As usual Alexandre of Nikimat has a very thorough and pictured explanation. I do not know if the black 240V shore power cord we have is original, nor do I have its numbers, but I had checked the actua

Hello Bill. I must admit to not being a 100% sure that I have this right, but so far, this is my understanding of our shore power system as used here in the US. I look forward to others’ comments that

Continuing with rub rail upgrades. What experience has anyone had with adding a vinyl rub rail to the Amel fiberglass rub rail. An example 1.5” high is the Taco V11-9795 Semi-Rigid Rub Rail (continuou

We are repainting the rubrail after 16 years of doing its job. How easy or difficult has the experience been to remove the rubber rub rail gutter and then re-install it. The cross-sectional drawing de

We are considering adding a UHMW Polyethylene strip to the groove in the rub rail. ¼” thick will leave it proud of the fiberglass rub rail about 1/8”, hopefully enough to take the majority of abuse an

Danny, I got the replacement courtesy of Steve Davis. As I recall he had purchased it by mistake (he needed the Bonfiglioni) quite a few years back and has been carrying it in his ship stores since. I

Hi Danny. I just replaced our Leroy Somer gearbox with the one thanks to Steve Davis. I had cracked the housing whilst trying to remove the shaft. I believe the gears to be good and you are welcome to

Thanks for the information. This is a real possibility for us. Bearings are definitely in our near future. Mike Ondra 610-442-7551

After installing new engine mounts and reassembling everything we still had a modest vibration of the assembly while under power, increasing with RPM. After loosening the bolts that hold the Vetus cou

Since this seems to be a hot topic, I checked in the Volvo TMD22 manual and this is what I found under Technical data: Valve clearance, adjustment cold engine: Inlet 0.20-0.40mm : Outlet 0.30-0.50mm V

Bill and all, Motion Industries has probably hundreds of locations across the US. My local MI is about 2 miles from my office, so super easy access at my source for seals, bearings, and anything to do

Eric, The vendor I have been using for seals and bearings is Motion Industries, national distributors of parts for machinery that moves. Distributors throughout the US. While they do channel Leroy Som

Eric. I am near Philadelphia. Mike Ondra ALETES SM240 Rock Hall, MD Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID "kimberlite@... [amelyachtowners]" <amelyachtowners@...> wrote: Mik

I just received a quote from our local Leroy Somers rep for a new main outhaul gearbox for $460. Problem is about a 14 week lead time between production in France, summer vacation, and ocean shipping.

It makes sense that the prop is one of the first suspects for vibration. We are now in Chesapeake water so not fun to dive on to check, and haul out rather expensive diagnostic strategy. Would like to

TO ALL YOU AMEL TROUBLESHOOTERS About 10 days ago I posted the question below regarding engine/c-drive alignment and much to my surprise received no feedback as of yet. Our group typically does not ho

Hi Gary, In this request were you referring to Alexandre on NIKIMAT re the web site and Onan issues? Or perhaps another Mike? I don’t have a website for boat issues. Mike Ondra ALETES SM#240 Rock Hall

Gary, Thanks for the info. It seems the bronze gear is held in place from the “top” after with the circlip and therefore must be removed from the top. As my core assembly with the gear is still stuck

Thanks Danny. As usual, there is more than 1 way to skin a cat. And it seems Amel owners find many ways. Mike ALETES SM#240 Sent: Monday, June 06, 2016 3:40 PM To: amelyachtowners@... Subj

I agree on the value of a grease fitting and relief hole for the gearbox. This gearbox is a bear to remove and open up to re-grease. I do want to remind others, however, that this grease does not get