James, Here is some more good information on the adjustment of the Amel steering system from Olivier in response to a question I posted some time ago... Hope that blast from the past answers your

Hello All, A lot of good information here on the Amel steering system, thanks for all that have contributed. I was wondering if anyone could comment on whether the cables or any other parts of the

A good friend told me that to remove the safe is quite simple. Lift up the carpet in the floor and there are two nuts, undo these, et voila, the safe is free. The bolts however are glassed into the

Hi Danny, I tend to agree that the friction in the steering cable was a major contributing factor to losing teeth in the racks. With that said, the boat was almost 26 years old at the time, and metal

I don;t have a Volvo motor but some of you do. I have a friend who has had issues with the MDI dying. Apparently there was a bad batch in US delivered motors and Volvo US have been very helpful in

Thanks for this detailed description Steve, I would suggest though that your problem with the rack and pinion was a direct result of the cable failure. The seriously increased load caused by the

Dear Ann-Sofie, Yes there is a big difference. Precisely for tall people is the SM2K Cockpit cover installation. On the old SM the cockpit cover is parallel to the cockpit protection triangle and tall

I do not know what the factory originally did on my boat. Those bolts have been pulled out and reinstalled several times with the installation of new engine mounts, alignments and other maintenance

---In amelyachtowners@..., <svperegrinus@...> wrote : Hello Craig and all others, Many, many thanks for all the valuable input. Regarding the possibility of the nuts coming loose, yesterday the Yanmar

That is the propeller shaft brake. When the engine is running, transmission oil pressure opens and releases the brake pads from the disk. With the engine off, the brake pads close against the disk and

You see the cylinder in center of picture which is fastened with black straps. The thumlike thing on top seemed like stopped working in and out. But after sailing for 6 hours we started the motor and

Hello Craig and all others, Many, many thanks for all the valuable input. Regarding the possibility of the nuts coming loose, yesterday the Yanmar dealer told me they are creating "a washer" (via an

Craig and James, Absolutely! Loose coupling bolts can do the same thing. I should have thought of that! I'll add two more things to the excellent list of solutions that James posted: A second "jam"

Craig, I agree with your post. I have also found that it is not uncommon to find loose coupling bolts and agree this is something to check on a regular basis. I have had good results using Nylocs

Hi Bill Kinney Intersting feedback about your tecnical knowhow, but nowbody answere his question. Why this e longated hole can happen ? regards Hanspeter Tamango 2 on the way to Capo Verde SM16 Von

I want to thank everyone who helped diagnose our steering problems, and let you all know the final outcome. After our complete steering failure from Panama to Hawaii due to broken teeth in both

I'd add a fifth cause to Bill's excellent list, namely, the nuts having come loose. I've seen that on three boats, one with a nut actually missing. It's a good routine check to make and easily

I would have no problem drilling one set of new holes in the flange. If that bothers you at all, machining a new flange would be an easy job for any machine shop and would not be very

Dear Alex and Thomas, Thank you very much. I will buy a new part as the German Plastimo had no Information about service of this outlet. After changing I will try to open the old one and let you

Great to hear that the problem was one of the less expensive possibilities! A good lesson to remember in diagnosis: If there is oil in the exhaust it MIGHT be coming from oil or fuel in the engine