VMAC Generator Head Replacement
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ธ.ค. 2021
- VMAC Multifunction provides 8kw AC at 110, 220, and even 3 Phase / DC 12, 24, 36, 48 volt; 250 amps of welding current; 45 cfm of air, and 8 gallons per minute of hydraulic fluid off a pump on the PTO. Product support is also great, but I'm hoping we just got a lemon of a generator head, because nothing should die after just 20 hours.
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I really like how you've made everything so redundant. Backup pumps for hydraulics, pneumatics, etc. Can't ever have too much redundancy! :)
Great
As a mechanic I can confirm, things tend to go better after the blood sacrifice. Machines are evil that way sometimes.
I can confirm that is true
My skin is old now and I give a lot of blood sacrifice. Better to machines than humans
Plus swearing‼️😂🤗
A man and his boat that’s not afloat is like watching bizarro cabin fever.
Those are the pliers that were on my tool list as soon as I used a pair. The company that makes them makes some really good tools for electrical; work as well, but those pliers are super useful.
Right on
The complexity of pipes, fittings, electrical, hydraulic is amazing... much more complex than I would have thought it needed to be... but you shoehorned it in together.. Good job.
Needed depends on what you plan to do. This is work boat, not a bikini barge. :)
@@SVSeeker without a doubt your work has been inspirational, but don't rule out being a "bikini barge", good times like that are rare.
Merry Christmas 🎅🏻 and hope you have a good 2022 with a nice early launch ⛴⚓️
Have a fantastic Christmas on Seeker, you’re a legend!
Very cool i love fixing things and have a nak for taking things apart. I now work on long-wall mining machinery power distribution systems.
Merry Christmas From Sydney Australia to Doug & Betsey, and to the rest of the world.
I love my knipex pliers/pump pliers/side cutters/ adjustable wrenches. They make great stuff.
Maybe you’d be tripping over it or have one already. But a ridgid tri stand is a great thing to have. So handy for all kinds of purposes, not just pipe.
I had one. They are nice but too big so I gave it away.
The company I worked for (retired now) started equipping our mobile repair trucks with VMACs. We had nothing but trouble with ours, including things like fuel caps that allowed rainwater to flood the diesel tank, electrical systems that drained the battery even if the machine was turned off, etc.. The manufacturer would not return our calls or emails, and when I retired the company (a major U.S. railway company) had announced that they’d never buy another one! Couldn’t keep them running for love nor money!
I don’t think they can be faulted for a Kabota engine and I really doubt they make the generator head either. And I selected the hydraulic pump which they did not make. They also don’t make the electric clutches. I’m not sure what we can fault them with. Have also answered the phone every time I called, I rarely wait on hold. And they answer my emails. I think I just got a lemon generator head nothing more. And I am glad they stood behind it as best they could.
Lol i dont believe V mac expected that thing to run as hard as you run it but i love product support that works! and this worse case scenario is good experience for them to build a better product!
Wish you and the Mrs. A very Merry Christmas
So cool to see how far seeker has come
Have a good Christmas Doug hope to see you on the water soon
Knipex makes those pliers and I love them
Good idea for sure, bolts and fasteners in a bag. Sometimes we need to add an index card with comments, especially if will take a few days to get parts and stuff. Thank you for the video.
Our company motto is " if a jobs worth doing its worth doing twice" . Hope the launch comes soon, have a great Christmas 🎄 😀. Sean
Merry Christmas to all.
I keep ca glue around just for those little ouchies. So much better than duct or electrical tape. I'm sporting a ca glue repair on my thumb even as I type this. Merry Christmas!!
Merry Christmas Doug and Betsey, as well as Bart and other Seeker Crew ! Nice to see VMac supporting their product after 6 years.. lots of builders stop carrying parts for "obsolete" equipment after only 5 years. Those padeyes are paying dividends, maybe add a few pre made blanks from scrap steel for the inevitable ones you'll want to add later in cargo hold and elsewhere for hammocks or pipe cots etc ?
Thank you Doug. I agree with rtz549. If you can get it repaired and you can find out what went wrong you'll have an instant spare and know what to keep an eye on with the replacement unit you just installed. i have found that mistakes are just the price of education. If you are afraid of making mistakes you are going to the wrong school. Take care, stay well and Merry Christmas to you and Betsy.
thats a repair that would have been challenging in a rolling swell. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
I love a challenge.
You make an exceptional Stoic Doug👌
I'm working on it. : )
Ouch, got my finger when sharpening the blades on the mower deck a couple months ago, not too different for a bleed out from yours. Took a nail to the head a couple weeks ago while trying to move the trash can around and load shingles into it, tripped and fell into the can with a board and the head of a nail taking it's fee in flesh.
Anyway if you ever need a hand with something heavy drop a line, I can bring my pickup and help get a few more things out that way as well. I'm not that far away and usually can hold a project for a day or so. Roof is waiting for a day with a lot less wind for me to finish up another section right now but that could be tomorrow or Monday. Then it's the waiting game again for another section after which 1/2 of the roof or about 1000 sq feet will be brand new.
Anyway Merry Christmas and hopefully things go good for you and everyone out that way.
Merry Christmas. God Bless.
The knipex pliers are what i got for my dad for christmas
I have one plus a pair of angled flush cut side cutters.
Knipex tools are without a doubt one of THE best on the market.
How I wish I knew about them when I equipped my ‘shop!
Got a set of knipex plier wrenches and love them. Use them for a ton of stuff at work and like them enough to gift a set for xmas
@@clerdman1
Not surprised as you have to own one of their tools to realise the quality.
About to buy one of their pliers as all the ones I have are not a patch on the first one I bought in the ‘60s, a General brand if memory serves that was stolen a few years ago🤬
You kick ass! Thanks for the videos!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.. GOD BLESS.
Love your videos but love your inspiration even more!
Thank you so much!!
Like always I appreciate and enjoy .
KNIPEX pliers look nice; thanks for the tip.WAGER re generator: it's a broken field wire. With so little time to wear it out that's the one simple part to make it not work. Just a little bouncing around can do it.
It does not make sense when considering that it ran the compressor fine from grid power.
Deep survival... excellent read. Some people give up in seconds... others NEVER give up and live to tell a helluva story.
Or at least die trying not to die. : )
@@SVSeeker yes, that too.. 🤣
Merry Christmas Doug.
I want to see this boat in the water already!!!!
You inspire me Doug
Enjoyable video as usual!
Awesome job!
Merry Christmas Doug!
Same to you!
Merry Christmas!!
Happy new year
When I diagnosed the unit bad I used vmacs manuel to do it now its time to tear into the unit deeper
Marry Christmas everyone
That gen set seems small for that size vessel, it worries me for the simple fact things go in 3s on the ocean. 3 systems tied into one seems very sketchy, should have got a Deere or Cat. With 2 gens 2 air compressor 2 hydro pumps and spare belts/parts for 3 times your longest voyage. ~ Chief
That’s an interesting evaluation given that you know nothing about what we’re doing on this boat nor are you paying the bills. But thank you for playing.
@@SVSeeker I mean your whole project is on TH-cam 😂 it was not a personal poke it's a serious eval that any engineer with sea time would conclude the same. Believe me the WW2 bouy tender I started fishing on did not have a bunch of funds either you just got to know how to hunt parts you can use not that you want.
I love my Knipex plyers
I love it when you can see someone switch into " work smarter " mode reminds me of my dad, because he never does it lol
Merry Xmas from Down Under Vic
merry Christmas sv seeker 🎅
This was a side benefit of patience camp. Imagine if that had failed on the water :)
It has nothing to do with the normal operation of the boat. : )
@@SVSeeker Patience is best thing I've learned from your channel. Merry Christmas Seeker.
Merry Christmas, happy holidays Doug, Betsy, Bart and all your subscribers have a wonderful time stay safe. Cheers Doug for another year of inspiring videos take care.
Here’s to 2022 when Sv Seeker makes her way to open water.
Glad I'm not the only one with blue shop towel/electrical tape Band-Aids.
Doug we will need to also change out the plug on the vmac also so it can be plugged into the boat properly
Your job. I'm not the one in love with .... what was it, a neutral wire? Leave it to me and a 3 prong is going back on the cord. : )
As a 32 year electrician I agree on separating the ground and neutral, especially on a motor that is going to run with differing loads. When I started it was code compliant to run the return through the ground. The reason for the neutral was partially due to digital readout panels getting burned by a backfeed through the ground to the device. A good example is home dryers and oven ranges, both of which now require a neutral, hence a 4 prong connection point. It'll work without it, but it's a simple fix to future problems to add it now, especially since there's no telling what kind of backfeed may come through the ground. Good luck and Merry Christmas!
@@kj3n569 interesting. thanks for sharing
6 years old that Vmac? I remember you did the unboxing in early 2018
The tape and paper towel is better than a bandaid!
That’s my good electrical tape, not the crap from Harbor Freight. :-)
☃☃Merry Christmas☃☃
diug, great fix, but it is always better too have a back up ready on hand. remember to be kind, and rewind. merry Xmas.
Directional teeth on pliers were a long time coming
I'm glad, that i started to watch stuff on this channel when i was teenager. My career is now based on trying my best on stuff that i don't knew, that I can fix, that I was not able to get paperwork on and i just started to get formal education, when my knowledge is bigger than tests need to be passed with ease.
Idea of trying to do something by myself with no idea what will be easy and what will be hard is really important to me and probably always will be
You cut the hell out of your finger …… breaks out tape and moves on! Your a freaking animal Doug!
Part Bulldog on my fathers side.
@@SVSeeker love it!!!😂
Shack down cruise without leaving the yard!
Repair it and store it on land somewhere. I'm surprised Vmac didn't want it back to see what happened to it.
I would store it on board, you don't need it on land.
I have a book for you. It’s a true story and I worked with one of the captains that was part of the the rescue. The book is called (all the men in the sea)
Your almost like that song by CCR 'Stuck in Lodi'. It will be great once your on the river.
The electrical tape works pretty good as a bandage, but have you tried HPHT?
That’s hot pink hockey tape for the uninitiated
I’m sure it’s pretty hard to find in Oklahoma. And I do not want to be mistaken as a Canadian. :)
hello holy crap is a new old boat, HAPPY EASTERN, go too the emergency room, you finger is bleeding, saludos I enjoy this video very much
0:20 What caused the generator head to fail? I've seen those things put out zero volts or minimal current. And I've seen them fixed by replacing the capacitor...which I suggest you maintain a stock of.
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Did your insurance carrier require a survey?
Dougs an inspiration another great video
Glad you think so!
Goddamn Doug I hurt my back just watching!
Does the Cummins also have a hydraulic line as well? I saw in your new videos how you turned the Cummins on to get more pressure for one of your winches. Thats cool if so.
Also...is that CNC machine in there for the hell of it or is it for making parts on the go?
very nice job, got an youtube link to the guy you are sending the generator head to so people can see what happened?
You know it’s strange but not everybody post videos on TH-cam.
Doug, did you leave the VMAC outside in the yard for some of those 6 years? maybe the weather got to it. just a thought. glad the repairs went well. good luck....
Yes I did, but they sell them to go onto work truck beds. ....so you'd think.
@@SVSeeker if Mr pilling has a look at it and finds out what the fault(s) are please pass it on in a posting. it was good to find that oil leak while you was in there as well so it could be sorted. hope you get her down the Mississippi come the spring, if not sooner...
Doug, did they ask for the old unit back? Usually a company will give you a deal so they can figure out why the old unit failed. Merry Christmas to you and your family!!!!
They probably already know 🤷♂️
Just think if all these things were happening at sea.
The Insurance companies are helping out!
People that want every thing on their boat working before they leave the dock or people that never leave the dock. And I have more shit on this boat and 90% of the cruising boats out there. I do not plan on being a dock Skipper.
@@SVSeeker
LOL - didn't want to suggest that. Just saying that better this stuff goes bad on the hard than days away from the hard.
I was always told that Teflon tape has no place in hydraulic systems.
Sorry but they tell you that when they think your work is so sloppy that you would get tape over the pipe opening and into the system.
Well that statement can apply to just about any trade.
@@eddiereichel9354 True. There is no shortage of people willing to follow rules without bothering to think about why the rule came about.
Have you considered using pneumatic ship rollers to launch? IKSonic, is a COMmercial supplier.
Hydraulic motors are very energy efficient, no torque multiplying required. Lovejoy coupling to the SCUBA compressor.
How to launch is not the problem.
When is it going in the water ?
Tuesday
I see you use the same type of bandaid I use!!! Shop towel and electric tape!!
Yikes I can remember that pain we call it graping a finger!! I've only had a few stitches from it but I've had nightmares about it!! Way worse than cutting yourself!! My worst one was my pinky finger between a sledgehammer and a 2x4!! Still got it but it still hurts when it gets cold!!!
Hey can you get the old one rebuilt so you will have a spare.
Too heavy for a spare. Better as a gift to Chris.
"We Do It Nice Because We Do It Twice!"
I saw that pipe move and then it stopped moving and he was able to keep cutting the threads. I don't get that lucky.
just a suggestion, purchase a 200kg min capacity trolley or other device to save your back.
That's like putting in an escalator to the door of the gym.
The secret to success " graceful recovery "
I'm sad, that i can't order knipex stuff to my work as my boss doesn't watch this channel and will not understand why this tools are really not that expensive for how great they are
Every aspect of them is superior, but price is only twice this of basic quality products
They are indeed expensive. ...but if you crank on pipes much, they are oh so worth it. I'll happily give up eating out a couple of time for a pair. : )
We build it right, eventually...
Wasnt it thomas edison that said ive discovered 2000 ways not to make a light bulb?...
Damn, I think I pulled a hernia just by watching you lift that Gen Head…
When is the boat hitting the water
Tuesday of course.
Why don't you have him repair it what if you're out on the water and it goes out on you again It would be pretty nice to have a backup one on the Boat
Weights too much to call the spare part. He can mate it with them engine and sell it off as a working generator.
I think I would have had that head repaired and kept it on the boat. It died with 20 hours on it. Id definitely want a spare. Especially since I own it already.
Words I thought I’d never hear “ some engineer done a wonderful job “. Even weird to type out
Ha! : ) I still trust old farmers more.
@@SVSeeker Amen to that.
My dad told me that after a career as an engineer at Kohler Engines he learned that most engineers design the right solution to the problem but then the bean counter accountants and legal team come in and tell the engineering team to cheapen the design to make the profit side of the product meet their goals. Of course the end user has to face the consequences of these business practices.
hello GONZALEZ very strong Iberian name SON OF GONZO the visigoth. you need a big speaker in the engine room, it will definitely be cool . saludos Bro
Have you tried learning from TH-cam tutorials lately? Without thumbs down. (impossible to find the ones worth watching)
Yes I’m leaning about battery banks right now. If you are disappointed about it, maybe you should make some of your own.
You completely missed my point Doug.
@@stevenbartlett2057 Sure it won't be the last time.
A decade to build this ship, and a lifetime of redtape in order to launch it.. I hope it does get in the water, but the way this world works these days... it would not surprise me if the SV Seeker does not touch the water.... ever.
I hope I never have your pessimism. Is that what God is looking for now days?
I know its said you should not covet a mans wife... But can you covet his tools? :)
Those pliers looks amazing! Can you buy them on Amazon?
Howdy Rich. Yes, but be sure to get the ones that have the button that lock the jaws in place. I have some that don't have that button and they suck. KNIPEX Pliers amzn.to/3J9ILqF
I built a pumpkin pie.
Sorry Doug...Vmax should have given the New Head for Free under the circumstances. Vmax...America is Watching!
I see that you studied at the electrician school of medicine..
hang on, is this why the compressor had trouble starting? That would make sense...
Different generator
@@SVSeeker I thought "bingo", that's what was going on, oh well...
Your gonna regret using Poly on those cabinets because the moisture in the air when your out to sea will cause the Finnish to turn milky looking you need to use an marine grade epoxy clear coat....trust me I learned the hard way it happened to me....I. sorry I cant remember the epoxy clear I used but it turned out alot better looking and tougher than that poly.
: ) This is not that boat.
@@SVSeeker you'll see
Put the ratchet end of the come alongs on the load you're moving .....DAMN DUDE you must be tired poor guy.
No, and no. Thanks anyway