First of all, thanks to everyone for your input. Much appreciated. I’ve not
posted very often, but have lurked for years, and I respect the voices of the
familiar.
I sail out of Vancouver, British Columbia, and most of the cruising we do is
local, in the summer. We have islands right in our
Paul:
I hear you and feel you pain. Been there.
Just don’t underestimate the cost of the outboard route. Even with a
combination of yard/DIY/Ebay I can’t see this being less than a 4k project and
will easily top 6k yard alone. That includes removing the A4, removing all the
associated
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Paul:
I hear you and feel you pain. Been there.
Just don't underestimate the cost of the outboard route. Even
Paul,
you said:
The downsides of an outboard as I gather from your collective responses are:
1) cavitation in waves which means not sufficient oomph in a seaway if you have
to get anywhere under engine.
2) not pretty
3) not in the original design
4) not cheap (just less expensive than the
Re your coil: if they are failing that often it could well be the result of
too much current through the primary. That would also prematurely trash your
points. Is there a ballast resistor in the circuit?
Rich
Rich Knowles
IFDS 2014 Worlds
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On Aug 5, 2014, at 3:26, Paul and
until it warmed and expanded again...
Danny
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Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 08:03:52 -0400
Paul
If the block
Marek, In your emails, I hear some of the sentiments I had before we changed
boats. Our outboard became somewhat unreliable (I think that I eventually
traced this down to fuel filters and fuel itself) and it was a really bad
feeling #65533; every time we needed to start the motor I could
1) I am not a fair weather sailor, and I do not find cavitation to be
much of a problem, even in bad weather. I have seen many outboard
installations that mounted the bracket and the motor too high. Garelick
makes a LOT of models, and gives all dimensions including range of
travel. Careful
This fellow wished he had ANY kind of engine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzydL_cUfU4
Bill Coleman
CC 39
Marek,
In your emails, I hear some of the sentiments I had before we changed boats.
Our outboard became somewhat unreliable (I think that I eventually
Here is my two cents.
Engine issues will not simply go away by purchasing an outboard. Outboards
break down, it's a fact of life.
On of the reasons I justified selling my 30MMKI with an A-4 was that the
engine was the original, 1972, raw water cooled, soon to die, at the end of
the line, it
I've never owned an A4, but I grew up on gas powered fishing boats. Most
of the problems we had (and there were many) were ignition related. Bad
coils, points, distributors, wires, fouled plugs. I'd look into the
electronic ignition module if compression were good. My 2 cents.
Joel
On Tue,
It’s my understanding that Moyer won’t ship large items like blocks and rebuilt
engines to Canada.
Peter Fell
Sidney, BC
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Good thing the border is close for most boat owners.
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It’s my understanding that Moyer won’t
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