Super V
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2016 8:44 am
Hi All, Thought I'd post about the "restoration" of my Sims Super V.
A year and a half ago I Purchased this "Beauty" for the almighty sum of £80 with the intention of restoring it in place of my previous boat that was somewhat too small to be used in the Solent.
Picture of the old boat.
Picture of the replacement upon first "float test" to ensure that it's not going to sink.
A Lot has happened since I purchased the boat. The main difference is the addition of an engine.
This fantastic Ebay purchase had strong compression on all three cylinders, it ran on land in a bucket and on flush muffs, but as soon as it came in to contact with the sea would not do much more than idle badly. My first thought was it was the flywheel which had an issue with the magnet retainers, so I purchased a new flywheel. when this was fitted the engine lost all spark completely. which turned out to be the stator. - my thoughts are the new flywheel generated a stronger magnetic field that then fried the old "last legs" stator. a new stator brought a considerably better idle, but unfortunately still had issues with propelling the boat in the sea.
Eventually it became apparent that the top carb was leaking fuel. This ultimately was the issue and allowed the boat to operate properly (if not at full potential).
A year and a half ago I Purchased this "Beauty" for the almighty sum of £80 with the intention of restoring it in place of my previous boat that was somewhat too small to be used in the Solent.
Picture of the old boat.
Picture of the replacement upon first "float test" to ensure that it's not going to sink.
A Lot has happened since I purchased the boat. The main difference is the addition of an engine.
This fantastic Ebay purchase had strong compression on all three cylinders, it ran on land in a bucket and on flush muffs, but as soon as it came in to contact with the sea would not do much more than idle badly. My first thought was it was the flywheel which had an issue with the magnet retainers, so I purchased a new flywheel. when this was fitted the engine lost all spark completely. which turned out to be the stator. - my thoughts are the new flywheel generated a stronger magnetic field that then fried the old "last legs" stator. a new stator brought a considerably better idle, but unfortunately still had issues with propelling the boat in the sea.
Eventually it became apparent that the top carb was leaking fuel. This ultimately was the issue and allowed the boat to operate properly (if not at full potential).