Wow! Thank you...okay then. Not the bag of BB's a thought it'd be if I took off the lid.One more
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Wow! Thank you...okay then. Not the bag of BB's a thought it'd be if I took off the lid.One more
Do you have to remove the top cap to replace the rope? Something on my to do list before spring kicks off, my rope is old and frayed.Fairly straightforward design. As others have said, Tom at Good Windlass knows what he’s talking about and he is easy to deal with. FYI, you did see that there is oil inside the housing? Put down towels or something when opening it. Ask me how I know
I don’t know the grade, or amount it takes, but if you do open it, may as well change it. Definitely get whatever parts Tom recommends. Cheap peace of mind for when you REALLY need it to operate properly.
Do you have to remove the top cap to replace the rope? Something on my to do list before spring kicks off, my rope is old and frayed.
Better answer than mineNo - you should be able to feed it in, with the windlass running in the up direction to pull the rope through. Make sure the end of your line is clean cut and perhaps glue/melt the end so it doesnt unravel.
Good has instructions for how you should load your anchor line. Basically it involves remove anchor, drive in reverse slowly and let out your anchor line into the water (clip a fender to the end). All your line should be infront of the boat at this point, floating. Feed the line into the windlass, and tie it off inside the boat. Using the windlass, retrieve the rest of the line. Attach anchor. This process helps remove any twists in the line as it is retrieved. Need two ppl minimum for this - one being dedicated driver/watchman.
Or, you can do it like me, and try to "up" a wet, frayed, dirty line all the way through the windlass, and listen to it get wound up in the cogs and get stuck. Hence my appreciation at seeing a pic posted with the top off the mechanism.Better answer than mine
Mark - You are correct, sir, Thanks for the response and the info. I do have one of those and I'll look for the canister that it requires.You probably have a Fram fuel filter behind the cross over valves. Its a canister with a internal filter that can be replaced. I use a WIX33110 from Rock Auto, around $8.55 each. While the canister has a bolt at the bottom (looks like a drain) -- you actually loosen a bolt at the TOP to undo the canister. Not a lot of room at the top, but enough to loosen that bolt. I don't remember if its right-tight, left-loosen, or backwards. Something tells me its backwards. Make sure you get the old o-rings out - they stick.
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Sorry to hear about your wife, keep us posted.
Mark - You are correct, sir, Thanks for the response and the info. I do have one of those and I'll look for the canister that it requires.
My question is about the two fuel filters behind the fuel crossover valves. There's a picture of one of them below (obviously oriented incorrectly in the pic). What brand and model filter do you use to replace these two?
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Mark - You are correct, sir, Thanks for the response and the info. I do have one of those and I'll look for the canister that it requires.
My question is about the two fuel filters behind the fuel crossover valves. There's a picture of one of them below (obviously oriented incorrectly in the pic). What brand and model filter do you use to replace these two?
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Update.....everything out and at the upholstery shop........Also gutted the cockpit for new vinyl.....looks. Like a bomb went off. Should all be done by first week of April...then I can reinstall.
Also gutted the cockpit for new vinyl.....looks. Like a bomb went off. Should all be done by first week of April...then I can reinstall.
We found some rot is the port and starboard side panels and decided it would be best to replace them. What product did you use to replace the vinyl?Also gutted the cockpit for new vinyl.....looks. Like a bomb went off. Should all be done by first week of April...then I can reinstall.
We found some rot is the port and starboard side panels and decided it would be best to replace them. What product did you use to replace the vinyl?