Help with narrow boat.

[Dungsurf]

:help: Hi my mother lives on a narrow boat at tinsley marina & needs the engine servicing & the 12 volt system looking at. Shes lived on board at tinsley for about 18 years but since my dad passed away not much maintenance has been done am afraid. i know nothing about diesel engines & even less about marine diesels & nothing at all about electrics. I believe it will start but the last time i took it out to black the bottom it broke down on me. That was about 4 years ago & have been trying to get her to do something about it ever since. Edited August 29, 2016 by Dungsurf

[pacifica]

:help: Hi my mother lives on a narrow boat at tinsley marina & needs the engine servicing & the 12 volt system looking at. Shes lived on board at tinsley for about 18 years but since my dad passed away not much maintenance has been done am afraid. i know nothing about diesel engines & even less about marine diesels & nothing at all about electrics. I believe it will start but the last time i took it out to black the bottom it broke down on me. That was about 4 years ago & have been trying to get her to do something about it ever since.

 

It might be worth getting an emergency start jump lead pack. http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/compact-jump-starter-300a-150psi-compressor-n21kj?cmpid=ppc&gclid=CJGf-ODL5s4CFc4V0wodAIwC7w

 

You can then get the thing spinning on the starter motor. Motor accessory shops sell Easy Start which is aerosol ether. If you spray that into the intake of a diesel it will fire up. After that hopefully the thing will carry on running on its own systems. If not get a van mechanic who services cars in your driveway.

[smithy266]

Use stuff such as Easy Start as a last resort.... best to contact a marine engineer, the basin management must have contacts.

[Dungsurf]

Thanks for your reply. It will start apparently it was moved the other week as bw replaced lock gates the other week & they drained the pound its moored in wilst carrying out the work but it was only up to top lock pound so not far enough to find any problems. Cheers.

[Anna B]

Could you not have a word with other users of the Marina? I'm sure somebody will have the name of a good, reliable man who does their boats for them. I believe they're a friendly lot down there.

[samssong]

Lee Guest at Thorne Boat services is just about the best marine engineer in the district he travels out to jobs as well as working from his boat yard .

[BHRemovals]

wd 40 may help, but if not there is a marine engineer, based near canal basin, about 200 meters up.

[Dungsurf]

Thanks for all your suggestions.They moored up at Thorn for a few months when parts of the canal were closed so i know Thorne boat yard & thinking about it they may have done some work on boat before will have a word with her about it tomorrow cheers.

[Justin Smith]

Could you not have a word with other users of the Marina? I'm sure somebody will have the name of a good, reliable man who does their boats for them. I believe they're a friendly lot down there.

 

They may be but they don`t very often help out with the biannual litter pick on the Tinsley Canal ! I always find that odd, people are travelling from all over to pick up litter, yet it`s comparatively uncommon for one of the boat owners down there to join in !

[Dungsurf]

Yes your right Justin my mum & dad used to help when my dad was still with us but my mum is 76 now & cant walk for miles like she used to. A few years ago some new boaters came to live on the top pound where my mum was then moored & started to take over. There's a group of disabled / learning difficulties young adults who do litter picks & grow veg etc down there & they use the boaters club house but they tryed to stop them using it. They were then given the fishing rights on the top pond where they are moored & proceeded to ban all fishing on there. It used to attract people in wheelchairs & elderly anglers who couldnt get over the locks but they cant come anymore.They bullyed my mum till she couldnt take anymore & she moved down to the next pond thats how friendly they are.