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Yawn...................................... Of course it is. But, with a brand new or rebuilt engine that needs oil circulating around...

Surely at first start you would crank the engine with the injector pipes loose so as to circulate the oil and build up pressure? I...

The video in Post #8 shows how to do it. The size of the cable only dictates the minimum diameter of the coils can be. So, if you wish...

It will work with any cable. I first did it with 3 core mains cable that fed a 240v lead lamp for illuminating cars in our pit at the...

I am not sure with what you mean by acceptable. The SOG in any Channel crossing I have done does include 3.5 knots. I always look at...

I did the same think for the curly cable for my radio hand set

For those who might be in similar situation. The problem. The 25 year old turbine housing on the Yanmar turbo exhaust system had rotted...

Well, you get the idea, and dividing the equator into 360 degrees and sub dividing made sense to me at the time - I was at School!

You can wind your own. I use a bit of 6mm studding and just wind the cable around, ensuring the end is loose so no twist occurs. Once...

Seen lots of stuff on here, some of it a bit uneccessary if the way it was explained to me years ago is true. I have no reason to...

Neither, stop randomly joining wires together, see post #25

Another vote for machining the housing to take a standard cutless bearing. I have done this n 2 boats, the first was a Stuart Turner...

Alternator is wired direct to the +on the battery, and the Earth is never switched off.

The one the OP has does have an internal regulator, although Balmar recommend using an external one.

I am more than happy to attend your boat, all expenses paid at my normal charge out rate, to demonstrate how to use a multi-meter.