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I'm not building boats anymore, but I'm still about if people want to give me a call.
Mick
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My pooch snores, I simply whisper to her to be quiet, and it usually works.
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I had a vetus but it started to play up. Tried to buy a new pump but you have to buy the bowl as well £800ish.
Bought a Jabsco instead for half that and spare parts are sold seperately.....been going well for the last 4 years (that's the loo).
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Rob....
I'm not sure what model of Vetus toilet you had, but the innards are all available separately, I think you were miss-informed.
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I spy doodles, was worried my two wouldnt make good boat dogs if they ever got the chance.
Pure Standard Poodle, without the pom poms and frilly bits!
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Marzipan.
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The advice is to grease every 6 months or 400 hours. You can never over-do it, and it's usually easier to do all maintenance at once to keep on top of it.
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Does your system include a " no smell filter " on the breather tube ? Vetus market one , which is why i ask . If so , maybe the carbon filter cartridge inside needs replacing .
My thoughts exactly. The no smell filter is usually round, about 6" diameter and contains carbon filters, these need replacing once a year.
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Glad you got the seal fitted and you're pleased with it!
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The Liverpool wide beam boats usually have a 35mm shaft system.
The Vetus replacement seals are expensive, and of late, unreliable. We are replacing them with a complete rubber seal, this can be seen on our website.
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Aintree are a good bunch, we've known the boss guy for years.
As regards the bow thrusters, some boat builders try to cut costs by buying welded tubes, these are the ones that cause problems. I'm almost certain that Aintree use seemless tubes, which there is no problem with.
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They don't have a split pin, they have a locking washer.
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The ram never failed, it was the fitting of it, and we offer the same warranties. We could have supplied a Vetus one, but that was even more different in footprint and posed different fitting problems, so we sent the easier option, which was a sturdier model.
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New & Used Boat Co have used a Craftsman Ram not the Vetus one that was fitted to the boat I was shown when they did the sales pitch.....
Craftsman steering rams are sold in the uk by 1 outfit & they don't have a spare on the shelf so you should consider this if your in the market for a steering ram as if one can't be had from stock then you have a long wait to get a new one sent to you (if they are still in business when you need one)
I have spent 3 days of my holiday in this spot waiting for N&UBC to fix the problem & all I can think is "I'm glad its not winter with the river following fast" I would be in real trouble.......
My wife & I have now spent our 2 week holiday trying to get from Henley-on-Thames to Oxford in our new boat that cost around £140K & we have got as far as Shillingford Bridge. A trip that I have done in a day on my old narrow boat a few times...
We set off with 3 boats Bournemouth built in the 1930's & a Liverpool boat from the early 2000's & the only boat that has been problems is our brand new Boat co.......
I now sit & type & wait for a steering ram that has been taken from another boat that is for sale at N&UBC to be driven down to us & fitted...
If your on the Thames & on your way to Oxford & see Doris tied to the bank give us a wave....(You will see the oil slick just follow it to us)
We do have a spare one on the shelf, in fact we have ten on the shelf. Like most suppliers, they change dimensions occasionally, and this is possibly why the engineer didn't fit it.
Mick Sivewright
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Hello. Due to Covid 19 we've been operating short hours and now we're in the middle of moving business premises, you're more than welcome to send a message or phone us in a couple of weeks when we should be operating normally.