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Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 01-07-2017, 01:40
Replies: 8
Views: 4,530
Posted By TranceNT
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...
Forum: Marine Electronics 09-06-2017, 20:33
Replies: 27
Views: 9,112
Posted By 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:
...
Forum: Navigation 29-02-2016, 23:31
Replies: 39
Views: 8,830
Posted By 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...
Forum: Navigation 26-01-2016, 18:47
Replies: 58
Views: 6,791
Posted By 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)...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 16-01-2016, 19:14
Replies: 17
Views: 5,234
Posted By TranceNT
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...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 13-01-2016, 22:59
Replies: 25
Views: 12,284
Posted By 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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Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 12-01-2016, 22:59
Replies: 27
Views: 4,016
Posted By 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...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 11-01-2016, 16:18
Replies: 44
Views: 5,468
Posted By TranceNT
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...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 10-01-2016, 22:54
Replies: 27
Views: 4,016
Posted By 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...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 27-12-2015, 18:59
Replies: 25
Views: 5,603
Posted By 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...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 24-12-2015, 19:58
Replies: 25
Views: 5,603
Posted By 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
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 12-12-2015, 14:28
Replies: 31
Views: 4,376
Posted By 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...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 11-12-2015, 19:48
Replies: 16
Views: 3,914
Posted By 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...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 11-12-2015, 16:26
Replies: 29
Views: 5,848
Posted By 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...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 10-12-2015, 23:44
Replies: 29
Views: 5,848
Posted By 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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Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 02-12-2015, 16:12
Replies: 29
Views: 5,848
Posted By 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...
Forum: Navigation 30-11-2015, 18:23
Replies: 31
Views: 6,244
Posted By 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...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 25-11-2015, 19:11
Replies: 18
Views: 3,758
Posted By 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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