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Engines and Propulsion Systems
01-07-2017, 01:40
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Adjusting hurth shift lever
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Re: Adjusting hurth shift lever
I have the service manual for HBW50 through to HBW220.
Section 2.9 states that the minimum shifting movement of the Bowden cable shall be 35 mm for the outer pivot location and 30 for the inner...
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Marine Electronics
09-06-2017, 20:33
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Masthead VHF Antenna - The devil is in the details...
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TranceNT
Re: Masthead VHF Antenna - The devil is in the details...
Always brings myths, beliefs, and facts, this VSWR/SWR topic.
Try reading this before taking too much of the first two into your memory:
...
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Navigation
29-02-2016, 23:31
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How to determine distance from an object of know height using a sextant?
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TranceNT
Re: How to determine distance from an object of know height using a sextant?
The old Stadia computer (circular sliderule) was used in navigation and other endeavours but has become a rare thing these days.
A cheap sextant is a useful tool for both horizontal and vertical...
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Navigation
26-01-2016, 18:47
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Tidal Cycle? Help me out here!
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TranceNT
Re: Tidal Cycle? Help me out here!
Tides --- an interesting outline from the Navy, which includes (but doesn't name) the Barycentre diagram.
OC2910 - Tides: Basic Concepts and Terminology (https://www.oc.nps.edu/nom/day1/partc.html)...
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Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting
16-01-2016, 19:14
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Repairing Stainless Steel From Grinding
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Re: Repairing Stainless Steel From Grinding
IF you want to give surface treatment to SS after fine sanding with wet and dry 400+ (or a fine grade flapwheel used lightly), there is Hydrofluoric Acid at a low concentration BUT ---- and it's a...
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Engines and Propulsion Systems
13-01-2016, 22:59
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Oil filters, which would you recommend?
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TranceNT
Re: Oil filters, which would you recommend?
The original filter on this marinised engine was VERY short, and the "on-engine" combined adapter and oil cooler were judged too heavy for the alloy adapter. This is how it looks now.
...
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Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar
12-01-2016, 22:59
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Hidden Problems in Battery Circuits.
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TranceNT
Re: Hidden Problems in Battery Circuits.
My background was electrical power generation and distribution and this matter of to crimp or to solder is interesting to follow.
For as long as hydraulic crimping tools have been around, the...
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Seamanship & Boat Handling
11-01-2016, 16:18
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Technology which may be of interest.
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Technology which may be of interest.
I used to imagine, years ago, that it would be useful in many situations both inshore and offshore, to be able to see just that much further than eyes on deck.
My early thoughts were radio...
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Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar
10-01-2016, 22:54
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Hidden Problems in Battery Circuits.
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TranceNT
Re: Hidden Problems in Battery Circuits.
Boatbrain has raised an issue which may need another thread.
"Pretty much every city bus has an air starter doesn't it? Why can't they put those on boat engines?"
There are (or maybe were) at...
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Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar
27-12-2015, 18:59
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Looking for practical charging system refit advice
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TranceNT
Re: Looking for practical charging system refit advice
Hi Phaon, and the best of a New Year to you both,
There is no significant issue with that detailed post by W3AG and that is what I do. In particular, the matter of combining battery units in...
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Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar
24-12-2015, 19:58
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Looking for practical charging system refit advice
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TranceNT
Re: Looking for practical charging system refit advice
Season's Greetings to all !
W3GAC has the goods, the money is on that arrangement.
VK4JC (inactive)
Cheers Terry
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Engines and Propulsion Systems
12-12-2015, 14:28
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Engine "steamy" type noise and consuming coolant
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TranceNT
Re: Engine "steamy" type noise and consuming coolant
Coolant leaks sometimes reveal their general location by staining with the dried chemical fractions they contain. Look for colour change or drip track.
Water pump seals may leak only when the...
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Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar
11-12-2015, 19:48
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Battery Monitors - Instructions for a nonelectrical engineer
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TranceNT
Re: Battery Monitors - Instructions for a nonelectrical engineer
Reference the nice Latin quotation: Gaudeamus igitur iuvenes dum sumus..
What about us elderly people ? I didn't do Classics, and when I first read " Carpe Diem" I thought immediately of some...
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Engines and Propulsion Systems
11-12-2015, 16:26
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Perkins Diesel questions - starter?
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TranceNT
Re: Perkins Diesel questions - starter?
The crankshaft pulley on the M20 is same as yours. If your identification plate is still legible and it is the M20, there is probably quite a few hours in its history.
Boatdiesel.com (free...
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Engines and Propulsion Systems
10-12-2015, 23:44
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Perkins Diesel questions - starter?
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TranceNT
Re: Perkins Diesel questions - starter?
That looks a lot like the Perkins Perama M20 --- the original model in the Perama series.
Lots of stuff available (Documentation, parts, etc..)
Have a look at: perkins perama M20 on Google.
...
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Engines and Propulsion Systems
02-12-2015, 16:12
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Perkins Diesel questions - starter?
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TranceNT
Re: Perkins Diesel questions - starter?
A fairly common cause of the situation you have described is one or both of the commutator brushes is either held off by its pigtail through wear, or one or both are frozen in the brushholder. The...
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Navigation
30-11-2015, 18:23
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Navionics charts (maybe all chartplotter charts)
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TranceNT
Re: Navionics charts (maybe all chartplotter charts)
A general comment and query relating to regional Navionics chart.
In the Australia and New Zealand instance, 'community edits' seem to be improving the chart updates, both in bathymetrics and...
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Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar
25-11-2015, 19:11
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Charging Batteries in Parallel
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TranceNT
Re: Charging Batteries in Parallel
Hamburking has a good point which is that storage batteries should only be connected in parallel if they are on a constant maintenance charge (float), or if they are normally off-charge, but are on a...
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