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Check that when the twist grip is returned to the idle position the throttle butterfly closes to the idle position. If the cable is...

Water pump shaft seal has gone. Just needs replacing.

Beaten to it by neilf39. You'll probably find the water is dripping from a weep hole in the pump body. While it is only a drip it's...

For around six months I ran a "signature" saying my boat urgently needed a new owner. This, somewhat indirectly, resulted in said new...

Is the New Inn open? I thought it had closed permanently.

How sad to read the complaints about Apollo Gas. They took over Gas Check Marine a few years ago. I never saw any complaints about them...

I sounds as though you will need to replace this washer. Maybe a Dowty bonded seal would be an alternative to a copper washer but it...

IF they are the Jabsco ones you'll find them here Toilet Accessories / Marine Toilets / Marine / Xylem JabscoShop - Jabsco & Rule Pumps...

If you are saying that the needle valve holder screws down onto a copper washer. Anneal the washer if reusing. Heat to cherry red and...

Id not expect copper sulfate as it is moderately soluble in water... but it is bright blue. Copper chloride perhaps more likely than...

It seems that although you have serviced the seacocks you have neglected the antisyphon valve(s) If they are the Jabsco type...

OTOH positioning will be easier, if that's an issue, than with a contact adhesive.

If you use the wood glue you will have to weight the laminate down evenly until the glue has dried . .

Then your options are limited to closing with a part turn clockwise or a part turn anticlockwise depending which way up you fit the...

Before they fall down and detonate the whole thing!