Alan, Thanks for this information. Was there any external evidence of fuel leakage on your injection pump, or did all of the fuel that leaked find it’s way into the crankcase? I am thinking of

Hello Olivier, Which “rope”? and where are you located? Sincerely Alexandre --------------------------------------------

Good afternoon Alan your testimony confirms our guesses that the only way in is thru the lift pump - daiphragm damaged due to boat laid up for extended period - as my boat was laid up in port for 14

Christian, Thanks for keeping me updated. If it turns out that there are any parts needed that would come from the US or Canada and you are having problems with logistics let me know and I will

Hello, We plan to replace one rope and would like to buy some very good spare ropes- just for,the case. We are looking for the original ropes or maybe better ones. Any recommendations. So far we

Good afternoon James the injection pump seal was our 2nd guess as a reason for Diesel ingress in lube oïl circuit; part of reason to take out engine as unable to remove from engine in position. Was

Hi all, following this discussion and seeing all of the references to the GPM output to the pumps, but no one is talking about the pressure. I don't know how accurate the gauge is on my AMFA pump

Warren, I have bought Sharki #80 build in 1982 in April this year and I'm still working on it to make it a little bit better. There are two systems to make warm water and this is not state of the art

Hi Bill, Hope you and Karen are well. After getting our iridium Go and reading your post, we decided to start with the same package as you (rather than unlimited) and see if it meets our needs. It

On the subject of hot water, we have only cold on our 1980 Sharki. Can anyone show me where and how the hot water tank would be set up on a Sharki? It would be great to have a hot

Hello fellow Amelians. We have been cruising the west coast of Thailand/ Malaysia for some time now and have no desire to cross oceans. We have been offered a 4 week boat swap with a friend who has

This is a new topic. Posted here because of bad connection from boat. I am looking for someone to join me (and one other person) on Ladybug from Bermuda to Antigua and then on to Martinique. I will

Hi James, I had a Perkins 4108 which had a leaking injector pump. 2 indications of a fault was the engine oil pressure dropped and the oil level rose on the dipstick, confirmed by diesel parts in

Christian Alby, Thank you for the details of what happened to your engine, perhaps it will help me avoid the same fate with my engine in the future. I hope that you can find the rest of the

Hi Mark, I didn't keep the accumulator of the AMFA pump, just removed the whole thing and replaced by the Whale. I didn't notice any delay in the arrival of water… Of course the pump feeds as well

My anemometer stopped turning and after rescuing it from the top of the mast, I decided to replace the bearings. That didn't work out so well, because the lower housing (part no. 213-10-038 in the

My dishwasher works very well and has done so for many a year. Why, I even sleep with her. Best Regards Barry & Robyn Tradewinds III SV #171

Good evening to you thanks for the tip on oïl pumps; will inquire to keep my adress book updated. I just found one pump with a Perkins dealer in France who keeps parts for engines on tractors & earth

We didn't use the dishwasher, so we removed it to free up the storage space. Duane Wanderer, SM#477

Christina Alby, Sorry to hear about the damage to your Perkins 154. There are currently oil pumps listed on Ebay that are supposed to fit the 4-154 but they do not look like the same pump as in