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Hi again maggie-y Okay all is sorted now. I have just had a phone call from James who has explained everything and I am hoping to take a ride down there next week or the week after to have a chat. Thanks for the feedback. Good this forum innit. Well mostly LOL. Pete

Um okay good post maggie-y LOL. Anyway thanks everyone for your feedback and help. Nottingham Boat Sales have now contacted me. They are having a new phone system installed and they have been very busy BUT they are okay and still there. Pete

Thats a plan. Thanks for that. I am still a bit reticent about using numbers that are not publicised but, as you say, they are business men and could miss out on a bit of business if I don't. Texting them does seem to be a less intrusive way of contact. Pete

Of course you can do that Dean. It may be a little inconvenient moving everyday but it most certainly is within the rules. As someone has already pointed out if we all start twitching because someone has REPORTEDLY been done for doing that then, those of us that do have permanent, paid for moorings would never go anywhere. I only pootle up and down the Selby canal. I go down to Haddersly and have Sunday lunch in the pub or we take a picnic and have that on the boat. That is all I want to do and my licence says that is exactly what I can do if I want providing a) I am off the limited time moorings at Haddersley before or at the stipulated time and I am back on my paid for moorings before it gets dark, because I dont have any lights, or if choose to moor up on the towpath (chance would be a fine thing on the Selby Canal) I only stay for 14 days and then move on either back to my paid for moorings or to the next, CART approved???? distance away and stay there for another 14 days. Pete

I knew that they were closed on Tuesday. I tried 2 emails on Sunday and a phone call. I tried a phone call on Monday and a phone call on wednesday. Thanks for the mobile numbers although I'm not sure that they would appreciate me ringing on their mobiles as they haven't put those numbers in the website. I might have a ride down sometime next week and see if I can have a chat. The only problem with that is that I am in Selby and whilst Nottingham isn't that far away it is a bit far to go to find that nobody is there for whatever reason. Pete Pete

HHMM yeah they have been recomended to me by someone they just wont answer the phone at least when I ring them they wont. Pete

Good luck with that. I hope you have more success getting hold of them than I have, so far. Pete

Probably because you are using an adblocker, although, it should tell you that. I don't know why they have changed it because their adverts were still visible previously even though I was using an adblocker then. Anyway I emailed them and told them they had lost me I wont be using their websites again. It wont make a jot of difference to them obviously but it made me feel better. I view adverts in the same way I view cold calling. I do not want it. If I want something I will go and find it without them ramming their stuff down my throat. Pete

Hi all Tis these people I have never dealt with them but someone told me they were a good brokerage. I have a plan for the future of my boating and I just wanted a chat with them. But, so far, that is not to be. http://www.notts-boats.co.uk/ Pete

Hi Okay thanks for that. Nope the phone is just ringing and I did stay on for a good few minutes. Rang them 3 times so far and emailed them twice and no response. Oh well I will keep trying. Thanks anyway. Pete

Afternoon all. Has anyone any info on Nottingham Boat Sales. I have been trying to get hold of them for 3 days. I have rung 3 times and nobody picks up the phone. I have emailed them twice and no reply. I am aware that they are not open on Tuesdays. Any info would be appreciated. Pete

I think that if I found something suspicious I would call the police on their non emergency number unless I thought that it might be a bomb. I have to say in my opinion the police are doing themselves absolutely no favours here, I would be very worried if I called the police for anything these days. You immediately become a suspect and, in some cases, can spend lots and lots of harrowing hours, to all intents and purposes, in police custody being questioned. I am not saying that from any personal experience I hasten to add but this is my gut feeling. So, from my point of view, I would have to be very very sure that what I was reporting was beyond my suspicion and that I was very very prepared for the, possible, grilling that I might get. I know that there are some on here that will say "so what if your innocent you have nothing to worry about" I am, really, not so sure that that is the case in this day and age with the police. Pete

5 different ways here http://www.wikihow.com/Remove-Window-Tint%C2'> none of which sound particularly easy nor safe IMO. Whatever I have read on the web, though, uses one or more of these methods. There are also a couple of YouTube vids but again they are virtually repeating the Wikihow article. Pete

Be careful of the cheapies on EBay. I used them to take car filler off the roof of my boat. I have no idea why my boat had car filler totally covering the roof but it did. Anyway the filler started to come away after 30 odd years so I decided to remove it and paint the roof. I used the cheap knotted wire brushes that you can get off EBay and the wires come out and get fired around like little bullets. I think I bought 4 and used 2 before I decided to go and get some more expensive ones. I was wearing safety gear. goggles, leather gloves and coveralls but the bits of wire still stuck into the bits of skin that were exposed. Even with the expensive brushes you still need to wear protective gear especially goggles. Pete

I do so agree but the frightened man with a bucket may not be around to save your boat. Pete

Hi That switch does need to be connected although, usually, your bilge pump would be automatic in as much that should be connected to float switch and if the water level in the bilge reaches a certain level then the bilge pump kicks in automatically to pump the water overboard instead of sinking your boat. So whilst you do need to connect that switch to manually operate your pump you do, also need to check that your pump is actually working and if it doesn't have a float switch then a good idea would be to get a float switch installed. IMO the bilge pump is one of the more important items on your boat and an automatic bilge pump (with a float switch) is an added protection. Pete

Thank you very much for that. As I have said I haven't had any problems bleeding either of mine but it's always good to learn of alternative methods especially "brute force" ones. Pete

Um Mr Brooks I would be, genuinely, interested in another "brute force" way of doing it. Whilst I haven't had any problems bleeding either of the 2 BMC 1.5s that I have any different ways to do stuff would be useful. Cheers Pete

Hi I cannot answer your specific question but Calcutt Boats who do everything BMC MAY be able to help. You can contact them on 01926 813757 or the web site is http://www.calcuttboatsshop.com/shop/page/1?sessid=FI4McSym80AQclwvZaoV5ZVcDtSI9nUoU5BsN6lOHHz9z6j5doVbVifjip0lgjzr&shop_param= Or ASAP supplies http://www.asap-supplies.com/ I doubt that either of these can supply the bit you want, although you never know, but they may be able to point you in the right direction. Pete

Hi It doesn't take much air to stop a BMC 1.5. I have a 1.5 and I had a little tiny air leak in one of the fuel line couplers. The coupler was hidden and no diesel was coming out just air going in. It took me ages to find it and in fact I solved it by tracing the fuel line and changing all the olives in the couplers. There is a video on You tube showing you the bleed sequence for the BMC 1.5. Tony Brooks, a man all knowledgeable about BMC engines and other stuff says not to touch the nut/bolt on the throttle turret of the diesel pump so I don't but it does say to bleed that one in the video but if Tony Brookes say don't then don't do it is as far as I am concerned. but do all the other bleeding points. Last to do is the injector couplers and it usually fires when the first one is bled then auto bleeding should take over. As MTB says they can be a bit of a pig to bleed although I haven't had any problems either with the BMC on my boat nor with the BMC engine that I am doing up. Hope that helps Pete PS Yes Mike the bleed off pipe does go back via the filter on my engine as well. Not sure why though unless it is filtered before being returned to the tank.

Having done a small bit of painting on my boat, because the roof was covered in EERRMM car filler, I would say leave it well alone until you can afford to get someone professional to paint it for you. I think the amount of work involved in sanding what you have back and then bringing it back up to a shine will be huge. The other advantage to waiting is that if it isn't done right by a professional painter then it's his responsibility to put it right, I would have thought. having said that there are a couple of boat painting videos on You Tube that might help. Pete

You are probably right. Canal & River Trust do advertise their volunteering opportunities quite extensively on their website but, obviously, you have to have an interest in canals (not neccessarily boating) to know that. I also do volunteer work for the RNIB and I had to go and find that by looking at a "giving my time" website. Googling volunteering opportunities is a good way to see what is available although I admit that I haven't seen much, if anything, about C&RT other than on their website. I do think a volunteering section on here would be good to try to see how it goes initially. But I still stand my fear that it will open up potential volunteers and present volunteers to some form of "volunteer bashing." We shall see. Pete