster tended to fit a hydraulic gearbox so please check the oil level. I suspect it could be a Velvetdrive, PRM or TMP box. If you do not know how to check the level post a photo of the box so we can identify it.

If your gearbox is of an old design using sun and planet gears for reverse then it will always be noisy in reverse.

If its not a gearbox oil problem or a fouled prop it might be a failed drive plate. It all depends upon exactly where the noise comes from.

If its not a fouled prop or low gearbox oil I think you are right in that it probably needs a mechanic.

[robertsimigla]

Thanks Tony.

I just bought this boat and i dont know where to check the gear oil.I just started to learn about boating.I am thank full for any advise.

[David Mack]

The Wortham Blake Fisherboy engine was a marinised Ford petrol engine.

[robertsimigla]

I know but i have nanny diesel engine

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

8 hours ago, Mike the Boilerman said:

 

I disagree. If I had, say, a BMC, I'd rather employ a bloke who spends his whole life working on BMCs, than someone who knows a bit about all engines and is master of none. 

The technician you mention who knows everything about all engines may well exist, but I've never met him and the chances of him being available at short notice are vanishingly small. 

'Technician', there's a new one to me. Are they all male? 

[Tony Brooks]

4 hours ago, robertsimigla said:

I know but i have nanny diesel engine

OK so someone in the has has fitted the Wortham Blake box to a Nanni engine. The boat possibly started life with a Ford petrol engine in it but I thought Semaster 25s were a bit too new for that to be the case.

The good news is that this box is mechanical so the loss of ahead propulsion can not be lack of oil. Note I said propulsion rather than  drive because a fouled prop would still allow the engine to spin the shaft but not drive very well. Also this is a sun & planet gear reverse gear box so is libel to make a horrible whining sound in reverse, more so now its so old and the bearings and teeth faces are likely to be worn and pitted. Can you describe the sound? Whining, banging, whistling, teeth  grating etc?

I think you need to go feeling around the back of the boat for the prop ( I don't think its an out/Z drive with that gearbox) to see if you can feel the prop blades or something wrapped around them. Most people will use a  boat hook for this and the hooked bit might pull anything off the prop. If you can not find a suitable piece of bank this may be a get in the water job on that style of boat.

This is a highly unusual engine - gearbox combination so how its been done is open to question.

The other good thing about this box is that I think the ahead clutch and reverse brake band are adjustable so if the lack of ahead is a slipping clutch you may be able to fix it. I can't remember how the adjustments are done but a photo of the inside of the box with the top off might remind me if no one else on the forum does not give the answer.

Forget about reverse for now until we have the ahead sorted.

 

 

[robertsimigla]

thank you so much.i check the prop fiŕst.

[Sjpbikes]

Did you solve this the help the oil is 20/50 engine oil , the dipstick is ( in ur picture) the lower left hand corner unscrew the large cap that is the did stick