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I wouldn't have thought that your Eberspacher would be subjected to salt water. 😕 Copaslip is primarily designed to aid the disassembly...

I would use "Copaslip" or similar.

"They" will fine you a large amount, charge you the duty which "They" say that you have evaded, and if "They" are having a bad hair day...

OK to both RAH and Plum, I stand corrected and reassured. Quite how the illustrated metal shield would actually help in a fire remains...

The advantage of the clear plastic bowl is that any contamination in the fuel, settled in the base of the filter, can be easily seen...

Am I not correct in thinking that the BSS don't allow glass filter bowls?

I use washing up liquid on the impeller when I refit it. Interesting that the rubber detached from the metal bush. I remember years ago...

I just look at one or two, mainly to see if they agree. If so, they're probably close to reality. I don't see any point in paying money...

Ideally, packing should be adjusted so that when the shaft is rotating, an occasional drip comes in. This ensures that the packing is...

Silly? Sensible use of a windlass involves taking in some chain, changing the curve of the catenary, which in turn brings the boat...

What load on the chain? You're trying to go too fast. You can pull the boat gently forward by just taking some belly out of the catenary...

Does that mean that you can never sail away from your anchor? And you call that seamanship? I don't know where this idea of not using a...

Wing keels are excellent for catching creel lines.

My wife, who attends to such matters, merely winds in some chain, and the catenary then pulls the boat forward. OK, if it's blowing a...

I just let it run until the carb is empty and it stops. But then, I've always done that with outboards.