Recent content by richardabeattie

Sounds as though I am right to use a jammed open thermostat to circulate the antifreeze.

My method has been to put in an old thermostat which I have jammed open and then put the proper one back in the Spring. But this thread is telling me simply to remove the thermostat - is that better?

I managed to cancel the order. Now I need to take the list of 760 alternatives to my garage! But thanks!

In line filters said £4.30 but did not reveal the total cost including postage and VAT - £13 - until it was too late to say no. What I need to know is the model number that I can ask for at a motor spares place.

I antifoul every 25 years. In between I just dry out my bilge keeler once each summer and spend about half an hour on it with the back of a broom. Then when I haul out I pressure wash the hull.

Just paid over £10 for a yanmar filter. Any suggestions for a non yanmar version?

Vic's picture says it all. Yes it has two contacts. So there we have it - not polarity sensitive. Many thanks.

None of these are anything like mine. It is a silver coloured cylinder 50mm tall plus the small diameter bayonet. It has 12 vertical rows of 5 LEDs.

There is no flat. As I said it is cylindrical. The only clue is that the bayonet pins are at different heights.

I want to test an all round white LED - bayonet type, cylindrical, Does polarity matter?

Thanks! £15 and free postage does seem a little cheaper than the £44 + VAT quoted by my local Yanmar specialist!

The foam insert to the air filter on my Yanmar 2GM20 has disappeared - presumably it gradually deteriorated and was sucked into the engine - so I went to buy a new one. £44 plus VAT for a thin sheet of foam shaped into a truncated cone. Surely there must be a cheaper solution?

Raymarine won't repair this - they say they won't even repair the later ST1000 model. And in any case their system for booking in kit for repairs is ludicrously complicated and they won't accept people turning up at their premises. So is there anybody out there who does repair these old...

Docking arms are a real help.

AH800 puzzle nearly solved. There are three wires at the plug, definitely original equipment, but the earth wire is cut off where it emerges inside the unit near the printed circuit. Why did they not use a two wire cable? Now all I have to do is to extend the cable which is just 3 inches...