...arrived today, so next visit could well entail trying to start the engine!
I'm very sceptical that she'll start.... I reckon the odds on the starter and alternator being OK are slim.... but only time will tell.
Friday 26 April 2013
Sunday 21 April 2013
Forepeak sole
Thats the floor in the front bit for landlubbers!
Looks great in gloss!... Almost seems a shame to put matt on top of it, but it would be a skating rink otherwise!
Looks great in gloss!... Almost seems a shame to put matt on top of it, but it would be a skating rink otherwise!
when is a chandlery not a chandlery?
When it stocks loads of clothes, unnecessary boat goodies and hundreds of different pairs of deck shoes, but cant crimp the ends onto battery cables for you!
Foxes..... in fairness, great stock, but really??? you sell battery cable, but cant crimp the ends up.... what happened to chandleries as I knew them?
so....
I was stuck with getting the second coat of varnish on, in most of the passageway... couldn't do i all, as I would have leant on the bit I'd done finishing it.... but still got a load done.
I also stuck a second coat on the forepeak sole... just to test to see what it looks like.... I may try a coat of matt floor varnish over it, instead of the planned finishing oil....
Foxes..... in fairness, great stock, but really??? you sell battery cable, but cant crimp the ends up.... what happened to chandleries as I knew them?
so....
I was stuck with getting the second coat of varnish on, in most of the passageway... couldn't do i all, as I would have leant on the bit I'd done finishing it.... but still got a load done.
I also stuck a second coat on the forepeak sole... just to test to see what it looks like.... I may try a coat of matt floor varnish over it, instead of the planned finishing oil....
Saturday 20 April 2013
Started up again
Finally.... Warm enough to stay on board without freezing to death. Its too far to travel for day trips!
So, today i've managed to put the final coat on the galley.... So that is the saloon varnishing FINISHED!!!!
I also managed to varnish the passageway to the aft cabin, along with the berth.... Only the first thinned coat, but its a start....
And finally, I fitted the remaining doors... A few catches short, so they'll need ordering.
This evening, i've been working out the engine rewire. Looks straightforward... The biggest challenge was identifying the alternator in order to work out what the four wires were. Its a Lucas A137, with a standard B+ and B-, but also had two others, with one marked W, which turns out to be the tacho feed, and one unlabelled, which is, I discover, WL, or warning lamp... No excitor circuit... Unless I end up having to feed a battery voltage to B+ given that its now going to be fitted to a Sterling smart regulator with built in spilt diode, hence no voltage at B+.
A few other bits to do, such as refill water circuits, rewire feeds from batteries, and remove excess wiring to starter panel, as well as final check on fuel condition, before attempting to start her.... Not optimistic after her little dunking in early 2012... Since when she was run for just 20 mins to flush her and dry her, along with oil changes twice, and not started since... So likely that starter and alternator are knackered.
So, today i've managed to put the final coat on the galley.... So that is the saloon varnishing FINISHED!!!!
I also managed to varnish the passageway to the aft cabin, along with the berth.... Only the first thinned coat, but its a start....
And finally, I fitted the remaining doors... A few catches short, so they'll need ordering.
This evening, i've been working out the engine rewire. Looks straightforward... The biggest challenge was identifying the alternator in order to work out what the four wires were. Its a Lucas A137, with a standard B+ and B-, but also had two others, with one marked W, which turns out to be the tacho feed, and one unlabelled, which is, I discover, WL, or warning lamp... No excitor circuit... Unless I end up having to feed a battery voltage to B+ given that its now going to be fitted to a Sterling smart regulator with built in spilt diode, hence no voltage at B+.
A few other bits to do, such as refill water circuits, rewire feeds from batteries, and remove excess wiring to starter panel, as well as final check on fuel condition, before attempting to start her.... Not optimistic after her little dunking in early 2012... Since when she was run for just 20 mins to flush her and dry her, along with oil changes twice, and not started since... So likely that starter and alternator are knackered.
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