[C320-list] Shake-down cruise
wflowe3 at aim.com
wflowe3 at aim.com
Thu Oct 2 08:03:08 PDT 2014
But the tach does drop to 0 when the engine is off and the boat is not moving so I'm still confused.
Bill
#1146
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From: Jeff Hare <catalina at thehares.com>
To: C320-List <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
Sent: Thu, Oct 2, 2014 8:53 am
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Shake-down cruise
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
>#1146
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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...
>
>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??
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>> 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:
>>>
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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?
>>>>>
>>>>> 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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