jonnyswamp

http://www.vmdieselspecialist.com/
I have no affiliation to this company, but if you own an Arvor 250 and it has this engine, this company may be worth a call
EDIT
I meant call them if you need spares etc, not just for a chat or moan about the weather 😄

Jon, had a search around the net, found something that is a common occurance....

That connector seems to be either a common issue or a common result. Have a look for that connector, spliyt it and make sure all nice and clean and tight fit....... This is also a common occurance on Suzuki bikes (and Triumph for that matter). Many have switched to mosfet reg/recs and upgraded charge circuit wiring. If you could source a wiring diagram, should be able to break it down a bit further for you and give you some tests to perform.....

Had the same issue (albeit on an inboard diesel) turned out to be a wiring fault which Suzook sorted out on here
 

Excellent, she looks pleased as punch and I dare say one proud dad behind the camera 👍

Yeah, I was made up. It was taken last winter but it still puts a smile on my face and hers. 😁
I came home from doing some work on the boat last week to find a little post it note stuck on my home office door. Hand written by her asking if she could come fishing with me next time I go out 🥰

Excellent, she looks pleased as punch and I dare say one proud dad behind the camera 👍

Posting this on behalf of middle daughter who I'm sure will follow in the footsteps of @JDP's.

With a total lockdown due to start at 6pm on Friday 23rd (and the barrage closing except for emergencies) work was put on the back burner and bait was ordered
Got in the 7.30am lock and were out in open water heading East by 7.45
Arrived at Ladye Bay, Clevedon around 30/40 mins later and the pick was dug in, then it slipped, then it dug in again
Fresh blacks and rag on the uptiders, whole squid on the downtider, kettle on the gas
3 cups of tetleys finest for me and my 2 crew (Shuff and Nipper) and a Tunnocks teacake to get the sugar levels up ready for the boat full of cod we were going to land
My downtide rod was first to twitch and when I struck into it, showed all the classic traits of a nice sized cod, stayed deep with the odd solid thud
Then unbelievably, the double figure cod got off and was replaced with a 6-8lb Thornback, which started kiting in the tide and making a nuisance of herself
Quick pic then returned to dupe someone else
Nipper then had a near carbon copy of my first fish (although his definitely knew it was a Ray and acted accordingly)
Pulled the pin and moved a bit further out on slack water to the bank of a channel that (when they are in) always produces cod
Apparently, cod weren't made aware of this rule and stayed away allowing us to bring in some nice-ish congers (if ever there were anything nice about them) to around 10-12lb and a few dogs
The ebb got too strong and with wind against tide we pulled anchor and headed back down the channel for a mark on the coral
A real snotty ride back with the tide and against a much stronger than forecast wind gave the roof and deck a good swill off though 
Dropped anchor toward the top end of the armada that were already there and in the hour that we were there I had one pin whiting, with nothing else showing interest in any of our baits
Upped anchor for the last time and made the 10 min journey into the 4.15 lock, talking to a charter skipper and all he had heard caught was a few small codling and one around 6lb near him
Very hit and miss at the moment, with some nice doubles coming out, but not in abundance.............yet
Barrage shut until Nov 9th 😭
 

This is my go to recipe for bass https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/spanish-roast-fish-broad-beans-chorizo
Obviously this recipe was made for farmed bass but works well with a larger fish or filets, just adjust the cooking time of the fish to suit. Also works well with whole bream.
 

Yeah not bad, the feathers are no different to what you'd buy elsewhere
The deals change, have had twin packs of Sidewinders for £2, triple packs of booms for £1
3 packets of black feathers for £1, these do well on the reefs around Dale/Milford
If you're anything like me you'll be like a kid in a sweet shop

Yep, lots of tat, but some half decent stuff as well
 

Ouch! That's enough to drive anyone to drink... oh, wait...

Yeah, I was out blanking with them last weekend. I use them on deep marks e.g. 70m to get down and stay down. This particular spot has a 4.5kt tide run so I need the 6oz heads to get to the bottom fast.
I need to tie on a flying hook at the tail I reckon as I was missing bites and not hooking up, so something was nibbling the tail I suspect.

Born and bred in the essex area (Rochford hospital, Shoeburyness, Southend, Leigh, Westcliffe and Rayleigh). Pier fishing was free so spent many hours on the pier, I never managed to catch anything, but still enjoyed it. I joined the Sea scouts at Leigh and the Sea cadets at Westcliffe. I always enjoyed the seaside and during the summer holidays had a job on one of the pleasure trip boats at Southend, great holiday job for a young lad. In the early sixties my parents bought a wooden speed boat with  a white 20 or 25hp Mercury and trailer. Their car was a two tone Vauxhall Cresta (cavern green over shark yellow), but had no towbar, so I removed the rear bumper and cut up an old bedframe for the angle iron (very twisty) drilled holes, fitted a tow ball and mounted the "towbar" directly onto the bumper brackets (home made number plate, but no lighting set) and we set off for Stone where they had a caravan (river Blackwater). Then came the embarrassing bit, but that's for another day. Anyway the following year they ordered a brand new Microplus at Earlscourt boat show, with a new mercury 35HP? outboard and trailer. I went with them to Mitchum? to collect the rig (a wheel came off the trailer in London - new trailer - wheel nuts just done by hand, but at slow speed in traffic, wheel nuts were found so no damage done). This boat was taken to Stone, water ski's and tow rope were bought and that is where I started to water ski. I married Joyce in 1965 and I managed to get a well paid job as a labour only sub contractor in Germany. Back to blighty and we visited the Earlscourt boat show in 1967 and bought a Loftus Bennet 19' hull and superstructure  for home completion with a Snipe trailer. Yes Neil - it did get finished - and we took that to Bavaria, Germany, using it as a caravan for eating and sleeping en route. That is how/why we got into boating. Geoff.☺️

Well done for getting out at least. Shame you guys can't scratch the itch until November now 😭.

With a total lockdown due to start at 6pm on Friday 23rd (and the barrage closing except for emergencies) work was put on the back burner and bait was ordered
Got in the 7.30am lock and were out in open water heading East by 7.45
Arrived at Ladye Bay, Clevedon around 30/40 mins later and the pick was dug in, then it slipped, then it dug in again
Fresh blacks and rag on the uptiders, whole squid on the downtider, kettle on the gas
3 cups of tetleys finest for me and my 2 crew (Shuff and Nipper) and a Tunnocks teacake to get the sugar levels up ready for the boat full of cod we were going to land
My downtide rod was first to twitch and when I struck into it, showed all the classic traits of a nice sized cod, stayed deep with the odd solid thud
Then unbelievably, the double figure cod got off and was replaced with a 6-8lb Thornback, which started kiting in the tide and making a nuisance of herself
Quick pic then returned to dupe someone else
Nipper then had a near carbon copy of my first fish (although his definitely knew it was a Ray and acted accordingly)
Pulled the pin and moved a bit further out on slack water to the bank of a channel that (when they are in) always produces cod
Apparently, cod weren't made aware of this rule and stayed away allowing us to bring in some nice-ish congers (if ever there were anything nice about them) to around 10-12lb and a few dogs
The ebb got too strong and with wind against tide we pulled anchor and headed back down the channel for a mark on the coral
A real snotty ride back with the tide and against a much stronger than forecast wind gave the roof and deck a good swill off though 
Dropped anchor toward the top end of the armada that were already there and in the hour that we were there I had one pin whiting, with nothing else showing interest in any of our baits
Upped anchor for the last time and made the 10 min journey into the 4.15 lock, talking to a charter skipper and all he had heard caught was a few small codling and one around 6lb near him
Very hit and miss at the moment, with some nice doubles coming out, but not in abundance.............yet
Barrage shut until Nov 9th 😭
 

With a total lockdown due to start at 6pm on Friday 23rd (and the barrage closing except for emergencies) work was put on the back burner and bait was ordered
Got in the 7.30am lock and were out in open water heading East by 7.45
Arrived at Ladye Bay, Clevedon around 30/40 mins later and the pick was dug in, then it slipped, then it dug in again
Fresh blacks and rag on the uptiders, whole squid on the downtider, kettle on the gas
3 cups of tetleys finest for me and my 2 crew (Shuff and Nipper) and a Tunnocks teacake to get the sugar levels up ready for the boat full of cod we were going to land
My downtide rod was first to twitch and when I struck into it, showed all the classic traits of a nice sized cod, stayed deep with the odd solid thud
Then unbelievably, the double figure cod got off and was replaced with a 6-8lb Thornback, which started kiting in the tide and making a nuisance of herself
Quick pic then returned to dupe someone else
Nipper then had a near carbon copy of my first fish (although his definitely knew it was a Ray and acted accordingly)
Pulled the pin and moved a bit further out on slack water to the bank of a channel that (when they are in) always produces cod
Apparently, cod weren't made aware of this rule and stayed away allowing us to bring in some nice-ish congers (if ever there were anything nice about them) to around 10-12lb and a few dogs
The ebb got too strong and with wind against tide we pulled anchor and headed back down the channel for a mark on the coral
A real snotty ride back with the tide and against a much stronger than forecast wind gave the roof and deck a good swill off though 
Dropped anchor toward the top end of the armada that were already there and in the hour that we were there I had one pin whiting, with nothing else showing interest in any of our baits
Upped anchor for the last time and made the 10 min journey into the 4.15 lock, talking to a charter skipper and all he had heard caught was a few small codling and one around 6lb near him
Very hit and miss at the moment, with some nice doubles coming out, but not in abundance.............yet
Barrage shut until Nov 9th 😭
 

With a total lockdown due to start at 6pm on Friday 23rd (and the barrage closing except for emergencies) work was put on the back burner and bait was ordered
Got in the 7.30am lock and were out in open water heading East by 7.45
Arrived at Ladye Bay, Clevedon around 30/40 mins later and the pick was dug in, then it slipped, then it dug in again
Fresh blacks and rag on the uptiders, whole squid on the downtider, kettle on the gas
3 cups of tetleys finest for me and my 2 crew (Shuff and Nipper) and a Tunnocks teacake to get the sugar levels up ready for the boat full of cod we were going to land
My downtide rod was first to twitch and when I struck into it, showed all the classic traits of a nice sized cod, stayed deep with the odd solid thud
Then unbelievably, the double figure cod got off and was replaced with a 6-8lb Thornback, which started kiting in the tide and making a nuisance of herself
Quick pic then returned to dupe someone else
Nipper then had a near carbon copy of my first fish (although his definitely knew it was a Ray and acted accordingly)
Pulled the pin and moved a bit further out on slack water to the bank of a channel that (when they are in) always produces cod
Apparently, cod weren't made aware of this rule and stayed away allowing us to bring in some nice-ish congers (if ever there were anything nice about them) to around 10-12lb and a few dogs
The ebb got too strong and with wind against tide we pulled anchor and headed back down the channel for a mark on the coral
A real snotty ride back with the tide and against a much stronger than forecast wind gave the roof and deck a good swill off though 
Dropped anchor toward the top end of the armada that were already there and in the hour that we were there I had one pin whiting, with nothing else showing interest in any of our baits
Upped anchor for the last time and made the 10 min journey into the 4.15 lock, talking to a charter skipper and all he had heard caught was a few small codling and one around 6lb near him
Very hit and miss at the moment, with some nice doubles coming out, but not in abundance.............yet
Barrage shut until Nov 9th 😭
 

Hi Jon and welcome. 
This is a monumental day for JonC. 
Since he learnt of your arrival this morning he’s been like a dog with two dicks. You will never truly understand the amount of man love JonC has for you. 
All he talks about on WhatsApp is how in awe he is of your legendary tales from Aus. 
I think you’ve really made his day. 
Having said that, I am going to have to double check your IP addresses to make sure your not the same person !!
Good to have you here regardless ! 
 

That's a nice boat you got Egg, just change the name if you don't like it
Mine was fishy biz when I bought it, it's not now