Recent content by mikehibb

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    Float for houseboat

    https://www.gumtree.com/p/boats-kayaks-jet-skis/steel-pontoon/1322043247
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    Kill switch on Yamaha 40 not working on sea scout RIB

    If I recall on my old Yamaha 40 I had a kill switch problem when I bought it too. I just wired in a generic aftermarket kill switch. Pretty sure connections were white wire and black wire. I ran a new pair from the outboard to the new kill switch. contacts shorted for off.
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    Lunar eclipse

    Sorry no pictures, but here in Bodrum we had a perfect view. Not a cloud in the sky. Sat in the garden watching with the family. Mars was visible too.
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    Lifejackets on a plane!

    Spinlock are very helpful https://www.spinlock.co.uk/en-us/deckware/flying-with-your-deckvest They even have a downloadable letter to take with you. Last time I flew Turkish Airlines they did not seam unduly concerned at all.
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    Chinese wind generator rectifier

    see link for how to connect. https://vipmart.com.ua/p22959489-kontroller-dlya-vetrogeneratora.html scroll down to the picture with the notes in English.
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    Battery top-up

    Have you tried the local pharmacies? that is where I get from here in Georgia.
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    Have you ever been in a earthquake?

    We arrived in Yalikavak (Bodrum), just after the big one and stayed for a month so experienced not far off one hundred after shocks. Was in a 6.? in Tbilisi in the late 1990s
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    Unusual stainless nuts!!! - what are they??

    more like this ? https://www.ettinger.de/en/product/62.07.019 or this? https://www.ettinger.de/de/product/62.03.001
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    Unusual stainless nuts!!! - what are they??

    Slotted countersunk barrel nuts. https://www.fastenright.com/general-fixings/slotted-countersunk-barrel-nuts/sb10 or any of these alternate barrel nuts. https://www.fastenright.com/products/general-fixings/sex-bolts-barrel-nuts
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    Hi All - Newbie intro and Guidance advice

    Have a look at this recent thread. http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?487495-Warning-Boat-scam&highlight=andover
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    Changing bow thruster shear pin

    Page 8 fig 2 you can just see the groove that the motor drive pin locates into. They do not show the motor shaft and pin, but mention it in the text, in point 3.So I guess that it must be there.
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    Changing bow thruster shear pin

    check out this link. https://side-power.com/media/frontend_media/pdf/current_manuals/SE60_IP_v1_4_2015_LR.pdf If this is the same as your thruster then you do have a motor/gearbox drive pin, see page 8.
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    It lives... My generator that is.

    Well, decided to resurrect this thread as this weekend I tried to resurrect the old Honda powered Elemax SH 2600dx ( was mistaken in my original post when I referred to it as a 2.5 kW) Now this is 17 years old and ran many many hours in its first few years. It has been left untouched for at...
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    Blue Card in Turkey

    Could have been many other things, ( hence my "apparently" comment) I am just saying that I saw the coast guard carrying out checks, this is the first time that I have seen this happen in 8 seasons in this region. Based on information from ASW11 above and the fact that our local marina had...
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    Blue Card in Turkey

    Arrived a couple of days ago and here is the update as promised. I went to get a new Blue card today, no problems at all had it registered etc. The marina staff commented that this year there is a bigger crack down, i.e. more inspections by the coast guard. They did not give any stories of...
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