MrBadger

Thanks Alec, I will try these tomorrow evening - hoping my syringe trick will get me at least to the boat yard which won't open until Monday, but if these things solve it first, full steam ahead to Braunston!

I think you are right here! Thanks for your help. Hopefully the yard at Wooton Wawen can help. In the meantime, for your amusement, here is my ridiculous botch job to add some grease in the meantime! An old dog syringe from the vet packed with grease. It fit into the fitting by the prop lovely and did go in!

I think this must be right I really have tried everything and done it every which way. The pipe does feel too small but then it was on there some how... the problem is I can't find the origins olive. Thanks for thinking of me on your journey! Appreciate it

And an 8 is too big. Very specific olive! 🫒 This is a relief although we have been sat for 6 months and it hasn't been greased might be a bit dry?

It's 6hours away

Oh brilliant! The only issue is, do you think we can safely do a day's travel without greasing?

This is my issue, for some reason, that isn't happening

It keeps getting sucked into it. That's the 8mm one. The 6mm won't fit at all on the pipe. I have tried crimping the olive on the pipe but then the nut won't screw around it onto the casing 🤷🏾

I did have a boat mechanic coming and then he cancelled and hasn't got back to me about coming tomorrow. Short on options down this way sadly. Doesn't seem to be a yard on the South Stratford Canal and getting to Evesham is currently unnavigable! Just grease and an olive - I have been using grips due to the small amount of wire making it tricky but noted I will cease and desist I do have spanners

The pipe is very small I tried to measure it internal diameter of 4mm but external 6mm though this might not be reliable because I don't really know what I am doing 🤣 To add, the nut is much bigger than the pipe I wonder if the pipe was a tiny bit bigger it might help it stay in the fitting better

Stratford upon Avon - heading that way eventually.. hopefully! Yes this is right it's getting silly short I can't fix the greaser in place now but I'm not too worried about that providing I get grease flowing

My apologies Alec bloody autocorrect. Tyranny. Often falls into the nut but can be got out

Thanks Alex I will do this

Tried this repeatedly but something seems amiss with the crushing the olive onto the pipe. I can do the nut up with the 8mm on the 6mm won't go on at all. I can't find. 7mm for sale anywhere 😭

Nothing I try is working I have two size olives 6mm will only go on the very end no further and the 8mm is too big and it leaks. I'm desperate is there a way to manually add grease without the greaser so I can get to a chandlery I'm just covered in grease and failing and it's really getting me down.