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Loads of parts for sale, look at pictures to see if these is anythng of interest. all off AQ130 B20 engines. and some AQ100 drives collection from M26 Manchester or will send out.

Well easy question really, are there any insurance companies left in the UK that dont ask for a survey for a GRP boat 50 years old. I can get TP with no survey but not FC.

Hi all, welcome to the new year. I am not far off launching my boat and besides the survey needed by all insurances companies now, never needed one before and always had boat well over 25 years old. I see moorings have gone up. More on inland waters as with CRT and will be rising by 25% in...

I think they would be very handy. T is asking what i want for Christmas and i just want things for the boat and all i can think of that is in the budget, i hope is a pair of Binoculars. Budget being around £60 for them. Will that get a half decent pair? i see they vary a great deal in price...

Hi all. I am running twin petrol engines and want to be safe, some folk say i shouldnt need them etc etc but i want one. So getting one. I want to fit a timer on the ignition so engines cant be started until the blower has been on for a set time. What timers can you suggest for this job ?

Got my boat on its trailer, but one problem being when retrieving it from now on i will need a winch fitting to the trailer. I like to buy half decent gear but as i have never bought a manual winch just electric i am unsure which to go for. So the boat weighs around 2600kg or 5700lbs. What...

As most now i like to faff about wit all sorts and mainly boats. I was cracking on wit my last one and all man work had been done. Then a chap i know off was selling his, same boat but a few years older and a MK1 not MK2, not that it matters as this has saved me thousands of pounds and time...

Hi all. Getting gear together for the new boat. In this case sonar/fish finder. I am thinking on this one or the Lawerence real.7 Garmin STRIKER Vivid 7cv 7" Marine GPS Sonar Fish Finder & GT20-TM Transducer 753759268374 | eBay Also thinking though as I will only be around North Wales In...

Well a very much newbie. so please bear with here as its just an idea for adventure and not going to go at it full steam ahead with no thought, my wife loves me so i best stay around a bit longer :) Having got my boat being a Fairline Fury running twin inboard AQ115 and running sweet, it will...

At last the engine i have been rebuilding with many problems along the way is running. and sounds great and well, for a short time. I dont want to run much yet untill its run in properly/more. As its a boat engine now being a Volvo Penta AQ130C its not the same as running in a car. doing...

While working knackered chaps bout he has removed this windlass and gave it me. It seems to work OK. Be good to know what nake it is. No markings on it to help ID it. Can anybody put info for it. Chris size aswell so I can get some. He has a load there but seemed small for it.

End of my patience now. My own fault again Rebuilding one of the engines for the boat and snapped a piston ring. I am in need of a set for a single piston for Volvo Penta AQ130C B20 block, + 0.020 piston set I have looked all over inc Ebay, marine and Volvo specialists. worth an ask here...

Ok this is the ........ forgot now how many times i have had trouble with sorting these engines out, but got four engines here haha This is the block i had sent for a rebore and skim, being a VP AQ130 B20 block. It came to me like this, rebore seems ok, i say `seems` as the head is not good...

While i am rebuilding my other engine, which are Volvo Penta AQ130`s, petrol inboards on 270 outdrives. I was wondering today like i do whilst busy at work. I will be building a tank arounds the drives to test run the engines once fitted, to well give them a test run to check engines are good...

So new fuel tank is needed. 140cm x 65cm x 30cm around 65 gallon. I am.lucky to work where perks work well. I can have one .ade from 2mm aluminium They have it in stock so no cost to me to get it made either. It will have two equal baffles also. Does that sound ok as dont want to go to...

Just removed the dash at last. Found this and wondered if I can test it to see if it works. Can not find anything on google, bit then it's a 50 years old gadget. If I can get to see if it works I'll keep it. Just though, I found this in the bilge and now thinking this could be part of it...

I found this on all the gubbins and wiring in the engine bay. For he life of me I csnt remeber wjay it was connected to. Is it a sensor of sorts. For. BIlge alarm It has a gauze both ends.

Well got the tank patched as it had a hole. They did before I knew it haha. I cleaned it fully back when i got it home and pressure tested it which was all godd.. I found a couple.of areas I am not 100% on. Pitted areas. I thought on filling the pitted area about which is around 7mm and with...

Hi all got here a Sea Panther tat needs a fettle. Injectors sorting, fly wheel AND STARTER MOTOR, ALSO LIFT PUMP TO GET GOING....TO SEE IF ITS WORTH SETTING UP RUNNING PROPERLY TO SELL ON OR BREAK FOR Parts. Sorry caps went on not shouting First off, just to get it fired up i can just get...

So at the stage if refitting the aluminium fuel tank. Wondering if there is a product that can be applied to the external tank surface to give protection. I ask as the tank at the minute feels as if it has a kind of grease type film on it. Once it's fitted it ain't coming out again in a hurry so...