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Hi mate, thanks for this video I did mine myself tonight. Very fiddly at times! My old EGR was blocked up very badly. I changed the rear pipe too for a new one. I did notice that the side pipe next to the coolant pipe was very blocked too. Not sure how hard that will be to replace.
Also love this engine, got one for 180€ just had to replace a seal on the gearbox Just one hour and 20€in materials so worth it. Love this little engine very fuel efficient and so solidly build. Only disadvantage is that it’s quite heavy
I have a White shark 2.3 meter with a 9. 9 hp Evinrude two cyl twostroke. It does 14 knots on full throttle, and keeps plane down to around 10 on half throttle. Two adults in the boat. Might be faster just one person. If you want to keep weight down, buy a two stroke. It also yields much more power over the entire curve up to max rev where it meets the four stroke.
You need to be between min and max otherwise you will have issues ( blowing gaskets) i don't know if it was a joke but if you have put 10 litres in you need to drop the oil
This is dangerous, you could overload your homes wiring and potentially burn down the house.have you looked into the capacity of your mains wiring, Growatt has the potential to out put 15 amp and the 3 pin power lead is probably rated 7 to 10 amps.you may want to see if the power point gets warm or even hot. Nice try and l hope you have home insurance.
I think you are missing the point, your inverter maybe fused but you are missing the point, your feeding more power into the home wiring, for example in your home fuse box, you will see 10amp fuses for your mains and lights, yes individual fuses. Don't get me wrong, lm not putting crap on you,just the safety aspect for you and your family.
I can understand your desire to lower your energy bills and do this in a cost effective way, but this installation is extremely dangerous. I am genuinely worried for the safety of you and your family. God forbid if your insurance company or mortgage provider caught wind of what you have been doing. Please decommission the installation and get an electrician to help you make this installation fit for purpose.
I know, the government has driven people to desperate measures. Thanks for your concern, I’ll pass it onto my friend. He said he contacted numerous electricians but none of them wanted the job or the other ones that did tried to charge more than what the system was worth.
If that’s the case I’ll pass that onto him. Thanks for the information. Thinking about it logically, inverters with islanding cannot create a current but happy to update him if that’s wrong.
@@DossingAroundInBoatshas he though about the earthing arrangements? Is there an auto disconnect in the event of a grid failure? Are the mcb/rcbo bidirectional because you are back feeding the power. What’s the earthing arrangement on the supply? How are you handling earthing on this? There’s a lot I will diy but solar isn’t one of them, too much to go wrong. Even some of the Main Stream sparkies get it wrong.
@@davideyres955 it’s pretty simple to be fair. Growatt plug and play. You can just wire it into your consumer unit if you have a separate one in the shed. This Growatt inverter had a manual isolator for the solar array and built in islanding so if the power goes down it automatically shuts off. I think he’s since had his spark buddy round to tidy it all up.
I have a chance at buying this dirt cheap believe its a 1998 model but looks exactly like yours hope i can get it. How would you rate this compared to a similar 5 hp mercury?
From experience, the Honda’s are much more solid than the Mercs. Sounds like the Merc will be 2 stroke around that year.. so very different engines. The Merc will probably be a bit lighter and may be a bit quicker but it all depends on what you’re doing. If you’re using in a lake you might lean towards the lighter engine but if using in the sea I’d choose the stronger engine of the 2 which in my opinion will be the Honda. If it were my choice I’d go for the best condition of the 2 engines. Happy boating !
He does have a point. You can either be prepared or unprepared and when you have your kid with you without the right gear I would say that is irresponsible.most deaths at sea happen because of lack of equipment it’s fact. Get yourself a vhf radio and keep it on you at all times. A waterproof pouch for phone,plb,and wear your jackets. Complacency kills
Nice video mate. Just a bit concerned that you don’t wear a life jacket and you don’t have the kill switch attached to yourself. This video you didn’t even have your paddles, I hope you have a vhf radio, please think of your own safety. Happy sibbing.
Thanks for sharing your message. I need to work harder on the lifejacket situation. I do have a vhf for worst case scenario. One of my oars lost the button clip but I’ve found it now so all sorted. I need to write a equipment lust really so I never forget the important things. I forgot my fuel take on one trip so I had to stay in the local harbour. Lol Tight lines !
The bottom one (the Torx 30).. mine wasn’t too tight luckily. It came off ok with a socket Torx with the 10mm extension. It was the one a bit higher up for me near the pipes that rounded off and was a real pain.
@@DossingAroundInBoats mine looks like strange angle and torx30 is not taking it - 2h down the line. will have some break before attacking again ...haha. thanks for info
@@DossingAroundInBoats I got the right one but day no 2 with 30torx slimmer still no luck, if feels that the flex pipe is on its way to hold it properly and I might need to do with grider there just not sure how I'm going to fit one. Did you managed to do it by hand or used impact drill?
Can you get your phone down there with the flash on a record it for 20 seconds.. that’s what I done to see what was going on. From that I discovered my nut was rounded off. I got my impact driver down there just about but that was a bit too powerful for the nut extraction kit and basically rounded the nut even more. From there I got a cheap dremel copy, with a flexible extension that allowed me to grind it off. I kept using my phone to record the progress. A grinding stone in the shape of the end of a pen worked well.
@DossingAroundInBoats cheer's was that a 3.5hp I saw in the video. I was looking at the boatworld website and for the boatworld 300 it was saying the max for that size boat is 10hp. Do you think the sib could handle a little bit bigger or would that be pushing it because of the weight.
Hey. Good video. I was wondering if the mounting face was the same size for the 4/5/6hp versions and this answers that. Had you tried the mixture screw? It's usually under an anti-tamper brass plug. I found it was screwed all the way in on one of mine that was having idling issues (from factory). The workshop manual states it should be 2.5 turns out and then fine tuned. That sorted my idle issue. How did you find the carbs performance long-term? Was it actually making any noticeable extra power? Thanks. :)
Brilliant little boat iv got the same boat with a 15hp it’s only rated for 9.9 4stroke but the 15hp 2stroke is actually a lighter engine faster and easier to service
Nice one, like the commentary, made me chuckle, this part bit more pricey i NZ ( $69 frickin dollars). Looks like a mission but i'm gonna give it go rather than giving the V dub dealership $400
Other YT vids seem to indicate the upgrade solves the stock carb hesitation issue while giving negligible power increase. In theory the upgrade kit should fit on the 2.5 as well since it's the same engine as the 3.5 (physical dimensions).
