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#16
Main Message Board / Re: Stern Rail
November 24, 2007, 08:41:42 PM
Dave:

The backstays wiil come down in front of the seats towards the inboard edge of the seat.  I will take additional pictures when we step the mast.

#17
Main Message Board / Re: Stern Rail
November 19, 2007, 08:17:08 PM
The new sternrail that I had manufactured.
#18
Main Message Board / Re: 1986 Owners Manual
October 16, 2007, 08:57:24 PM
Sent

Thanks
#19
Main Message Board / Re: Prop Pitch
October 15, 2007, 02:26:23 PM
Depends.  Did you measure the RPM's with the boat sitting still, accelerating, or at steady state maximum speed?  It you waited until you speed stabilized, in smooth water, then I am guessing you are a little overpitched.

Steve DeLange
#20
Main Message Board / 1986 Owners Manual
October 14, 2007, 07:43:25 PM
Does anyone with a 1986 model have an owners manual I can have copied?  The 1988 manual on the website has several differences from my boat (i.e., Water tanks).
#21
Main Message Board / Re: autopilot
August 08, 2007, 03:27:39 PM
Brings up a good question.  Where is the best place to mount the GPS antenna if you have the rail seats?
#22
Main Message Board / Re: Wacky Auto Pilot
July 02, 2007, 06:19:23 AM
The offset you are getting sounds interference from the alternator or some other engine circuit.  In airplanes we could just isolate the alternator circuit.  With the Catalina I think the only option would be to turn off the keyswitch momentarily to see if the error changes.  If it does, you might have wires to the engine paralleling the wires to the autopilot.  Moving the wires where the cross at 90 degrees could help.  Installing a filter on the alternator is another possiblity.
#23
Stu:
I don't think there is a discrepancy in the two diagrams, only a difference in their presentation.  One is a wiring diagram while the other is a schematic, with positive on the left and ground on the right for simplified circuit analysis. 

I am wondering if simplification might be the answer for Micheal, at least in the short term to get the engine operating and for diagnosis.  Perhaps he should add a jumper wire to the fuel pump to insure its operation and using another larger wire with a clip on the end to power the glow plugs directly.  The glow plug jumper would have to be removed by hand after the appropriate heating time.  While crude, they would bypass the control circuits long enough to test the engine.  I would also suggest a temporary or permanent remote starter switch as shown in the projects. 

It seems boats are notorious for having poor connections.  During my refit I am replacing all of the wiring to the engine, because I found the excess harness just coiled under the aft berth.  The several feet of extra wire surely couldn't help the voltage drop that is always a problem.
#24
Michael,

The manual I was using is the one on this website, http://www.c34ia.org/manuals/Operators-Manual-2of2.pdf .  The same wiring diagram 200360 is on page 25 and schematic 200360 is on page 26 (pages 5 and 6 of the pdf). 

[Updated by Stu 10/22/2020]
That link has been superseded by this one:  http://c34.org/wiki/images/1/19/Universal_A%28C%29_series_engines_%28M-25XPA%28C%29%2C_M-35A%28C%29%29_operators_manual_OCR.pdf
Look for pages 25 & 26 of the manual, NOT the PDF pages.

The schematic shows the "S" and "I" terminal, "I" being the one that is connected to switch contacts when the relay is energized.  If you connected the fourth terminal of the 24059 relay to the resistor and circuit breaker you would probably not energize the relay thus not providing power to the glow plugs and the fuel pump would likely only start running after you were able to obtain oil pressure.  Starting would be intermittent, at best. 

Here is a link to a Cole Hersee relay catalog showing the internal wiring schematics.  http://www.colehersee.com/pdf/master_cat/e_solenoid.PDF

As I indicated in an email and as Stu pointed out, most Ford start relays are wired like this.  You were also correct that this is an intermittent duty relay, but it has a 750 amp rating, well in excess of anything the glow plugs would draw.


Steve DeLange
#25
Micheal,

The 24059 is not the type used in the wiring diagram.  You need a 24103. No wonder you are having trouble.  You should be able to get the equivalent at the local auto parts. 

#26
Micheal:

The fuel pump is connected to the Indicator terminal of the glow plug relay and therefore should not affect the glowplugs as it is energised only when the relay is activated.  The relay should be grounded through the base.  If there is nothing wrong with the relay, the small current drawn by the fuel pump (old or new style) should present no problem.  Many people confuse this style relay it the ones where the two small terminal posts are for the coil when, in fact, the coil is connected to one terminal and the base.
#27
I would but i not sure they are salvageable.  This boat was damaged in Katrina and I am rebuilding it. 

#28
Did you install this in the dorade vent outlet or did you replace an existing solar vent?  I am considering replacing the solar vent in the head with one of these lights, but I am not sure what to place over it on the outside.
#29
Main Message Board / Re: Cockpit locker size
April 17, 2007, 05:20:03 PM
There is about 12 inches under the lowest area of the seat structure.  I molded in a fiberglass box and divided the locker door so that the box is completely sealed when the aft portion is closed.  The locker is capable of hoding two 10# horizontal propane bottles.
#30
Main Message Board / Re: Snake River Electronics
February 28, 2007, 11:12:25 PM
Snake River sent me a tank system on Feb 19th.  At the time the girl said the company had been sold and was being moved to California.  Supposedly the name was to remain the same

Steve D