Recent content by zingaro

Thanks we will see if they are easy to remove, if not will try the hair dryer trick.

Hi, my friend has owned a boat from new, bought in 2005 and his digital hour meters are not working on the rpm clocks, it's a sports cruiser fitted with Volvo Kad 43 engines, he is going to advertise it to sell as he never uses it. I would be surprised if it has done more than 120 hours at a...

Thanks for the reply, but we can hear the trim motor working, so I think it is either the shaft or the valve stuck, just wish we had a good volvo mechanic in the Fleetwood area

Thank you so much for the help.

Thanks for the response, I will check it on Sunday, is the way to unjam the Valve if stuck and if the shaft has sheared is it a full replacement.

Been helping my friend with his boat, it has Twin kad 43s and DPE outdrives. The portside outdrive went up to the beach position,but we haven't been able to get it down by pressing the down button on the dash board, we can here the trim motor whirling round, but it refuses to come down. We found...

Used them when I bought my very first flybridge, they were tasked with delivering the boat from Surrey to Scotland, the boat was damaged by them on the trip, they wouldn't except liability, said it was the inferior design of the boat that caused the problem, took them to court and won, once...

Thanks for the recommendation. Any idea on what sort of costs we should be looking at.

Hi has anyone got a rough idea of costs to have a Galeon 990 sports cruiser delivered to the Murcia region from Fleetwood, it's about 10 metres overhaul length. Also what is the most economical way of getting it there, is a low loader lorry likely to be cheaper for the overhaul journey as...

Thanks for that Volvo Paul and Oldgit, I will certainly give that a try, last time I had them changed the marine engineer who did the work, took off the top part of the gearbox, splitting it from the lower gearbox as he said it was quicker and easier than trying to get the pins out, I presume...

Hi, I am trying to change the driveshaft bellows on my Volvo 290 outdrives, I have managed to change one with no problems but I am struggling to change the other one, I have removed the two bolts from the helmet which has the trim on it, I have put two bolts from the drive covers into it and...

I was in Largs marina on Sunday,we were hoping to use the boat, winds in the marina on Monday were gusting at 64 Knots, Yachts were healing over in the marina as the wind was a southerly which was on there beams, a lot of sails unfurled themselves which kept the staff busy, even though we were...

Went down to the boat today to start the engines and give it a run around the marina,it is fitted with twin Volvo Kad 43s with Outdrives 2004 model. Port engine started ok but could not get starboard engine started for quite a while,not even trying to turn over, I kept wiggling the Morse chrome...

Thanks for the info,hopefully we will be arriving on Wednesday subject to the weather.Seen many of basking sharks on the West coast of Scotland,would not like to hit one of them at speed. Are there any Wild Dolphins in the vicinity,we see lots of porpoises in Scotland and the odd common dolphin...

Thanks for all the helpful info,I will check my radar to ensure it is working just in case MF causes a fog bank in the area. I will also make sure we have a good selection of alcohol on board,just in case we see you.