Recent content by Steve_N

When you serviced the seacock did you extract the cone and inspect it for corrosion caused by the 'evilness' whilst in the closed position? I ask because my current heads outlet seacock will now only fully seal/close when turned clockwise to close; the face of the cone that should create the...

The Vetus P4's Indenor ('Industrie du Nord Est', latterly Peugeot) 4.90 base was also the base engine for Volvo Penta's MD21A and MD21B plus engines from Lehman, so depending upon what spares you have they may the useful to owners of other makes.

Thanks - yes, I was aware of the specialist companies offering fixed IP address data SIMs but quickly gave up researching them because, as you say, they are not cheap (and fixed IP wasn't the requirement, just public IP because DDNS covers the fixed/static issue). Plus they are prohibitively...

As you correctly state in your earlier post DDNS won't help if the mobile device is behind CGNAT and your IP is neither public nor unique. AFAIK all 4 UK networks use CGNAT; we tried recently to get a public IP on a data SIM for our harbour webcam and only Three's 'Home Broadband' product which...

I can't really see your picture, it's too small, but with the alternator disconnected or not turning all you need is battery negative to the terminal top left (NW) on the solenoid or preferably somewhere on the engine block or bellhousing, battery positive to the terminal bottom right (SE) on...

Install the 'apk-signer' app from the Play Store, choose the 'sign a file' option and point it to the Marine Navigator APK file. It will change the APK's signature so that Google will no longer recognise the app. Then install the modified APK as normal.

The developer himself removed Marine Navigator from the Play Store about a couple of years ago and since then it has only been available through VHM, from the developer himself or by using an APK extractor to retrieve it from an existing Android device. Perhaps this is some kind of tit-for-tat...

I use kitchen foil to form a chute that catches all the oil and directs it into a container; it's infinitely adjustable to fit right up underneath the filter and catch every last drop and direct it wherever. The photo is of using this method to catch heat transfer fluid from a drain point - in...

Yep, Ford Granada 2.1D and the Indian/Brazilian Mahidra Jeep, I always (when I had the engine) meant to buy a 504 water pump and see if the impeller was the same - it certainly looks like it is. The impeller was (long obsolete) VP part no. 826871 but both Muldormotor and IndenorRetro seem to be...

One digit out I'm afraid, the MD22 is the Montego derivative. The MD21 is built upon an Indenor/Peugeot XDP4-90 2112cc base, used in the road on the Peugeot 504. The same base engine was used to produce the Vetus P4-21 and the Lehman 4D61, plus many engines in the Low Countries simply referred...

As part of the refurb be sure to re-face the pump housing where the impeller seal makes contact. The ceramic impeller seal itself doesn't seem to wear at all but the face of the alu casting against which it turns does. It's only the pressure of the impeller's spring holding the seal against the...

I love that semi-trailer used to transport the boat in episode E001: able to pick up and put down a 45' keelboat on its own with no need for travel hoist or crane. Superb bit of kit.

The rubber 'seal 'in top of a 907 is nothing more than a loosely-fitted dust guard - all works fine without it. The gas seal is the steel ball bearing below it in a steel seat. Once the regulator or adapter is screwed in and the ball bearing is depressed then the gas seal becomes the...

As part of the ethanol removal process, using measured quantities of fuel and water, you get to see how much ethanol there was in the fuel.

Using E10 fuel seems to have been the cause of problems with both mine and my berth neighbour's Mariner/Mercury 6HPs; some kind of white residue building in the float chamber and forming small particles which prevent the needle valve fully closing. Running the engine dry still leaves about 10mm...