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Get yourself some of these they are O ring removable tools
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Have a look at sofa barn they will make what you want
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What is wrong with people, just been to burscough services , whent in the elsan to empty a cassette some lazy get left 3 bags of rubbish in there , if you know burscough will know the rubbish bins are next door , went to wash my hands and someone has only emptied their cassette in the toilet blocking it why when the elsan is next door where they left there rubbish fxxking wxxkers
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Dave i fit the pump on the end of the the hose that has the end cap on then pump it into 25 ltr drums , no coolant goes in the bilges
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Finally got round to changing the engine cooling ( after buying antifreeze nearly two years ago ) was very apprehensive doing it and not being able to get all the air out when filling back up . Well it was very easy but messy but not any more, the original bottom hose went under the engine and gearbox making it very difficult to drain the gearbox oil as I could not get anything under it to catch the oil , not any more as you can see from the picture, all I have to do now is connect a pump on the hose that comes off the ball valve , open the bleed valve on the skin tank , then open the the ball valve , turn the pump on , pump it into 25 ltr drums, it works great as I flushed the skin tank out five times , takes less than ten minutes to empty and no mess , I have taken the handle of the valve now just left it on so you could see it , also my son took the old antifreeze to his mates garage for safe disposal
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7 hours ago, Hannah Jones McVey said:
Thank you, good to hear...did you use it with an undercoat?
No as I was going over there matt finish with there semi gloss
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I have used B C paints and find they are really nice to use
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I have had ed do some work for us top man and not to expensive turns up when he says I would recommend ed all day long
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We have all portholes , only a very small adult or a child could get through the porthole so once in it would be a bit of a struggle to open the doors
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7 minutes ago, David Mack said:
If you leave them set to the combination, then why not just use plain bolts?
What happens if in the confusion of an emergency even one of the number rings gets displaced? Could quite easily happen.
Because plain bolts are flimsy and if I was to leave the boat on a tow path I can set them and if you got in you would not enter by the doors with the bolts and the deadlock on , I think I would squeeze through the other door just. By turning a key
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2 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:
I wouldn't want to undo that lot in a smoke filled boat
They are used as normal bolts , what's hard about sliding 2 bolts and turning a key ? If there was that much smoke I would leave by the bow doors
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This is our set up 2 combinations bolts lock hatch in place then the jimmy proof lock locks the door to the hatch very secure
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This is what we have on our narrow boat 1st and 2nd pictures are of the stove tank on the starboard 3rd engine and webasto tank
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Hi I made a liner out of stainless steel mesh and also fitted it in the vent cover over some very fine mesh so I can take the vent off and clean all the spiders webs out while keeping all the insects out , hope you can see in the picture , I made these fly screen out of a normal pull roller blind , I took the material off and replaced it with fine mesh drilled out some small holes 10mm and stuck some magnets in the wood that runs through the bottom of the blinds, then stuck two metal strips for the magnets to stick to , this is to stop the blind from swinging out
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On 14/01/2020 at 15:54, RAB said:
Looking to buy (or poss make) some cushions for the locker seats in our semi-trad. Want the cover material to be waterproof, with a decent foam inner. Does anyone know anywhere that will make them to order, at a reasonable price and quality. Many thanks.
Ring Chris Potts marine & industrial covers in Burton waters marina linclon made us some last year nice job good quality and reasonably priced
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Well it's made me er I don't know just read the description https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/37ft-Springer-narrow-boat-creative-project/264592282930?hash=item3d9aedd532:g:LjMAAOSwb55eFb2x
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TEA POTS
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4 hours ago, MartynG said:
There are three locks on the navigable River Witham.
Stamp End Lock , Bardney Lock , Boston Grand Sluice
Stamp end lock lets you on to the river don't have to go trough boston grand sluice so only 1 lock really , also you are forgetting torksay if you want to count that as well , for the length of river what's 1 lock
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Love the river witham ( clad we are not on it right now though ) you see plenty of wild life quite nice easy cruising and no locks
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A length of rope with a lump of stone same shape as a house brick went in between skeg and propeller stopped me dead and pulled the shaft out of the gearbox prm 150 cost £1700 ?
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This is where it enters my stove
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My reflex uses about 30 ltrs a week ( 24/7 ) on various settings mainly low , I have a dedicated 136 ltr ( 30 gallons ) tank so I can go 4 weeks in between fill up , defiantly one of the best things We did having one fitted
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Finally after 5 years of kicking water down the waste and balancing on one leg I have replaced the shower tray and enclosure, it has been pxxxing us off since day one the shower tray outlet was at the front of the tray hence balancing on one leg to kick the water down the waste, the waste is now where it should of been in the first place at the rear of the tray, also the new shower enclosure has nano self cleaning glass and it actually does my better half is over the moon with it , this is the old tray 2nd picture is the old shower 3rd picture the new enclosure & tray
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Porthole liners
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If you want metal ones you could buy some chrome dog bowls and cut to your depth