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Me thinks you need a bit more of the Christmas rum, and a need to water down attacks on professionals. I imagine you are a professional at something... I do not drink, so I am clearly aware of what I am saying, and feel no need for attacking what ever profession you have chosen. I also happen to...

Pardon me, I did misread your message and I agree all boats are different, What got me to jump, was you said you tried all suggestions....did you try the way I suggested ? That is a 10 amp tile saw with 3 stacked and spaced blades ? If indeed you did and your way worked better then the statement...

Are you sure you tried the 3 blades in a tile saw ? Hi: I cannot say your method did not work, but I can assure you, as a professional carpenter of many years, and an expert stone counter top fitter, facing 200 meters or more of redoing the grooves on my boat deck, there was no faster, more...

I have also seen that corrosion run surprising distances. Heaps of good advice on this thread.

Lots of really good ideas above, on the off chance you have to run a new cable through a contorted space.... Find the most flexible, multi stranded ABYC rated cable you can. Really good welding wire is supple and VERY flexible. Pull the old out, with a suitably strong string attached. You do...

If the tiny tach suits your needs, get it. I have one on a diesel generator. The diesels parts are harder to come by, as they sense the pulses of the fuel in an injector line. Tiny Tach Diesel Hour Tachometer Adjustable Job Timer 1 4" Transducer MDS 1 4 1Q | eBay

I vote circular saw. I just cut 200 meters of grooves in the deck of our work boat. Free hand, it went very well, though I have 20 years experience as a carpenter. 5 inch tile saw with 3 blades. You may need to remove the bulk of the caulk as the stuff that was in our deck melted and gummed...

Hello Spy. I took your advice and got 1/2 hour on the phone with the V.P. of the marine division. Guys name was Frank. Great suggestion thanks...I think rainy season is going to hold off the work..We will see...decks have leaked from day 1. The boat was designed and built as a work boat, we want...

Hi QB. My friend you are a romantic. Let me assure you, in this country, in particular on this remote island where there is no tradition of boat building,things are not done with any pride of self nor product in this modern version of old world craftsmanship. Make a buck and run. We are dealing...

Hey Spy They have a branch office in dist 1 Saigon and a distributor right in Vung Tau where our supply boat comes from ! If I get good feedback here and an answer to questions from Sika, who are putting me through voice mail hell.. i hope to order the stuff tomorrow. Thanks.. are you building...

Hello Cal. I will certainly investigate the other product, I am happy to hear you have had good experience with Sika, as I have in building construction, they are a bit of a gold standard to us in that field. To add to everything else...it is very stormy here now, so we have shut down for two...

Thanks very much...I have so far found Sika available here I will look into the product you suggest....importing is fraught with serious problems...Including possibly having to fly back to the mainland to get stuff out of customs, shipping is gonna be about $120 for a gallon of the stuff. Not...

Fine folks at Trawler forum... I am back here looking for advice, as our five year old dive boat ages, of course the problems start. The boat was built here in Vietnam of some unknown tropical hardwood. One wood for the hull and another for the deck and upper works. The decks are about 7/8...

Not that it ansewers any of the questions posed, but there are a heap of videos of Weichai engines on you tube..disassemble and reassembly...Actually do not look too bad. If you are staying in the China area, and can get on the water reports why not ? If you will be leaving the area, forget it...

No need to buy one special if that half moon is all you need, heat one up and bend it, do it quick and not ruin the heat treatment, or oil bath the end you need to keep hard to keep it cool, or cut it out of plate, I have done it with a hacksaw and grinder. No cool wrenches like that here. Good...

Hey Ron.... You gotta do what you gotta do, but these guys have a choice about working filthy...Now this system works. It really does, but FFS buy more then 2 tools, the big and small hammer. My boat does not run for 2 months and I am out of business bankrupt. It is beyond comprehsion here that...

Hi Guys: You have all heard in my posts that I am out in the middle of no where..hard core NO where. Bobconnie in particular claims he has been and worked in these conditions for years, now I do not doubt the man in the least, but today was a classic and I just happened to have my camera when I...

Unknown Yanmar Somebody mentioned that Yanmar has made many industrial marine engines that were never exported to the USA. I have one, it is a 6dhhtc, 6 cylinder about 5.3 liter after cooled turbo, it has OVER 30,000 hours on it and now needs rod bearings, pistons, sleeves....(Mains are...

Gotcha, glad you were not taking the p*ss, infact this post has brought me a great reply from morrisey over on cruisers forum.

Hello psneed. Did you get your all encompassing knowledge all on your own ? Or were you able to ask questions as you went along, have books for reference, a marina with a mechanic? I invite you to your nearest third world country, and ask you to try to learn from the locals...There are...