KennR

Just had my webasto from this buyer fitted today....very satisfied as I sit here warm as toast.

My current set up has the kabola E5 in its own cupboard in the bedroom at the very rear of my boat. All the water connections and fuel line are situated in the same cupboard. Will it be OK to fit webasto in same place if I route the exhaust thru the engine bay?

Thanks...will order one.

Good to know....did it come complete with header tank and all the bits.

Webasto heaters currently available on ebay for around £350-£400, Are they worth buying at that price? I want to replace my Kabola E5 with a Webasto and at that price they seem a bargain.. Thanks

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I've had to nip into Bradford.....will take some pics when I get back to boat.

Just looked again at coupling and it looks as if the back half of coupling is a galvanised steel colour and the front bit is same colour as prop shaft so it is a sandwich of sorts...can't see any rubber though. Can the rubber be replaced or is it a full coupling replacement?

I changed oil and filter recently but am a bit wary of changing fuel filters as i dont know how to bleed. I have the filters and am at Apperley Bridge so if anyone wants to earn a few quid and change filters/bleed system and check the mounts ? Text me on zero seven 5221 eight nine 5 0 three

Morning. As you know from other posts i'm a bit thick on mechical stuff. The coupling looks like a large counterweight on the shaft. It's about 7" in diameter and is shaped like a large cylinder approx 5" thick

A siily question but here goes. I was doing my engine checks this morning and noticed the large nut securing engine to mount was loose(finger tight) and the nut underneath was 1/2 inch down the shaft doing nothing. Do i bring lower nut up to mount and tighten top nut or do i screw top nut down to lower one or get a mechanic to check engine for levelness?

Just read this topic. I wil be going up Wigan locks on monday morning if all goes to plan. Does anyone fancy doubling up --i am single handed but will do my share of padles/gates etc. I came down Marple locks on thursday and a gate paddle had broken so was held up for over an hour. Then yesterday did the Ashton 18 and had to call C&RT out has a gate had jammed and wouldn't open-turned out to be a polystyrene pallet .This morning attacked the Rochdale 9 and what a set of %^&^%$£ locks they are. Luckily there was another boat on the way down with me but still we had to rope the gates to the bow to open them. Hope Wigan locks are a bit friendlier.

Pic of legs on hearth

Thanks bizzard. There's a space of around 6-8" all around the fire .It's set at an angle to a corner and it's just the outer front leg that moves to the edge of the hearth. If i can secure this one perhaps the others will be ok. Would i just need to renew the rope and cement around the flue or is there some other fixing in there too.

Just looked at legs on stove.Very short with very little to drill or screw to on the inside angle of leg. Could i put brackets on outside of legs and bolt through the slab it stands on

The actual hearth is secure .It's tiled over a 2" slab of what looks like a red paving stone underneath. The stove is on very short legs and has no fixing holes so the whole lot would have to come out to drill and fix.

I intend to have it checked (not been used at the moment) but is the join between stove and flue just fire rope and fire cement and can it be turned on its own axis to move it away from the edge and then secured in place?

See pic . I renewed the fire cement aroung stove flue as it was cracking. After a long cruise today i noticed it had cracked again and on inspection the whole stove had moved about 8-10 mm. I had to move stove to get it back in place as it looked like it might fall off the edge. Can i safely say the fire is not fit to use until it's been inspected and secured? In the picture the fire had moved to the inner edge of the wood on the tiled base-how can i secure it and any recommendations as to who can check it out for me..I am on trent and mersey at Handsacre tonight and making my way to Macclesfield canal .

Thanks Richard. Will have a look at it later tonight. By way of explanation the guy i bought the boat from came to do 2 or 3 jobs on the "subject to survey" list. The diesel boiler ,fridge and one or two other bits. He went to his car to get some tools and had an heart attack (honestly) . His two sons were with him so they called ambulance and had him carted him off to hospital. This meant the questions and queries i would have been picking his brain with was no longer possible. This kinda left me in the lurch as he no longer wants anything to do with the boat so thanks for sharing your knowledge.

Link to picture of gearbox---i hope. I can see delta 20 stamped on the side .

Thanks. I will open up engine hole in the morning and let you know or take a pic and post it. This is all new stuff to me and i appreciate the help i've been given so far on this forum......cheers.

When i bought my boat i was told that the engine oil "fed" the gearbox so i didn't have to worry about gearbox oil. Travelling from Keadby to Newark today i was told that the gearbox should be filled seperate from the engine but can't find any filler/oil dipstick other than engine. There is a tap affair on bottom of engine which i think pumps out engine oil when time comes to change . Can anyone shed any light on this please.