Recent content by Davewillo

Thanks Lazy Daze. I'm planning to be on the water over the weekend so I'll have a bit of a play around.

Thanks Lazy Daze. A bigger boat is always the right answer isn't it? I have done all those things you have suggested with mixed results. The angle of attack is definitely helpful when possible. I was really just unsure about trying to use engine tilt to achieve the outcome, as I have never...

This is a more operational question. I use my boat in the ocean and am therefore subjected to swell and ocean chop. Sometimes when I'm running with the swells at the aft quarter, the boat drops of the plane and seems to wallos in the trough which requires me to throttle up to get out again. It...

Thanks and I've checked the aerators and they are fine.

Hi all I was lucky to spend a lovely Easter break on the boat with my wife at Rottnest Island, which is our local favourite spot off Perth, Western Australia. If you've ever seen photos of a quokka (small marsupial) that is where they are from. So it turns out I had already checked the strainer...

Hi Lazy Daze Yes you did mention that before and I didn't ignore the advice! I'll be honest and say that I cannot locate the filter despite referring to the manual and physically looking for one. Can you please advise the location of the filter? Intuitively I don't think it will be a filter...

Thanks for the replies. I tested the pump by attaching a hose to the inlet side and put that in a bucket of water and there is clearly very little suction so I'm swapping out the pump. Hopefully I'll have water for the Easter holidays!

Hi guys very general question but our freshwater pump (showers, toilet etc) stopped working last weekend. It was working fine but then started to keep running with nothing turned on and now we get a lot of coughing and spluttering but very little water! The tank is full but it feels like air is...

Thanks Jim. I will start with the gauge then work back to the sender and go from there. If I need to remove the fuel tank then it'll have to wait until the boat comes out for annual maintenance around October.

Thanks Dennis. How do I short the gauge to ground? Not familiar with boat wiring matters.

Thanks Jim. It's the needle style. I'll see if I can find someone to change the sender. How hard is it to access the sender?

Thank you Stroh but I'm not on Facebook. My fuel gauge doesn't work and I cannot find anyone to fix it. It can say empty when it has a full tank and just goes all over the place with no rhyme or reason. Is this likely to be a faulty sender unit or can it be recalibrated? I get passed from one...

Thanks Lazy Daze. Good advice there which I will follow.

Hi Claude Hope all is well in Melbourne! I'm in Perth and look forward to getting back to Melbourne in the new year! I've just had the boat out for service, antifoul etc. and worked out where it all goes while it was out. I'll have 2 holes that will hit supports but I'll just screw them instead...

I've now found out that it's not necessary to avoid the supports beams. If I drill into one then I just need to use stainless steel screws instead of bolts. Sounds a lot easier!