[C320-list] Shake-down cruise

[Gary Magnuson]

Hi Joe,
  On My 1995 320, I watch my  tac bounce up and down erratically... 
Sometimes it would hold and then then just drop to zero and later bounce 
back up to the RPM level.  I traced the wiring from the back of the 
instrument cluster to the engine, and found that I can tighten many of 
the connections at both ends of the wiring harness. On My Perkins M30, 
there is an inline connector with screw terminals near the top of the 
transmission that is where I made my adjustments.  It seems to have 
solved the problem.  I guess that after almost 20 years, things have a 
tendency to work themselves loose...  See if that might help your 
situation...

Gary Magnuson
Time A Weigh #205


On 10/1/2014 7:14 PM, Elizabeth Schwartz wrote:
> Ahoy......I adjusted belt beginning of the season......have had this 
> issue all summer. I'm thinking its a weak electrical ground 
> somewhere.....Joe....#245
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 09:27 PM, jim brown wrote:
>
>> Alternator/water pump, fresh water pump belt tension loose??
>>
>> Jim Brown
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>>  From: Elizabeth Schwartz To: C320-List at Catalina320.com Sent: 
>> Tuesday, September 30, 2014 8:13 PM
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Shake-down cruise
>>
>> Ahoy....Do you still have a slow response to rpm indication when 
>> starting?  I have had the same, and no indication of battery charge 
>> until I advance the throttle, than both indicators become 
>> normal......Joe
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 05:24 PM, Kenny Geist wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks, that is exactly what it needed. I was afraid to pull hard but
>>> everything is working now.
>>>
>>> Kenny Geist
>>> Kennyge at Prodigy.net
>>>
>>> 619-895-3406
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: C320-list [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On 
>>> Behalf
>>> Of Millers
>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 11:29 AM
>>> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
>>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Shake-down cruise
>>>
>>> On my windlass breaker:  push in firmly for power.  I need to pull the
>>> breaker firmly out to shut off. Art. #680
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>> On Sep 9, 2014, at 11:23 AM, "Kenny Geist"  wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>>
>>>> We just got back from a 9 day shakedown cruise to Block Island via 
>>>> Port Jefferson, Duck Island Roads, Watch Hill and Clinton Harbor on
>>> Windrifter.
>>>> It was amazing!  She handled great and our 27hp Westerbeke did not 
>>>> miss a beat.
>>>>
>>>> A few little things popped up with which I need some advice.
>>>>
>>>> 1st,  On the first morning when I went to pick up the anchor using 
>>>> the windlass, I pushed the 80 amp what appears to be a circuit 
>>>> breaker and the light went on and the windlass worked effortlessly 
>>>> but when I went to turn it off, I pushed the button and nothing 
>>>> happened and the light and windlass are still connected and the 
>>>> light will not go off.  I pulled a wire on the back of the breaker 
>>>> to get the light to turn off.  Bad breaker? Where would I get one?
>>>>
>>>> 2nd, When I start the engine, it takes a few minutes for the 
>>>> tachometer to read and I am not sure if I am getting proper 
>>>> readings once
>>> it does read.
>>>> Where is the sender?  Where would I get a replacement and is in and 
>>>> easy fix?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance
>>>>
>>>> Kenny Geist
>>>> Kennyge at Prodigy.net
>>>>
>>>> 1996 C-320 Windrifter
>>>> Out of Bayside, Queens, NY
>>>>
>>>> 619-895-3406
>>>>
>>>>
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