Geez, what a fizzer of a week-end this is turning out to be.

[Jeepers Creepers]

I packed the boat yesterday with food and this morning, it was just the drinks and us that had to get on board.
We've stowed everything away and Mrs Jeepers is in a very good mood, so i'm thinking i won't get my hand smacked if i stick it in the cookie jar today. 

Everything is tee'ed up with the other boaties we're meeting etc and we're ready to go.
So i drop the ol Sea-pen, disconnect the shore power and kick the boat in the guts.
As per usual, half to full revolution and away she goes. 5.7 litres of aquatic horsepower is itching to go.
Warm up done, i've selected drive and reverse briefly to ensure they're there, so Mrs Jeepers casts off the two front ropes and i notice the breeze was pushing us back a tad. Oh well, no problem..... except, as Mrs Jeepers is about to drop the third rope, the boat stalls. 

It never does that and now we've moved half a metre.
Sh!t, throw the two front ropes back on quickly, i squealed in my best 10 year old schoolgirl voice.

I attempt to restart the boat and she's a no goer.
It sounds to me as if it has no spark.

So, unload everything and take the wife home and i head back to da marina.

1. Check killswitch..... ..................................OK
2. Check all wiring plugs in engine room..... OK
3. Check circuit breakers for a throwover.... OK
4. Remove engine cover and check fuses.... Bong bong.

We have a 20amp fuse that has called it quits.
Put in spare fuse and check with test light.. OK.
Lower Seapen and drive leg, attempt to start to blow fuse.
Fit 30amp fuse to replace 20 amp and attempt to start up.
Bingo, its running for about 4 seconds, blows fuse and stops.

Give up and decided to let the auto/marine electric guy look at it next week.

Come home and give up on boating for the week-end. The only plus was, about a minute later, the last two ropes would've been off and i would be reversing into the marina channel towards other boats moored on the other side.
Oh sh!t, am i glad it failed when i did....


I decided to check theFalcon van over after doing the headjob last week-end as it dropped a few drops of oil during the week, only to find the stoopit paper tappett cover gasket that came in the VRS kit is leaking. Geez.... 

I didn't like the look of last week but thought, oh well, they must work.
So, remove air cleaner, LPG thingy and pop off the cover.
Sent Mrs Jeepers to Gympie to get a good cork one and she just rings after i've eaten two cheese sandwiches to say she picked me up pile of Kentucky Fried Cat for lunch.

[Rumpig]

Look on the bright side.... You have the entire weekend free now to work on the engine...lol

[baldheadedgit]

I can't see ya problem ...?   
Sounds like a normal weekend to me ...   

[edz]

5.7 liter you say Jeepers Bow Tie or Blue Oval Brand ...Keeps blowin fuses.. Well theres ya problem ....Faulty fuzes, stick a bit of fence wire in the holders that will fix it...Was going to say a .22 bullet but ya got to be carefull OH & S and all that . 

[Foo]

Don't you just love owning a money gobbler?  They are great when there is no problems but soon as you ring someone and mention boat, it's bend over, this will hurt a little. 

Foo

[Watty2975]

My boat mechanic told me boat stands for Bring Out Another Thousand!

It's not usually far off. Hopefully yours is just a bad earth or something simple.

[Jeepers Creepers]

5.7 liter you say Jeepers Bow Tie or Blue Oval Brand ...Keeps blowin fuses.. Well theres ya problem ....Faulty fuzes, stick a bit of fence wire in the holders that will fix it...Was going to say a .22 bullet but ya got to be carefull OH & S and all that . 

VOLVO PENTA..... which is just a small block chev thats had the boat treatment.

Yeah, i'm hoping its an easy fix and not too costly, cause i hate copping it dry when i pay a bill.

[xcvator]

VOLVO PENTA..... which is just a small block chev thats had the boat treatment.

Yeah, i'm hoping its an easy fix and not too costly, cause i hate copping it dry when i pay a bill.

Just take some KY gell wth you, won't hurt a bit 

[Jeepers Creepers]

By going through everything, its looking like the electric fuel pump may here shat itself.

That should be cheap...... NOT 

[edz]

Ahhhh  here you go heaps to choose from and free delivery on some too  http://www.ebay.com.au/bhp/electric-fuel-pump

[Jeepers Creepers]

Yep, shat the pump....

Its two pumps in one. the first pump is the lift pump and the second is the high press jobbie to the injectors.

Only $955.00 and my neighbour the courier is picking it up tomorrow. I whipped the old one off between mows today, so back on the water this week-end if all goes well.

[chester ver2.0]

The second best day of your life is buying a boat

The best day of your life is selling said boat

[KingBilly]

That will teach you not to come camping with me.  Thought you had a better offer, didn't you?
KB

[Mobi]

That will teach you not to come camping with me.  Thought you had a better offer, didn't you?
KB

Was that at his almost  secret camp site?



Peter

[Jeepers Creepers]

That will teach you not to come camping with me.  Thought you had a better offer, didn't you?
KB

Funny... i thought the same thing about an hour after the pump went fffffttttt.

Was that at his almost  secret camp site?



Peter

Yep, we was gunna go swimming off that very bit of beach.... but we didn't.

[Mallory Black]

mate one of these fuel pumps would be the goods hey?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGTbQuhhluY

[noel_w]

BOAT it is, bring out another thousand. 

[Jeepers Creepers]

mate one of these fuel pumps would be the goods hey?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGTbQuhhluY

Thats a serious pump huh.

BOAT it is, bring out another thousand. 

Nah, just $955.00

[Brumbypt]

My cordless drill just went pfft, well actually it didnt make any noise, so thats gunna cost me $$$$$$$$


Peter,
iPad with IOS 7.0.3 using Tapatalk HD

[Jeepers Creepers]

Check it first to make sure its plugged in.... BAH HA HA HA..

Geez i crack myself up.

OI, i think i just heard the neighbours courier van rattle up the street...... that means..... FUEL PUMP....yah.

[Brumbypt]

Check it first to make sure its plugged in.... BAH HA HA HA..

Geez i crack myself up.

Hmmm

I have never plugged it in and its worked up and till now..



Peter,
iPad with IOS 7.0.3 using Tapatalk HD

[Mobi]

All fixed now?

[Jeepers Creepers]

Yeah mate, took the pump off Monday and my neighbour the courier picked up the new one in Brisbane on Tuesday. (For free too)
Fitted the pump Wednesday afternoon after work and it was running by 3pm.
Went down again yesterday, and ran it again and triple checked for leaks etc and shut the hatch door to the engine room.
Didn't want a bilge full of fuel or anything like that, as it tends to get the back half of the boat to blow up on start up. 

I tell ya, its not a big engine room and when ya wedge my big fat arse and guts in there, its even smaller. 

So all up, it's done 30minutes running at the dock and ready to go boating again, only my wallet is $955.00 lighter.

[hainess]

I spent the arvo at the best mates place.
Giving him a hand to set up for his 50th bash tomorrow. He's a youngen.
Spit set up,gazebos erected, eskis iced and the block splitter got a workout for the bonfire.
Should be a great night.

Where is this going? you may ask.
Well,,,I'll tell you.

The mate grew up in a little,very little back then, place called Tin Can Bay during the 60s and 70s.
His parents were the school teachers. They still own the house, and the son owns the one next door in Jew street.
Jeepers will know which ones. They both need a bulldozer thru them.
Although the Deans might object.

Also down for the weekend is a part indigenous mate who has lived at Tin Can since the 70s.
A few beers and the talked turned to a certain Tin Can mowerman with a broken  boat in the marina.

The few stories,I'm sorry to say, are unprintable.
But I'm promised there will be more to come tomorrow.

Rod
.

[Jeepers Creepers]

 

Jew street..... ya nearly in the marina there. 
I was down the marina most of the morning too, ya shoulda wandered down and said hello.