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okies, how or what do i do that? will i need a new air filter? etc as the intake pipe is a lot bigger than the breather pipe

my air filter is just an empty mushroom shaped thing, you can see it in the video. it's completely empty, i rung calcutta yesterday and he said it's fine some of them had that type of (non) filter. i am thinking of attaching a flexible rubber tube and attaching the other end to an outside wall, so the smoke goes out rather than inside

yes blue

the 132 is just to lift it off the lorry with a forklift and put it in the water

hopefully you can see in the video the smoke coming out of the breather 20200305_084238.mp4

i know tim, i used to work with ken, tim isn't doing anything as far as i'm aware as the big c has got him so i heard

just spoke to the previous owner who said the engine always ran sweet as a nut with no smoke, so not sure whats going on, she has sat for 2-3 years though and not run at all

Right my boat is nearing completion and it will be in the water in April hopefully. Now the problem i have is it will need to be hi-abbed from where she is sitting near Beccles and put in the water. does anyone know where either a hi-ab can drop a boat in the water? or somewhere that a boat lift is available fairly reasonably priced. i just rung galleon and they want 132.00 to lift the boat off the lorry and drop it in the water... also does anyone know any boat transport ppl with a hi-ab? i used GMR to deliver her but they've shut annoyingly boat is 26' long 10' wide and weight about 3 tonne

after finally getting my bmc 1.5 to run, i've been restoring the boat for over a year so haven't had it running before. i changed all filters, oil, lift pump etc so it took a bit of starting obviously, anyways, she smokes like a pig, out of the breather pipe which is on the side plate and through the oil filler cap. how can i stop this? as the engine is inside the boat it's not good smoking like that obviously......

nope they put the tanks in the put the top half of the boat onto the bottom half, so not a hope in ..... of getting any of the 3 tanks out without splitting the boat. but the filler pipe is only 6" long and goes straight into the top middle of the tank, so i may be ok to get a wet vac in there, the boat has been sitting for about 5 years, tho with the shut off valve in the off position so the diesel could only go to the valve

nope it's not like you're, my supply pipe comes straight out of the bottom of the tank, about 1" off the bottom, and there is no way in hope that i could make an inspection hatch, i wanted to put a gauge in and realised it couldn't happen, let along put a hatch in. i do have a sediment filter, but that is about 2m along the line

i have put in an additive a month or so ago for bug, so i'd say its sediment

after spending all day yesterday trying to bleed my bmc after replacing the filters, i gave up and tried again today. i have a hand pump that i use to get the oil of of the gearbox etc. I connected it to the line going into the lift pump and pump, and it created an amazing pressure, so that points to a sealed system. so i dismantled the sediment filter and cleaned that ( i now have a wooden floor that has diesel soaked into it ) there was a little bit of crud in the filter so i went further up the line to the shut off tap, there was a bit of crud in there also, but more worrying is i had the tap off in my hand and no diesel was coming through the pipe from the tank. the first 20" or so from the base of the tank to the tap is blocked. i am going to get an air compressor on it next week, but i am wondering is there another way to clear it? as if it happens while cruising i'd be stuffed i've got to be very careful as i've put in 150lt of diesel a few months ago, annoyingly i did think maybe i could get a thing flexible rod to clear the pipe but not sure where from or what type

the round one sounds like a perfect match for the one i have., if i can have that pls. did you want me to collect from you? can collect tomorrow eve as i'm dropping the wife off in town about 7

not an issue i'm only at kessingland :) thank you

Hi folks i'm after 1 white bouy anchor marine make please it wants to be about 17" long and 14" across the round ones i have 1 already but want 2 on the stern if anyone has 1 knocking about anywhere please

i gather everyone has their tolls invoice today via email. did everyone else go at the prices this year...... extortionate is a word that springs to mind, mine is just over £350 which is loads more than my car and i use my car a lot more than the boat...

lol i did think that tbh, as it's a professional made tank so i know it won't leak,

Hi, i had a purpose built SS gas tank made to measure to hold my 2 gas bottles. the bottom of the tank is below water level, so i asked my BSS man what i can do for the drain pipe to outside. he said fill the tank around the bottles with vermiculite and then that way the drain pipe can be half way up or whatever. no my thinking is...... this vermiculite stuff is like a fluffy flame retardent stuff, a bit like bits of cardboard you used to get inside the old jiffy bags........ which is fine. So i put my bottles in pack this stuff around the bottles, and hey presto i have my BSS what happens when i want to change a bottle though? i lift the bottle out and all this stuff goes to the bottom so when i try and put my bottle in i have to scoop it all out and start again.... is there something i can add to this stuff to make it more like a solid lump, so if i lift the bottle out the imprint will stay there..

Just thought I'd let everyone know this is a wanted ad, So if anyone actually had a mud weight can they pm me as I'm turning off notifications for this thread as it's now a discussion Thanks

well i am now part of the Hardley 100 moorers :) well as of 1st April (no joke) woo hoo

has anyone used 1 of these? https://www.asap-supplies.com/fuel-systems/anti-theft-devices/vetus-fuel-safe-anti-siphon i was thinking of getting 1 as having a big diesel tank it is prone to being pinched, my trouble is i only have about 1" of pipe as the filler cap is directly above the neck of the tank i did think about getting a locking cap for it but they are quite expensive

hi, i'm after a mud weight suitable for a broads 26' please

interesting read about the isolator, i have a 240v input although i don't intend to use it, although any future owner may, but i haven't wired any earth from the 240v to any other metal on the boat