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Hi John,
The acceleration lever (throttle) moved in one direction tells the high pressure fuel pump to give the injector more fuel (higher revs) and in the other direction to deliver no fuel (no revs). The governor maintains the engine rpm's through a feedback system.
Cheers,
Robin
John,
Thanks for your input on my shut down problem.
This morning, in desperation, I did a reset on the governor setting. As no work had been done recently to these parts of the engine I had little confidence this would have any effect on the situation. To my grateful amazement when the acceleration lever was pushed into the stop position the engine obediently shut down.
Just in passing, there is no control that limits or closes off air intake on these tiny units.
Robin
The 27 year old Farymann 18W (began life as a 15W) single cylinder diesel that is the auxiliary power for my equally aging Contessa 26’ sailboat has been rebuilt twice and generally provides reliable power.
It has recently taken on a new and difficult to manage bad habit. It refuses to shut down when the lever is pulled.
I have checked and/or reset every adjustment listed in the service manual to no avail.
The Bosch PFR 1K injector pump is providing fuel at the correct timing and the throttle gives a smooth idle and a healthy cruising speed.
I am wondering if it is possible that the rack on the injection pump begins to fail by not shutting off the fuel supply when asked to do so by the control.
Any thoughts on this frustrating problem would be appreciated.
Robin
Nanaimo
After a bouncy crossing of Georgia Strait I noticed the tri-light section of the masthead nav/anchor light was canted forward. It's 15 years since my last nervous making trip up the mast so I contacted a rigger to go up and make the necessary repair. We picked up an Aqua Signal series 40 fitting to replace the broken unit. The quickly discovered fault was the anchor light section of the lens had cracked and broken after 25 years of UV exposure. I'm posting this as a cautionary note to let you know that the lens assembly is available separately rather than buying the whole lamp.
After almost twenty years of the door banging about I removed the hinge pins from it and brought it home. What a difference -- no banging door and a larger feeling cabin. Found a nautically themed bath towel at the local thrift shop and using press snaps revetted in the towel and male ends screwed into the frame the forepeak and head have a "curtain" for privacy on demand.
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