Craig, The only time I had water is when we were in the Med and the Yanmar had low hours at the two year mark...and I decided to put the service off until the next haulout. As it turned out, our next

Bill, Got it - sounds a good plan. Any water intrusion with your two year / ~ 350 hour schedule? Craig

Craig, I have been in the tropics most of the time and during our circumnavigation we averaged about 350 hours a year. I believe that Amel told me 800 engine hours on the C Drive bushing and seals. I

Hi Duane we have Duo 60 and the light turns from bad to good after two minutes regardless... I have to say tho that the water is good after two minutes...I always test it with a TDS meter. I'm sure

Gary, It creates a puddle promptly. I haven't yet taken it back apart. I wonder if the Duo 60 L/H version has the same problem with the salinity meter? I sent Maud an email asking about that some

Hi Bill, Interesting reply... just out of curiosity have you been seeing water intrusion with your every-two-years changing schedule? I'd expect it's more of a function of how many engine hours rather

Jeff, Yes, the 87a terminal is to use the relay in a normally closed manner, you want to leave that empty and use terminals 87 and 30 to give you a normally open circuit that is closed

It's the End caps I had to replace all my end caps, cause they split around the bobbin holes. Bob Grey Renaissance 3 Amel 55 #25 Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad On Friday, December 2, 2016, 21:10,

Congrats, Paul!! Hope we get to meet some time over a beer/wine/rum. Happy sailing! Kent Kristy SM243

Congratulations Paul, Looks like you have one of the very last SM2K ! Hope we meet! Sincerely, Alexandre SM2K #289 NIKIMAT Harbor View Marina, Tortola,

Here is my best memory of how it went… On the used bearing, measure the spots where the lips of the seal rub on the bearing. Push the first sleeve on as far as possible with the tool provided. The

Craig, I am changing the wear bushing, seals, and C Drive oil every two years because that is what is recommended by Amel. Also, I renew antifouling with Micron66 every two years because that is

Hi Paul, Congratulations on Rita Kathryn. We look to bumping into you later this year somewhere in the Caribbean Islands. With best regards, Mark Super Maramu 2000 Hull

Bill, Don't send a picture with Speed sleeve, just describe in details Speedi sleeve installation process for our application. Vladimir SM #345 Vladimir 202 258 1916

Good morning to all. At the suggestion of one of the members, I joined this group back in June or July and posted that I was in the market for an Amel SM. Shortly thereafter, I was notified of a

Bill R, I don’t know about the Amel “chrome plated” bushing, but I can suggest that--in general--chrome plating is not a great solution for hardening a shaft under a lip seal. Yes, it is hard

Hi Bill, I think we can safely assume you are changing the wearing-out-bearing every two years because they are, well, "wearing out" and allowing water intrusion, or, if not yet leaking you expect

Eric, Cutting and polishing Speedi sleeves is not for a man with average skills. SKF will not recommend doing that. Sleeve's leading edge is critical for proper installation. If it is not cut and

Well said Bill! Sincerely, Alexandre --------------------------------------------