No, Elja, just the top and bottom plates. The cast aluminum plates that are easily broken when servicing the gear boxes. In my experience, the gear boxes and gears are in good shape, but can’t be

Rustoleum cold galvanize spray over the proper 2 part epoxy primer. Has a lot of zinc 10$ plus primer

Hi Kent, Which parts did you have made ? 3-D printing could play a huge role in replacing parts that are no longer in production. Ian and Judy, Pen Azen, SM 302, Greece

I thought I saw a list of various lip seals needed for the Amel SM, but now I can't find it. I'm doing overhaul of a few things and thought I should order a collection of Lip seals for now a future

He Paul , It is not realy dificult , but you need good tools and 4-5 hours and a little know how , For me this do a frind of mine incloudit the black rings . If you like i will ask him to do it

I used the NMEA 0183 out at the Raymarine Autopilot to read Mag HDG heading by Actisense NGW-1 (actually I build my own but does the same, only better software). The actisense bridge sends the mag HDG

I have a small oil leak on the Desalateur Cat HP Pump. I am wondering if others have found this issue and possible solutions. I have not yet taken it out and had a good look. I am hesitant to take it

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Yes Brent. For the reasons you enumerate the right place for the flux gate compass is low down and central as possible. Danny SM 299 Ocean Pearl

Bill, a fluxgate isn’t a proprietary Raymarine term. It is a relatively simple device consisting of iron cores surrounded by primary and secondary copper windings. It is used to determine the

Has anyone tried simply rubbing marine grease on the prop every 2 - 3 months? I have been told that this works well for periods up to about 3 months. Haven’t tried it myself yet… James SV

Cheers Danny

I tried PropSpeed 3 separate times. (They certainly are proud of that stuff!) I had the same results as you. Very unsatisfactory. I tried everything, and finally found a decent solution. I use the

I had some made by 3D printing in nylon that seem to be holding up. Contact Ronan at Pro 3D Printing Services +1 (410) 831-5891 http://www.pro3dservices.com/ They were $150 each with the cost of

Hi Danny, Thanks, I’ll keep my hear out for bad noises from there. Best, Thomas GARULFO A54-122 Fakarava, French Polynesia

Looking for advice- I'm doing a bottom job in 6 weeks. Last year I used Propspeed on my Autoprop and 6 months later there was no evidence of it.....the barnacles however were flourishing. While I

Oliver, Early 54s had Raymarine autopilots and a fluxgate compass. The fluxgate was located on the port side near the forward port side corner of the dining table sectional seating. Later 54s had

Elja thank you is this Lery Somer or bogi something’s? But still I need to dismantle the “clutch nob” was it difficult to modify the gear box? Paul

Mark interesting, I thought I had a bearing puller, I bought one on Amazon but It miss one part. I have to see if I can find the missing part else might be possible to manufacture. Obviously one do

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