Mark, Now that I know I can use it on the fresh water side, is this how I would proceed. I would drain all the antifreeze and refill with a 4 to 1 ratio mixture of B/B run the engine until it warms up

Hi Pat, Yes. Use it onboth sides. I have use BB on multiple surfaces without issue. However, keep itaway from fiberglass – be sure not to spill any. When done, Imake up a baking soda

Hello Alin Congratulations on purchasing Wanderer. She is a wonderful boat and provided my family and I many years of adventure and security. Some of the great memories of my life have been aboard

Mark, Its not bad ,all the holes are clear, but thought it might clean out stuff from between the tubes. So 4 hrs. and then flush with water to rid the acid. Do you know if it can be used on the fresh

Hi Pat, BB will take atleast four hours on a mild job. If your heat exchanger is blocked and has a lotof growth, I would suggest taking it to a radiator shop. They will do it forthe price of a gal

I have never used anything like Barnacle Buster and have a question. I took out my heat exchanger and I understand that I can soak it to clean it , but how long? Another question is that the interior

Good eye! Yes, there are blisters on the cast iron ballast, probably caused by the the cast iron ballast being separated from the bonding system with the most likely cause being the bonding strap in

hello Bode your zink anode on the propeller looks good but whats about the bubbels on your keel/ ballst looks not good Hanspeter Tamango 2 SM16 Von meinem iPhone gesendet Am 13.06.2018 um 06:39

The prop zinc for a MaxProp has very narrow bridges of zinc around the bolts. When they go the rest of the zinc will fall off. I paint those bridges with an enamel paint and they last five times as

James, If some bolts won't come out and have never been removed before it seems likely there has not been water ingress - they're just being uncooperative and can wait for you to get back to your shop

Hello The engine of my water maker Desselator Duo 160 l is defective. I wrote to the manufacturer and they really want 1350,00 Euro + 750,00 Euro for the transport to Pannama. I think that's an

Craig, Thanks for the advice and information on how you dealt with the bolts on your boat that are tapped into the embedded plates, that was very helpful to me! I will definitely take Joel’s

Hi ASteve, Looks like you have a 3 blade maxprop... This link should help you decide what you think you need...and you can probably get it cheaper from somewhere

This is the zinc that was on there. Anyone know what the replacement is? -Bode

Who knows the specs of the zincs for the 1994 SM? Intention has no prop or plate zinc left. Curiously, the rudder zinc looks fine. I'm leaving to go to sea for two days and need to procure these in

My experience was some bolts were easily removed, others really stubborn. After trying BIG screwdriver with square shaft and a wrench on that to add to torque, the ultimate solution for the ones that

Trying again

Attached is a sketch that came with Aletes showing the toe rail cross section and bolt-backplate configuration. Mike Ondra Aletes SM#240 Rock Hall, MD

Thanks much for the info! Bill Shaproski

Gary, Thanks for the information. I am curious about what percentage of the bolts you were able to extract from the embedded bar stock? Also what technique for removal of the fasteners seemed to