shetland
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Hi JTB,
What plans have you got for the drives?
What plans have you got for the drives?
Back to the UK for a winter refit
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Tradewinds
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I use Virosol (industrial not marine) - fantastic stuff either on the boat or at home.
Available here on eBay from Mustang Cleaning Supplies
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Virosol-10L-Twin-5L-Pack-/221345740102?ssPageName=ADME:L:OC:GB:3160
£19 for 10L delivered seems good value to me.
jimmy_the_builder
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Nothing other than the usual clean, pressure test, service. I'm not sure there's much else you can do with drives, is there?
jimmy_the_builder
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I made a start today with some Jizer that I already had, it's not as cheap as the product you've mentioned here, but it is powerful stuff.
Greg2
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Probably the same stuff.....great stuff which we use for virtually every cleaning job on the boat
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petem
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Point of order, I think it's a telescopic forklift not a cherry picker. You townies, eh....
petem
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Excellent decision to keep the boat and upgrade. Looking forward to seeing the work as it progresses.
Nick_H
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If you want to be really pedantic about it, it's a telescopic handler.
petem
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Lol!
jimmy_the_builder
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Bandit
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I assume you have a boat about 2006?
You probably have steering rams to examine and coolers to dismantle clean and inspect?
While the engine is out, the sumps are galvanised I believe, might be worth replacing if in poor condition?
You will probably find your exhaust risers are a bit scabby, the water injection elbows if original will be getting quite scabby as will the exhaust horns, while the engines are out it be worthwhile replacing these.
You probably have steering rams to examine and coolers to dismantle clean and inspect?
While the engine is out, the sumps are galvanised I believe, might be worth replacing if in poor condition?
You will probably find your exhaust risers are a bit scabby, the water injection elbows if original will be getting quite scabby as will the exhaust horns, while the engines are out it be worthwhile replacing these.
jimmy_the_builder
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2005. I'm already on my third set of steering rams. Sumps are in good condition. Risers are good. Horns look good to me but in truth I don't know how to tell if they are ok or not. By water injection elbow, do you mean the component at the bottom of the hose #8 in this diagram?
Plan is to have a walk-round review of the engines with RK Marine later this week, and work out a plan from there.
Nick_H
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Did you mean telehandler?
That's a widely used abbreviation, but I think you'll find I'm technically correct
jimmy_the_builder
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That's a widely used abbreviation, but I think you'll find I'm technically correct
From the manufacturers website:
http://www.merlo.co.uk/products/item/69-compacttitle=
Just sayin'
Nick_H
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No need to drill down into specific product info, they make it clear on the first line of their home page http://www.merlo.co.uk/
"Since 1964, Merlo has been leading the way in technological innovation across its range of telescopic handlers, ...."
jimmy_the_builder
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No need to drill down into specific product info, they make it clear on the first line of their home page http://www.merlo.co.uk/
"Since 1964, Merlo has been leading the way in technological innovation across its range of telescopic handlers, ...."
Ah, but I linked to the page of the specific telehandler shown in the pics of my first post. I'm sure they make telescopic handlers as well (whatever they are) but I just wanted to be 'technically correct' about the item under discussion.
(is it a Sunday in the winter, by any chance?)
Anyway, enjoyable though this banter undoubtedly is, I've got to go and photograph the inside of a couple of inspection chambers, lovely, see you later
Nick_H
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OK, I need to crack on as well. I'm having a new TV delivered, and the telehandlers are due any time now.
wakeup
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Looking good Jimmy, you decided to grow the goatee back again I see.
Bandit
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2005. I'm already on my third set of steering rams. Sumps are in good condition. Risers are good. Horns look good to me but in truth I don't know how to tell if they are ok or not. By water injection elbow, do you mean the component at the bottom of the hose #8 in this diagram?
Plan is to have a walk-round review of the engines with RK Marine later this week, and work out a plan from there.
The water injection elbow is the bend after the turbo where the exhaust points down and the cooling water from the engine is injected to cool the exhaust, this is normally a cast iron outer casing with a stainless steel water deflector shield inside, the cast iron corrodes scabs up and restricts the cooling water flow, in my photo you can see my old injection bend and the new I fitted, you can also see the old riser that failed in the background.
My point is while the engine is out its easy to do work to future proof your boat for modest cost. To take an engine out later is a pig.
The exhaust horn no 1 in your diagram do often fail after 10 years or so, if this is below the waterline it could sink the boat, its an engine out job to change it in the future so expensive, if it was mine I would renew it.
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jimmy_the_builder
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Thanks for the pic. I'm struggling to find that exact component on marinepartseurope - is your pic from a D6?
Blimey. Your idea of modest cost and mine are a bit different, I think - those horns are about £1k each. Spending £2k on something that hasn't failed yet does seem like a lot of money. Specifically how does the horn fail?
