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Been following without making comment to date. Just a final plea to check ALL the HEAVY, I.e THICK cable connections from battery to engine. JFDI 😁😁

I had side hatches, port and starboard in the galley purely for light and ventilation.(no top hatches). I had them made sufficiently wide to allow access for domestic size white goods. Good decision!

Why not change "her voice" to a "his voice". I did. My hearing loss is in the higher frequencies and I find a male voice easier to understand. Equally most smart speakers are a no go area as they don't have any meaningful form of bass/treble adjustment.

No, It was in a metal tin with an application brush in the lid. It came with pre treatment de-greaser, lint free cloths and several other 'sweeteners'. I really should have known better. GOing down to the shed later and I'll look to see if I can find it. Watch this space.

😀And I get concerned about a bit of dust. OP, Good luck with the hip op

Regarding oil quantity. How are you pumping it out? If it's some type of stirrup pump where does it pick the oil from? When I had one fitted to my 1.8 D it screwed into the drain plug tapping. I 'converted' to a Pela which using a thin probe which reached down to the bottom of the sump. (some fiddling and twiddling was necessary. Allowing for the oil filter I used get a good 4.25litres out.

Precisely, some see Reds Under The Beds everywhere!

When I stripped all the brass (off the boat) I used proper paint stripper. After a lot of searching I found it on E Bay. I think I became a business for a day😇. Far more difficult than the stripping was the polishing afterwards. You name it, I tried it. The most effective were buffing wheels and buffing compounds on a 6" bench grinder. Other methods tried included (in no order of effectiveness) polishing bobs in electric drills, Dremel with mini buffs, wire wool, fine wet and dry, car buffing compounds, Brasso, valve grinding paste, Finally - swearing😇. It took me over 80 man hours to get a reasonable result. Assuming that you intend to lacquer the end result the only advice I would give is to steer clear of a (very expensive) product that claims to be "many times harder" than diamond (can't remember it's name). Despite following the instructions faithfully it never hardened properly. Good luck.

That's been my view for many a year but it's a dangerous one to voice on a forum such as this😷. Presenting a balanced view, the real 'villain' is the cock-eyed Council Tax system. Mind you, the whole tax system needs a radical overhaul but you'd need a dictatorship for that to happen.

Is that not what will happen to most of the urban network within the foreseeable future? If not physically filled in then blocked up with residential houseboats.

Quite interesting to compare this incident with the Baltimore bridge collapse. 3-days in and they're already saying that they expect the port to be open within a month. Yes, I know it's a totally different problem but.................. Hammersmith Bridge anyone............

Following my earlier lighthearted comments I've just happened to come across Samsungs UK phone number if it's any use. It's 03300 726 7864.

It is there somewhere, I've found it myself when I had a warranty claim, just a matter of searching. Consider it training for all the hoops Samsung will have you jumping through prior to a repair being effected. A cyber tour of the world awaits you. ✨ As for a Samsung retail outlet I fear your chances of finding one very slim.

Out of curiosity who built the hull?

My skin tank had connections on the top so it's not that unusual. Poking about with a piece of stiff wire revealed which one had an internal pipe down to the bottom. years later I had a poke around with an illuminated endoscope (when it was full but it was so murky it was a waste of effort. As suggested elsewhere I used a Pela to empty it. This has the advantage of confirming it's capacity.

When I was a child my parents swore by Woolie's paint (Mum was always the gloss painter). I well remember being sent off to get an extra pint of one colour or another. None of this 1001 shades 😎

Another vote for Tooleys. If things are the same as 12 months ago Kieran worked for them and he did several jobs for me when my body gave me the same message yours is giving you.

On the other hand you end up with a shed load (literally) of left over fittings, fastenings and materials. At least, I did.

When my wife died I decided to buy a new 55' hull and fit it out myself from scratch. Everything, including a mutual and bolt engine rebuild. I was still working. It took me well over 5 years to get to a stage w1here it could reasonably be used for day trips and several more before it was completed (almost). Technically I was a competent amateur with a background of off-shore sailing. It's not a quick job and multiply any imagined costs by two, maybe 3.

Don't you mean E93a Ford Pop? My Dad's E93a had one fitted exactly as you describe.

With or without toenails.?

You can also get adhesive, magnetic tape. (rather like Velcro) One pole on the bottom edge of the blind, the other pole on the side of the cabin side

Cos all the leaks have been fixed !!

I did, for one of them. ☹️

I used work overlooking a Watneys pub. The Red Barrel was literally delivered by tanker. Says it all.