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While faffing around in the engine bay I managed to knock off the head of a screw thing.... I dont know what its for, or what to search for to find a replacement. Its roughly the size of a 5p coin The engine is a Beta 50. It close to the fuel filter and seems to be on a fuel line. Engine seems to run fine. The body of the screw is still in place but not removable now the head has come off..... Anyone know what this is and how important it is? Any help is appreciated

The rinse pipe for the tank has a hole in the cap (looks like it was designed that way). Wouldnt this stop the air pressure building up and activating the sensor?

Ah, well in that case it dont work! Light on the toilet never changes... even when the tank is overflowingly full!

Digging through previously unexplored parts of the boat and found this thing, connected with a tube coming out of the top of the waste tank, and an electrical wire going off into some conduit (I cant find where it come out). Anyone know what it is and what it's for?

The little sticky out bits seem to be on some boats windows but not others. Do they have a purpose? I'd be so lost without this forum!

Just incase its clearer, this shows how 'not central' the hole is... Also I know its rusty as hell... it's on the list

Awesome sauce. Yes it's got a hydraulic bow thruster. I'll have a look tomorrow to see if it has a min max marker for the oil

Only just got my boat... hence the hundreds of questions, but you are a helpful bunch!! What's are these three bits in the engine bay? I think top one is the eberspacher diesel heater? Others, I haven't a clue!

Done some playing around. No way it's going to bend or move into place, credit where it's due its rock solid. Rather than try and cut the inner one short I will change it for a single skin Thanks all for the input

It's got an outer tube and an inner tube. So the outside fits fine, snug around the outside of the collar but the inner tube (which looks like it should fit down the hole into the boat) doesnt line up with the actual hole and stops the whole chimney sliding down fully onto the chimney Hope that makes sense. So the photo is looking down the centre of the inner chimney. And you can see how misaligned it is with the hole into the boat

Only just got my boat and in the process of figuring everything out! Just got a chimney to fit my 6 inch collar. The outside fits over perfectly but the inside pipe doesnt line up even remotely close. I'm guessing they are meant to? Has it just been set up wonky and I need to get a simpler chimney without a second internal bit? Photo is looking down the inside of the chimney.

They are Allen key heads. Will add impact driver to the shipping list!

I'll add it to the ever growing to do list! Cheers all

Just purchased. Yet to leave the brokers! So not yet the rest of the hull is grand according to survey. This had thick carpet over it for the last decade so waters just been sat on top of it

So as you can see my inspection hatch is a little worse for wear. Not having any luck moving the bolts holding it down. So is it an angle grind out and then reweld/replace or does anyone have suggestions?

Thanks for the help all. Makes more sense now! Re mr grumpy, at the moment the boat has sod all on board apart from 12v fridge

Hi, Just got a new boat and I'm trying to get my head round things. It's got a 3kw victory inverter charge, and a 3.5 beta travel pack Question is, if the inverter provides 240v from the batteries, and the batteries charge when the engine is running, what's the point of the travel pack? Cheers

So its sparking down to the curved shiny bit near the "gas holes". But doesnt seem to be lighting the gas. Fun times!

So it's definitely got power to it as its sparked off a part of the hardware, but hasn't sparked off the electrode its presumably meant to spark off

I think this should be sparking.. having a play I'm wondering if it's too far away from where it should be sparking to...

It seems like only the grill is clicking (only one switch)

Got a boat with a brand new Thetford midi prima mk3. Has electric spark switch. Grill works completely fine. Gas is definitely going to the oven as I can light it by hand, but I cant see any spark coming from the oven. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated

Just in the process of getting a boat for the first time! Need to hand some bits on the walls like curtain rails and such. Is it any different than mounting into a normal wall? Would be going into the ply with spray foam insulation behind Cheers

In the original comment they mention liners. What are they? What are peoples thoughts on them?! Also new to this and the water tank is on the fairly immediate to do list when I get the boat in a few weeks

Document everything! Not original poster but thought id say... Paid deposit. I had a survey done and the broker (broker owned boat) has agreed to remedy a number of issues found on the survey. I have paid the balance and they have said they are completing the works. I havent done a single phone call. All communication was by email so I have a paper trail should any issues arise when I go to pick it up. Would I do this for a private seller? Definitely not. But a semi reputable broker and a decent paper trail mean Id be able to easily fight any problems they might try and cause (not fixing things they have said they would etc)