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Thanks fittie . I will no doubt be asking various assorted other questions in this forum as I’m playing catch up with my project after Covid and then dealing with end of life care for a very loved one .

Thanks for the info . re the gear control I may need to ask you for some measurements. I know I need the measurement between the boats bottom and the underside of the bracket that supports the vertical rod from the large gear wheel . Any body else who can supply this measurement, I’d be grateful if you’d add it to this thread Before I go . Have you got a door in the bulkhead . I had a half door on Halsll .

OH ( insert string of swear words of choice ) what were they thinking of . How did you make your replicas . I have to solve this puzzle . I have ideas but I’m always curious to find out how other big northwich folks tackle things . have you still got the original gear control fitted . What gearbox / engine combo do you have .

fittie , what did you do with Lancings old knackered fuel caps .

Jerra I agree totally about the selling off of social housing . MTB , housing is too important to be a free for all with the highest bidder winning . It's ok for our age group but the younger people , Generation rent as some describe themselves are struggling to get near the housing ladder. I have some sympathy with the NBTA stance here . I'd be mightily hacked off if I was being kept off a residential mooring by somebody who had a house to live in. However I do believe in waiting lists , expecting to skip the que isn't a plan other than in truly exemption all circumstances.

Bit radical but they are the balance weight for the Daily Mail contingent . The sensible solution is usually some sort of fudge in the middle. Building more affordable homes is the answer to all these problems but such a sensible approach is beyond the ability of the self serving muppets in the government .

Thanks for posting those , of great interest to another Northwich owner. ETA . Is it not possible to get the tanks out . Steam cleaning would be a viable option if you could dig out the crud first .