sailorbenji

Try this one, which is the service manual prior to the one above (though I didn't think the 48 had changed between the versions but I...

Are you sure you're looking at the right page? Page 20 of the PDF as stated on the printed page number?

https://www.lewmar.com/sites/default/files/sites/default/files/How%20to%20service%20your%20winch.pdf

Hi, yes there are multiple "pins" in the bottom of the windlass flange and corresponding holes in the motor/gearbox flange (or...

The bit you need to release is the silver stainless steel part with "Fast Fit" written on it. Somewhere around the back is a knurled nut...

It's stainless 316 from memory of dissecting one of these in the past. I much prefer the ones where the whole gypsy cap acts as the...

Basically caused by not flushing adequately combined with the high "hardness" of sea water. Bacteria in the seawater or the "waste" act...

My understanding also is that it is some sort of reaction between urea and seawater, so yes basically it comes from urine not being...

Be careful what you read on here, some is complete drivel.

This is what we use, maybe there's a better option out there, all ears...

The boat is now in Silvers, and the battery voltage (outside of the boat now) dropped below 12V, so it's pretty clear the battery...

The battery is 4 years old, but I suspect it's been abused. I believe it failed, as I wrote in an earlier post, because possibly the...

Sounds like a very reasonable explanation of what happened to me, yes. The last measurement I took off it was 12.3V I think, but it was...

Possibly right, but then so do we, so the OPs argument there is all boat systems are over-complicated...hard to argue with that! Thanks...

Indeed, it seems way too high, if you read post above, once we'd run a while, the alternator seemed to be outputting between 2-3A which...