The Vibration was probably caused by the stringers moving around and hull flexing at cruise causing the alignment to change......You know.....on...
1. do you have reciepts from the prior owner with the date on when they were changed? If you're going to take them off, you inspect the water...
I go to see the women trolling the docks!!!.....
I too have done the same and agree. I am not going to put a secondary on that is dry, even the pre-common rail MAN filters that mounted at an...
I don't have an issue with it. How many crossings are you going to make where you are going to be over 50NM from land? Generally in most...
Aluminum little boats in saltwater generally don't fare too well in the long term.
A keel is dependant on hull design and speed. Slower boats generally use keels for stability, however they can sometimes provide negatively...
I do a service on qsm11's sometimes. I always pre-fill the secondaries and also make sure the racors are full as well. The secondaries sit...
True, but if a fram is as good as the automotive ones, you might as well have the wrong type of filter in there. The fram cases are very weak and...
That's true, but put a filter that doesn't do it's job, or one that explodes or leaks and you will have a very overpriced rebuild at $16,000. I...
Piracy- is when armed men board a boat that is at sea. Whether it be anchored or running. If 4 men decide to take a boat out to an anchored...
That's not an entirely bad idea. Perhaps something with just a little more seaworthiness than a houseboat and diesel for fuel economy. You can...
If 4 people board my boat with knives in hand and are un-welcomed. I am not going to assume they are boarding me to just borrow some eggs and...
It's just a very overpriced white filter with a ZF logo and the part number.......no other markings.
Why not just use the ZF filter??? It's $16,000 to rebuild one of those gears, start to finish. Just the oil pump alone in that gear is close to...
I tend to agree with everyone else about not complaining and do what you do until you are fully licensed. Find more things to maintain or pick...
The facebook listing of it, someone in the comments said the vessel had a serious fire on it.
I personally wouldn't use Fram on my lawnmower, let alone a ZF gear. If you want to save money, take the fram number to Napa and have them...
Wix gold or Napa Gold is good as well.
You don't, yours has remote mount filters and not the internal scraper. However I think it still has a screen somewhere that should be cleaned...