keltik Posted November 2, 2020 Author Share Posted November 2, 2020 I think I learned something today. Found a safety bulletin from maritime NZ about the dangers of badly set up wire rope steering systems. The wire has a minimum bend radius related to its diameter. Any pulley it bends around needs to be greater than this radius or the cable will eventually fatigue and fail. So this one which has clearly been replaced recently and is half the diameter of the others is no good. Time to buy some more wire rope. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzstato Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Yep... Also check your reverse bucket setup.... this accident investigation is a good reminder (in fact all of them are to see how bad stuff can happen on the water...) https://www.taic.org.nz/sites/default/files/inquiry/documents/04-208.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post keltik Posted November 9, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 9, 2020 Have replaced the tiny steering pulley, run a new steering cable and greased all the moveable bits. Then I spent waaaay too long painting the hull. Grandad taught me well. You see, the secret to a good paint finish is all in the preparation. First you buy thick paint, then keep building up layers until it looks good. Let's take a minute to appreciate where not much effort and barely adequate skill has gotten us. From here; To here; Engine accessory drive belt is short enough that the tensioner actually does something now. Another test scheduled for this weekend, let's see what breaks next. 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 I see a battery, and a bit of 4x2, good work lad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post keltik Posted November 14, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 14, 2020 I SUCCESSFULLY DID BOATING TODAY! 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post keltik Posted November 14, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 14, 2020 Video proof that moos happened 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighLUX Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Quality moooooooos a+ would trade again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post keltik Posted November 16, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 16, 2020 Couple of action shots from Mr Jones snr I'm hoping the next pics will include other squirty things from Mr VG and Mr J5 in the same puddle at the same time. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anglia4 Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 So when is boatnats? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 have boatnats on a close to shore island somewhere i say no boat no nats 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 lots of gnats tho 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 One of my customers (also mates with our rep) has an old jet sprint boat with a moo motor in it, and I think his mummy lives across the road from you. ANYWAY, he mentioned to me he might hunt you down to be a jet boat buddy, as he's just got his, and is worried about reliability/wants a tow buddy, puhuhuh. So yeh, if a big hairy guy in bib overalls and a stockman hat approaches you, he's not hostile. Yet. Regards, VG/Pointless sharner. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post keltik Posted November 20, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 20, 2020 Tonight's update. Changed the plugs and re-routed the HT leads a bit tidier. Discovered you can't fit a plug socket between the manifold and the plugs....so had to use a spanner which may explain why I found one plug finger tight with sooty brown skid marks all around it. Used genuine GM plugs because they are OE finest quality/$19 for a set of 6. Also named the boat using a $4 K-mart stencil and a Sharpie. This weekend's goal is to go boating with VG and maybe take the missus for a hoon 21 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Vintage Grumble Posted November 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 20, 2020 26 minutes ago, keltik said: This weekend's goal is to go boating with VG and maybe take the missus for a hoon Will you take her out in the boat aswell? 5 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keltik Posted November 20, 2020 Author Share Posted November 20, 2020 6 hours ago, Vintage Grumble said: Will you take her out in the boat aswell? If she's lucky 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keltik Posted November 27, 2020 Author Share Posted November 27, 2020 On 20/11/2020 at 22:45, Vintage Grumble said: Will you take her out in the boat aswell? Did it. Much serenity was had and now she doesn't hate me as much for selling the spa pool to buy the boat. Swapped in another ignition control module and drained a good 100ml of water out of the filter. Will see on the next test run if the hot start issue is still there. I thought it was gone, but the second VG got in the boat - it did it again. 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keltik Posted November 28, 2020 Author Share Posted November 28, 2020 On 27/11/2020 at 17:06, keltik said: Will see on the next test run if the hot start issue is still there. Yup, still there. Will throw a cam position sensor at it next. I'm 99% sure that isn't the problem but I do have a spare. Need to measure the hot cranking speed as it does sound a bit slow. Replacing the valve and valley cover gaskets is the next priority as the nice clean new oil I put in likes to leak out a lot more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keltik Posted December 12, 2020 Author Share Posted December 12, 2020 To better diagnose my hot start issue, I figured it would be nice to plug into the ecu and see what it thinks is going on. First problem was where did the guy who built this thing put the diagnostic connector... Nowhere is the answer. So off to pick a part to liberate a complete engine loom from the VS commodore there. Then to figure out how everything should be wired in, a factory service manual sure would be handy. Removed the ECU from its waterproof enclosure. They did a pretty good job filling it with foam and bathroom sealant and even glad wrap. As anyone who's ever tried to waterproof anything knows....you can't. So off came the glad wrap and I popped out the EEPROM chip to shake the water out of it. 6 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keltik Posted December 12, 2020 Author Share Posted December 12, 2020 Part 2 of the plan involved un-pinning the ECU wires that are unnecessary. Previous guy just cut them close to the connectors but that's not very tidy. Wired in a diagnostic port but this thing isn't exactly OBD2 compliant. What I really need is the original GM Tech1 diagnostic tool. Luckily I have access to one. This thing is mega old-school and uses Nintendo cartridges to provide definitions data for each vehicle you use it with. I tried using the cartridge for VS Commodore, but the first thing it does is listen for body control module data....Which never arrives because this is a boat. Tried using the VP cartridge which lets me select 3.8 engine but still doesn't get any data. There's 5 volts on the data line so I know it's connected. Plan B was to wire up the 'self test enable' line which you just short to ground and it will flash out codes through the check engine light. This also required me to wire up a check engine light. Got all that done and the only present fault codes are for torque converter and shift solenoid faults, which makes sense. I really need to see live data so my next plan is to figure out another way to communicate with the ECM. Isn't this fun! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vk327 Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 if you get hold of an ALDL cable I can go thru how to setup tunerpro on a laptop to view live data which will talk without the BCM heartbeat signal, prob easier than that old tech 1. Trevor at Holden diagnostics sells the envyous customs ALDL to usb cables, looks like you need the memcal setup properly to delete the trans faults too, Trevor does memcals for my Jetbost standalone wiring setups so knows what works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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