Hello Everybody Today I spent several hours trying to change the impeller of the Yanmar 4JH3-HTE, following yours advice read on this wonderful forum. I changed it but now I am assailed by

Gioi, Where will you be shopping for a boat? Here in North America, the better Maramu's are listed for close to $200K USD. Ones that need a major refit have sold for close to $100K USD. Personally, I

Thank you Paul The prop shaft brake shoes still have 3mm each. But I guess this is not enough. The bolt does not get out enough to press the brake shoes strong enough. Regards from Las Palmas, Gran

Eric I used nylon screws to cap of the threaded access ports. As I said, I used the same thread as that of the access ports of the auto prop so that I could use the same grease gun. in one of the

Paul The brake pads should be replaced before it goes down to metal. When this happened to us we ordered from Amel in France and sent along a picture of the pads after we had removed same. When

Hello everbody Actually I have a problem with my prop lok on our SM2000 (Volvo TAMD22PB with ZF Hurth gear box). The break is not working anymore. Most probably I have to change the prop lok blates,

I took a look at BeBe #387..saw nothing like your photos, but I have two ideas: 1.) LESS LIKELY BUT POSSIBLE: Is it possible that you or or the previous owner of this Super Maramu had a problem with

Dear friends, After a research in order to identify a suitable boat to buy for living aboard, I have been attracted by the Maramu. I have two questions to ask: 1- what is the range price for a Maramu

Hi y'all, We are currently in London and our SM in Spain. I need to measure the length and diameter of the driveshaft from the top of the Andersen winch to the bottom of the gearbox in

Jose, Were you able to find nylon grease fittings or just used nylon nuts as exit holes for the grease? Fair Winds Eric Amel Super Maramu #376 Kimberlite _____ From:

Hi, George, Your plate is very different from the one on Kristy (SM243).  It does look like wear, but I'm not sure I can visualize how it could be worn like that unless the forestay was very

We recently had a rigger onboard who looked at the forestay chain plate and said that the groove in the photos I posted was due to wear on the chain plate and needed to be replaced as well as the

Hello Jose, The correct advice is to use the 50 amp charger when running the generator and after a minute add the 30 amp one. When the charge rate falls to about 25 amps turn off the big charger. The

i understood the acceptance rate of AGM's is 100% of the A/H rate One advantage in gel cell type batteries is that they have a higher acceptance rate than do the common lead acid type. Acceptance

Jose, thanks for the comments. It is an easy and straight forward process. Not hard to do was it. When I disasembled a gearbox for the first time and saw the solid muck that was the old grease

John, Have a look here http://www.penguineng.com/TapsShowers/Traditional-SubCompact-ShowerControls/MM5000PenguinTap.php they may be similar to yours. The taps in the Penguin Engineering range are

I was told to use the 50 amp charger while using the generator and the 30 amp while using shore power to charge the batteries. A few days ago, I was charging up my batteries with the generator, I

Danny, Thanks a lot for posting your method for adding grease to the gear boxes. I started to hear ominous sounds during Genoa furling and rapidly added two careful drilled and threaded access ports

John, The question about taps has come up before. You are pretty much on your own. Some people who have re-plumbed did so with household fixtures. I have a friend who is an excellent plumber,

We were in Shelter bay Colon and decided to replace the bearings in the outhaul gearbox as a precaution before the Pacific crossing.I removed the boom inverted it and hit hard with my best hammer to