Hi all, Our stainless muffler has started to rust out, and I'd like to replace it while I'm also replacing the turbo and mixing elbow. I'd rather not go with the plastic Vetus that seems to be the

Bill, Ulrich, Eric, Thank you very much for your immediate help and the ensuing focus which enabled me to “unlock” the maintenance operations at the yard Best to you all Paolo SM 454

I don't know, but I can guess. I think Amel used that same "mechanical furl" gearbox with some vertical electric furling motors (later model 54 main furler). This may be the reason the drain holes

Hi Thomas; We had the same stiffening within a year of purchasing Kokomo. It got progressively worse to a point that we felt we may be damaging the gears by placing the amount of force required to

Hello, As the old B&G Hydra system gave up on our 54, and also the sonic speed system failed. I did not see a reasonable way to go on and repair the old system. So we renewed the windvane and use

Hi all, In the great document by Gary Silver about the overhaul of the SM Mizzen furler gearbox (thanks Arno for sending us a low bandwidth friendly version), it is mentioned that the bottom part of

Thank you Bill for this final and extensive clarification. Now, everything is clear. Best Regards Ulrich <> Am 13.05.2020 um 16:21 schrieb CW Bill Rouse <brouse@...>:

Marco, I sent you an email with the instructions you need. Bill

Thierry BALLARD is a good man and a valuable resource to Amel and Amel yacht owners. I like him a lot, but if he told you this, it is not the practice of the Amel yards and it is not what is specified

Ultich and Pat - Here is what Olivier Beaute had to say on the subject 4 years ago. Craig Beaute Olivier 04/11/16 #26221 Hi Bill, the C-drive has been designed by AMEL in 1989. There has been

We did exactly the same. One thing we learnt was to check the underside of the carpet. The one we bought shed a whole lot of the fabric binding material and we were forever sweeping and hoovering the

Given the length of the sensors and the (guestimated) diameter of the hole I would say the sensors are self-aligning just because of the fit. Regards, Arno Luijten SV Luna, A54-121

Bill, I thought that was only for the bow thruster , now for the C-Drive as well? I have still been using 20-40. Stay Safe, Pat SM#123

We did the same as Gary ,making a template and cutting the carpet,then had the binding done, I think I undercut the carpet about 3/16" to allow for binding. We were surprise how well it all fit,as

Mohammad, The serial number is 184-00-076/F. I have no way of knowing that the existing ones are identical, but I believe there was an earlier forum discussion on this confirming this serial

Arno, This is good info. Should there be any precautions taken to ensure they are correctly aligned? Cheers, Paul S/Y Ya Fohi - Amel 54 #98 - Grenada

Hi Marco, The Ebay link and the Maxmarineshop link are actually one and the same vendor. The partnumber seems to match the partnumber referred to in the installation manual of B&G, assuming Amel used

Hi, Paolo and Bill, that's very interesting: last year before my oil change in the Z-drive I asked AMEL SAV , Thierry, for the exact amount and specification. Next to the oil reservoir in the engine

Dear Paul and Arno, thanks for your usefull info. Do you have also examined how to remove the old sensor ( the aft one) and its cable? its frontal part with the probe seems to be glued in the

Thanks Teun, Danny