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Jer & The Art · by **Jer & The Art** on Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:31 am

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Jer & The Art · by **Jer & The Art** on Sat Jul 26, 2008 11:37 am

I am sinking zat zum ov our nudey friends don't realize how interesting ve are in vot dey doing! And ve arr!

andyinpub · by **andyinpub** on Sat Jul 26, 2008 12:27 pm

I went to Fradley the other day and while gazing at the junction through the bottom of a pint of Pedigree, I decided two things, a, it was time for another pint and b, Shakespeare Classic Line Hire boats make horrible crunching noises when the steerer leaves it too late turning onto the Coventry and the bow hits the concrete,closely followed by the stern hitting the wall outside the pub. The horror on the faces of boaters waiting for the lock was a picture.
Hours of innocent fun. :shock:

ROQ · by **ROQ** on Sat Jul 26, 2008 2:10 pm

Yoo Hoo, I'm here.
Jer you hold your breath if you must coz I know when you pass out you'll breath again :wink:

Oh and don't get me started on what I've been up to because it will involve me going on about babies again :lol:

nbmike · by **nbmike** on Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:18 pm

I've been working in my cigar tube today, boy it was hot!!!. I've been 'waxoyl'ing the floor prior to putting down the ballast. I now have to wheelbarrow about 2 tons of electric storage heater blocks along the towpath from my van to the boat. Its a pity they don't store electricity, only heat cos then I could reduce the proposed size of my battery bank:-)

nbmike · by **nbmike** on Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:31 pm

AAh- did I not mention, I don't have a running engine at the moment.
I bought a stationary engine from a local college in 2003. That was the start of my boat. I rebuilt the top end and then mothballed it while working on the shell. Then, just before putting the roof on, I put the engine into place. I did have it running as a stand alone engine but then had a mishap. More to follow................

ROQ · by **ROQ** on Sat Jul 26, 2008 11:40 pm

José Manguera wrote:Mike...would it be too much of a job to move the boat along to the van whilst you offload the blocks to the boat?

Nah....you've already thought about that haven't you .....and will have ROQ to load and wheel the barrow whilst you put the bricks in the boat......what a cunning plan.

J.

And ROQ's not loading anything - except maybe .38 :lol:

nbmike · by **nbmike** on Mon Aug 04, 2008 8:11 am

nbmike wrote:AAh- did I not mention, I don't have a running engine at the moment.
I bought a stationary engine from a local college in 2003. That was the start of my boat. I rebuilt the top end and then mothballed it while working on the shell. Then, just before putting the roof on, I put the engine into place. I did have it running as a stand alone engine but then had a mishap. More to follow................

I am not too knowledgable about stationary engines - well that is to say - a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. I was told that the engine had governor weights to control the speed and that a variable speed engine would have different weights. These are situated behind the camshaft gearwheel. The cam shaft doesn't move forward enough to see them properly and is held captive by an oil splash plate. I rotated the engine to put the timing marks out of alignment and cut a slice off this splash plate to allow removal of camshaft. I could then pull camshaft out far enough to remove governor weight. I took it to Peter Thompson of Marine Engine Supplies and he weighed it. He told me it was the correct weight for a variable speed engine. So I put all the bits back in. But...............

Jer & The Art · by **Jer & The Art** on Mon Aug 04, 2008 9:49 am

Clever man Peter Thompson, I first came across him in the very early 80's.

Let me add a little of my wayward knowledge and make everything even more dangerous.

Stationary engines running at a fixed speed have a governor that is balanced within a narrow range that merely allows for increase of fuel when a load (generator, pump - whatever) is engaged. They run fast, do not tickover, roar into life when started, and maintain that speed when the load is applied

Engines rigged for motive power have a governor that is not restricted by its limits of adjustment but is adjusted by a linkage attached to the throttle lever. Therefore can be set at tickover and adjusted up through the power band at any setting.

There you are .... I told you I didn't know much!

nbmike · by **nbmike** on Mon Aug 04, 2008 8:50 pm

nbmike wrote:
nbmike wrote:AAh- did I not mention, I don't have a running engine at the moment.
I bought a stationary engine from a local college in 2003. That was the start of my boat. I rebuilt the top end and then mothballed it while working on the shell. Then, just before putting the roof on, I put the engine into place. I did have it running as a stand alone engine but then had a mishap. More to follow................

I am not too knowledgable about stationary engines - well that is to say - a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. I was told that the engine had governor weights to control the speed and that a variable speed engine would have different weights. These are situated behind the camshaft gearwheel. The cam shaft doesn't move forward enough to see them properly and is held captive by an oil splash plate. I rotated the engine to put the timing marks out of alignment and cut a slice off this splash plate to allow removal of camshaft. I could then pull camshaft out far enough to remove governor weight. I took it to Peter Thompson of Marine Engine Supplies and he weighed it. He told me it was the correct weight for a variable speed engine. So I put all the bits back in. But...............

Little did I know that I had pulled the camshaft forward just enough to allow one of the tappet valves to slip down alongside the camshaft, between it and the engine block. So of course, at a later date, when I connected a battery and turned the engine over............... BANG, clatter,clatter,clatter....................Sob,Sob,Sob.

Jer & The Art · by **Jer & The Art** on Tue Aug 05, 2008 11:03 am

Little did I know that I had pulled the camshaft forward just enough to allow one of the tappet valves to slip down alongside the camshaft, between it and the engine block. So of course, at a later date, when I connected a battery and turned the engine over............... BANG, clatter,clatter,clatter....................Sob,Sob,Sob.

Oh No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No !!!!!!!

I am desperately trying to think of something worse that I have done over the years that might make you feel better Mike, but I don't think I can .... sorry! :cry:

nbmike · by **nbmike** on Tue Aug 05, 2008 6:49 pm

Jer & The Art wrote:Little did I know that I had pulled the camshaft forward just enough to allow one of the tappet valves to slip down alongside the camshaft, between it and the engine block. So of course, at a later date, when I connected a battery and turned the engine over............... BANG, clatter,clatter,clatter....................Sob,Sob,Sob.

Oh No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No !!!!!!!

I am desperately trying to think of something worse that I have done over the years that might make you feel better Mike, but I don't think I can .... sorry!

Its okay now. I was suicidal for a time (About 2 Mins) but I'm so mean I couldn't bear to think of all my work going to waste.........So I went to Belgium and got another engine. :lol:

Jer & The Art · by **Jer & The Art** on Tue Aug 05, 2008 9:15 pm

Oh, well that's alright then.
Is it a Belgian Chocolate engine? I hear they run for Hundreds & Thousands? Take you all the way to Mars via the Milkyway. If she hadn't been a sailing ship, they'd have fitted one in The Bounty.

ROQ · by **ROQ** on Tue Aug 05, 2008 10:01 pm

Hmmmm!
They also MELT :roll:

boatmanckp · by **boatmanckp** on Tue Aug 12, 2008 6:46 pm

At the time this thread was started I was on my boat heading for Birmingham,now back at home.CKP

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