Recent content by Boat2016

I’ve yet to find a production boat builder that fits a Chinese heater…wonder why :unsure:

Get someone in to do the job who knows what they’re doing, it’s really quite simple with the correct knowledgeand does a lot of damage without it !!!

I wouldn’t insult the engineer by offering to supply my own parts, would you do the same to the garage when servicing your car ? In fact a few I’ve used over the years refuse to fit parts they haven’t supplied and I don’t blame them. That’s probably why you say it’s hard to find a good engineer.

Hope the experiment is a success and whatever way it goes looking forward to reading the results 🤞🤞🤞

What are you trying to achieve ? Something as critical as an injector would be the last thing I would mess with having witnessed the damage it can do to your engine, those kind of tasks are best left to the professionals.

As soon as prices drop so does production, it’s then easy to charge more again so prices are very easily controlled and the government are happy with that as they don’t want us to use diesel and they are keen to keep prices high to collect more in tax.

A friend had a week there recently….£900 for a 44ft boat, i guess they would make the effort to accommodate you for that amount.

That’s the reason I sold my boat, I got fed up with being told there’s no space for visitors and didn’t want to return to my home berth every night, for me boating was about going and visiting different places. if things improve again I will certainly have another go.

Get a quote from CAT or Cummins and you will be surprised, especially when cooler service required, there’s plenty of diyers out there who believe a service is an oil and filter change every couple of years, there’s others who use main dealers to do to the service schedule, I’m certainly glad...

I would do some research if i were you. One task that’s easier is draining the oil, you don’t get to pull the bung over a pit with your boat, also impellers that are fitted in the most awkward to get at places. Have worked in both sectors and can assure you its not simpler.

Apart from the base engine the marine engine equivalent is very different to a truck engine

I would only ever buy/sell through a reputable broker, there’s no way I would be trusting a stranger with large amounts of money with the amount of scammers about now, theres also a lot of boats out there now that don’t have correct documentation with them which will end up costing the owner in...

depends if they are doing the job or just being asked to look up the info that’s readily available anyway, it all takes time.

The news report i read said they were paraletic when arrested.

And quite likely too much alcohol.