Recent content by Andrew_Fitton

Many years ago I was on a RYA practical course on a vessel getting ready for a night passage. I plugged the search lamp into the nearby socket, looked just like the one in the picture. When the lamp was switched on , the electric anchor winch operated. It was the wrong socket. Don't get them...

The new bush removed all the excess play at that bush in the sterndrive steering. You don't realise how worn things have become until new parts are fitted. Other parts in the steering system are then highlighted as also being worn with excess play.

Yes, I replaced the bushing on one of my 280 sterndrives last year. The part number for mine is the same as yours so it will be an identical job. It was a struggle to get out. It needed plenty of heat and a special tool. I made the tool, it slotted in to the bush slots and had an hexagon...

My BM1monitor had the fault of Amp reading going haywire when the backlight was lit. I cured the problem by cutting off the small ring terminal with the black and white wires at the shunt and crimping on a new ring terminal. The Amp reading just needed recalibrating after. I diagnosed the fault...