Morning. Morning! Last time we were here. We were here for 12 long hours - Long day!
Yeah. Silver Fox was being sandblasted and
having her first epoxy primer added. Today we've got an update for you on the
engine bay and the batteries that have been fitted.
Hello from the engine bay of Narrowboat Silver Fox.
It's kind of bare, we've got no engine in it at the moment
but you can see that all the paint work has been done. The primer,
the epoxy and then the primer coats, and then we've got the silver coat which is kind
of a silver before the lacquer that's going to be the main color outside and
then we've got the non-slip coating in here as well. And on this side we've got
the batteries which I'm going to show you in a second. Right down here this is
where the - well my feet (laughs) - this is where the engine will sit. We've got the weed hatch
just over here. It's probably the cleanest you're ever
gonna see the weed hatch. We've got all sorts of valves and taps and things just
waiting to be connected. The pipe down towards diesel tank and
everything is back there. We're just awaiting some connections which is why
the engine going in has been delayed. It's only by a few days, nothing to do
with the lads or the build here. It's just a few parts. Apparently the
connection to that hose there is what we're waiting for.
So on this starboard side, the right-hand side, we've got four of the batteries
These are Vetus 12 volt 165 amp-hour batteries. Powerful! We've got six of those.
Four on this side, and then we've got two on the port side just hidden
under there. All wired up and ready. That gives us a total of 990 amp-hours
which is going to be obviously topped up by the solar, which we'll go into in another vlog.
We've got a Bosch 110 amp-power battery there. That's for starting the engine.
We've also got one at the front as well at the bow which is going to be for the
bow thruster. And all these are marine specific batteries, so I'm actually
pretty impressed with the power that we've got going on in narrowboat Silver Fox.
(Fast forward noise)
Fast forward a couple of days and we've got some big changes in the engine bay,
ready for it to be installed. Let me show you around.
I'm going to walk you through everything that's changed since we last showed you.
You can see these two pipes just coming through the starboard side from the fuel tank.
The one on the right hand side that comes down here, this red valve this is
the fuel inlet, so the fuel - diesel - comes in through there, down through this
primary filter, and then it'll go down into the engine into a secondary filter and
then through in to to the injectors and get the engine going. The pipe on the other
side on the left hand side is the fuel return so any fuel that doesn't get used
will come back up there through the isolator and back into the diesel tank
on that side. All right, if we just move right a little bit you can see the weed
hatch there, and this pipe that comes out of it goes down towards the prop shaft.
Now, water will come in down there to keep that mechanism
nice and cool. Any water that's not used - waste water - will come back up and back
out through the weed hatch into the canal. Just go up and right a little bit.
Now that's the fuel inlet with the isolator for the Eberspacher heating,
and then just a little bit further down we've got the fuel drain isolator, so if
you get water in your fuel tank or if you just want to drain the tank that's
the isolator that we're going to be using and the tap for there.
Just come back a little bit you can see this big thick black pipe that goes out
of the boat. That is the bilge pump. If you follow that right back down to the
bottom you can see the bilge pump just down under the prop shaft there ready
to be wired up. And then we've got this big kind of
silver hose there. Behind that piece of steel is the skin tank for the coolant
for the engine. So the engine coolant will come out from there into the engine
and then it drains out back into the tank just at that tap down at the bottom.
Coming back up we've got all the Eberspacher. We've got the mechanism for that there.
That's ready to be wired in, and then next to that in these two black
pipes coming down that's where we've got the controllers for the bow thruster and
also the engine starting system through there. Towards the back of the engine bay
you can see these two pipes. That's the inlet and outlet for the hot water that
run through the engine into the water heater, and that will heat our
water for the boat. You can see the batteries all wired up now. Just two on
the port side and then we got the other four on the starboard side.
They're all wired and ready to go. Here is the heart of narrowboat Silver Fox.
She's a Vetus M-Line 42 horsepower engine, and I'm going to give you a
little bit of a walkthrough before we put her in the engine bay.
So this is the twin alternator. There's two of them, as in twin, this one on the right hand
side, this charges the starter battery for the engine.
It's a 95 amp alternator. On this side this charges the leisure batteries, so
we've got six 165 amp-hour Vetus batteries - remember me showing you
earlier on? This alternator charges those. That's a 95 amp alternator too.
Got the engine mounting feet just at the bottom on this side. As we come round
you can see this kind of coolant pipe. This has got two outlets. This is the out
and return for the gearbox coolant. This is the gearbox on this side.
It's a PRM 150 gearbox. You can see where the coolant comes in and then back out on that side.
Remember me showing you that primary fuel filter just in the engine bay?
This is the secondary one. This is a secondary diesel fuel filter. So it comes
through there before going down to the injectors. On this side we've got the
fuel pump, that silver thing there, and then we've got the air filter at the top with
this black thing coming down here. Got the oil filter just there, and then
this with the tap is where we drain the oil off. We just pump the oil out through
this tap here. That's nicely secured on, on there.
Here we've got some relays for the engine, more engine feet, and then we're
back to the alternators.
On the top we've got the coolant filler cap for the engine.
We're not going to be using this one. We've got a header tank attached to
the bulkhead behind the engine, so if we need to top it up, or if we want to just
see where the levels at we can look there. And the just in front of
that we've got the oil filler cap. That's where we're going to fill the oil when we change it.
The exciting bit is over then, and the Vetus engine is now sat
in the engine bay on narrowboat Silver Fox. Ryan very professionally lowered it in.
You can just see the black feet that it's attached to. Each of these four feet has
got four bolts attaching it to the boat's steel work, and then as the engine's
lowered in, the mounts are attached to those feet. Two bolts on each foot and
then a center bolt running right through the center into the boat itself.
So, like seven bolts, times four, just attaching the engine. And as well as that, he's got
to make sure that everything's lined up with the prop shaft so that everything
is nice and straight.
Now it's time to attach all the hoses. So, Ryan's already attached the fuel inlet,
you can see that coming from the primary filter just on the right hand side into
the engine, and now he's working on putting the fuel return pipe in.
This beastly stuff is what we're using for the water hoses on the boat.
So this is where the coolant comes through into the gearbox, and it also goes into the heat exchange
on the engine. It's 32mm Vetus hose. It's got like this wire, steel wire running
through it as well. I like playing with it. I could do with some of this.
The first of the two big hoses going in then. The first one is going to the... It's
diverter which goes into the gearbox. Next up is coming from the skin tank
where all the engine coolant water is kept, and it attaches to the heat
exchanger on the engine. The hoses attached then, next one is the electrical
connections, and these are going from the engine on to the starter battery.
Next we've got the connections from where we turn the key to start the
engine, and those electrical connections at the engine.
Next up is the connection from the engine alternator through to the leisure batteries.
So this is the cable that sends power from the engine and charges
the six 165 amp-hour batteries that we've got.
And... completed. One Vetus 42 engine all installed.
Our final step then, before we switch the engine on. Oh, I'm looking forward to this!
He's just putting some coolant in the system.
That's the pink stuff in the header tank. Right so engine is installed.
All the cables and hoses, everything, all connected up. We've got some diesel and
some coolant in the system. (laughs) I'm nervous! Are you nervous? So we're going to try and start her
up for the first time. Are you ready then? All right, so on the count of three...
Three... Two... One... (Turns key)
(Cheers)
Well, it's been another long day - Yes - We've been here since... what, about half past ten.
Yeah. And it's what now?
I haven't got a watch on. It's about half past four. So not as long as last time,
but we've got the engine in, so the heart of Silver Fox is in, and it didn't take as
long as I thought. No, he's good is Ryan A few swear words - from Ryan
and little bits leaking every now and then, but that was nothing it's all good.
And she started first time which is a good sign.
Next time she's gonna get five or six licks of paint. So join us for that.
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And we'll see you next time. See you later! Bye!
(laughs) I don't know what to say...
(Ryan makes Shaun jump)
He's only just started smiling. It's nerves! (laughing)
Have I got any bogies?
I haven't got any bogies have I? Vetus M42... errr... errr... yeah!
I'm glad I stopped then!
Right, stop that and delete it. So... errr... the... errr... Aaarrrgghhh!
Wrong side!
Stop laughing you little ****!
What are you waiting for?
I thought I could hear them coming...
(Loud drilling noise)
(Laughing)
Here she is, the... oh, God!
(Laughing)
I'm getting annoyed!
What...?
Are you all chilled now?
Oh... He gets way stressed, more stressed than this!
Eee by gum! Yeah!
Don't ******* stand there looking at us! (laughs)