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It is on Hawkesbury, and presume was fitted at some point in its working days as a replacement for the original. The tiller/Swan neck was certainly changed as you can see both in pictures from the period. Having worked in railway depots, the replacement of some parts on older rolling stock were often drawn from another defective train or pile of bits, so can see how this may have happened.

Another Yarwoods component with cast lettering.

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We get this occasionally on our silty canal mooring, whilst some is certainly down to a release of gas, a lot is caused by fish moving around the hull.

There is some form of flooring above the tank, it looks like a thick piece of timber.

There should be some form of bleed device, but some systems have the open expansion tank at the highest point of the system - generally at the end of the run.

Oasis will turn to dust fairly quickly.

Mount it on small rubber washers.

I haven't had time to read the entire thread, so apologies if any repetition. I've got the HY3200sei and for its size it is both fairly light and reasonably quiet. A major issue is there is no way to secure it, so more suitable for a mooring. The actual output is 2.8kva. I'm quite impressed by the Champion Atom fusion, and this may be an option, at around the same output and again, not likely to induce a hernia when moved. Whatever you choose, make sure it is an inverter type as most modern chargers won't recognise the crude, non sine wave power that 'site'type generators produce.

We have 80 1/2" headroom in the main cabin on Hawkesbury.

If the shaft is bent, that will almost certainly be the root of the vibration - more so if it leaves the blade slightly off centre. I doubt a bearing would be as much help as straightening the assembly.

£80,000 for a shell built to this standard is, in my opinion, an extremely good deal. Even more so knowing the standard of carpentry carried out by the owner.

Cheers, I have found the Armourguard excellent but have yet to try Jotun 90.

I've gone right off rust converters for the same reason, having had coatings of various types fail to some degree, the only common link being rust treatments. Most successful coating so far being Armourguard ST, but unfortunately the manufacturer has gone under and I have yet to find an alternative.

The suggestion made regards out of water is to assist with loading materials, extra space for tools/workmate, etc. Any painting and cabin repairs will be much more straightforward too - teetering on the gunwhale of any narrow boat isn't pleasant but the usually very narrow ones on Springers could be interesting...

Harefield is good, they may also be able to put your boat on hardstanding too, which will enable the work to be carried out far easier. It may be worth asking the seller if they would be happy to pay what it would cost for overplating and you to pay the extra towards having the job done properly - re plating, as overplating on thinner steel won't necessarily last long.

Absolutely, a marketing novelty. The only gain is an easy connection for the lazy! It wouldn't be so bad, but since the launch of patio gas there has been an ongoing shortage of 13/15kg cylinders.

The only difference between the two 13kg cylinders is the regulator and the contents are the same. The aluminium disc below the valve will give the full and empty weights in kilograms. Being considerably cheaper, the 13kg propane is definitely the best option.

A lovely looking little boat though.

Really short boats of this type often wobble more than a pylon made of jelly, a combination of being all swim below water and relatively top heavy.

If headroom won't allow for fixing battens to the bearers, you may want to consider using a strip of neoprene between the bearer and the plywood.

I had an Isuzu 3kr1 in my last boat and it too was ludicrously expensive for parts, along with poor spares back up. After numerous conversations with suppliers of all types, I came to the conclusion that these engines were generally fitted in small plant machines, and therefore weren't usually repaired during the relatively short working lifespan. Keep the antifreeze fresh, as the head gasket is something of weakness if not looked after.

I suspect it is either the plumber block (bearing), or more likely, the packing or stern bearing - the latter, if worn can sometimes trap debris or stray bits of packing.

I should imagine they've been asleep, possibly followed by rushing off to work..give 'em a chance. To the O.P. If you haven't already had the brush off from the seller, be patient and polite and it is likely you will receive a better outcome.