armchairsailor
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Daft question, but are engine keys pretty generic? I've got a yanmar 2YM15 with the original engine panel and I've bent the key out of all recognition, so need a new one. Are they pretty easy to get hold of?
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jwilson
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RichardS
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I'm sure Timpson won't be able to help ..... but your link nails it. :encouragement:
Richard
Old Bumbulum
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Generic Yanmar keys are available cheaply on ebay.
My little Iseki tractor has a Kubota-based engine and uses what appears to be an identical key so their suppliers might be able to help too.
I dread to think what a genuine Yanmar key might cost!
My little Iseki tractor has a Kubota-based engine and uses what appears to be an identical key so their suppliers might be able to help too.
I dread to think what a genuine Yanmar key might cost!
JumbleDuck
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Laysula
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My switch on my 25 year old yanmar 3gm30f broke last month. I bought a new one and the key is identical to the old one.
Spyro
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I got one for my 2GM20 cut at a local one man outfit. Cost me £3.50. He did have a bit of trouble finding a blank but after finding one almost identical (slightly different thickness) he told make to bring it back if it didn't work. It was fine.
Daedelus
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If you think that's expensive try getting the plastic cover for the keyhole!
(I've been using the plastic cap off a water bottle).
(I've been using the plastic cap off a water bottle).
Stemar
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If one has a battery isolation switch below, so it's locked away when the boat's unattended, is there any point in a key switch? Would a suitable turn button switch do as well for less than the cost of a key? OK, I don't have any fancy electronics and my rev counter is courtesy of Tiny Tach, but I just have a simple on/off switch for the "ignition" and a glorified bell push for the starter Both are IP something sensible rated. Setting that up in the cockpit with the stop cable and usual warning lights was one of the best things I ever did after tolerating both start and stop controls below for years.
JumbleDuck
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That is why I ordered my new Nanni engine with the "flybridge" panel, which has a press-button on-off switch in place of a key.
prv
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No, and the standard controls for our Volvo D1-30 don't include one. Just four membrane switches (on/off, start, stop, and one that silences alarms) on a small rectangular panel. All the feedback comes via a little LCD in the tacho.
Our previous boat's Yanmar keyswitch was completely knackered, and I replaced it with a chunky 90º turn switch (you do have to watch out for the rating, as it carries something like 25amps from memory). That panel was in the cabin, just just under the companion hatch and reachable from the tiller.
Pete
AndrewB
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Good idea! :encouragement:
Lightwave395
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Got a couple on the boat you could have FOC, I had a new 3YM30 fitted two years ago with an electronic panel, won't be there for a couple of weeks though...
KompetentKrew
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Timsons in Gosport did keys for my Nanni 4150HE.
It was a bit of a mission, it sort of rang a bell and he had a look in his book and then ordered one but it was the wrong way around or something, and then he finally got the right one after some weeks.
