Recent content by K-ron

Philip, I’m struggling to remember exactly how I got the gearbox apart, the biggest problem was removing the large nut after removing the gearbox it was so so hard to hold the gear box whilst torquing the nut. The rest of it I certainly did with no professional help. I had a 12 mm diameter...

Hi Schmid, Glad to see you are having some fun with your sabb!! I have found the pdf with additional notes. Please PM with your email and I will forward. The plug you have circled in red is exactly where my thermometer sensor goes. In the notes I think there is a reference to the water pump...

Thanks for doing the maths. The space between the water line and top edge of antifoul has always been much wider near the bow than the stern, so I suppose as we have just added more and more weight it became noticeable at the stern first.

Hi people, Seeker shall be coming out the water soon for a much needed bottom clean and paint. Last year we noticed how low the stern was sitting in the water and the subsequent growth on the topsides which are now a few inches below the waterline. The boat is a Nicholson 32 and we carry a lot...

For what it's worth, my Sabb 10HP is in a Nicholson 32 and our cruising weight is about 10 ton and we have not had any issues. Yes, it is massively underpowered by today's standards but if you don't mind getting your hands dirty and get that Sabb running sweetly it will be a reliable little...

PM sent. Pretty sure it's the 6/8 hp, model H. Sleeman hawkin for spare parts in the UK, if you can cope with their grumpiness. :)

Thanks SH.

Hi, I am heading back to the UK next week and would like to pick up a connector for my tig torch to connect to an Italian argon bottle. My torch uses a 3/8 bsp fitting and from what I can gather online, Italian bottles use UNI 4412 W24.5x1/14" Can anyone link me to the correct fitting please...

Hi, Just to add to the latest update, we have just spent a few days on the quay. It's tricky to get permission from the harbour master, some people have simply contacted by radio (channel 16) and been allocated a space, but we found that we were continually told there was no space and to radio...

JC, if you give a s**t about reliably starting your engine, cigarettes OR glow plug conversion are not the answer. Good luck with your new boat and that tide. I'm out of here.

However, back to the OP, as long as the next ice age does not start overnight, get some oil around the rings check you have fuel and spin her up, she will run easily. If not, cylinder head off, new piston rings and hone the cylinder. Simples.

Great anecdotal info. The only other thing that has not been mentioned as of yet and is in the original engine manual, is to squirt engine oil down the pipe on top of the rocker cover that feeds oil through the inlet valve, seals the rings and raises the compression. The original manual does not...

Plank, I have no doubt the cigarettes will aid starting when cold, especially in the depths of a Norweigen winter. However, I suspect that many people who have owned these engines in the past may have been using and running them with low compression without realising, many of them would have...

You absolutely do not need to use the cigarettes to start this engine in U.K. Summer time temps and indeed not in U.K. Winter temperatures. How are you trying to start the engine, by hand or by starter motor? If the compression and fuel system are in good working order and normal uk...