Paul, Rather than cutthe hose, try using a little penetrating oil. Take the clamps off the daybefore, spray a little oil around the top and leave it overnight. It shouldslide off easily the next

Hello John, do you mean you're going to install a manual furling drum on the existing foil, above the furling motor? Olivier On Saturday, February 4, 2017 7:31 AM, "JOHN HAYES

Thanks very much Oliver, Your advice enabled us to bring the motor and gearbox off. Gear box is with a tool maker so think we will get sorted. The motor is in excellent condition. Im also going to

Hi Eric and Paul, I installed one of these last year..the difference in construction quality between the OEM part and the Ebay part is stunning. The OEM unit is fabricated from sheet stainless by

Hi, If you ever need one again just search for 4jhs yanmar exhaust elbow. I like this better than the OEM and if you look into the elbow you will see that the exhaust gas is directed , down the

Mark, Thanks for your response. That is the information I needed. I was planning on going with the Trident 252 hose, and it is available in 3' and 6' lengths (or larger). The stuff is pricey so I

Eric, Unfortunately, not having the part number or knowing exactly how to find it without contacting Yanmar, I never thought to look on eBay. I ended up getting an OEM replacement part from a

Hi Paul, If you aretalking about the 3” ID exhaust hose coming off the elbow to the waterliftmuffler….. Mine is about 42”long and 3” (76mm) wide. I did this once and it was are real

Hi , Did you buy the stainless steel elbow that is on eBay? It is beautifully made and should last forever unlike the yanmar piece and is half the price of the yanmar. Fair Winds Eric Kimberlite

If someone with the Yanmar 100 HP motor could lend me some assistance I would appreciate it. I have to replace the wet exhaust elbow coming off the turbo next week when I return to the boat. I also

I agree it's quite an easy boat to sail. However, I don't think it's a good beginner boat. Better to really learn how to sail first. I can draw a similar analogy in that it's much easier to fly a

Hello Dennis, in fact the rubber cylinders that you see have a built-in steel screw. That's the way they are secured, with bolts. When you take down one full engine mount, you will understand. The

Thanks Olivier, I'm pretty sure it is just the rubber part that went away. I was thinking that I could find some hard rubber and cut it to size. Is there something special about the rubber part that

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Andy, Thanks for listing the work that you did on your Perkins along with some areas where you encountered problems. It appears that tadiesels (.com) carries replacement exhaust manifolds for the

Hi James, We carried out the work back in 2014. We decided to keep and refurbish our Perkins, after we removed it to fix an oil leak to the front of the engine and after the compression test the

Hello John, you need to drill the rivets in order to release the furler (with manual furling sheave) from the foil. Then, at a mechanic workshop, the sheave can be extracted from the stainless steel

Hi all. I wondered if anyone knew anything about the 1986 Maramu currently named Le Placide (formerly Bon Edda) and located at JC's in St Martin. I'm interested in this vessel and I know there's no

Hi Dennis, We replaced our mounts in 2007 but the engine was out at the time so I don’t have direct experience with your task. I’m not on the boat right now but if I remember how the mounts are

Jeff, A good supplier of Barka Italian taps is Penguin Engineering in UK who do mail-order. Not sure about the 54 but some of them match the older Amels and probably better quality chrome plating