Pretty Funked Up

That tickled me, needed a smile. They do fail to start up from time to time (like 1 in 10 tries), 2 fails on the trot and you know something is going a miss but will probably catch on the 3rd. Thats it letting out a wee warning. BSP- did you get the hot plastic smell before fitting the heat resistant silicone?

If all wires/connections check out OK then next thing I would check is the glowplug on this one. A continuity check is normally enough for a glowplug. GL.

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Haha I'm probably not the right person to ask about gaskets, I reused mine 4 times before replacing. It all depends on how they come off really, if youre careful you'll be fine but always have anew set just incase. Re little holes mentioned above, spot on! They can also be so well coked you'd not know they were there. Try and be gentle with the gauze as I ripped mine (still works fine though) its there for reason though so try and leave it intact.

The glow plug is obviously passing the internal test to get as far as white smoke. If there was an airlock in it the water pump would make an obviously 'wierd' noise while trying to pump. There's a little bleed screw in the middle top of the unit so airlocks are easily solved, undo that a bit and make sure coolant dribbles out. Never had a problem with diesel airlock as the pump will get past it after 1 or 2 tries. I've a bad feeling you will have to take it apart again to check the gauze in the diesel feed. Follow the diesel to the combustion chamber, just before it enters the chamber there's a tiny gauze which I suspect is still all coked up, its dark in there so hard to see clearly. If you cant see metal gauze it's probably blocked up with coke. Also noteworthy is after several failed startups you will get white smoke by the bucket load while it clears the unburnt fuel from the failures before.

no ideas yet but your stop cock in your header tank needs attention. where has it gone though?

November Whiskey, actual out

playing about some more but actually witha REAL stop watch and not my head. With the engine running the run on time for my 3ltr acccccccc thing is less than 1 second. With the engine recently run ie voltage high 12.9 region, ru on time is less LESS than 2 seconds. No slow bit at end. it was easy 6 secs with a slow bit towards the end before when it was leaking. Edit: jabsco parmax 4 with 3ltr ......TING

edit: it'd already been expressed more errr better!

there is the Cd'ers. They move when it suits and continuously dump their boat where it feels best. I see 2 types as i go, some leave in the middle of no where and some 2 ft off the facilities, they dont come back for 3 or 4 weeks!!! A crininal 5 sometimes! 5!! honestly 5!! I'm talking 5 real earth human weeks not those interstellar copies!!!

what are their hull specs? 10/6/?.... I know its a hudson they mark their tiller bearing housing thingy majjjjig

Skinny cables or a bad connection in the feed will show less htan 10volts intermittently assuming batteries are good condition and well charged. <- small print phew If the voltage stays 11v and up then check meticulously for leaks Since fixing my parmax jabsco pump the run on time for the accumilatorerororUR is 3-4 secs compaired to 10-15 secs before repair. 3ltr accumber aTOR and ive not checked the air side so no idea.

I'm not sying its leaking but it needs ruling out! if the pressure builds up slowly enough, around the areas where the switch cuts out blurrs, this simulates voltage drop, a meter on the pump will show this, if it slows but the voltage stays fairly constant then you have my issue. if it slows and the voltage drops accordingly, start checking all the joins in the power feed.

check for leaks basically, kitchen roll (or tissue) is great for finding a slow leak. With mine it was so gradual you hardly noticed it. In the summer the heat dried it out fgaster than it happened. Winter came and It was only when i was using a tank of water in 10 days I got suspect, two weeks later it all reared its ugly head dramatically.

solved!!! what she said!! (brilliant btw!). "OMG microswitch pressure switch tomato science hairball!" - pure GENIUS the next film i see i want to hear that line! I'm thinking a pixar animation?

GOOD HULL = no holes BAD HULL = present or imminent holes. boils down to thinkness really. pay more for thicker metal. Ridicule go faster rivets!! Got a shiny hudson 70ft from me now, it is shiny!!! rivets are whack, look bad and a locking hazzard

Totally agreed. I sometimes move purely to charge because its charges better than standing still. I'm not moving for pleasure I'm just efficient!!!! and eco friendly sometimes that will be midnight! batteries are at 12.1 if lucky its 10pm and i need power, a one hour or two hour cruise (if its warm) kills 2 birds

I use lots to maintain 20degrees C. I do a KG of wood per hour, half that for coal. 25kg of coal last 2-3 days max this time of year. I've never had a spray foam boat though I hear they're lots better. Tupperware boat though I had was nothing like the steelie, you could burn pizza flyers and sweat your arse off!