Thanks Dave. Very interesting and indeed seems like it may exactly our problem!
I have used that site as a guide for several projects over the years, agree that it is top notch. Hadn't seen that Balmar article before, will...
I just noticed some water leaking in at the torpedo tube, through the "mud" Terry mentioned. Guessing I will try his 5200 approach and hope that...
I went with a Victron BMV-700, which comes with a 500 amp/50 Mv shunt. Basically the same as the Xantrex LinkPro (which I believe is the successor...
Congrats and welcome to the club. Not gonna lie, the dues can be pretty steep with these old beauties, but you won't find a nicer group of people...
Great story! Now I am tempted to get out the mirror and scope and find my lucky penny! (or maybe not, since I don't want to contemplate the...
Thanks all, appreciate the advice and kind words - lord knows we've put enough time and money in now that it darn sure should look good, but it...
Did our sea trial with the new Beta 43 today, went well though still some kinks to be worked out. With empty water tanks, clean hull and no sails...
The injector pump was rebuilt by J.G. Parks http://www.jgparks.com/ I have been away on work travel, haven't yet made much progress on plans for...
On soundproofing: We used the Soundown stuff, purchased from Defender: https://www.defender.com/product.jsp?path=-1|311|2349105&id=3018333 Four...
Hi Mark, I took a good close look at the idler when I was crawling around in there the other day, remembering that thread of yours. There is a...
When we pulled the mast on our 382 last year, the step came up with it and pulled a few shards of the bottom of the mast bucket along for the...
Update 2: After some more soul (and bank account) searching, we decided to re-power with a Beta. With the Perkins out, and after scraping a few...
Hi John, Always happy to talk, you can reach me at 201 264 0744. I share your suspicion that the air leak is likely on the low pressure side,...
Update: the Perkins is still sucking air into the fuel system somehow even connected directly to a can of clean diesel. Air and fuel comes out the...
Got the tank empty, and it is indeed pretty nasty. Salvageable with some cleaning work and subsequent diligence on biocide and filter changes I...
Yes, the primary Racor filter was filthy when changed way back at the start of this saga in April, and in retrospect I was not nearly careful...
Hi Mark, Keefer is my first name (no worries, I understand the confusion!). Thanks for the link, really good to know that cleaning via the access...
John, turns out you were on exactly the right track. It is 100% a dirty fuel issue. Spent another whole day with mechanic #3 getting everything...
Yes to both. Prior to the injector pump rebuild, there was fuel at the pump bleed point, but not the injectors. Now plenty of fuel getting to the...
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