I've never seen a regulator go bad intermittently; they either work or they don't, they either leak or they don't. For the sake of argument, lets say your regulator is failing intermittently. If you leave the hose disconnected, every time the regulator is working correctly and not failing, the...
So basically that's how fuel pressure regulators work. High vacuum on the regulator equals lower fuel pressure. Low vacuum (or in this case no vacuum) fuel pressure rises.
What you need are numbers.
I'd be careful with the chemicals on an older aluminum tank. Personally I would use a cheap electric pressure washer and just water to knock everything off, then let everything dry out in the hot sun. Mold needs cold and damp to grow, and UV light kills it pretty quickly, which fortunately...
Electric steering works great until it doesn't.
Pros for electric steering.
1. It works great.
2. Little to no steering system maintenance.
3. Some of the systems are adjustable in terms of sensitivity and how many total turns of the wheel to turns of the outboard. You can have the boat turn...
No worries, and I apologize if my language was salty. You have nothing to gain with this deal and everything to lose. I would move one. With a few exceptions, on the whole, the boating market has been down and it's a buyers market. Wait until spring, find 3 or 4 boats that you like and are...
Surveyor here.....
There is more that can go wrong than can go right during a limited trial run.
What if the boat leaks?
Is 10% of the purchase price enough to correct deficiencies?
If the boat blows an engine during the limited trial run, then what? (it happens)
Buying a boat is about one...
When we I inspect boats that sink, we figure out how water gets into the boat by spraying everything with a garden hose to see where the leaks are. As simple as that sounds, I would start there. (obligatory additional comment that the garden hose test does not rule out bellows or transom leaks)
It will be easier to understand if you separate the word/term ground and give that 1 specific definition and then use a different term called something along the lines of return path to the source, which is different than the generic term of "ground".
ABYC E11 states 11.5.2.2 DC GROUNDING SYSTEMS AND BONDING - A metallic hull, or the bonding and DC grounding systems, shall not be used as a return conductor (see FIGURE 4A-B, FIGURE 5 , and E-11.16).
In a boat, for both corrosion and also electronic shock drowning reasons (if the boat also...
I just double checked and it looks like you are correct, SST for inspected vessels only. While checking, per ABYC H-5 and USCG, the capacity rating may need some consideration. Out of curiosity, does your vessel have a capacity plate from the manufacturer on it now?
