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

Dear Thomas, Wolfgang, I just had a look and it is the elbow unit that you want to order. Best regards, Alex Ramseyer Amel54, NO STRESS Gesendet von Yahoo Mail auf Android

Hi All, We have now taken our new pride to Curacao, she is lying safely at the dock of Curacao Marine in good company of another 54 and a Sharky. Our "maidenvoyage" went very well, it took us 72 hours

I had included a picture but it is nowhere to be seen, so I attach it again.

I would like to thank all who responded, but in particular Jeffrey Kaus and Bill Kinney and Trevor Lusty: you were in the right track. Failed oil cooler. However, the transmission oil cooler by

Have you check so you don't have anything in the propeller? /Ann-Sofie S/Y Lady Annila, SM232 Skickat från min iPad 30 juli 2018 kl. 20:07 skrev Anna Eriksson anna@... [amelyachtowners]

While re-aligning engine to C-Drive, one hole was found elongated. As the part is not available, the Yanmar dealer proposes drilling new holes, which sounds reasonable, but it'd be nice to know if

Hi Wolfgang, Unfortunately I can’t answer your question as we are not in the boat, but I’m interested in the answer as ours is dripping too! So maybe another 54 owner can have a quick look inside