Uncle Morts JP3 has been through a period of moodiness. Unwilling to get going in the morning and developing a smoking habit.
Friday evening we arrived at the boat for a gentle weekend, with no particular aims other than to give the motor a blast on low compression setting (more later) and to wash the dust off the paintwork. Uncle Morts brasses are seldom polished but the panels typically receive a good buffing with Autoglyms best at this time of year. But this summer there will be nothing more than a wash and leathering, because a remedial part paint job is scheduled later in the the year. I could not resist a tickle of the starter motor on arrival . . . . just to see in what kind of mood the JP was. It wasnt. SMH builds an interlock into the starter motor circuit including a relay to prevent starting when wired to shore power and this is sometimes unreliable, preventing starting. Period. It happened again . . . . and sooner or later our friendly neighbourhood electrickery guru will be commissioned to remove the offending gadgetry. The usual cure was effective. Tap everything, curse, plug in and unplug the mains, wallop everything, shout, strut. Repeat the same with increasing bad temper. Mrs B recognises the signs from the forward quarter, and then after 5 minutes, the JP fired up properly on all 3 cylinders from just one or two rotations of the flywheel. Its never run cleaner and never started more evenly from cold. But it was still destined for the low compression excursion. Beeky ___________________________________ thorNET, http://www.thornet.co.uk
