no - use Lanotec - a lanolin based product
sam
no - use Lanotec - a lanolin based product
sam
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Finga, Roughasguts, futher close investigations shows that the bottom regulator caught fire sometime over the las t couple of days and it seems luck was on my side as I must have shut the motor down before it got a good hold - need to buy a lotto ticket. Wonder, does insurance cover that, there is currently an electrical storm raging, maybe the motor might get struck by lightning?
sam
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g'day sam, i've got a 92 merc 135 which is virtually the same engine. ken lewis checked it all out for me when i bought it and apparently all mercs are wired with the wiring connectors bundled together with a cable tie, and nearly all of them heat up (at the connectors) and eventually flash through and create a short and a small fire if you're lucky enough. mine had a few scorched connectors which we replaced when i bought it. simple fix is to remove the cable ties and spread the connectors out to give them a bit of air between them. i'd be thinking that the short would have probably been what burnt out other stuff connected in the circuit. interestingly ken reckons that after all these years that mercury still tie all their connectors together.
Paddles, food for thought, all the cables are pulled together using cable ties. Not sure that this is necessarily the cause. The bottom regulator has a big hole I can stick my finger in, mind you I turned off the power before I did that, as these cables are moulded in I suspect the cause could be something else as the connectors appear to be ok.
sam
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Dignity I don't know about the insurance, But with cars you can just get fire and theft. I wonder if this falls in this category.
So whats the plan now.
Still curious as always, are you running two batteries or just the one??
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it's not the wires you have to worry about digga, the connectors are the "weak link" and they heat up if there's a little resistance across the joint (which there always is) and that soft insulation that's over the connectors simply melts and it eventually will flash through. seeing this opened up both my eyes and also my mate's (who sold me my boat). this is where getting an experienced mechanic to service ya boat has paid off for me, my connectors were all burnt and ready to go up. i'd check the other connectors in the loom dignity to see if they're ok too.
RAGS, 2 batteries but only ever run 1 at a time - I have a starting batery and a house batery.
Paddles - all the connections are still in good nick, it looks like the regulator decided to burn it self out, will take a much closer look at the weekend.
sam
One of the sad signs of our times is that we have demonized those who produce, subsidized those who refuse to produce and canonized those who complain.
Thomas Sowell
Update
Mechanics have no idea what went wrong. Theory is the Tacho stopped working some time ago and this meant one of the rectifiers was probably faulty. One of those jobs didn't think was important. Even though the 2 rectifier do different jobs if one goes the other one takes on a bigger load and evetually fails. Suspect this is what happened.
Roughasguts - The good news is that the insurance came to the party, even better news, I don't have excess. When I spoke to them they said they didn't pay on wearand tear, fair enough I was prepared to pay for the first recifier but then asked about the subsequent damage - they agreed to pay and ended paying the lot. The bad news is that the yoke is pretty well stuffed and have to get it fixed.
Paddles - all the connections were really good. They were sealed type and all of them were tighter than a drum. The resistance across them was better than expected.
Finga - agree about just changing the wires - turns out that if the wiring harnesses are of different resustance then you are guaranteed of problems down the road.
Some relays for the trim tilt still have to be fitted- waiting on parts but the original ones still work so I can get the old girl out now.
Sam.
One of the sad signs of our times is that we have demonized those who produce, subsidized those who refuse to produce and canonized those who complain.
Thomas Sowell
hey mate.
when your tacho isnt working it mean ur bat is not charging which is usually caused by the rectifier shoring out.
good luck.
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