Maffi

Ok I have had a look at the Drive Plate and the central disc has a good 1/4 inch rotational movement without much effort. and an 1/8th or more side to side. Looks like a new drive plate then! Thank you guys for your help. Saved me a few bob there.

Couple of thousand or more. Sort of 600 a year but I have been moored up at Tooley's for nigh on two years.

Not now Brian, its almost flush! Had it trimmed when I had the thruster tube welded up!

New 5 years ago when they took the gearbox out to replace the clutch. Engineer said it needed changing RCR said it will last a few more months. I bit the bullet and got a new one.

I just got back from a few weeks away. During my trip I experienced a weird noise from my gearbox. At about 1700rpm it it made a sound like a highspeed football rattle, which disappeared when the revs were backed off. Increasing the revs again allows trouble free cruising for anything up to an hour. It must have happened about 20 or 30 times from Kate Boats to Wigram's Turn, but the last leg from Braunston to Banbury it only happened once just coming out of Braunston. So it is intermittent and very irregular, but nonetheless disturbing to hear. The Gearbox has done about 16,000 hours since installed. Never so much as hiccupped with the exception of a clutch change about 5 years ago when, on putting it in neutral, the prop shaft continued to turn very slowly. Now I have actually taken the Box out of the boat to get it serviced and am having trouble finding someone that services 150s close to Banbury, but upon reading some comments here and other places I am not so sure it needs such a costly service. I would like to hear anyone's comments on this situation. Should I go for the service or just do an 'oil change' which seems to be the favourite recourse.

So what did he report?

No just realized I had commented on an old post.

Tosh!

Then dont buy it!

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£10 are you mad? CRT sell them for £7.

What about if the mans name was actually Mr Darkie?

Only if you crane it in!?

Are you sure your boat is 45 feet long? The space below the bridge is only 43 feet.

Is it too late to mention Kelvins!?

And that was due to vandalism too!

And the disabled toilet.

Are you suggesting that those under the bridge are the vandals?

Just so you all know the Elsan disposal point in Banbury is locked due to vandalism. I spoke to the guys that shut it and the had no idea when it was to open again.

I get your point but once, on the River Wey, I tried to follow a Springer into a lock and failed to get in given that he had the largest fenders I had ever seen. All of them white plasticky material!

It's all about having tight lines and a decent bit of rubber between you and the bank. My side fenders are old anti-shimmy aircraft tyres about 5 inches thick. Dont go for kart tyres waste of time and money. Once moored I rarely move, maybe an inch or two, despite being moored on the out side of a breasted pair. and the lift bridge traffic is myopic. Never laid a spring in 15 years. You can shout at the speeders as much as you like it will not change.

It would be rather odd for the base not to supply you with keys required.

And tonight the bridge is harder to lift than last week goes down easy still but not up!

Why? I am a pump out man. I can go up to the wharf! ?