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ernie
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Posted on Monday, July 09, 2007 - 03:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

It was nice here today so I got the Fantail in the water.
Over the last couple of days I got the engine to start, run and reverse on the switch real well in my yard on the trailer. I was really suprised to find out it didn't run any differntly in the water. I didn't even need to change any of the carb settings. I guess I was amazed everything worked as advertised.
More pics from when I got this boat till launching are click here







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miro
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Posted on Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 07:05 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

atta boy Ernie - she looks just fine -
miro
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andrew
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Posted on Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 08:14 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Great job Ernie ! Looks wonderful.

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ernie
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Posted on Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 08:31 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Gee thanks everyone
Pics were taken on Monday, still grinning on Thursday
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Posted on Saturday, July 14, 2007 - 07:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Pics from my deck looking down on the boat

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Posted on Wednesday, July 25, 2007 - 03:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The fuel system is a plastic outboard tank under the bow seat. The little square thing on the engine below the timer is an OMC fuel pump. The pink things are absorbant pads. However I almost have a Schlebler that doesn't drip now that it has a viton tip needle and new brass seat. So maybe I won't need them any longer.

You will note the coil box is in different places in different pics. I wasn't sure where I wanted it so I put long wires on it. I think I will leave it that way so it is convient to where the boat is run from. Using the boat alone I sit in front of the engine on a little stool. If there are others in the boat I run it from behind the enigne. I am running it with a Ford coil and gel battery.
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Posted on Wednesday, July 25, 2007 - 03:14 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

More pics



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richardday
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Posted on Wednesday, July 25, 2007 - 08:52 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Great work Ernie. Are we going to get to ride in it at Mystic? Looking forward to seeing it and riding in it.
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ernie
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Posted on Thursday, July 26, 2007 - 07:45 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Yes the plan is to take it to Mystic
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ernie
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Went out today and took my GPS. Calculated hull speed is aprox 5.5 knots or 6.7 MPH.
Doggone if it doesn't do that.
Max I could get was 5.4 Knots and then I changed the GPS to MPH and got 6.7 MPH. However I think I may try a smaller prop. The engine doesn't rev up much. (havn't taken my tach out with me yet)
At idle barely running it is still going around 4 Knots.
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at that riproaring speed, you may have wished you put a tranny in there.
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ernie
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Nope just a smaller prop.
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jb_castagnos
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Posted on Friday, August 03, 2007 - 08:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Ernie, what prop do you want to try, may have something, could bring it to Mystic. Diameter, pitch, 1"tapered shaft? Most I have are three blade.
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ernie
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JB,
I have a 13x13 3 blade 1" shaft on it now. I am thinking 12x12 3 blade. I have an 11x11 and a 10 by something. The shaft is actually 7/8 but I have been using a bushing to 1 inch since 7/8 props are not all that common. It's all a guess anyway so you can see my thinking. A little more RPM won't be a problem since it doesn't rev up much now.
Thanks
Ernie
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barry
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Ernie,

I am very interested in learning more about the innovations that you added to your Rose launch.

1 Fuel pump with Schebler model D carburetor

Do you know a part number for a low pressure crankcase driven pump that is commonly available that includes a hose or NPT crankcase connection. I suspect that most pumps are flange connected. I would like to purchase a pump and experiment with it using my test bench, then maybe add a pump to my boat engine.

Using a top mounted fuel tank connection or portable “outboard” fuel tank has an appeal.

I would have thought that the high pump output pressure compared to gravity feed would increase Schebler float valve leaking, however you report the opposite. Can you enlighten me about this as I am also very interested in ways to eliminate Schebler model D dripping and/or leaking.

2 Viton float valve

How did you manufacture the valve? I attempted to manufacture a valve using Viton for the seat but found it too rubbery to machine. I am currently experimenting with Delrin seats but this material while easy to machine does not have the desirable “soft” properties as does Viton.

3 Exhaust

Your exhaust set-up is most enlightening as the muffler is below engine exhaust outlet, below the waterline and below the through hull. This is a great method providing the muffler and horizontal exhaust pipe do not fill will cooling water as to present back pressure during starting. I’m guessing that cooling water collects in the bottom of the muffler when engine is shut down and does not block the exhaust. Your method is a major advantage as it avoids exhausting through the side of the hull which encroaches on passenger space.

4 Propeller

Just for information, I use a 12D x 14P three blade. My engine is similar to yours, 3 1/4 B X 3 1/2 S. The propeller hold max RPM to 850. The vessel drives at hull speed. For my engine 850 RPM is the engine speed that produces maximum torque.


Barry
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ernie
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Posted on Saturday, August 04, 2007 - 09:13 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Barry,
1 fuel pump is from a small OMC (Evinrude/Johnson) outboard. NAPA sells them cheaper than OMC. For an exact model tell them you want a pump for a 1970 6 hp. They flange mount so I used a pice of 1/4 thick aluminum drilled and tapped for the pump screws and drilled and tapped 1/8 pipe for the connection to the crankcase. The pipe to the crankcase has a blob of solder in it that is drilled .029 to restrict crankcase pressure some.

2 Needle and Seat
I knew someone was going to ask about the needle and seat. I have no idea what it came out of. My best guess is an Echlin (NAPA) carb kit. The bag is marked GO 25-316A
I cut the nub off the needle that held the float spring to shorten the needle as much as possible.
I set the carb up in my milling machine and milled the existing Schlebler seat area flat. I then drilled and tapped for the seat. 5/16-24 I think. The carb I am using as from a Cushman Binder engine and had a fabrucated float arm. I modified it to push on the needle. The Cushman carb also has a conventional throttle plate. I think the throttle control is better than the traditional schlebler style.

3 The exhaust is just what I have seen and used around New England all my life. It should have a vaccuum break in the line from the engine to the water injection elbow. However the boat doesn't live in the water and the height differences aren't much. I do run the engine in reverse (gear pump so it doesn't pump water in reverse) till the exhaust gets loud (blow all the water out of the exhaust) if I am going to leave it for a while. I have had no problems starting due to backpressure in the exhaust. If by some chance the exhaust fills with water I have a drain in the muffler. There is also 7 feet of surflex exhaust hose stuffed in under the rear seat and aft deck. Between the muffler and the hose it is real quiet.

4 Prop
I have not had a tach in the boat. Simply by ear it probally isn't running over 500 RPM if that. I believe the engine is rated at 500 RPM anyway. Also this model of Gray has no counterweights or balance in the flywheel. The 13x13 prop will actually push the boat a little over hull speed. I would actually like to end up around 4.5 MPH as the boat is real comfortable there. I would also like to be able to slow it down a little more. It will be easier to dock and reverse that way. I may try the 11x11 3 blade that I have today.
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Posted on Saturday, August 04, 2007 - 06:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I just looked up the part in a 1970 OMC parts book. The OMC part number is (or was)
382875 fuel pump assy
Hope this helps
Ernie
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Posted on Saturday, August 04, 2007 - 11:08 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Ernie, I have 2 13X12LH and 2 14X10LH, don't know which direction you run you engine, we use left hand props. If you want to try them let me know, I'll bring them with me.
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JB,
I am using RH. Due to the gear type water pump I don't have much choice.
Thanks for looking
E
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andrew
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Posted on Sunday, August 05, 2007 - 10:59 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Part 382875 was superceded to:
388685 FUEL PUMP&SCREW AY $59.49

Some less expensive OMC/Johnson/Evinrude type pumps can be see here.
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miro
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I can hardly believe my eyes.
The Rose launch and Gray engine experience has left Ernie speechless.
But that's what old engines in old style boats tend to do :-}

miro
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ernie
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Hey even more so than the "mobile malt beverage storage module"
I just wish I could find time to get it in the water this year. I havn't touched since I put it away last fall.
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Posted on Monday, June 30, 2008 - 07:35 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

New battery and coil box.
I ran out of electricity once last year. Don't intend to let that happen again. Knife switches allow either or both batteries.


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miro
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But Ernie - have you tested it out yet?
Summer's in full bloom now and you've just gotta get that boat wet.
Miro
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Wot? No dovetail joints on the battery box!
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Yup and it kicked my but on day 1. Dirt in the carb.
Day 2 yesterday was perfect ran it a lot and it worked as advertised.
I did pick up a nice Baldrige reverse gear at the Orange MA show. Number 5 or 6. I definatly DO plan on installing it over the winter.
Dovetail joints??? It's lucky it got oak trim and polyurethane. Cosmetics and I don't get along. The boat still has peeling blue paint on the deck. You see it's good to have future projects!
Peeling blue paint can be viewed a Mystic if they can launch it for me.
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ernie
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Here are pics of the gear. I have plenty of room to install it.

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Ernie, you're going to take all of te fun out of docking, missing reverse and taking off wide open forward. That's a nice looking gear and should make it a pleasure to handle.
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ernie
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Thanks to Scott at the Mystic Seaport I finally have pics of the boat under way. The passenger is Bob Long
Pics were taken at the 2008 Antique Marine Engine Exposition at the Mystic Seaport in Mystic, CT

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Ernie,

I’m arranging to install a rebuilt I920s two stoke engine in a new boat. I will use a portable fuel tank of the type used for outboard motors so will be installing a vacuum fuel pump using crankcase power from one of the cylinders. This will also provide fuel withdrawal from tank top, a desirable installation.

The carburetor is Schebler D.

I will appreciate receiving information and suggestions that resulted from your experience.
I understand from studying this posting and the images of your fuel pump installation, you have successfully adapted an OMC # 382875 fuel pump to your Gray engine.

My chief concern has to do with limiting and controlling the fuel pressure so as to avoid forcing the Schebler valve stem away from the seat thus causing carburetor flooding realizing that a gravity feed probably presents a pressure of only about ½ psi at the fuel connection. I note you modified your carburetor thus am concerned that a standard Schebler may not seal against excessive fuel pump pressure.

Have you performed any tests of fuel pressure? How is this pressure controlled when fuel use changes during low and high speed operation?

Thank you in advance for advice on this subject.


B Millar
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ernie
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Barry,
Boat is still covered up and I don't see it out any time soon.
No idea as to fuel pressure. I guess you could look up the pressure spec for a 6 hp 1965 Evinrude.
I did restrict the pressure pipe with a blob of solder and then drilled a .070 in hole. I suspect this may lower the pressure some.
As to the needle and seat the new replacement needle and seat I am using works perfect. I wish I remembered what it came out of. All I can tell you on it is that it came out of an OMC carb.
Hope this helps
Ernie
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Run a return line to the tank after the pump, use a restiction to raise pressure to the desired level, this will bleed pressure when engine is stopped to prevent flooding. Chrysler used an inline filter with a third tap for vapor return. I've used these for this type installation, the vapor return hole is very small, it may have to be drilled. It would be wise to install a primer bulb for starting.
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ernie
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The pressure pipe mentioned above is the one to the crankcase to operate the pump. Not the pump outlet. A restriction in the pump outlet only restricts flow not pressure.
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Thanks for info, Ernie,

I’ll plan to use my test bench to obtain this information. I have in mind to set up and operate an engine to power a fuel pump to a second carburetor , take the cover off this carb for observation then crack the carb drain valve to simulate fuel use, then record pressure fuel pressure and crankcase pressure/vacuum.

I’ll take up your suggestion to install a means to throttle the pressure/vacuum supply and to be able to adjust this to determine resultant fuel pressure.

Should have information to report sometime in May.

I previously posted some images showing a Schebler D with cover removed during engine operation. I was interested in obtaining an understanding regarding the interaction between the float and float valve. I concluded that the valve “dances” rapidly but may not fully close other that when the engine is stopped. Thus (within limits) the fuel pressure resulting from tank elevation or use of a fuel pump may not be critical.

Image attached for interest.

bcm
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Thanks JB,

I’ll include a return line in my test set up. This sure makes sense as the way to set and control fuel pressure. Probably will use an easily replaceable insert with drilled hole so that I can establish ideal orifice size and resultant fuel pressure.

Pressure bleed off when engine is stopped is a huge plus as to avoid static fuel leak due to a less than perfect valve/seat.

Would you please explain the set-up and function of the vapor return line.

thanks

bcm
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See if you need it first!
Mine works fine without it
Also lets move this thread to the carb area as there are waaayyyy toooo many pics here already and in a while no body will be able to find it.

By the way what is the reason for changing your name?
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The vapor return line was used on many carburated cars to help reduce vapor lock. It was a small return line that allowed vapor to return to the tank. In the mid 70's Chrysler products used 5/16" inline filter with a third 1/4" port, it had a small orfice in it. I used these on some industrial equipment that had Wisconsin V4 engines, installed electric fuel pumps, pressure was too high for the carb.
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I wonder if I might have been involved in originally building your launch? I built a number of them (one steam, a couple gas, and a couple electric) while working at a yard in R.I. in the early 1980's.






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ernie
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Could be as I have no idea where it was built. It is registered as home built.
It isn't a Beckman. The one Beckman builds is very similar but when you look close there are a ton of differences.
I was told it was steam to begin with and when I got it there was still a water tank in the bow.
Who did you work for?
click on my name at the left for my e-mail.
If you are sill in RI come over for a look and ride as soon as it gets warm.
Thanks
Ernie
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Well, its not one I was involved with. I worked at "Rhode Island Marine Services" back in the early 80's, & that is where I built those launches. That yard was ownded by Walter Beckman.
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The horrible blue paint is finally leaving! Initially the coaming looks good enough to handle varnish. The deck is plywood and will be painted some shade of tan. The rub rails will hopefully clean up ok so they can also be varnished.


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Paint removal is NO fun but he end result is. Still lots more to go.



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Ernie,

shouldn't you do this work during the winter, and go boating in the summer?
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Believe it or not there is A/C but no heat where it is
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3 quarts of paint remover and lots of sand paper later...
Oh yea about 15 hours too
Now need to get some mahonany to replace the piece of 2x4 that was wrapped around the stern then finish sand the all the wood work one last time. The coaming, toe rails and rub rails will be varnish. The deck will be tan as it is plywood and is in no condition to be varnished.


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Not to make your job more difficult Ernie, but wouldn’t a canvas deck be neat?
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Posted on Friday, July 08, 2011 - 05:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Yea
BUT...
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johnny
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Post Number: 404
Registered: 03-2006


Posted on Friday, July 08, 2011 - 07:19 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Looking good Ernie!
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ernie
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Post Number: 1377
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Posted on Monday, July 25, 2011 - 01:44 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The hardest part
Ended up being 2 1/8th in thick strips laminated with epoxy as I no longer have a steam box.
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