Scuba Compressor Engine and Heat
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ม.ค. 2022
- An update from Patience Camp. The weather suddenly got me thinking about heat on the boat so I started down that path, and also fired up that Chinese 10HP diesel and decided it looked good enough to go ahead and build in the exhaust for it. Today I flew out of snow in Oklahoma to sunshine in Florida. I suppose it's a good idea if I learn something about sailing while waiting too.
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"Trickin Pickin" preformed by Doug Waterman
Great to hear the news on the insurance is progressing!
Fantastic news!
A little sailing might bring some peaceful memories before the grand adventure. We’re all excited for you Doug!
The pull starter from a Yanmar L100 will bolt right up and is much higher quality. I got one for $40 on ebay a couple years ago. If it has provisions for electric start it actually works pretty well provided you have the cranking amps needed. I actually converted mine to an actual car battery after I began having issues in sub freezing temps.
I have to say out of all the videos I've watched of this boat - this one really accentuates in all the planning that went into this thing. I hope to step foot on it one day while its in the water!
Had an old powered rotary reel lawn mower when I was a kid that had a rope start that you wrapped the rope around. Always started and no phony spring return. "Another day, more parts" is the mantra for any form of plumbing. Take care and stay well Doug.
I like these scuba compressor channels that do a bit of boat building :-)
WoooHooo! Grats on the insurance problem breakthrough. Looking forward to the launch!
Congratulations Camp Patience, on the insurance business! Get on that muddy river soon.
Congrats on all the progress and the insurance policy coming together! Have fun sailing in sunny Florida! Looking forward to seeing Seeker splash.
Thanks so much for all you teach! Your an inspiring human.. Beautiful Vessel Seeker is!!Well that'll start'er... Again, Thanks for sharing your life with us ✌🏼💗😊❣️
Amazing, you're almost in the water! I can't wait!!!
The asphyxiation station is now ready for service! Sparks and wood I LOVE IT! Congrats on the insurance barrier. Splash next then down the river! Check bridge height along your route BEFORE you step your masts. My brother who was a deck hand on a tow boat made several trips up that river and has concerns about your vessel navigating the locks and especially getting a masted vessel under the bridges. The submarine down river had issues with one of the bridges. Something about clearance for the periscope was the issue.
He will out up the masts after he went down the river. That was the plan anyway :)
Ouch! I felt it in my fingers. My Honda TRX500 does the same thing when battery is flat and I forget to pull the crankshaft/piston over TDC before switching the ignition on and pulling the cord. Always makes me swear.
Nice to see the ship coming alive with the smoke warnings and such
Always awesome videos and I very much like how you are picking up the trash on your walks
Your patience is inspiring!
Thank you!
Agree, that was a good book.
Awesome news to hear about the insurance...mean.. made my day..cheers
We were hoping to be in Florida by now. RV repairs have slowed us down. Hope you get in the water soon!
@SVseeker these small engines usually are easy retrofit for a small 12V motorcycle starter - check if it has a gear ring on the flywheel that a starter could use - meny already have a cutout for fitting a starter right in it
Thank you Doug!
Love it Doug! Such good news that it looks like you've got the insurance sorted. And always impressed and how you show your work and thinking on Seeker! A pleasure to watch 🙌🙌
Kiitos kanavasta olen seurannut alusta saakka mielenkiinnolla ja jatkan innolla. Terveiset suomesta..
Fantastic news.
That was a lot of fun to watch!
Doug, I am a Certified Master Small engine mechanic please do not put cheap oil in the engine just to break it in, use oil that is high in zinc and do not put a load on that new engine you must break it in under NO LOAD if you don't you will cause your engine to burn oil and run a very short life!!!
Amundsen is my hero too. Sailed to the Arctic in 90. Read all about him before hand.
Doug. The pull start is kicking back because it has no load to resist that action. I realize the reason for the clutch, but the rope pull is probably best if you dont run electric start. That way on any small engine with pull start. Thanks for the videos.
Drill on the flywheel while holding the compression release open manually. Get engine to speed then remove drill and let go of compression release. My channel has a video showing me do this with a similar yanmar
16:31 for an update about insurance.
Its been a long road. Glad to see that you will soon be hitting the water!
We are in the water. : )
Don't miss out on fishing! I know you could make an excellent electric reel to drag a lure with.
Yahoo. Patience works. 👍
great vid!
Great news on the insurance from camp patience, I hope you can rope in a few folk to only video the launch as I guess you will be a trifle busy with other "sailing" things on the day. You don't need good luck, you just need to work like you do but I wish you it anyway.
If you decide to keep that little engine, mount an electric starter from a riding lawnmower on it. May have to change the flywheel, but a little more flywheel mass would probably do you well for if you engage that clutch if the compressor is under load
Hi Doug I found the best way to start those China diesels is pull them up to the compression stroke THEN hit the decompression lever let the recoil retract then rip it I find it doesn’t rip the pull cord from your hand
Looked like he was using that procedure by the time the pull start fell apart
I'm just following to find out when this boat will pass me in Little Rock Arkansas. Will shower it with gifts from the old trainbridge pedestrian crossing.
Well send some pics from Florida! It's cold up north.
Great news Doug!!! I'm thrilled for ya.....
Start it with a socket on an impact driver. Works great.
not on a diesel
Doug, my dad once made an adaptor out of a socket and bolt to chuck into a 3/8 electric drill to start his mower and trimmer. You already have battery-powered drills so you could do the same thing. He used a 3/8 bolt with a nut through the socket to be able to chuck it up but you could weld the socket onto a bolt or 3/8 hex to make it easier to chuck to a drill.
That’s for when I get old :)
@@SVSeeker Racing go-karts have a nifty little thing for the end of the shaft... the power source auto releases when the engine starts... basically a one way socket.
@@dudleycornman1624 would be ratcheted.
@@SVSeeker put a C in front of old, you have another reason for drill start. Imagine trying to fix the pull start while your fingertips are blue
@@dylanzrim3635 sort of... yea.
I posted a video the other day of an iron furnace i use for my Bigboy 4014 project.
Excellent update as always Doug. Another beautiful day.
I can’t believe you didn’t start this video with the good news about the insurance! Awesome! Woohoo!!!
Haven’t seen it yet so you might mention it. Always make sure the inlet for the scuba pump is away from smelly things, even with a filter on you could still end up tasting peoples farts while diving.
Sounds like things are looking up.
Not sure if its been stated. But I've used a cordless drill to start lawnmowers and a diesel generator. Electric start without being electric start.
Congrats Doug!!!!! I'm so excited for ya..... thanks for all the inspiration and wisdom you've shared my friend. You do more for a lot of us then you'll ever know. Have fun getting wet! Woohoo
Thanks so much!
Let your beard grow Cap'tn Seeker! 👍🤘✌
YOU ARE AN INSPIRATION BUDDY. No limit to what we can do with the will. Thank You very much for all the videos and the amazing work and patience !!!
Thanks. And yes. Patience and stubbornness is just about all I got. It's not a bad combination when your not so smart. : )
Well its been a little exercise in patience for yah but hey your almost there! glad to hear the good news on the insurance, good stuff.
Roald Amundsen lived just a few km from where i grew up. have a pict with my grate grandmother and him.
Do you sleep with your window open in the winter too? : )
18000 BTUs isn't much.
A webasto can keep a motor able to start in a cold winter but it probably won't make enough heat for a large area.
The fan motors also wear out fairly rapidly so you are right about leaving access, particularly being careful to be able change the electric fan motors without having to unhook the water hoses.
Quite common in cabinets on trucks to keep them from freezing hot water wash pumps etc.
"I like redundancy". I couldn't tell.😄
Miller is my choice too
I have been thinking about your dingy recovery system at the stern. When you are at sea, the boat will roll and those web straps down to the dingy will “alter “ in length and also operate at an angle to the geometry of the supports.
What do you think??
Your the man !!
Just a man. But in today's world that is often enough. : )
Love this project and really like seeing so many other folk's projects. Helps me off the couch.
getting the insurance calls for a toast! there now that thats done. an electric starter for that engine would not be terribly expensive Doug. If it were me, Id already have it on there.
Looking forward to the launch ! One day at a time.
I've always broke in a engine the way i intend to use it. Just a couple extra oil changes is the difference. My .02
Doug , you continue to inspire the way you remain positive. Thank you Warren
Doug after all in all I support you 100 % and hope nothing ever break down. As I see it your the only one that's going to know how it works and how to fix it. Your friend always, no matter what you think of me! Your the man Doug. Oh I have to remember to send you some what did I make today pictures.
It must of felt like southern Alaska with the wind and snow over the weekend 🤔.
Have a great time in Florida! We're bracing for another winter storm here. Thanks for sharing!
I was reading that book The last time I was down helping you. He has a great way of looking at life!
Howdy Kyle. I think so too. It's my second time through it.
Doug rather than pulse start could you possibly use a drill motor with a socket and would that give enough torque to start ???
i thinking y'all did good job designing the boat. redundancy and modularity
I don't have a couch. I sit in a reclining arm chair... I do get out of it from time to time. My biggest problem with stick welding is putting it down once I've picked it up though....
Good work here. Always a joy to route pipes in a boat... there's never enough room to make it easy.
You talked about your welder what happened to the prime weld TIG 225x you had to weld the dingie?
I really don't have patience, visited 4 months ago, re-visit in April see if there is any progress in getting the boat floated.
That’s to bad. Life is much more fun with patience.
But first a walk in the woods.. I thought you had your arm and a sling and then I realized you're probably carrying deer food!! 🍻🍻🍻👍👍👍 Again I have a concern I truly hope you have an apprentice you're teaching!! Going back and watching videos will not be enough!!
Would putting the bus heater overhead work in one of the compartments/wheelhouse?
you could use the bus heater for a bunk heater were people sleep, just a idea, or even under floor heat for the engine room.
Yes, but it's way too big for either cabin.
I wonder if a drill and socket attachment would work to start the engine easily
Congratulations on getting the insurance!
I powered several compressors with Yanmar diesels. Yours looks like a copy of a Yanmar. I quit using the Yanmar because of parts and reliability issues. I switched to Hatz. They are way more reliable and need fewer parts. Once you've proved the concept of a diesel drive for the compressor, keep Hatz in mind for the replacement engine. I use a centrifugal clutch instead of electric clutch. Enjoy Florida.
I have been able to take a welding class in my high school and or really showed me how fun it can be just to fuse to pieces of metal together
Best thing for people with ocd
Check and see if the diesel uses a Honda clone block if it does you can buy a electric start conversion for it
Shes looking great real great - Fair winds & following seas my friend - Its not the destination > Its the journey that counts .
Do you think by rotating the pully housing you inadvertently affected it's operations
Hi Doug I've Watched Your journey nearly from the beginning. Wow! you are My hero. lately the tenacity you have shown blows me way. Sadly I'm a bilge Rat I can't afford to support you. But i've had my time sailing so I Love the sea and what you are doing.
You are a stones throw from the water now .. sooo well done. All the best can't wait to see you ion the water !!
Regards Ian Foster
Thanks, glad to have ya along for the ride, but you can do a lot better when picking heroes. : ) I'm just part bull dog. It's from my fathers side.
FLORIDA!! come visit me in south florida. Though a little cool currently to take the day sailer out currently.
Lost 4 apple trees and a tool shed from heavy snow. Just about cried. But I put on my snow shoes and went for a "walk". It's true. Going on a walk is good for mental health.
Susan & Tony here, some day we are going to show up for a visit. Really looking forward to your launch. We are sure the time spent was beneficial to the project. You have accomplished much since arriving at the Port, must have been blessed to have this time.
Can’t wait to see you start her up and motor down the Ocean iv been watching for some years now .
It would be cool to fab up something so you can use a drill to start that little diesel.
I would think you would break the engine in at a slight high idle to seat rings and valves and such..without load pressure on engine
If you’re running one engine and another engine has the intake and exhaust valve open on valve overlap you could pump exhaust gases inside the boat if your running the exhaust pipes together. Might a dangerous carbon monoxide situation building up randomly one time if an engine stops on valve overlap
No worries Mom. The exhaust were built for that. There is a detector. The room has blowers for vent.
@@SVSeeker oh! That’s good! :)
@@SVSeeker I love your videos! Been watching for years! Always interesting stuff! I learn a lot from your channel too
Those engine are very loud in enclosed spaces I'm sure you found that out :D
WHAT? : )
with all of the different engines in the same exhaust pipe do you have to worry about exhaust gas reversion though one of the engines that isn't running and thus carbon monoxide?
No, not the way they are branched together. There is actually a small vacuum. And the engine room is vented when an engine is running.
See if you have an impact or drill that is powerful enough to turn the engine over. Then you can just have a permanent 19mm or 3/4" bolt welded to the front of the pull start flywheel.
You are much better just using a drill or motor to rotate to start. The impact motion is very bad on the driven unit.
They aint that hard to start once u work out the flywheel effect.. thats why it has one..
You are such a positive, constructive guy Doug. It warms my heart
Thanks
Have fun on the high seas doug
Get a parakeet. If there are any carbon monoxide issues to be imagined with the diesel heater, I would be very prepared to look for them. I don't imagine that it would play very well with other devices were they to share an exhaust outlet. If the length of the exhaust exceeds the factory supplied tubing, there may also be flow issues.
This is based on my general impression from seeing other installations.
If I don't finish that exhaust pipe, I'll need a whole flock.
Isn't the break-in also about letting it run for a length of time without start and stop cycles?
Great news that your insurance is in order. Have fun in Florida, wish I was down there myself right now. I can't wait till I move out of the North East soon! Have fun sailing.
One thing Seeker will do well is help others in remote places.
If you have many motors at same pipe, is there a possibility that some exhaustgasses could escape through another motors valves/manifold? It would be kinda cool.
Not from the test we have done so far. We built the junctions so they create an venturi.
Doug, that engine your using on the compressor is the same engine I have got on my generator. Mine is both pull and electric start. Great little engines, think your going to be happy with that one....
I could see the fuel manifold flexing when you turned the cutoff valves. Looks like it's hinging on a single bit of 1/2 inch copper. I recommend a bracket to brace/secure that manifold. It'd be a drag to break that underway!