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As per the title a lot of counterfeit cards being sold on eBay who do nothing about removing them. At least my wife got her money back...

I hate Facebook groups for technical discussion - they've improved threading slightly in the last year or two (previously it didn't...

I could do 98% of my sailing without GPS and it wouldn't worry me at all. I have been caught out in fog a few times, had GPS chosen...

It's worth thinking about. Earlier this year i picked up, on the Navtex, that the navy was going to be practising gps jamming from a...

Pretty sure that's not exactly it. But thanks for input. Mine is 3gm30f 129772-77200. It also has bush in one end but is 10mm.

Looks good

To be honest I think that I don't have an alignment problem and that the slotted arm bends to meet the alternator without twisting it...

Seems to me best to start by getting the pivot correct and shim the adjustor arm after. Shim washers are easy to get hold of.

I have a 2GM20F with a recently upgraded alternator and a chronic problem of belt dust. In upgrading the alternator I also noticed it...

Good thinking, didn't know that, i have some upstairs. 👍👍

If you put tubes in the holes it will not twist. 10mm copper pipe is 8mm bore, 2 bits of this easy to find material will sort it out.

Thanks for all your input. Very kind thought. Ok. This is a saddle mount alternator so alternator mounting lugs go astride a chunk of...

Why ? The sleeve is just to centre the bolt - it has no structural use at all ... you could use plastic tube and it would still do the...

I have found you can buy "location dowels" exactly the right size but think they night rust.

I am up in Scotland. Yes done all the straight edge stuff. The alternator pulley is slightly twisted otherwise it's correct. I have shim...