I have a 77 42' LRC with DD 4-53Ns and the owner's manual says for Gear Oil: Kendall Automatic Transmission Type A, which I understand is no longer available.What is the recommended gear oil these days?
Salty Lady is a 1987 63' Hatteras Motor Yacht that is soon to come on the market. We have scheduled a haul out for a bottom job and some other minor touch-ups in December, after which we will "officially" list her for sale.
However, we're also testing the waters to see if there is any interest...
I have a Flotec 110v fresh water pump that was working fine, but recently started short cycling after repairing a leaking line (at the time, the leak was not affecting the pump's operation, since it was before the check valve going into the pump).
I attached a diagram of the set up.
Now...
I saw that this question was asked in 2010 with no answers, and now I'm also looking for an answer.
The question is if anyone has experience or done research on a vertical wind turbine on a Hat. I don't like the typical horizontal wind turbines you see on many sail boats, but it looks to me...
Saw another Hatteras with these cushions on the teak rail around the bow and now my wife wants something like this.Any idea where to get these or are they custom made?
On my 1987 12v71 raw water pump I took the cover off to check the impeller and cleaned everything up good.
Previously there was no gasket (a previous owner had sealed the cover using silicone). I bought new gaskets from dieselpro.com and reassembled everything and was getting a slow drip next...
I need to replace the lines from the sea water strainers to the engines.
The old hoses and fittings are 2 7/8" ID.
I have plenty of 3" ID water/exhaust hose already on hand.
Do you think it will be an issue to use 1/8" larger hose in this particular case?
My boat (1987 63' MY) has two banks of 4 x Sportsman 8v195/T975 batteries. Everything has been working fine, but while checking batteries today I noticed that one of the 8 batteries is only putting out 4 volts (the 7 others are all 8.2/8.3 volts).
My understanding is that if I want to replace...
What material should I use to make a replacement for canvas cover for the flybridge instrument panel? Sunbrella? Is there something else/better that is waterproof?
[SOLVED] Onan Generator stalls after oil/filter change
Edit: problem solved: long story short it was the secondary fuel filter.
One of my 1987 Onan 20kw generators was working perfectly fine until after my recent oil/filter change (changed oil filter and racor filter). The other generator is...
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