Dear Caroline, forgive me if these suggestions sound ridiculous but I have experienced them. Firstly if you have a chain driven autopilot and the chain has tightened up due to lack of lubrication or r

Hi Eric, It is easy enough to remove but it probably is only worth doing if you are having the turbo checked out as well. Just like the O rings for the heat exchanger end caps, the engine oil cooler r

Hi Gary, I took the gentleman's way out on this one and used my cheque book, this time I didn't physically do the work but I was there for all of it. A Yanmar trained technician took off both end caps

Hi Eric, The Yanmar cooler will come out if you use a wooden drift like the thick side of a wedge and tap it gently with a mallet, but don't do it unless you have NEW gaskets as it won't reseal. As fa

Hi Kent, It happens fairly frequently when you have an extra halyard fitted to the mast head if you don't pay attention to the halyard it can get caught in behind the bars or "horns" as Amel refer to

Hi Gary, Thank you again. The symptoms that you describe do sound identical so I will follow your advice. We are back home in Ireland and as yet don't know when we will return but I will keep you post

Does anyone have a supplier for the original white plastic covers fitted by Amel? The factory can supply them but unfortunately the price is not realistic. Many thanks. Trevor Sea Fever Ireland

Hi Eric, We need to tap into the massive brian power and experience in this forum. You and I have the same engine, I just serviced the injectors, etc. major service. When they were at the diesel shop

Dear Patrick, Thank you for your help, it seems that we had a similar problem although I think that I am not clear of the woods just yet. There a full history on my reply to Gary that will explain. Ki

Dear Gary, Thank you so much for such an informed response. A copy of that has already been saved to the ship's computer, it's a pity Onan couldn't explain there own product range in such a straight f

I bought Seafever through Michel Charpentier. Firstly he is a true sailor, has crossed the Atlantic and returned under his own keel. He is a former sailing instructor and his knowledge of Amel product

Pat, the original is a 75mm x 14mm "foot block" by Antal , there appears to be three through bolts into the boom. The current Antal catalogue does not show this model and it appears to have been repla

Thanks Dave I have. They can't get an angle on it and have referred me directly to Onan who I am waiting ti hear back from. T.

Dear All, my generator stopped dead while running a few days ago. No flashing lights. It cranked a couple of times then silence I have checked the raw water, fresh water,systems, changed the fuel pump

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Bob, Two autopilots,a spare brain and control panel. Pay attention to the response setting on your autopilot to save amps. Trimmed correctly there is no lee helm. If you have a few extra dollars/pound

Many thanks, I have had two different engineers look at it and we all are all baffled. I have sent it off to a machine shop to see if they can figure it out. The oil seal at the front is easy enough t

Dear Eric and Gary, I have the greatest respect for your input and it has saved me many hours of frustration and work. But, PLEASE do not bring "On Off" onboard your vessel. The slightest leak and you

Hi Martin, Did you ever figure out how to remove the pinion from the manual outhaul gearbox. In my case the front oil seal has failed and what appears to be lithium grease has been running down to the

Gary, I replaced the original freshwater pump with a Whale Fresh IC FW50848 it has given excellent service for three years,on strength of this when the bilge pump failed yet again, I replaced that wit