Giovanni, I think that I would try another 1/6 turn. The nut will be very tight when it is tight enough. My guess is that you did not have it tight enough, but I can't be sure because I am not

Hello Giovanni, I had the same problem.. it is one of continuous wear on the packing and eventually it leaks; you are not alone and every SM eventually has this problem. However, there is a caution I

Hi Giovanni, When you remove the nut, not much water will come in....maybe not more than now, but when you remove the three packings, that's when the water starts. In my experience, if you have

HI TO ALL. many thanks for answers/suggestions I used AMEL seals and the nut entered without any problem, The leakage is from the 2 threads. The problem is that now I have more leakage than before,

Hi Joel, No worries. Ifsomeone writes back and has a similar setup, great. If not, I’ve got time. I’lleventually figure it out, I hope J Really hopingsomeone can help. With

Hi Mark. Don’t kill the messenger.. I seem to dimly recall ( dimness happens more and more… ) that Cheriff changed some of the details regarding the fans when he replaced the engine in your

Hi Alexandre, Thank you forthe pictures. Our set ups are a little different. Unfortunately, I do not seean empty spade to connect the white wire to other than the central post. But,on all relays,

Buongiorno Giovanni, Sounds like your rudder gland packing job wasn't done well the last time.Yes it can be done in the water, but if your SM428 is like mine, 437, you can expect water to come through

It is quite possible to replace the packing made of 3 similar parts ("étoupe" in French,t hey are not called "seals") as long as you are stopped in a flat sea. You need 3 lengths of 20cm (about 8")

Good afternoon Mark, I just went down the engine room. Even thought our Hull number are petty closed, somehow, mine shows “2” fans… Not sure it will help you, but I just added a pictures on

Hi All, I need a little help please from someone that has a similaryear model or set up as Cream Puff 1999/2000 Super Maramu 2000. The engine room 24v extractor fan stopped working (the 220v

Hi to all, I replaced the 3 seal, 4 months ago, with spares from Amel. I tried to follow all suggestions from Group (Bill,Richard), I didn’t add any paste/grease. After a little leakage I

Hi Mac, Your latest picture is better and it does not look like the cap rail below the stanchion at all, which was my first take. The picture is still not quite definitive, but looks like the gutter

JoelAttachment!! :-)

Thanks Craig, I'll have a look. I recently attached another photo, in reply to Joel Mac

Hello Joel, Many thanks for taking the time to reply, it is much appreciated. I've attached another photo that may be helpful. If you look carefully you may seen the 'line' of the last repair with

Thanks for this Alain ill be with an engineering shop tomorrow Best John From: <amelyachtowners@...> on behalf of "alainfeuillet@... [amelyachtowners]" <amelyachtowners@...> Reply-To:

Whoops Sorry group! Tom

Hi Very interested!! What year is your Sharki Also wonder where you are located and what price would you like Thanks Tom SV Sheila #142

Thanks Alain Best John