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Unidentified spare parts

Rob Andrews
 

Hi Team,
After 3 years I am finally getting around to doing a proper inventory of the spare parts on Jaygo.  Of course there are some items that I have no idea what they are.
Please have a look at these photos and let me know if you can let me know what they are for.  Thanks heaps.
I suspect the first item (The threaded rod tool) may be for screwing into a flywheel to identify TDC of cyl 1 for the Volvo?

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Rob & Dee
SV Jaygo.
SM#224
Brisbane, Australia
Bill Kinney
 

The last two where part of a kit that Amel produced for the bow thruster as a retrofit to counter the torque of the motor.

The 4th photo looks like a rudder zinc.

The pins for locating the TDC on my Volvo are simple straight pins.  I don’t have access to my photos right now,  but I suspect the first pin is the pin that locks genoa furler to the rotating plate.  But don’t quote me until I can get my photos in hand!

The other pieces…. I’m drawing a blank… although that black ring sure looks familiar!

Bill Kinney
SM160, Harmonie
Tyrell Bay, Carriacou, Grenada
http://www.cruisingconsulting.com
Bill Kinney
 

Another guess….  The fiberglass square with the two bolts… might be the interior part of the water tank access hatch.
Olivier Beaute
 

Hello Rob,

among your pictures, the last two ones are VERY IMPORTANT parts that MUST be installed as soon as possible.
This concerns the bow-thruster and the technical recall that AMEL made 19 years ago.
After the bow-thruster tube (where the vertical shaft is) separated from the motor on one Super Maramu, AMEL sent to all the Super Maramu owners a parts set to prevent the motor to apply torque to the tube.
Probably the very vast majority of the Super Maramu owners installed these parts, but for the boats that where between two owners, they may have missed to have these parts installed.
Your fouth picture part has to be installed at the bottom of the motor, while the 5th picture part has to be installed on the stainless steel tube bracket of the bow-thruster. 
The first part enters the second one when the bow-thruster is down.

See the picture of the first part installed on SM228, and feel free for questions.

Olivier

On Saturday, November 5, 2022 at 01:27:10 PM GMT+1, Bill Kinney <cruisingconsulting@...> wrote:


Another guess….  The fiberglass square with the two bolts… might be the interior part of the water tank access hatch.

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Olivier Beaute
 

Hi Rob,

small correction:
Part of picture 9 is installed at bottom of bow-thruster motor.
Part of picture 8 is installed on both stainless steel tubes of the bracket supporting the bow -thruster.
Part 9 goes into part 8 when the bow-thruster is down.

Sorry for this confusion.

Olivier.

On Saturday, November 5, 2022 at 02:19:19 PM GMT+1, Olivier Beaute via groups.io <atlanticyachtsurvey@...> wrote:


Hello Rob,

among your pictures, the last two ones are VERY IMPORTANT parts that MUST be installed as soon as possible.
This concerns the bow-thruster and the technical recall that AMEL made 19 years ago.
After the bow-thruster tube (where the vertical shaft is) separated from the motor on one Super Maramu, AMEL sent to all the Super Maramu owners a parts set to prevent the motor to apply torque to the tube.
Probably the very vast majority of the Super Maramu owners installed these parts, but for the boats that where between two owners, they may have missed to have these parts installed.
Your fouth picture part has to be installed at the bottom of the motor, while the 5th picture part has to be installed on the stainless steel tube bracket of the bow-thruster. 
The first part enters the second one when the bow-thruster is down.

See the picture of the first part installed on SM228, and feel free for questions.

Olivier

On Saturday, November 5, 2022 at 01:27:10 PM GMT+1, Bill Kinney <cruisingconsulting@...> wrote:


Another guess….  The fiberglass square with the two bolts… might be the interior part of the water tank access hatch.

P1080081.JPG

Rob Andrews
 

Thank you all for your responses to date. 
1.  I had no idea about the torque plate for the bow thruster but Oliver's explanation totally makes sense.  I am hauling out in two weeks and will fit the kit at that time.  I need to remove the BT anyway to replace the neoprene seals and change the oil.
2.  The black composite plate (pics 5 & 6).  I will check the water tank inspection plate.  Thanks Bill.
3.  Pic 4 is an aluminium disc, so not a zinc.
4.  Pic 3 is some sort of stainless backing plate.
7.  Pic 7 is some sort of plastic/teflon/composite?

As an aside, the primary reason I am hauling out is to repair rust spots on the iron keel ballast that suddenly appeared.  I immediately checked the bonding strap in the bilge, and sure enough, it had corroded through.  I had not long checked that strap and I suspect that the time frame between the strap failing, and the rust spots appearing was less than 3 months.  A timely reminder for other owners to check theirs, and maybe even preemptively replace it before it fails if this has never been done on their SM.   I have obtained 2 straps so that our awesome friends on Salagou can replace theirs before it fails.

Rob.
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Rob & Dee
SV Jaygo.
SM#224
Brisbane, Australia

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