If santa could bring you one thing.......

[ralf2]

for yourself or your boat what would you like??(be realistic here swmbo may be checking for pressie list!)
hopefully..... /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[Take5]

Any one of the 4 Beauties from http://www.ybw.com/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/1667262/an/0/page/0#1667262
this link would do nicely.

Failing that I would settle to just get my boat on the water by xmas and for everything to run smoothly. Fingers crossed.

 

[Magnum]

Keira Knightley would do.

 

[scrasie]

42 grande bora to put my waverunner in

 

[bigwow]

I’ll be happy with the look on the face of my 5yr old granddaughter as she opens her pressies. Money could not buy it!

 

[TRH]

/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gifRealistic Marine Diesel Prices

 

[epervier]

the six winning numbers for the lotto on a triple rollover week,


then I may even buy some tickets /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[jcmmarine]

Realisticaly, Having dropped lots of hints, I hope to get next year's almanac. (I ask every year and all they say yes, but what do you realy want as a proper present). In reality I will probably end up with a pair of socks with a Christmas motif and another RYA/RNLI mug or other silly thing from their catalogues, thinking I will be pleased that they are contributing to a good cause.
Some new in-date flares would be nice and a new in-date fire extiguisher for the galley - but I'll probably just get another basic 'how to sail' book or Red Ensign cufflinks.

But then last year I received from my then 6 year old grandaugter a card with a drawing of grandad on his boat, It is now mounted on a frame in my study and will be treasured forever.

 

[KCook]

Christmas came early this year. Already got my new digital camera.

Kelly

 

[itsonlymoney]

A better summer in 2008 than the cack one we had in 2007 and continued health to enjoy it.....

 

[KevB]

Peace, love and harmony throughout the world. Nah, Bollox to that!!
My wish would be for all those 'little jobs' around the house that swmbo keeps finding me to do to be magically done every Sunday evening by the time we get back from the boat.

 

[DavidJ]

These type of questions always remind me of an American beauty pagent a couple of decades ago where a young thing answered "I want peace in the world and a little apartment overlooking Central Park" I don't remember if she won or not!

 

[Andrew_Fanner]

Someone who knows how to set the valves on a 6354HT, service/calibrate/set the injector pump and does fantastic sex, all for free. I'll setlle for one out of three if need be

 

[boatone]

Try PM'ing Col on this forum.........but probably best if you don't mention the sex....! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[burgundyben]

When you say set the valves you mean the tappets? easy peasy, 14 thou, done in a series of 13. Fule pump done by fuel inject company, setting is the line scored on the pump body and the mark on the block?

I'd like Santa to bring me a Napier Sea Lion Engine for my other boat.

 

[Andrew_Fanner]

Never set valves in my life but its been suggested that doing so may reduce the starboard smoke. Pump lines don't line up but as I can't shift all the fastenings it may have been done that way a'purpose.

 

[burgundyben]

If smoke is white-ish grey colour that could be timing. Expect lots of smoke from these engines especially this time of year when cold. Mine are more than a match for hlb's 41's.

Adjusting the timing is a [--word removed--] job, slacken off the injector pipes, then there is three half inch nuts that hold the pump down, you need to slacken these to rotate pump to alter timing. Two nuts are easily got at. The remaining hut is an utter utter [--word removed--], so much so its difficult to even see it.

EDIT - doubt if tappets would create more smoke, just make a racket when one is a little wide.

 

[Andrew_Fanner]

>>>
Adjusting the timing is a [--word removed--] job, slacken off the injector pipes, then there is three half inch nuts that hold the pump down, you need to slacken these to rotate pump to alter timing. Two nuts are easily got at. The remaining hut is an utter utter [--word removed--], so much so its difficult to even see it.
>>>

OK, that's earned you a beer! I didn't even know of the existence of nut #3, I had assumed a fastening somewhere inside requiring major dismantling that I hadn't undone as the thing would not move a whillionth of a squllimeter as Doc Smith's Lensmen put it.

 

[burgundyben]

Make life easier, take the injector pipes off all together, takes a few mins and makes it easier to twist the pump than slackening.

The third nut is between the body of the pump and the side of the block. Edit - from above on a HT you wont be able to see it.

On the upright engine I place a 1/2 inch socket (small 1/4 inch drive one) onto the nut, then use a long extension bar (actually in my case two six inch ones taped together to stop one falling off the other) down between pump and block and shove into the socket which is on the nut, undo nut, wiggle about until socket/nut etc dismantled its self and be ready to grap bits as they drop off.

In the words of the great Haynes manuals.....refitting is a reverse of removal...put the nut in the socket, get this in place then puch in extension piece.

As regards the HT6 your on your own....!

On 6354's the clamp that prevent injector pipes rattling around are v important, make sure you refit them.

HTH

 

[Andrew_Fanner]

Will have a looksee on Saturday. Not only is the clamp important, but so is the bit of lolly stick between two lines that have chafed before I took possession, and have the wear marks to prove it