In the spirit of Pat from Shenanigans "Lessons Learned" post a few week's back I thought I would share what I learned when my Bowman DC60-XCC oil cooler failed while motoring up the coast of Maine a f

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Alan, Your engineer is a good one. I would keep him on the payroll! Happy to share my tale of woe to help others avoid my mishap given how much I've learned from this group the past few years. Now tha

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It can be a complete disaster causing the tapered roller bearing inside the furler to rust and fail completely. This can cause the furler to seize and make it impossible to unfurl the main sail or wor

Ian, Brilliant idea! I struggled for a few minutes trying to remove one end cap using an oil filter wrench and a large pair of Channellocks and while I could spin the cap in circles I was barely able

Gregory, Essentially, yes. There is a ton of information in the thread link that I sent you earlier including part numbers and sources for the parts. Also, Woody from Mothership Adrift made a video of

Eric, These slide worked in the tracks in our SM: https://www.curtain-tracks.com/recmar-3050-abs-plastic-eye-slide.html

Bill, I hope I don't have to pop these end caps off again anytime soon but I will keep the water pressure idea in mind for whenever the time comes. It makes total sense to use water pressure from the

Bill, I kid! The inner 13 year old in me couldn't resist the softball you threw at us. I have no idea what they are worth but you will likely find many Amel owners who would love to buy them from you.

Gowrie Group told us the same thing earlier this year when we tried to get a quote from them. If you have Lithium batteries installed on you boat and your boat value is greater than US$150,000, Markel

Justin, They didn't give a rationale. My guess is because there is no justifiable rationale just a knee-jerk reaction not a very well thought out policy to reduce their exposure. Especially given that

Paul, Bill beat me to it. As a first check, I would turn off the switch on the Sailor 24v to 12v Step Down Transformer and see if the Masse light still illuminates when you test it. If it does not, yo

Paul, No problem. Glad I could help you narrow it down. I want to correct this statement you made to John: "where there is voltage there is current" It is possible to have voltage without current flow

Alan, From your answer I'm guessing I'm the one who sent things a bit awry. Thanks for trying to get things back on track. Clearly, I have a similar issue to Paul. I am hoping you can help me understa

Alan, The Masse - light shows absolutely no sign of illumination even in the pitch black of night one day after a New Moon. But it lights up like a Christmas tree when I induce a fault by connecting e

Bob, Thanks for the idea on how to check all the saltwater pumps for leaks in one go. I converted the heads to freshwater flush about 2 years ago so they are not a likely culprit. I also just changed

Steve, That looks like a diode that failed, not a resistor. If the tracks on the PCB are intact, you should be able to replace the diode. If the PCB track has also failed you can use a short piece of

Bill, Not to add more confusion to what is already a confusing topic, but here is what I found on my SM #440: The DC60-XCC oil cooler has two (2) x Female 3/8" BSP threaded holes in it for the oil lin

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Steve, No problem. I am by no means an expert but it sounds like Stefan might be able to assist you in identifying the component and possibly sourcing a similar one to replace it. Here is a link to a

Paul, The sensors can be found here: TSII INC https://tsii-connectors.com/ Tom Shook tsiiinc@... The part number is FFV-807A6X I paid $30 for each a few years ago.