notts_alan

Luckily it's still at marina

Yes that was what I thought , there was lino and matts on deck holding moisture under , started to rot boards and letting water in.

Cheers I was just looking at them , if it ends up just the pipe with no manifold problems then I think she will be happy. Looks like i will have to climb down and get dirty , lol .

Thank for that mate , yes it looks like it would be fun trying to get screwed end out of manifold , there is hardly anything left of it to grip.

Hello , looking for any help with a exhaust leak on a lister 3 cyl engine , not sure which model engine it is ( not my boat , inlaws) It has corroded beside the manifold . Is it a push in flexible pipe that goes into manifold ? Any idea where to source ?

I have just had mine done , I had to hold the gas on for 10 seconds to establish bubbles but did not light the ring. Then 2 mins test.

All looks good at the moment , had a good run and so far no leaks. I will take a look next time I'm out of water for blacking.( if it lasts).

Thank for the input , grease arrived. Checked prop and no damage , load of rope and fishing net around prop , cleared it all off , no movement on shaft so prop seems fine. Engine mounts seemed OK, no unusual vibrations or sounds. Shaft alignment looks OK. Shaft couplings and flexible joints all look OK. Took grease screw out and forced grease in past the jet of water spinning shaft by hand , that slowed the drip right down , ran engine in gear for 5 mins and repacked . Thankfully now no dripping at all . I thought about removing the front off buy was not brave enough , I thought water would piss in.

I have ordered some vetus grease . I only noticed bilge pump turning on when leaving boat and had a quick look and noticed the drip , I started engine and mounts seemed OK, tried a quick nip up on bolts but then had to leave . Grease should arrive Monday so will grease and investigate further then , get a bit more hands on . Thankyou everyone for replies .

It was fine until I hit a submerged object , it stopped the engine dead . This is the first time down engine bay since that happened a couple of weeks ago , I suspect that object has moved the shaft I will get some grease and try the top screw

Anyone have any experience with this type stern gland . I have tried nipping up the 3 Allen bolts but still leaking.

Sawley has lock keepers on and Cranfleet you do yourself unless volunteers on.

Craftinsure are great . My rudder was broke off by a submerged object on the Soar . I did not even think of insurance and purchased a new one for £800 , when it was being fitted the bloke mentioned insurance. I sent them a picture of the broken rudder and a picture of the new one with receipt and a pic of it being fitted. They paid out without question.

I would not personally connect the inverter to the mppt , I would connect it directly to battery.

Have you set the battery settings to lithium