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Vic

Patrick's right, just be patient and it will fill, but it sure ain't your household WC.  It's a boat.  If you need to, and you sound like you will from your description, just fill it up as high as you need with the head sink faucet.

Stu

Vic

I have been sailing the Bay in our C22, C25 and C34 for 20 years and only once have I even considered putting in a second reef.  Of course, it all depends on what you want to use the boat for.  The second reef should have been an option during your ordering process.  You could live without it even here.  Also depends on what size jib you have.  Anything over a 130 is gonna cause you lots of grief (unless it's winter with no wind).

Head:  are both valves open (i.e., intake under the head sink, AND into the holding tank)?  If not, nothin' happens.

Our boat is in Alameda at Grand Marina.  Call me if you need any help.

Congratulations on your new boat.

...and all our onboard guests are wondering just what we're doing down there when we're standing behind the wheel.  :)

No wonder they think sailors are whacky!

Roc

It just isn't worth it.  Check out the cost.  All it will do is spin off the same way your existing nut does.  It's the same thread inside.

Either live with it (as I've learned to do) or find a way, like teflon pipe thread, to make it a tad tighter (which I've thought about but haven't done!).

Heck, it gives me something to do for the few minutes I'm behind the wheel when Graeme is steering (our autopilot).

Ken

On the other hand, I have a friend with a C34 who can't get his wheel OFF!!!

I keep checking my wheel nut regularly.

Don't let the nut holding the wheel get tight!!!

Ron

Alternator diagnosis:

1.  Turn off the caps key on your computer :)

2.  Measure the voltage when your engine's running.  Don't know what kind of electrical gear you have on your boat, so can't be more specific.  Measure at the panel switch or at the batteries.

3.  Alternator OK:  I thought Ron already mentioned it:  "Check to make sure that the alternator spins freely as well as the internal water pump. "

If it spins and it puts out juice, it's OK.  What could be easier?

If it doesn't let us know.

John

It sounds like galvanic corrosion to me.  A little Lanacote (or is it Lanocote?) or TefGel between the bolts and the pedestal should help.

Ron

Here's the link to the alternator bracket repair and replacement with pictures of the old and new brackets.  The story is self-explanatory.

http://www.c34ia.org/projects/projects-alt-bracket.html

Ed

1.   Has it happened again?

2.   Try a search on "electric fuel pump."  Ours died slowly, as noted in that post of mine.  I just posted that reference on another thread.

Jeff

Try this:

http://www.c34ia.org/mainsheet/images/Pg20+21a.jpg

Scroll around and down to the right.

Also read the post I sent today to bh, and try a search on WEBLOG.

All the best,

Guys,

There seems to be a disconnect on the parts #.

My original post, before the switch over, had a picture of my head.

Hope they both work (i.e., the model #s).

bh

You really have to get behind the panel through the aft lazarrette.  It's a bear, but do-able.

An earlier C34, #90, that I worked on, had sheet metal screws holding the main frame into the coaming.  Made it easy to fix and replace.

Most of the older boats have nuts and bolts.  Stupid design, but that's what we've got.

Either live with it, or change it.  It's your boat now.

bh

Try this:

http://www.c34ia.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=1643&highlight=electric+fuel+pump

for starters (no pun intended, yeah, right...!) :)

If, as Ron suggested, you are a new owners of an older boat, you know that these boats have been produced since, as you know, 1986.  We have one, too.

PLEEEEEZE, read, and continue to ask questions.

Lots of your questions have already been asked and answered and I recommend you review the main website (see C34 HOME, above) for FAQs and Projects.  Many of these posts are for the "experienced" boats, such as yours AND mine.

In addition, the search features are very helpful.  I found the one above by hitting "search" and typing in "electric fuel pump."

You can do the same for "engine wiring harness," since we have been pretty careful in naming both the subjects of our messages and using the familiar nomenclature within our text messages so that the search engines can work efficiently.

Also try a search on WEBLOG.  Many skippers have posted extensive experiences of their first few years of ownership.

You can also gain access to the C34 TECH NOTES ONLINE when you become a member of the association.  You also get a CD ROM with all that info from 1987 to 2001.  We're in the process of updating the CD-ROM, too.

Cory and I have had six wonderful years on a previously owned 1986 boat and look forward to many, many more.  We know how you feel and are glad you found this 'site.

We look forward to helping you out anytime.  How about changing your sign in name to your real name as most of us do?  Use the "signature
section to have the computer print it out automatically for you.

Fair winds, and WELCOME.

Also, Hi to JEFF with new-to-him #219.  Lots of this goes out to you, too, without repeating.

Jeff


Try this:

http://www.sailboatowners.com/forums/pviewall.tpl?&fno=21&uid=73200280089&sku=2004251193045.18

I recommend buying Peggy's book.

OK, OK, I admit it, I still have one. But it's for our dinghy, 1990 Evinrude 9.9 short shaft.

I replace the spark plugs every time we use it, which is once very six months.

I know the old sawhorse about the amount of time that a piece of mechanical equipment gets used is directly proportional to its ability to work.

Our problem is hard starting when it's cool out. Took it up to the Delta this summer, and in the 90 heat it was fine. Once we got back down closer and into the cooler SF Bay, it takes 60 (yup, that's right 60) pulls to get it going once it's cooled off, overnight. Once it first starts, it's just fine and dandy. Fires right up.

Bought the motor about 5 years ago at a swap meet for a good price, had it checked out at the Outboard Motor Shop in Alameda (before they were bought out by Sea Power), and everything was fine then. Haven't done anything "bad" to it.

Any "historians" out there who know these critters and can help? Any idiosyncrasies with 1990 Evinrudes?