Vire 7
- Recent Updates to this Website
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here for a complete archive of changes to the site
- 31st January 2014 – Removed the name
of a former Vire BVR owner from the Vire BVR page.
- 22nd March 2013 - Added a new Australian agent to the Parts and Service Links page, and added an item to
the For Sale / Wanted page.
- 23rd February 2013 - Updated the For
Sale / Wanted page.
- 21st January 2013 - Recommissioned
the For Sale / Wanted page.
- 5th January 2013 - Added new information about 1973
engines to the "How old is your Vire?" topic on the Bulletin Board. Added information about seals
to the Hints and Tips page.
- 11th August 2012 - Deleted an incorrect plug from the Technical Data page.
- 2nd March 2012 - Added Masnedo
Marinecenter (MMC) reference numbers to the Spare Parts Lists.
- 19th February 2012 - Amended the E-mail
page.
- 13th December 2010 - Added data about another propellor to the topic about "Propellor
Size" on the Bulletin Board.
- 14th March 2010 - Made a minor change to the Home page.
- 26th October 2009 - Added a 1987 manual for the Vire 7
and Vire 12 to the Operator's Manual page.
- 20th September 2009 - Updated the address and contact
details for Hamberg Marin on the Parts and Service Links page.
- 6th September 2009 - In an effort to defeat spam-bots
and to reduce the amount of automated junk mail that I get, I changed the
E-mail links throughout the website.
- 5th September 2009 - Changed the "Welcome"
message on the Home page.
- 18th September 2008 - Updated information about the
spark plugs, on the Technical Data page.
- 28th May 2008 - Updated the Parts
and Service Links page.
- 14th January 2008 - Added a Counter to the Home Page,
courtesy of www.shinystat.com.
- 8th January 2008 - Fixed a broken link and added the
smallest boat yet to the "How Big is Yours?"
article on the Bulletin Board.
- 17th November 2007 - Repaired a broken link on the home
page.
- 10th November 2007 - Repaired some broken links.
- 10th February 2007 - Deleted the entire contents of the
For Sale / Wanted page, pending an update. Added
a link to a new project to the Photo Gallery
page.
- 22nd December 2006 - Added information about starter
battery size to the Technical Data page.
Amended the search page.
- 26th November 2006 - Deleted a 'Wanted' ad from the For Sale / Wanted page.
- 15th November 2006 - Fixed a broken link on the Vire BVR page.
- 6th May 2006 - Replaced the 367KB .PDF file of the 1975
European Operator's Manual, which didn't contain the Spare Parts Lists or
diagrams, with a complete 2.6MB version.
- 4th May 2006 - Replaced a huge (17MB, scanned) .PDF
file of the 1975 European Operator's Manual with a more user-friendly
367KB version. The Spare Parts Lists and diagrams are missing from this
version.
- 3rd May 2006 - Fixed two broken links.
- 9th April 2006 - Reorganised the page of Operator's Manuals, Spare Parts Lists, etc.
- 8th April 2006 - I discovered recently that the text
files of the Spare Parts Lists display properly
in Netscape, or when downloaded and opened with a text editor, but they
lose their formatting in Internet Explorer and are very difficult to read.
So, I've replaced all eleven TXT files with HTML files.
- 28th March 2006 - Added another "Wanted" ad
to the For Sale / Wanted page.
- 26th March 2006 - Made several changes to the For Sale / Wanted page. Added a question to the Home Page.
- 12th March 2006 - Added three ads to the For Sale / Wanted page.
- 5th March 2006 - Amended the Tachometer
page.
- 5th February 2006 - Added another engine for sale, a
Vire BVK, to the For Sale / Wanted page.
- 31st January 2006 - Added another boat, and updated
details of two more, in the "How Big is Yours?"
article on the Bulletin Board. Deleted a
"Wanted" item from the For Sale / Wanted
page.
- 7th January 2006 - Amended a table heading in the
"Propellor Size" article on the Bulletin Board.
- 18th December 2005 - Added more information about
Serial Numbers, for 1995 engines, to the "How old is your Vire ?" article on the Bulletin
Board. Updated all the links to the Fairways Marine
website.
- 14th December 2005 - Added more information about
Serial Numbers to the "How old is your Vire ?"
article on the Bulletin Board.
- 12th December 2005 - Added another yacht to the
"How big is yours ?" article on the Bulletin Board. Made multiple changes to the For Sale / Wanted page - engines bought, sold, offerred and wanted.
- 13th November 2005 - Added another yacht
, the oldest to date, to the "How big is yours ?" article
on the Bulletin Board.
- 6th November 2005 - Multiple changes to the For Sale / Wanted page - engines bought, sold, offerred and wanted. Updated the
Parts and Service Links page, including new Official Vire Agents in
the UK and Italy.
- 25th October 2005 - Deleted a "Wanted" item
from the For Sale / Wanted page.
- 23rd October 2005 - Corrected a broken link on the For Sale / Wanted page. Added two more Vire BVR
owners to the listing on the Vire BVR page.
- 12th October 2005 - Added some more information about
Serial Numbers to the "How old is your Vire ?"
article on the Bulletin Board.
- 7th October 2005 - Added an original brochure about
Medusa yachts to the "How big is yours ?"
article on the Bulletin Board.
- 2nd October 2005 - Added another yacht to the "How
big is yours ?" article on the Bulletin Board. Added several items to the For Sale / Wanted page.
- 24th September 2005 - Added another set of Compression
Readings to the Bulletin Board.
- 19th September 2005 - Added another boat, a Maxi 77, to
the "How big is yours?" topic on the Bulletin
Board. Added another hint about sooty plugs to the Hints
and Tips page.
- 18th September 2005 - Amended several items on the For Sale / Wanted page. Added a new tip to the
page about replacing the water pump seals.
Uploaded a PDF copy of the Vire 7 Operator's Manual
(in Swedish).
- 3rd September 2005 - Added graphs of the power and
torque curves to the Technical Data page. Added
a link to an original Westerbeke brochure for the Vire 7.
- 2nd September 2005 - Added more information about
Compression Readings to the Bulletin Board.
- 28th August 2005 - Fed up with the rubber part of your
impellers becoming detached from the brass core ?
Take a look at the Hints and Tips page.
- 26th August 2005 - Added definitive information about
Serial Numbers to the "How old is your Vire ?"
article on the Bulletin Board. Amended the History page. Deleted a "Wanted" item
from the For Sale / Wanted page.
- 25th August 2005 - Amended contact details for
Power-Marin, in Finland, on the Parts and Service
Links page. Added a case of fuel starvation to the Hints
and Tips page.
- 23rd August 2005 - Added several items to the For Sale / Wanted page. Added another Vire BVR
owner to the listing on the Vire BVR page. Added
some more detail about electronic ignition to the Hints
and Tips page, and a new supplier of tachometers (rev counters) to the
page about Measuring the RPM.
- 19th August 2005 - Added two "engines for
sale" (in the UK) ads to the For Sale / Wanted
page. Added a new topic, about using "Ethanol as an Alternative
Fuel" to the Bulletin Board.
- 18th August 2005 - Added some information (about a
mysterious fitting on the top of the crankcase) to the Hints
and Tips pages. Added an "engine for sale" (in England) ad
to the For Sale / Wanted page. Added more information
about replacement coils to the Alternative
Parts page.
- 14th August 2005 - Added some more information (about
fitting an alternator) to the Hints and Tips
pages.
- 6th August 2005 - Still working my way through the
backlog of work that built up during my holidays and my subsequent
computer problems. Added data about two more propellors
to the topic about "Propellor Size"
and added another entry to the "How big is yours?" topic on the Bulletin Board. Deleted a "Wanted" ad from
the For Sale / Wanted page.
- 28th July 2005 - Corrected an error on the History page and added some more information (about
belt slippage when fitting an alternator) to the Hints
and Tips page.
- 25th July 2005 - Added a note to the Home
Page.
- 2nd June 2005 - Deleted an entry from the For Sale / Wanted page (engine sold).
- 30th May 2005 - Dynastart
wanted in England. See the For Sale / Wanted
page for more details.
- 21st May 2005 - Added another serial number to the
"How old is your Vire?" topic on the Bulletin
Board.
- 8th May 2005 - Added one entry and deleted another from
the For Sale / Wanted page (engine sold).
Fairways Marine, the UK agents, have moved, so I
updated their contact details on the Parts and Service
Links page.
- 28th April 2005 - Deleted a question from the Home Page. Added the dimensions of the propellor shaft seals to Fig. 19 of the Spare Parts Lists.
- 25th April 2005 - Added an "engine wanted"
(in England) ad to the For Sale / Wanted page.
Added a question to the Home Page.
- 23rd April 2005 - Added an "engine wanted"
(in Ireland) ad to the For Sale / Wanted page.
- 15th April 2005 - Added an "engine wanted"
(in Canada) ad to the For Sale / Wanted page.
Added another picture of a "piggy back" alternator (fitted to a
Vire BVR) to the Hints and Tips page.
- 30th March 2005 - Removed two entries from the For Sale / Wanted page (engines sold). Added an
endorsement for Bilcity to the item on
replacement ignition coils on the Alternative
Parts page.
- 13th March 2005 - Added one-and-a-bit engines for sale
to the For Sale / Wanted page.
- 9th March 2005 - Removed a Canadian engine from the For Sale / Wanted page (engine sold).
- 7th March 2005 - Found another source for replacement
ignition coils, which has been added to the Alternative
Parts page.
- 6th March 2005 - Added another engine for sale to the For Sale / Wanted page.
- 5th March 2005 - Added another engine for sale to the For Sale / Wanted page.
- 20th February 2005 - Deleted a "wanted" item
from the For Sale / Wanted page.
- 17th February 2005 - Added a link to, and deleted a
link from, the Parts and Service Links page. Both
links are/were in Canada.
- 13th February 2005 - Somebody in Switzerland wants to
buy a Vire 7 or Vire 12 engine. See the For Sale /
Wanted page for details.
- 12th February 2005 - Updated some links on the Vire BVR page.
- 1st February 2005 - Added another engine for sale to
the For Sale / Wanted page.
- 30th January 2005 - Added a question to the Home Page.
- 23rd January 2005 - Corrected Gerald Sly's E-mail address on the For
Sale / Wanted page.
- 21st January 2005 - Added more tips to the Hints and Tips page.
- 20th January 2005 - Added more information to the
"Flexible Engine Mountings" topic on the Bulletin
Board.
- 9th January 2005 - Added more information to the topic
about "Propellor Size" and added
another entry to the "How big is yours?" topic on the Bulletin Board.
- 8th January 2005 - Added an old Finnish advertisement
to the Vire BVR page.
- 6th January 2005 - Added information about flooding
carburettors to the Hints and Tips page.
- 5th January 2005 - Added another engine for sale to the
For Sale / Wanted page.
- 4th January 2005 - Added another entry to the "How
big is yours?" topic on the Bulletin Board.
Added more information about pulley sizes to the article about adding an alternator.
- 3rd January 2005 - Added another entry to the "How
big is yours?" topic on the Bulletin Board.
- 2nd January 2005 - Uploaded David Wells' illustrated
account of his "two into one" rebuild,
including detailed information on replacing
the big-end bearing. Added some detail to the article about breaking the siphon effect in a below-the-waterline
installation.
- 1st January 2005 - Added two useful links about
alternative plugs to the Alternative Parts
page. Added information about a DIY intake silencer to the Hints and Tips page.
- 30th December 2004 - Added a new topic, about "Propellor Size", to the Bulletin
Board.
- 29th December 2004 - Added more information about
replacement ignition components to the Alternative
Parts page. Added information about an unusual carburettor problem to
the Hints and Tips page. Added another entry to
the "How big is yours?" topic on the Bulletin
Board.
- 28th December 2004 - Added an item about oversized pistons. Reformatted the
lists of spare parts numbers (text files) attached to the Spare Parts Lists. Added a new owner, in
Switzerland, to the Vire BVR page.
- 27th December 2004 - Added an incomplete engine for sale
to the For Sale / Wanted page.
- 22ndDecember 2004 - Added photos of an engine for sale
on the For Sale / Wanted page.
- 16th December 2004 - Amended an incorrect link on the Vire 12 page. Added a Vire 7 for sale (in the USA)
to the For Sale / Wanted page.
- 12th December 2004 - Expanded the Vire
12 page, by adding details of an original 1981 artice
abut the engine. Added an alternative starter-generator to the Technical Data page. Added more information and a
link about blocked exhausts to the Hints and Tips
page. Corrected a bad E-mail address on the For
Sale / Wanted page.
- 1ith December 2004 - Added some more alternative spark
plugs to the Technical Data page.
- 10th December 2004 - Somebody in New Zealand is looking
for an engine: see the For Sale / Wanted page.
Amended a link on the Parts / Service Links page,
and corrected an error on the Starter Generator
Circuit Diagrams.
- 5th December 2004 - Another engine sold, so there's one
less seller and one less buyer on the For Sale /
Wanted page.
- 30th November 2004 - Removed two engines, one in the
USA, one in the UK, from the For Sale / Wanted
page. Both engines were sold, through the website
- 13th November 2004 - Added a Vire 7 for sale (in New
York) to the For Sale / Wanted page.
- 25th October 2004 - Added a Vire 7 for sale (in USA) to
the For Sale / Wanted page. Includes photos.
- 22nd October 2004 - Removed a Vire 12 from the For Sale / Wanted page (engine sold).
- 20th October 2004 - Added more information, complete
with a photo, about finding the serial number.
- 18th October 2004 - Added more information, complete
with pictures, about installing an alternator to the Hints
and Tips page.
- 12th October 2004 - Added a Vire 7 for sale (in Canada)
to the For Sale / Wanted page.
- 7th October 2004 - Removed a "Wanted" item
from the For Sale / Wanted page - another
satisfied customer !
- 27th September 2004 - Added a Vire 7 (in the UK) to the
For Sale / Wanted page.
- 26th September 2004 - Added a new owner to the Vire BVR page.
- 20th September 2004 - Added a Vire BVR to the For Sale / Wanted page. Added a new service agent
in the UK to the Parts / Service Links page.
- 19th September 2004 - Added a couple of items to the For Sale / Wanted page, including an engine for
sale in Canada. Also updated the Vire BVR page
and the topic about carburettor tuning on the Bulletin
Board.
- 8th September 2004 - Deleted one item on the For Sale / Wanted page.
- 29th August 2004 - Updated some items on the For Sale / Wanted page.
- 12th August 2004 - Added a page about the meaning and pronunciation of the word "Vire".
- 18th July 2004 - A guy in the UK wants to buy a Vire 6
or Vire 7 - see the For Sale / Wanted page.
- 15th July 2004 - Added a question to the Home Page.
- 12th July 2004 - Updated the Tip
about how to replace the impellor, this time without removing the engine
from the boat. Another engine sold.
- 29th June 2004 - Added a Tip
about how to make your own flywheel puller.
- 27th June 2004 - Added another engine for sale to the For Sale / Wanted page.
- 21st June 2004 - Amended the Vire
12 page.
- 18th June 2004 - Deleted two dismantled engines for
sale from the For Sale / Wanted page (sold,
through the website, after only three days!). Added yet another Wiring Diagram.
- 15th June 2004 - Added another entry to the "How
big is yours?" topic on the Bulletin Board.
Added two dismantled engines for sale to the For
Sale / Wanted page.
- 11th June 2004 - Added another Vire BVR owner to the Vire BVR page.
- 8th June 2004 - Added a Tip
about a different way of installing an alternator. Added two items to the For Sale / Wanted page.
- 7th June 2004 - Long time, no update. Sorry about that.
Summer arrived, so went sailing. To compensate, here's five updates, all
at once:- Added information to the Alternative Parts (seals, and a US source for
replacement starter-generators), Hints and Tips
and Troubleshooting pages. Deleted an entry
from the For Sale / Wanted page (another engine
sold through the website).
- 23rd May 2004 - Added a question to the Home Page.
- 22nd May 2004 - Repaired a broken link to the Viking 28 Homepage.
- 20th May 2004 - Uploaded an article by Chris Hall,
about How to Add an Alternator
- 17th May 2004 - Added details of an alternative
impeller to the Alternative Parts page.
- 16th May 2004 - Added information, about an unusual
cause of overheating, to the Hints and Tips page.
- 12th May 2004 - Improved the presentation of the new Wiring Diagrams for Bosch and
Delco-Remy Starter-Generators
- 11th May 2004 - Added two new Wiring Diagrams, for Bosch and Delco-Remy
Starter-Generators
- 10th May 2004 - Updated the Technical
Data page with information about an alternative carburettor.
- 9th May 2004 - Added an engine for sale to the For Sale / Wanted page.
- 8th May 2004 - Added another Vire BVR owner to the Vire BVR page. Added two more tips, about the water
pump seals and adding an alternator, to the Hints and
Tips page.
- 5th May 2004 - Removed an engine for sale from the For Sale / Wanted page.
- 29th April 2004 - Added some information about the output of the water pump.
- 20th April 2004 - Removed a "Wanted" item
from the For Sale / Wanted page.
- 18th April 2004 - Updated the Site
Map. Amended the History page, and one of
the topics on the Bulletin Board
- 13th April 2004 - Added a "Wanted" item to
the For Sale / Wanted page.
- 12th April 2004 - Updated some comments on the Parts and Service Links page.
- 8th April 2004 - Added two more Vire BVR owners, and a
link to another Vire 6
website, to the Vire BVR page.
- 2nd April 2004 - Added a "Vire 12 for sale"
to the For Sale / Wanted page.
- 28th March 2004 - Added a "Wanted" item to
the For Sale / Wanted page, and reorganised the
Hints and Tips onto two separate pages, to
accommodate a still-growing bank of knowledge.
- 24th March 2004 - Added another Vire BVR owner to the Vire BVR page.
- 22nd March 2004 - Removed a Vire BVR from the For Sale / Wanted page, and deleted its owner's
name from the Vire BVR page. Added a question to
the Home Page.
- 15th March 2004 - Added more information about
"sticky gearlevers" to the Hints and Tips page.
- 14th March 2004 - Added a Vire BVR for sale in Canada
to the For Sale / Wanted page. Added information
on yet another way to clean out your exhaust to the Hints
and Tips page.
- 7th March 2004 - Added some new information to the Alternative Parts and Hints and
Tips pages.
- 28th February 2004 - Added a link to a new Vire BVR
website to the Vire BVR page. Added another
engine for sale in Sweden to the For Sale / Wanted
page.
- 25th February 2004 - Added an engine for sale to the For Sale / Wanted page. Added yet another Vire BVR
owner to the Vire BVR page.
- 18th February 2004 - Added some more information about
Serial Numbers to the Spare Parts Lists.
- 9th February 2004 - Deleted an item for sale from the For Sale / Wanted page - another satisfied customer !
- 28th January 2004 - Added two items to the For Sale / Wanted page.
- 22nd January 2004 - Removed Kingston Diesel Services
(Canada) from the Parts/Service Links page. They
no longer service Vire engines.
- 20th January 2004 - Added a new topic to the Bulletin Board.
- 18th January 2004 - Deleted an item for sale from the For Sale / Wanted page.
- 13th January 2004 - Added a Vire BVR owner to the Vire BVR page.
- 11th January 2004 - Added an engine for sale in the UK
to the For Sale / Wanted page.
- 3rd January 2004 - Added an engine for sale in the USA
to the For Sale / Wanted page.
- 17th December 2003 - Added a wanted item to the For Sale / Wanted page. Added more information to
the Home and History
pages.
- 13th December 2003 - Amended an entry in the "How
big is yours?" topic on the Bulletin Board.
Deleted an item from the For Sale / Wanted
page.
- 7th December 2003 - Added another yacht to the
"How big is yours?" topic on the Bulletin
Board.
- 1st December 2003 - Added an engine for sale to the For Sale / Wanted page, and a very useful tip to
the Hints & Tips page. Added an E-mail and
website address for APAS Engineering to the Parts/Service
Links page. Added some more information on compression readings to an
item on the Bulletin Board.
- 16th November 2003 - Restored a link that had been
accidentally deleted from the "How big is yours?" topic on the Bulletin Board.
- 15th November 2003 - Removed an embedded sound file
from the "How big is yours?" topic on the Bulletin
Board, following a report that it may have been causing some computers
to "hang" when they tried to access it.
- 10th November 2003 - Added an item to the For Sale / Wanted page.
- 4th November 2003 - Added an item to the For Sale / Wanted page.
- 10th October 2003 - Added an item to the For Sale / Wanted page.
- 5th October 2003 - Restored a link to an off-site Vire BVR manual.
- 21st September 2003 - Added another yacht to the
"How big is yours?" topic on the Bulletin
Board.
- 13th September 2003 - Added another yacht to the
"How big is yours?" topic on the Bulletin
Board. Added two engines to the For Sale /
Wanted page.
- 10th September 2003 - Added a Vire BVR owner to the Vire BVR page.
- 3rd September 2003 - Marked a dead link on the Bulletin Board. Removed an item from the For Sale / Wanted page (engine sold). Added some
more detail about alternative coils and condensors
to the Alternative Parts page.
- 31st August 2003 - Added another yacht to the "How
big is yours ?" topic on the Bulletin Board. Added information on yet another
alternative waterpump to the Hints
& Tips page.
- 22nd August 2003 - Created a new link to a Vire BVR Operator's Manual.
- 20th August 2003 - Fixed a broken link on the History page, and added another engine to the For Sale/Wanted page.
- 19th August 2003 - On the "How big is yours ?" topic on the Bulletin
Board, corrected a broken link to the RJ 85 website, and added another
yacht. Added another Vire BVR owner to the Vire BVR
page. Added another engine to the For Sale/Wanted
page.
- 9th August 2003 - Corrected an error in the article
about overheating on the Bulletin
Board. Added another Vire BVR owner to the Vire
BVR page.
- 21st July 2003 - Made some improvements to the search page.
- 20th July 2003 - Added another Vire BVR owner to the Vire BVR page.
- 19th July 2003 - Added information for do-it-yourself
gasket manufacturers to the Alternative Parts
page. Updated the address for Clouds International, the Vire agent in
Holland, on the Parts/Service Links page.
- 16th July 2003 - Added another wanted item to the For Sale / Wanted page.
- 12th July 2003 - Added more information about
alternative carburettors to the Alternative Parts
page.
- 26th June 2003 - Added information about alternative
carburettors to the Alternative Parts page.
- 25th June 2003 - Removed one "for sale" item from the for sale/wanted page.
- 18th June 2003 - Added another
Vire BVR owner to the Vire BVR page.
- 14th June 2003 - Added another
Vire BVR owner to the Vire BVR page.
- 4th June 2003 - Added
information to the Alternative Parts and Hints & Tips pages, and another Vire
BVR owner to the Vire BVR page.
- 3rd June 2003 - Added three
items to the for sale/wanted
page.
- 23rd May 2003 - Removed an
advertisement from the for sale/wanted
page.
- 17th May 2003 - Added another
yacht to the "How big is yours ?" topic
on the Bulletin Board.
- 16th May 2003 - Updated the Parts / Service Links page, and added
a new question to the Home Page.
- 7th May 2003 - Added a Vire 7
for sale in Sweden to the For Sale / Wanted page.
- 28th April 2003 - Updated the History page.
- 26th April 2003 - Added a very
big yacht to the "How big is yours ?"
topic on the Bulletin Board.
- 13th April 2003 - Removed two
items from the For Sale/Wanted page.
