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Re: Yanmar 100HP Fuel Pump maintenance-free?
svperegrinus@yahoo.com
Hello Bill and Craig,
Yes, the question is about the fuel injection pump. On the Yanmar, it is a ZEXEL NP - VE - 4 / 12 F 1900 R NP1995. Craig, interesting that you had the pump rebuilt at 4,000 hrs... we are not there yet, and at our current average, will reach 4,000 hrs in about 2 years. Just like you had the pump rebuilt at engine overhaul time, the Yanmar manual seems to implicate that the pump is to be overhauled at the same time as the engine itself... ... so along these lines... is 4,000 hrs perhaps the horizon for an engine overhaul on an Amel... ??? Yeah, kind of a philosophical question! Best, Peregrinus SM2K N. 350 (2002)
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Re: Yanmar 100HP Fuel Pump maintenance-free?
Hi Francesco,
I think you may be asking more of a philosophy question than an engine maintenance one :-) Then again, nothing is maintenance-free forever. There are some signs of overhaul being needed, though. My Perkins developed an unstable rpm at about 4000 hours and I had the pump rebuilt, since I was rebuilding the rest of the engine myself anyway. (The injection pump is not a DIY job.) The shop reported that there was a good deal of internal corrosion from water having entered the system (a prior owner, I sure) and it would likely soon have resulted in a run-away situation with a failed governor. I'm now up to 7500 hours and it seems fine. With the pristine way you keep Peregrinus I would assert you're nowhere near a (costly) overhaul of the pump, Cheers, Craig SN#68 ---In amelyachtowners@..., <svperegrinus@...> wrote : Hello, Looking at the Yanmar "Operation Manual", there is no mention of maintenance of the fuel pump, nor of any maintenance adjustment. In the "Periodic Checking List" page of the Yanmar "Service Manual", there is no mention of maintenance of the fuel pump, nor of any maintenance adjustment. However, in the Yanmar "Service Manual", there is a section called "Overhaul", and it says the fuel pump should be sent to a ZEXEL (the manufacturer of the pump) service center, and there are several pages of parameters and maintenance items for the fuel pump. So, it seems the fuel pump is a maintenance-free item, except when you overhaul the engine. Is this correct? Is there any preventive maintenance for it, or is this a sort of a live and let die kind of component? Thanks in advance, Peregrinus 3,400 hours on 4JH3-HTE engine Fethiye, ancient Telmessos, Asia Minor
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Re: Yanmar 100HP Fuel Pump maintenance-free?
greatketch@...
We you say "fuel pump" are you referring to the lift pump or the injection pump?
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Re: Iridium Go
svperegrinus@yahoo.com
Re Porter's scale.
I have the Iridium external marine antenna installation (2015). The antenna is located aft, port side, where Amel used to install the GPS antenna. My findings: Iridium Go at the Nav station with native antenna: 3/10 in connectivity Iridium Go at the nav station hooked to Iridium antenna with adaptor: 8-9/10 Iridium Go with native antenna under bimini with flexible solar panels: 6/10 Iridium Go with native antenna on side deck, handheld: 8-9/10 S/V Peregrinus SM2K-350 Telmessos, Asia Minor (Fethiye) ---In amelyachtowners@..., <portermcroberts@...> wrote : Re the antenna. I have exactly your setup. Installed, older iridium phone, and New iridium go with adaptor. My findings: Iridium Go at the Nav station with native antenna: 3/10 in connectivity Iridium Go at the nav station hooked to phone antenna with adaptor: 5/10 Iridium go with native antenna outside: 8-9/10 in connectivity. The ratings are my subjective opinions based on now a good bit of use. Take home message: the older sat phone antenna is convenient, but not as effective as I’d like and often frustrating. I’ll probably buy the dedicated Go antenna. I’d love to know if this mirrors your findings as I know of no way to actually test the older antenna to see if it’s “good” Best of Luck! Porter S/V IBIS. 54-152 Fort Lauderdale.
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Yanmar 100HP Fuel Pump maintenance-free?
svperegrinus@yahoo.com
Hello, Looking at the Yanmar "Operation Manual", there is no mention of maintenance of the fuel pump, nor of any maintenance adjustment. In the "Periodic Checking List" page of the Yanmar "Service Manual", there is no mention of maintenance of the fuel pump, nor of any maintenance adjustment. However, in the Yanmar "Service Manual", there is a section called "Overhaul", and it says the fuel pump should be sent to a ZEXEL (the manufacturer of the pump) service center, and there are several pages of parameters and maintenance items for the fuel pump. So, it seems the fuel pump is a maintenance-free item, except when you overhaul the engine. Is this correct? Is there any preventive maintenance for it, or is this a sort of a live and let die kind of component? Thanks in advance, Peregrinus 3,400 hours on 4JH3-HTE engine Fethiye, ancient Telmessos, Asia Minor
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Santa Marta
eric freedman
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Iridium Go
eric freedman
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Iridium Go
so is your antenna installed outside? if so where?
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-----Original Message----- From: eric kimberlite@... [amelyachtowners] To: amelyachtowners Sent: Wed, Nov 15, 2017 8:45 am Subject: Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Iridium Go I also had a sat phone installed. However I ordered the marine kit for my go phone. The coaxial cables are completely different. The one supplied with the go and the go antenna is an extremely low loss cable. It is thick and stiff but was able to get it to the shelf on the starboard side of the companionway. I always get a good connection to Iridium with this cable and antenna.
Fair winds,
eric
SM 376 Kimberlite
On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 07:58 AM, Courtney Gorman Itsfun1@... [amelyachtowners] wrote:
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Iridium Go
eric freedman
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Dish washer/washer dryer
Same as most the others on this thread. The clothes washer is excellent, quiet and we hang the washing to dry. It is such a pleasure to have that really good Thompson washing machine on board. We love it! Todate, we have never yet turned the dishwasher on, as we prefer to simply wash the dishes by hand. Colin & Lauren Streeter SV Island Pearl II, Amel53 #332 Langkawi, Malaysia
On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 12:02 AM, derickgates@... [amelyachtowners] <amelyachtowners@...> wrote:
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Iridium Go
thanks Porter!
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-----Original Message----- From: Porter McRoberts portermcroberts@... [amelyachtowners] To: amelyachtowners Sent: Wed, Nov 15, 2017 7:49 am Subject: Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Iridium Go Re the antenna.
I have exactly your setup.
Installed, older iridium phone, and New iridium go with adaptor. My findings:
Iridium Go at the Nav station with native antenna: 3/10 in connectivity
Iridium Go at the nav station hooked to phone antenna with adaptor: 5/10
Iridium go with native antenna outside: 8-9/10 in connectivity.
The ratings are my subjective opinions based on now a good bit of use.
Take home message: the older sat phone antenna is convenient, but not as effective as I’d like and often frustrating. I’ll probably buy the dedicated Go antenna.
I’d love to know if this mirrors your findings as I know of no way to actually test the older antenna to see if it’s “good”
Best of Luck!
Porter
S/V IBIS. 54-152 Fort Lauderdale.
On Nov 14, 2017, at 11:42 AM, Courtney Gorman Itsfun1@... [amelyachtowners] <amelyachtowners@...> wrote:
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Iridium Go
Porter McRoberts
Re the antenna.
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I have exactly your setup. Installed, older iridium phone, and New iridium go with adaptor. My findings: Iridium Go at the Nav station with native antenna: 3/10 in connectivity Iridium Go at the nav station hooked to phone antenna with adaptor: 5/10 Iridium go with native antenna outside: 8-9/10 in connectivity. The ratings are my subjective opinions based on now a good bit of use. Take home message: the older sat phone antenna is convenient, but not as effective as I’d like and often frustrating. I’ll probably buy the dedicated Go antenna. I’d love to know if this mirrors your findings as I know of no way to actually test the older antenna to see if it’s “good” Best of Luck! Porter S/V IBIS. 54-152 Fort Lauderdale.
On Nov 14, 2017, at 11:42 AM, Courtney Gorman Itsfun1@... [amelyachtowners] <amelyachtowners@...> wrote:
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] New file uploaded to amelyachtowners
Porter McRoberts
That’s very useful Thomas. Very Appreciated.
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Porter Ibis-54-152
On Nov 15, 2017, at 5:01 AM, amelyachtowners@... wrote:
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New file uploaded to amelyachtowners
amelyachtowners@...
Hello,
This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the amelyachtowners group. File : /Running Rigging/Amel 54 Running Rigging.xlsx Uploaded by : thomas_soraya <svgarulfo@gmail.com> Description : You can access this file at the URL: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/amelyachtowners/files/Running%20Rigging/Amel%2054%20Running%20Rigging.xlsx To learn more about file sharing for your group, please visit: https://help.yahoo.com/kb/index?page=content&;y=PROD_GRPS&locale=en_US&id=SLN15398 Regards, thomas_soraya <svgarulfo@gmail.com>
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Hurth Gearbox heat exchanger coupling
Bill & Judy Rouse <yahoogroups@...>
Transmission Oil Cooler - Bowman DC60-XCC/#3367 end caps I paid 185 euro complete. Best, CW Bill Rouse Admiral, Texas Navy Commander Emeritus Amel School http://www.amelschool.com 720 Winnie St Galveston Island, TX 77550 +1(832) 380-4970
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Photos Section Problems - Yahoo Nov 2017
Bill & Judy Rouse <yahoogroups@...>
Derick, When my two kids owned a computer repair shop, they would sometimes code a repair ticket with "PEBCAK." They did this so that the receptionist (their mom) would know how to handle the customer. Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard. 🤔 Your joke for the day! CW Bill Rouse Admiral, Texas Navy Commander Emeritus A mel School www.amelschool.com
On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 4:35 AM, derickgates@... [amelyachtowners] <amelyachtowners@...> wrote:
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Best, CW Bill Rouse Admiral, Texas Navy Commander Emeritus Amel School http://www.amelschool.com 720 Winnie St Galveston Island, TX 77550 +1(832) 380-4970
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Re: Hurth Gearbox heat exchanger coupling
Thanks Bob,
Do you have the BOWMAN part number for the heat exchanger? If they're only $160, I should maybe replace the whole thing just to be sure? Or at least to have a spare. Cheers Alan Elyse SM437
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Re: Photos Section Problems - Yahoo Nov 2017
Derick Gates
Gary,
For the last couple of weeks I have had the same issue with trying to access the photos section. Despite re-logging in to my Yahoo account (which is necessary to access file or photos sections, and also to comment) it was still problematic. Today, however, I got complete and fast access to all photos in the photo section. Not sure what changed. Derick Gates SM2K#400 Brava Still on the hard in Antigua
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Re: Hurth Gearbox heat exchanger coupling
rossirossix4
Exactly, when you clamp the new rubber reducers on, it is important to be careful not to tighten them too much. I'm sure you know this but I thought I would get it in the posting for anyone referencing this in the future.
Related, the exchanger is one of the first things downstream from the strainer to check for obstructions. When the rubber is removed and replaced for inspection it is important not to overtighten. The exchangers only cost about $160 or so, but the leakage of saltwater into the transmission can be much more costly. Bob
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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Maramu Steering
smiles bernard
sorry Christian - i have (only) just discovered the groups photos and files section! so i can see the images of the rudder much clearer now :) Thanks again Miles
On Tuesday, November 14, 2017, 9:50:12 PM GMT, 'smilesbernard@...' smilesbernard@... [amelyachtowners] wrote:
Hi Christian those pics look very useful indeed. many thanks for posting them unfortunately only the 1st id clear - the remaining 1-7 are hard to read It sounds like there might be an alternate source for these? How might i access that to see if the resolution is clearer? Many thanks Miles Maramu 1985
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