Heckler
Active member
boat just made it to a desert island on the edge of nowhere, diesel engine misfiring and has been stopped for repairs, strong smell of diesel in bilges, batteries almost flat because alternator not charging.
stubate goes below and discovers broken injector pipe and bilge awash with diesel.
now what is he to do?
first things first, get engine repaired. finds out that diesel spraying onto fan belt has caused it to slip and wear. clean up bilges etc and tighten fan belt, uh oh fan belt is bottoming in v pulleys, cry from old crustie in cockpit oh we will have to get an eye bolt and make a belt tensioner,
NO says stu we will fit a new belt that I had the foresight to bring with us and tighten it using the time honoured method of a long screw driver carefully levering the alternator away from the block.
next thing fit a new injector pipe, NO says old crustie it is shorter then the others and will cause pulses and uneven firing and will generally not work and the engineers will all laugh at us and it wont work and i must get out my tome and look it up and any way I know more than he does and the forum will give me a big applause when i prove him wrong. Stu says bollocks and fits the shorter pipe, carefully turns the engine over by hand with the socket he brought with him until he has got fuel to the injector and then just as the battery is nearly finished it catches and fires.
Now to charge the batteries up.
stu says the sterling alternator booster will make the 60 amp alternator put out about 60 amps and so will take about an hour and a half to charge the 3 battery 60 amp bank. NO says the old crusty it will destroy the engine with bore glazing if you try to charge the batteries by running it at a fast idle, Stu says bollocks and charges the batteries, weighs anchor and is on his way to the port over the horizon and arrives just in time for last orders.
Moral of the story, PRACTICAL boat owner gets the boat back to shore quickly in time for a pint.
stu
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stubate goes below and discovers broken injector pipe and bilge awash with diesel.
now what is he to do?
first things first, get engine repaired. finds out that diesel spraying onto fan belt has caused it to slip and wear. clean up bilges etc and tighten fan belt, uh oh fan belt is bottoming in v pulleys, cry from old crustie in cockpit oh we will have to get an eye bolt and make a belt tensioner,
NO says stu we will fit a new belt that I had the foresight to bring with us and tighten it using the time honoured method of a long screw driver carefully levering the alternator away from the block.
next thing fit a new injector pipe, NO says old crustie it is shorter then the others and will cause pulses and uneven firing and will generally not work and the engineers will all laugh at us and it wont work and i must get out my tome and look it up and any way I know more than he does and the forum will give me a big applause when i prove him wrong. Stu says bollocks and fits the shorter pipe, carefully turns the engine over by hand with the socket he brought with him until he has got fuel to the injector and then just as the battery is nearly finished it catches and fires.
Now to charge the batteries up.
stu says the sterling alternator booster will make the 60 amp alternator put out about 60 amps and so will take about an hour and a half to charge the 3 battery 60 amp bank. NO says the old crusty it will destroy the engine with bore glazing if you try to charge the batteries by running it at a fast idle, Stu says bollocks and charges the batteries, weighs anchor and is on his way to the port over the horizon and arrives just in time for last orders.
Moral of the story, PRACTICAL boat owner gets the boat back to shore quickly in time for a pint.
stu
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