Stus-List Merry Christmas

2012-12-25 Thread Knowles Richard
Merry Christmas to all. I hope you found something boaty under the tree. The part of Halifax I can see from my 8th floor window has a whole .03" of white frost down and the sun is out. I'm going to see if my newly installed cover is OK. Did the last bit in the dark. Have a great day, all. Rich

Re: Stus-List Yanmar exhaust mix elbow COSTS

2012-11-19 Thread Knowles Richard
A couple of comments: Having replaced a number of elbows on both my boats and others, I have concluded that there is no one reason they self destruct or clog up. Salinity of the water, temperature of both exhaust and water, grade of cast iron, condition of the injectors and consequent soot cont

Re: Stus-List deck hatch leak

2012-11-10 Thread Knowles Richard
Rick asks an excellent question: Why pull the hatch just to replace the lens? It's a very easy job and can be done in place on the boat, or simply pull the hinge pin(s), without removing the frame. Rich Knowles INDIGO LF38 Halifax, NS. On 2012-11-10, at 12:11 PM, Rick Brass wrote: Imzadi

Re: Stus-List water tanks.

2012-11-09 Thread Knowles Richard
Oh. I forgot: I have a full house size activated charcoal filter between the tanks and the pump. The rum kills the rest of the taste. Rich Knowles INDIGO LF38 Halifax, NS. On 2012-11-09, at 5:23 PM, dwight veinot wrote: No one has died…death or illness is not the main point for me…the jave

Stus-List Water pump impellers

2012-11-04 Thread Knowles Richard
Harking back to a discussion a few weeks back about raw water pump impellers, I ran into another one yesterday on an overheating 4kW genset that looked perfect but had the brass drive hub separate from the rubber vanes. So, if you are trying to decide whether or not to replace an impeller, I sug