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Re: A54 fridge circulation pump
Jamie Wendell
Scott, I know this thread should not be used and we should create a new one. I just "lost" 2 more refrigerator pumps. I took them to a motor rebuild shop in Annapolis, and they told me they are worn beyond repair.
I saw your post about taking the leap into the brushless motor world, hoping to solve the pump dilemma. I will tell you I finally got the parts Oliver recommended - after almost 6 months. Unfortunately the motor he suggested has a 10mm diameter shaft. We need an 8mm shaft, so I cannot use that unless I create a reducer of some sort or order a different motor. I will try to get the controller working for curiosity, but without the ability to connect the motor to the pump, I will likely have to abandon the project and just keep buying Flojet 4106 pumps (the newer version I believe, vs 4105 series). I did notice that March Pumps offers a centrifugal pump driven by a brushless 24V motor. Although it is a bit expensive and only suitable (in its normal non-self-priming service) for salt-water cooling where the pump remains flooded, it might be worth buying it and using only the motor. If it works it would stop us having to buy many $100 motors that go bad in 6 months or less. The motor looks as if it will work directly with a steady 24V supply - no custom controller needed. Of course, the shaft would have to work here as well. If we can get the shaft to mate, all we would need is a relay to turn on the pump via a 24V supply in the engine room and the Frigoboat 12V output signal. May be worth a shot.................. Jamie Phantom A54 #44
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Re: A good laugh at my expense
Funny. I think I told Mark & Cindy about raising a Cellular WiFi Access Point device on a halyard in a lock & lock box for better cellular reception. And, I didn't put in in my book. It will be in the Amel Book shortly.😀 Best, CW Bill Rouse Amel Owners Yacht School +1 832-380-4970 | brouse@... 720 Winnie, Galveston Island, Texas 77550 www.AmelOwnersYachtSchool.com Yacht School Calendar: www.preparetocastoff.blogspot.com/p/calendar.html
On Sat, Jun 27, 2020, 5:48 AM Porter McRoberts via groups.io <portermcroberts=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:
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Re: problems installing a new Yanmar engine
#replacement
Mark McGovern
No problem. All of the old Yahoo messages, files, and photos can still be found here on the new forum. You just have to use the "search" function. Search Messages, Files, and Photos separately using keywords like "engine alignment" and you will find a ton of great information.
Here is a link to the File folder with the information that I uploaded: https://amelyachtowners.groups.io/g/main/files/Yanmar%204JH3-HTE%20Alignment%20Information Last, it is customary on this forum to have a "signature" at the bottom of your post with your name, your boat's model and name, and your current location. It not only makes the forum "friendlier" since we know who we are talking to but it also helps to know what specific boat you have and where you are in the world. Another Amel owner might just be in the same port as you and willing to lend you a hand! You can set up this signature to happen automatically whenever you post in your Profile. Good luck with the alignment! -- Mark McGovern SM #440 Cara Deale, MD USA
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Re: A good laugh at my expense
Porter McRoberts
Needs to go into the Bill Rouse book!
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On Jun 26, 2020, at 7:49 PM, Mark Erdos <mcerdos@...> wrote:
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Re: problems installing a new Yanmar engine
#replacement
Ira and Roman Morozov
Mark McGover, thanks you! This information is very useful! We are doing as Olivier wrote. Unfortunately, the link with files and pictures on Yahoo does not work. Could you send me the pictures? I would be very grateful to you
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Re: A54 fridge circulation pump
Hi Oliver, Di you have any photos from When you changed the insulation? We’re thinking of doing the same ...
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Re: anyone selling and or have b&g equipment laying around
Rink De Haan
Hi Eric,
I have a bag full of old / spare b&g stuff including wind and depth. All 2001. I also have a spare NMEA FFD unused and in original box. I am in the process of replacing all electronics. You can have it for the postage price and a bottle of wine.
Beginning next year I will have all B&G electronics replaced. Also available for anyone interested.
I will be on the boat next weekend and can bring it all back home if you like.
Best regards
Rink
SM2k #330 Razors Edge.
Outlook voor iOS downloaden
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anyone selling and or have b&g equipment laying around
Eric Meury
anyone have their old bg instruments and depth sounder etc laying around that they have yet to sell. I am intereted.
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Re: Slide Hammer
Hi Kent, unfortunately, I have quite a bit of very recent experience with them. I used to “rent” them from the local auto shops (you pay a full price deposit, use the tool and then return it for a full refund so the rental is gratis). I’ve used them to pull wheel bearings, CV Joints and wheelhubs out from the very solidly rusted vehicles up here in the Canadian winters (they use a fair bit of salt which makes it somewhat challenging). Last week, I tried to rent one to pull the gimbal bearing off my Mercruiser Alpha One inboard/outboard sterndrive on our motorboat that my daughter accidentally sunk last summer while Jen and I were away in Europe. (Don’t forget to put the plug in the boat BEFORE you run it down the railway!) Anyway, due to the Covid stuff, they’ve all stopped renting tools so I ended up buying one at the local Princess Auto (our version of Harbour Frieght). I’ve seen that their version, is the same as what I got. It's on sale this week for the equivalent of about $60 USD.
I whaled away at that damn gimbal bearing (it’s about a 4” by 1” bearing inside a long tunnel of a race and was VERY severely corroded in there without much luck. The one I have has a 5 lb slide (the more the merrier) and I let it soak in PB Blaster for about a week and even fashioned using a 4 ton hydraulic jack to try to lever the thing out using the attachments of the slide hammer and a cross bar I built using metal and a 4x4 post…. All I ended up doing was snapping four 3/8” u-bolts like they were made of butter. I finally gave up and called in the pro.. who showed up with the exact same slide hammer as I had, he put it on and gave it two huge whacks and it came right out! To be fair to me, I didn’t try it for the 3-4 days before he showed up and it was sitting in PB blaster but he did whale away at it harder than I could (he used very thick gloves which helps cushion the blow). He said that he’s never had a gimbal bearing stick that he hasn’t been able to get out with that tool. Here’s the link to what I got. https://www.princessauto.com/en/detail/10-way-slide-hammer-puller-kit/A-p8309262e but I am very sure I saw the same thing on the Harbour Freight website too (PA and HF seem to use the same companies even though they aren’t related). Normally, I find their cheap Chinese tools don’t stand up well but I was very impressed with how strong this was - especially considering I had a 4 ton jack pulling on those little arms and it didn’t even leave a scratch on them. My pro has been using the same set for 5 years and says he’s never had an issue with it either. There aren’t any instruction manuals with it but those three arms go on that black three armed attachment that gets threaded on (after the round disk) to the end of the slide hammer rod. The round disk, winds down, levering the arms apart so that it can grab the inside race of the bearing… when you have got ALL of the play out of it, you just whale away at it as hard as you possibly can and the shock breaks the bond and out she comes…. DO wear very thick gloves as that thing makes your bones ring! The good thing is that after a set of plugs, a new distributor cap and the new gimbal bearing, the boat is working perfectly now… love to get you and Iris out for that Canal trip to see our fascinating locks if the damn border ever opens up again! Enjoy Maine! I’ve flown over that whole area up there and it’s on my bucket list. Brent Cameron, Future Amel owner & Amel Owner's Registry Moderator
-- Brent Cameron Future Amel Owner & Amel Owner Registry Moderator Oro-Medonte, Ontario, Canada
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Re: Iridium GO! and the iPhone 11
#order
Thanks, Tom. I just spent an hour yesterday on the phone with PredictWind in New Zealand. The problem is a VPN connection. Norton offers a particularly tenacious VPN product that turns on “on demand” which means you can turn it off and it will turn back on by itself. In the end, I just deleted the Norton VPN from my iPhone and it would then connect immediately to the Iridium GO! Unit.
-- Dave Kurtz SM2 #380 S/V Celtic Cross Detroit, Michigan
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Re: Installation of Electric oven with induction cooktop
The whirpool jt 479 is outer dimensions 379,491,540 depth inside is 210,395,370 depth and the turntable is 360 diameter it would not fit on the shelf where the old one was.
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Onan muffler reducer
Thomas Kleman
On SM2K 422, the Onan MDKAV uses a Vetus Waterlock LP50. The exhaust line into the muffler is thus 50 mm. The muffler outlet has a 50 to 40 mm reducer which connects to the genset exhaust hose. In buying my spare muffler I want to also have this spare reducer but don't know where to get it. It appears to not be a Vetus product. It looks as though it was glued in as the mufflers outlet tube has no inner threads.......ideas ?
Tom and Kirstin SV L'ORIENT SM2K 422 Oahu
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A good laugh at my expense
When in an area with low or almost no bars on the cell phone (we use for data), I’ll often put the phone up the mizzen mast to improve the line-of-sight to the cell tower.
On this occasion, I mistied the bowline knot and when I went to pull the phone down, this happened.
So I made this:
It is two boat poles (shown unextended), two pieces of PVC pipe (I had laying about) and a wire coat hanger. This is all held together with duct tape. Cindy put me up the main mast. I extended the boat poles and after a few tries I was able to snag the bag with the phone in it using the coat hanger hook. Pulling the phone toward me, I could then lower it to the deck.
Yet another reason to sail a ketch!
With best regards,
Mark
Skipper Sailing Vessel - Cream Puff - SM2K - #275 Currently cruising - Tahiti, French Polynesia www.creampuff.us
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Re: Freshwater pump
Jamie Wendell
I replaced the pump with a Jabsco variable speed (VFLO) pump. It has been very good and reliable. It is expensive though.
Jamie Wendell Phantom A54 #44
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Re: Freshwater pump
Mike Longcor (SV Trilogy)
Hi Eric,
Did you end up going with the Aqua King II? Are you happy with it? I'm looking to replace my freshwater pump as well and the Aqua King II premium 4gpm (#4148) or supreme 5gpm (#4158) look like pretty good options. I do not have an accumulator tank. Also, were you able to wire it so the indicator lamp on the control panel lights up? (Not essential, just curious. Our current pump does not). Cheers, Mike Longcor SV Trilogy SM23 Opua, NZ
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Re: A54 fridge circulation pump
Hi Scott,
Hope you are doing well. I've looked into this problem as well. I tried to find an alternate waterpump but the 12 Volt/1-1.5 Amp requirement is not easy to satisfy. Replacing the motor with a brushless one is a very clever idea. Finding a suitable motor is not so easy though. Most of them require some external controller making installation complicated and a bit prone to errors. Also I'm not too happy with an untested motor/controller combo. What happens if this goes south somewhere in the Pacific. So careful selection of fuses is the least to do for this solution. Personally I would love to find a motor suitable for this application with integrated controller but I'm still searching. Until then I just keep a number of these Flojet pumps on stock and live with the life-expectancy. Regards, Arno Luijten SV Luna, A54-121
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Re: Installation of Electric oven with induction cooktop
Hi Michael, Yes you are correct, the top of the oven that attaches to the gimballs can be removed from our Eno. I might finish up buying separately an electric oven and induction cook top and attaching both to the separate gimballed frame. Our microwave is working fine and I think the inside of a convection microwave would be too small to have under the cooking hob. Thanks again for the photos, I am getting some good ideas as I don't think I can buy what we want. Very Best Barry and Penny "SV Lady Penelope II" Amel 54 #17 Sainte Anne anchorage Martinique
On Friday, June 26, 2020, 6:20:08 PM EDT, michael winand via groups.io <mfw642000@...> wrote:
Nebo sm 251, we have recently been through the process, the original Aeg grill, microwave blew up, the diode went bad. We didn't like the way the gas oven performed, I still wanted to have the option of the gas hob. I fully removed the old oven and totally dismantled it, not really difficult to do. The stainless steel sides were folder under to make an enclosure for the top, removed from the gas control for the oven. Then used stainless rods to hang the oven under the gas hob, the oven we chose is the Whirlpool 6th sense, jt479 larger than the old one ,door opens down, great cooking results. The gimbal works on the original points, there's enough clearances for heat to escape around the area, Regards Michael Winand Elaine
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Slide Hammer
Hi all,
I've seen a few posts where people talk about using a slide hammer. I've never used one, but I run across projects regularly where I think one would be useful. Can anyone guide me in choosing one, size, useful attachments, anything else that might be helpful? I would be using it primarily for projects on the boat. Thank you for any insight Kent SM 243 Kristy
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Re: Installation of Electric oven with induction cooktop
Nebo sm 251, we have recently been through the process, the original Aeg grill, microwave blew up, the diode went bad.
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We didn't like the way the gas oven performed, I still wanted to have the option of the gas hob. I fully removed the old oven and totally dismantled it, not really difficult to do. The stainless steel sides were folder under to make an enclosure for the top, removed from the gas control for the oven. Then used stainless rods to hang the oven under the gas hob, the oven we chose is the Whirlpool 6th sense, jt479 larger than the old one ,door opens down, great cooking results. The gimbal works on the original points, there's enough clearances for heat to escape around the area,
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Re: Blocked fwd shower drain on amel 55.
eric freedman
on kimberlite there is a valve in the forward bilge in the main cabin. it is in the hose that drains stuff forward of the door. it is closed when the boat is stored. i dont know if you boat has the red handle d valve.
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sorry typing with the port arm. had surgery on tarboard sm 376
On June 26, 2020 at 9:56 AM Mark & Debbie Mueller <brass.ring@...> wrote:
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