Eric ,My center wheel plate was made of aluminum and came off easily, the wheel itself took a lot of pressure to remove. Pat SM Shenanigans

Hello Dean, the Mastervolt alternator temperature is 115° C after one one hour at 95 A and stay at 115°. I put an alternator temperature sensor but it does not work very well because i put it on

Mine had nothing except the 2 screws holding it on but still needed a small pick to pry under the edges to remove it. Alan Grayson SM 406 Ora Pai Ft Lauderdale Get Outlook for Android

I am planning to take the wheel, the main furling gearbox, and the outhaul gearbox off of Kimberlite and have them powder coated . Then the wheel will have new leather installed. The Amel plate in

FYI, Maude got back to me last week with a replacement. It appears that Amel has switched from a plastic to an aluminum ball joint. I’m going to attempt to fabricate my own on a lathe using

Hi Bob, The wiring diagram of the “B” panel is in the back of the parts manual. Fair Winds, Eric Sm 376 Kimberlite

Agree with Danny as a first intervention and prevention. We very occasionally squirt Corrosion-X right into the starter key hole and ditto for the battery switches, etc. Worth doing first and no

Danny, That is good advise, and I have not done that nearly enough. I will start to make that part of my routine . Yes , it is Diane's birthday ,leaving for dinner in a bit. She just told me Yvonne

Hi Ian, thanks for your answer. Yes, the alternator has been working before this; I didn’t use it so much because of the poor wind in Mediterranean Sea that means poor speed under sail. How do you

Stefanie Your English is very good. My Santorin is 1994, no 96. The main thing that should happen when you turn the key (as well as the green light turning on) is an instant decrease in the propellor

Hi Pat, was there a birthday in your family recently? Happy birthday. As to contacts. I have said this a number of times before. The sea environment is brutal and unless we protect our contacts we

Dear Amelians, I hope some of you can help me solving my problem. My 1994 Santorin is, as usual, equipped with a shaft alternator. Last year I made a check of the alternator because it didn’t work

Bill ,Are all those relays located in the black box attached to the engine? Do relays work intermittently ,or are they either good or bad ? I wish I better understood the complexities of the

Mark, Generally I just continued to try starting it ,until it did,sometimes I turned the main switches on and off ,thinking it may be a bad contact and it started sometimes ,but that could be

Bill, Good point. I guess the key would need to be in the startposition or the connection made to the starter relay. With bestregards, Mark Skipper Sailing Vessel- Cream Puff -

Mark, I believe if that works on your Amel, the Negative Solenoid is defeated, bypassed, or not installed. The negative solenoid closes by the key action when the key is moved to "start." I think it

Pat, Here’s athought. When the engine doesn’t crank, use a remote starter switch to bypassthe panel. This connects to the solenoid on the starter (the small terminalmarked “s” and the pos

Pat, How is it resolved.Do you just try again and it works, or what? With bestregards, Mark Skipper Sailing Vessel- Cream Puff - SM2K - #275 Currentlycruising - Tahiti, French

Bill, Sometimes the blower does not come on ,but more often it does come on ,however when I turn the key further to engage the starter ,nothing happens and the blower shuts off as well. That is why I

Pat, Intermittent failures can be such… fun. If I understand correctly, when you have this issue with starting, the blowers do not run as well. That narrows down the likely causes quite a bit.