[C320-list] Shake-down cruise

[Jeff Hare]

It is common for the tach to not return to 0 when you shut of the engine. It isn't related to the prop spinning fortunately.

Jeff Hare
#809

wflowe3 at aim.com wrote:

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> When I was sailing the other day and averaging 5 to 6 kts, I noticed my tach was reading around 500-600 rpms. I assumed that this was due to the prop turning with the boat in neutral. Don't really know.
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>Bill 
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ted Barto <capt.tb at verizon.net>
>To: C320-List <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
>Sent: Wed, Oct 1, 2014 9:24 pm
>Subject: Re: [C320-list] Shake-down cruise
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>On a diesel engine the tach is driven by alternator output, most alternators 
>have a certain trigger speed, when first started they don't charge at idle 
>until you speed the engine up past that trigger speed. Our tachs are not 
>especially accurate, if you turn the key off before the needle has returned 
>to zero it will read 5 or 600 rpm while stopped. If it's jumping around 
>while running at a steady speed the primary culprit is loose or corroded 
>connections.
>Ted #880
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>-----Original Message----- 
>From: Gary Magnuson
>Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2014 6:23 PM
>To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
>Subject: Re: [C320-list] Shake-down cruise
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>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...
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>Gary Magnuson
>Time A Weigh #205
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>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
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>> On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 09:27 PM, jim brown wrote:
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>>> Alternator/water pump, fresh water pump belt tension loose??
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>>> Jim Brown
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>>> ________________________________
>>>  From: Elizabeth Schwartz To: C320-List at Catalina320.com Sent: Tuesday, 
>>> September 30, 2014 8:13 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Shake-down cruise
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>>> 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
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>>> On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 05:24 PM, Kenny Geist wrote:
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>>>> Thanks, that is exactly what it needed. I was afraid to pull hard but
>>>> everything is working now.
>>>>
>>>> Kenny Geist
>>>> Kennyge at Prodigy.net
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>>>> 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
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>>>> On my windlass breaker:  push in firmly for power.  I need to pull the
>>>> breaker firmly out to shut off. Art. #680
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>>>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>>>> On Sep 9, 2014, at 11:23 AM, "Kenny Geist"  wrote:
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>>>>> 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?
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>>>>> 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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