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A friend of mine lived on his boat for about 3 years in a marina before he headed off to the med. This marina also had a no continious liveaboard policy, stating something along the lines of they would be liable for the council tax, then would have to try and collect it off boaters who would argue t...

if the fitting to the injector pump is a banjo fitting try temporary using fibre washers instead of the copper ones as they can seal on uneven surfaces better, also make sure the bolt on the banjo is the right length, when i changed some fittings a while ago on a digger, the new banjo was slightly t...

Hi Jeff i dont know much about the injector pump but i know they are expensive beasts to have repaired so i wouldnt undertake taking it apart unless you know for certain thats the problem. If its possible and you still have the old connectors and fuel lines could you fit a non return valve in the la...

the engine developed a throaty noise and no water was coming out of the exhaust, sorry i meant sea water pump not freshwater pump. if my freshwater pump had broken, it would have taked alot longer than 3 minutes thats for sure.

Yesterday coming back from a weekend of blustery conditions with a very inexperienced crew my fresh waterpump belt snapped. I keep spare belts tied on a hook in the engine bay by cotton thread so i can grab them in a hurry, snapping the thread. knowing exactly where my toolkit is, i got 2 x 12mm spa...

Wire coat hanger...... mmmmm me thinks that has something to do with the heads, as for the bradawl... the mnd boggles!!!!!!

All of the above + I have a set of spanners both a/f and metric, hacksaw, assortment of nuts and bolts One other thing i do have is a 12 volt cordless drill which i have made a dummy battery case wired to a cigerette socket plug, i never have to worry about a flat battery. The other most important t...

Glad it seems to be sorted, yes, we have been out loads, the other eve Swanage to Poole with a pod of dolphins for company, superb!!
Who needs to be sailing the Med when we have this weather right here

Hi Jeff
Just wondered how the engine is performing, i know its a worry thats at the back of your mind all the time until you know for sure its cured.

Hi Jeff sounds similar to a problem i had a few years back, i put a bicycle pump on the feed pipe from the fuel tank, fairy liquid on all joints and pumped, turned out the o ring on the fuel filter had a tiny nick on it and hadnt sealed completely although fuel didnt leak out it did let air in, a do...

Hi Stu22uk why is it when your not looking for something you see it all the time and when you do want to find it you cant?, all i can find are the wave/wind pumps but i can try to describe the things ive seen. Basically the pipe that goes into the bilge had a flap on the end so once the water level ...

i would be very alarmed if i had the amount of water ingress as your getting, as my boat is on the hard for winter and cant face into the wind like on my mooring i get some water but over a whole winter ( boat comes out Nov- Apr) my bilges are never more than 1/2" deep. i delibrately turn off m...

i think that is the million dollar question. Most of us think our endless money pits are worth far more than people want to pay us to take them off our hands, we sulk for days grumbling about "that ignorant ba****d who wanted to pay us peanuts" the endlass tyre kickers etc etc. At the end ...

Hi Jeff Dont know if i can offer any help to your fuel problem but it does sound very similar to a problem i had a few years ago. I have a centaur with a "rotting from the inside out" fuel tank, which produces a fair mount of loose debris, blocking fuel filters on a regular basis, i put an...