[C38] difficulty starting

[Patrick Harpole]

Thanks
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  From: millsdan at verizon.net 
  To: listserve at catalina38.org 
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  Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 8:05 PM
  Subject: Re: [C38] difficulty starting


  Hi all, it's Dan with the Blonde Stranger. I bought the boat last fall in Rhode Island and when I was recommissioning the boat this past spring I was also buying on ebay a Garhauer traveler and Garhauer boom vang from the same Dave Santangelo that is helping to rebuild Hassel. He had some business to take care of on the Eastcoast and stopped by to see me in Rhode Island. I had never heard the engine run before I bought the boat but was assured it did by the sellers mechanic who winterized it. While Dave was here he gave me a little tip about the glow plugs.
  Patrick, if your boat still has the original ampmeter setup in the cockpit panel as mine does, check to see if there is significant discharge when you activate the glow plug switch. Mine didn't show discharge while Dave was here and he thought the glowplugs maybe needed replaced. After fooling with the switch (turning it on several times over and over) it finally showed the significant discharge that Dave talked about and I finally got to hear it run. I have seen some responses talking about a selinoid, I don't know if that is original or added on, but even in the summer this year my engine wouldn't start the first time unless I held the glowplug switch for almost 20 seconds. The original literiture on the engine said hold it for 30 seconds.
  Hope this helps.
  Dan #108


  Nov 17, 2010 11:54:23 AM, listserve at catalina38.org wrote:

    I have a 3 cylinder Universal Diesel and sometimes it will not start. I 
    have changed the fuel pump and the fuel filter.
    Sometimes when I bleed it, it will start. Other times it won't.
    Can it get "flooded"?
    Patrick on the San Francisco Bay 


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