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Thanks Toni, We had it on compression stroke. It seems that the .08 and .18 was throwing us. That and along with the way they tell you to do it in the manual. Spoke to a service engineer Trans Atlantic Diesel who was extremely helpful. And basically said forget the manual and set inlet and...

I have posted a couple of questions Under "Power Systems" on doing valve clearances on the Perkins 6-354. If you have some knowledge on these please read and let me know. Thanks Stan

OK this is sooo confusing. When we follow the book: Get No 1 on the rock and set No. 6 clearances. Well that is OK for the #6 inlet but #6 exhaust is halfway down (or up) so you would have to back it off so far that you are going to drop the rod when it is fully open...

Thanks for the info. I will definitely look into one for the phone or laptop but went with the Harbor Freight for $80 as I didn't have time to wait for one. Will take a pic of it when we use. We shall see - or not! Hope to catch up somewhere Tink.

Changed out the coolant in preparation for our exit from Indigo and our planned 2 week return to Lauderdale. All good and then when starting the port engine she sounded like she was running on 2 cylinders! Pulled the cover and found that number 4 inlet and number 6 exhaust valve had stuck open...

Welcome Restless! Thank you for the positive comments. Have been off the forum for quite a while as we have had lots going on. We have resigned our position here on Indigo in the Exumas and will finish in about 5 weeks. So have been busy with every spare moment trying too get more finished on...

Hi, For the most part the Bahamas is fine. I heard Bimini got damaged. Freeport is still recovering from 3 years ago and the far South got smashed again! Hope that helps a little.

Hurricane Irma: Medical examiner confirms "storm related" death in Everglades City https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/09/17/he-crying-and-moaning-agony-public-health-crisis-looms-after-irma/675822001/ Here are 2 of the write ups Andre sent.

Hi OD, Have sent an email to my friend that was telling me about these incidents. Will get back to you after I hear back from him. He just left here yesterday so it may be a day or two.

Well Maria missed which was a good thing as I was on a week holiday and would have had to cut it short if it had gotten any closer. We have finally broken the drought here with great rain 2 nights ago. Brought the Monkey back home yesterday and she is happy. I can tell! Please Note...

I did the tour of the Boing plant last year. It is insane. Approx 30,000 people work there and they can put one of the new ones together in a bit over a couple of days, start to finish. They don't manufacture anything there - just put the pieces together.

Just picked up a second hand SLK60P6L 245 W solar panel. At 21cents a watt I couldn't turn it down. An Island here in the Exunas has a lot of them for sale as they have upgraded all to a new type. This one tested to full output and for $60 I am a happy camper. If anyone is interested in any pm...

Hi Parks, Just getting caught up on the site and read the above. Sooo sorry mate. I had been very much looking forward to catching up with you and stepping aboard Possum down the line. Hope everyone and everything else came through OK.

Stars N Stripes Blue!

Was able to get down to the Exuma Park and check on the Monkey yesterday and am very happy to report she is safe and happy swinging on her old mooring. Not so lucky for the owner of the sailboat down there though. We only ended up with around 60+ knots for approx. over a 20 hour period. It is...

Glad it is back to normal! Baker is so right and a lot of people forget that. Although I would say that moving 50lb from aft to forward on a trawler is like adding 150lbs + forward!!!!

Looking great. I think we are nearly brothers Swampu! We both have been working on these projects for quite some time now and had our 1st real trips at the same time. However I did not catch any fish!!!! The Cajun Rose is obviously turning heads over your way!! Hope all will be safe with this...

Yes I like the lines. There are not a lot of the Mark 1's that come up and the ones that do seem to need a lot of work. The Mark 2 seems to come around a lot more often. Probably a lot more of them. This one below looks to be in great condition. Has a lot if timber below decks, but, from the...

Thanks for the nice words Off Work. A few more pics of the Black Point Regatta and an Ariel shot with BM at mooring How to watch a regatta in the Bahamas!

PPS I absolutely hate led acid batteries!

Thanks John, Not 8 Ds. I did have a couple at the beginning but I could not stand the weight and the physical size for placement. The only place I could put them was in the bilge - and they were, and that's a sad ending story!:facepalm: So I am currently using 4 x Odyssey AGM 31M PC-2150 for the...

Hi Tink, Just getting back to the forum and catching up. Looks like things have been going well. Thanks for the photos and updates. 1600rpm is where I run the old girl and she seems happy. 8 knots is what we seem to get on those revs. You have the 4 blade, the same as our props so you should get...

We survived! Great fun to be back on the water for "relaxinin". Our 1st trip was a success. The Monkey did us proud with no breakdowns. I, of course, have a list of things to replace, repair or upgrade. Most importantly I now know by adding another 2 batteries we will be able to run the A/C and...

A word of caution using Ozoners. If contemplating using read up on proper use. When I was contemplating using for the Bad Monkey the Island engineer said if ran too long they can have a detrimental effect on different types of hosing. I didn't use and found our smell was from build up under the...