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S Watts
New member
Username: lympstone1
Post Number: 1
Registered: 04-2010
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 04:56 pm: | 
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Hello all you experts out there, steve form Devon England here. I have bought a boat with a P66 D in it I have read on the postings that this is a 10hp engine, I have also heard that these engines are unreliable and dont start when hot. Is this correct? I was thinking of replacing it (does anyone know how old this thing is)? I was told the boat had a new engine but I assume it was a refurbished antique. |
Peter Ogborne
Senior Member
Username: peterogborne
Post Number: 302
Registered: 09-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, May 02, 2010 - 07:07 pm: |
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I would say Steve from Devon that the people who have told that S/T's are unreliable dont know what they are talking about . I would seem to me that you had better get yourself a late model Diesel ....sounds like you dont like getting your hands dirty! |
neil r jones
Advanced Member
Username: senojn
Post Number: 45
Registered: 08-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, May 06, 2010 - 03:03 am: |
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Peter, be fair .I know you don't like rudeness on this site .
Have'nt heard from you for a while-trust you are well .
Regards |
Malcolm Russell Ward
Member
Username: russell
Post Number: 29
Registered: 08-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, May 06, 2010 - 04:00 am: |
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Well Steve. If you ever want to take a flight down to New Zealand -you can call in to Australia on the way back- Peter and I will show you Stuart Turner engines that will start easily from hot or cold. trouble is that there is a lot of ill informed rubbish out there -look at the stupid article on the last page of the March Classic Boat. Fact is that they sold an awful lot of them. My father bought two new and had several old ones. They would not have sold if they were rubbish. They just need to be set up right. The late model diesel that Peter is suggesting you buy would be set up right so why not allow your Stuart Turner the same courtesy? Then you will have a faithful shipmate for all time. It will start easiy hot or cold -my P5 and P55 will start by flicking the flywheel over whether hot or cold. They run smoothly and are handsome wee things. |
Peter Ogborne
Senior Member
Username: peterogborne
Post Number: 303
Registered: 09-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, May 06, 2010 - 04:29 am: |
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Sorry if I appeared rude ,it was not intended to be so .An attribute of Stuart Turners is that they were used in the merchant marine for instalation in life boats .....I think that speaks for their reliability . However a poorly maintained engine like all other will certainly be a problem.
I have sort of moved on from marine engines ,I still have 3 and a bit S/T's with the intention of puting one in a boat one day . |
S Watts
New member
Username: lympstone1
Post Number: 2
Registered: 04-2010
| | Posted on Thursday, May 06, 2010 - 04:45 pm: |
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Hi,
Thanks for the lowdown, i'm going to get the boat on the water and try it out. I have a starting handle and its rigged up for a battery. Can you tell me what the petrol mix is?
Thanks for your help.
Steve |
Russell Ward
Visitor
| | Posted on Thursday, May 06, 2010 - 08:16 pm: |
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1:48 use straight 30 grade if you can get it rather than 2 stroke oil. Check that the plugs are good if not new and that there is a good spark. Flood the carb. Set the start cam open a bit to give a bit of throttle. Give her a smart wind up against compression. No point in winding fast or continuously. All that stuff in Classic Boat about heating the plugs is BS. If she don't go she won't go, so find out why. Let's know how you got on. |
Peter Ogborne
Senior Member
Username: peterogborne
Post Number: 304
Registered: 09-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, May 06, 2010 - 09:03 pm: |
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Sound advice from Russell.....heating the plugs ,what rubbish ,can you imagine doing that whilst at sea? |
Todd Vidgen
Senior Member
Username: todd_vidgen
Post Number: 170
Registered: 03-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, May 06, 2010 - 11:07 pm: |
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Nothing like a open flame in the fuel vapor filled
bilge of a wooden boat first thing in the morning.
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Ahhh!! It warms the cockles of your heart!
And your eyebrows,hair,etc etc |
Laurie Derwent
Advanced Member
Username: laurie_d
Post Number: 38
Registered: 10-2009
| | Posted on Thursday, May 06, 2010 - 11:41 pm: |
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I guess if you inserted the plugs in certain warm parts of the body that would help (and reduce the risk to one zone). Not sure if you should leave them connected and turn the motor over a few times to stimulate the heating process?
Otherwise, I have to onfess that when I start my old Blaxland twin after it has been sitting around for a few months a shorty spray of WD40 or similar down the plug holes almost always brings the old donk into life. |
Todd Vidgen
Senior Member
Username: todd_vidgen
Post Number: 171
Registered: 03-2008
| | Posted on Friday, May 07, 2010 - 12:48 am: |
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We have that other Brilliantly named product
over here in Oz .Made by a Company called Nulon
The products real name is "Start ya bastard "
And-----It works |
David Myers
Senior Member
Username: dave_myers
Post Number: 83
Registered: 11-2006
| | Posted on Friday, May 07, 2010 - 07:57 am: |
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Ahh Toddles, It is getting on towards Winter so it is an inbuilt heater in the bilge mate.
Nuttin wrong with S/T's. Like any 2 stroke, treat em right and they will reward you back.
C Yah.. Dave. |
Todd Vidgen
Senior Member
Username: todd_vidgen
Post Number: 172
Registered: 03-2008
| | Posted on Friday, May 07, 2010 - 10:02 pm: |
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Nuthin wrong with any motor if you maintain it.
Dave ,just finished washing out "Puddle"and flushing
out the donk.
Went fishing<Caught 12 good whiting and a couple of
bream ,Yummmmmm. Of course the six pack helped
See you through the week or the window
Todd |
