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Topic: Fuel Line
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RyanS
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posted June 02, 2005 08:00 AM
   
Does anyone have any photos or tips on how they have run their fuel line from the lazarette to the motor?IP: 65.95.255.162 |
Shortstay
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posted June 02, 2005 08:29 AM
There are several threads that have pix of people's transoms that show their set-ups.On Shortstay (sorry, no pix), we route the fuel line out a vent on the inside of the transom. It's a bit of a tricky maneuver and a kinda difficult reach up from inside the lazarette too. The key for us is to have the connector facing down, reaching above the vent & dropping it down instead of try to push it up into the vent & have it turn back down in the vent itself. There's not quite enough room. That's a lot of words, but I hope it makes sense. ------------------
Kevin
Shortstay III, #901 IP: 198.115.167.43 |
Richard
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posted June 02, 2005 09:14 AM
Our boat has a hole in the transom near the motor mount(a little above it and toward the rudder). The hole is big enough for the hose only, the connector must come off to feed the hose through.
It was there when we bought the boat, so I don't know if the PO or the factory made it.IP: 207.200.159.125 |
2short S565
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posted June 03, 2005 11:11 AM
How bout these pics;
[This message has been edited by 2short S565 (edited June 03, 2005).] IP: 67.68.137.249 |
Shortstay
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posted June 03, 2005 11:41 AM
Ya da' man, Fred! You were exactly the person I was thinking about who had the right pix!IP: 198.115.167.206 |
Eric
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posted June 03, 2005 12:32 PM
I pass my fuel line through the same vent, but instead of routing over the traveller track, I pass it under the track, where the tiller passes through. I take up any slack in the line, to keep it snug to the port side of that little opening. I have not had any problems with interference of the tiller and fuel line. I also have a padeye in there (from that previous owner), which is installed leaving a 3/4" space for the fuel line. It's like the guy installed the padeye just for the purpose of leaving a convenient slot for the fuel hose  Sorry I don't have a close up pic of that.
Eric [This message has been edited by Eric (edited June 03, 2005).] IP: 130.63.85.93 |
RyanS
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posted June 03, 2005 01:03 PM
Thank you! Exactly what I was looking for! I saw John from Quebec's locking solution. Does anyone else have anything? I was wondering about the bar that slides over the two handles so that you can not turn them...but I would kind of like some sort of redundancy attaching the motor to the hull as I have lost a motor off the back before. Any ideas?IP: 65.95.255.162 |
2short S565
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posted June 03, 2005 09:42 PM
In the pics you will see a gray line (the fuel hose) and a black line (actually a vinyl covered cable bought at CTR).
The cable chokes around the motor (ie the cable wraps around the motor, thru the lift handle and thru the eye on that end of the cable, then runs out into the Lazzerete. There is a large lock on the eye in the cable at that end in the lazzerete. That lock cannot be pulled thru the vent. That cable deters theft and prevents losing the motor to the bottom.
I always locked the toggles on the clamping screws to prevent loosening from vibration and to further deter theft.
Remember .. "locks are ment to keep honest people out".Fred [This message has been edited by 2short S565 (edited June 03, 2005).] IP: 67.68.137.249 |
Ken
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posted June 06, 2005 03:20 PM
Great pix...excellent setup!Just a hint....get a longer mainsheet and reeve the two blocks for a 3:1 purchase.
Tie one end to the boom, then down around the smaller sheave, back up to the boom end sheave, and finally back down to the larger sheave and forward thru the cam cleat. No point pulling your arms out of their sockets when sheeting in during a blow. Adjust the angle of the camcleat up or down so that you can uncleat it quickly if you need to sheet out in a hurry. [This message has been edited by Ken (edited June 07, 2005).] IP: 141.117.228.250 | |
