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by coverup
Tue Mar 31, 2009 9:14 pm
Forum: Basically Boaty
Topic: 30 year old boat springs leak help?
Replies: 10
Views: 8018

Re: 30 year old boat springs leak help?

:lol: ok i get it i forgiv you,s yotys then thanks for all your help if i do not get mt exhaust repaired i will attach a sail and be one of the gang eh :wink:
by coverup
Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:34 pm
Forum: Basically Boaty
Topic: 30 year old boat springs leak help?
Replies: 10
Views: 8018

Re: 30 year old boat springs leak help?

Assume yours is similar to mine, with the water being injected some distance away from the engine. Just to set your mind at rest, I've had a couple of installations using "dry" metal exhaust up to the "U" bend where the mixing takes place. On the VP, it took the form of plaited ...
by coverup
Wed Mar 25, 2009 11:50 pm
Forum: Tip of the Week
Topic: any tips for me on new foam and coverings Cheap style
Replies: 11
Views: 8360

Re: any tips for me on new foam and coverings Cheap style

i,ll get some xtra strong needles eh :lol: :lol: :tiphat:
Clyde_Wanderer wrote:Hi Anne, welcome to the forum.
Hope you can stitch up some of these guys. :lol: :lol: :lol:
C_W
by coverup
Wed Mar 25, 2009 11:10 pm
Forum: Basically Boaty
Topic: 30 year old boat springs leak help?
Replies: 10
Views: 8018

Re: 30 year old boat springs leak help?

Is the leaky pipe in a place where you can cut it out to replace with a straight section? If so get a piece from a local exhaust supplier that has the same inside diameter as your existing pipe. Cut a coule od slots into each end, then clamp that in place using standard exhaust clamps. If it is a b...
by coverup
Tue Mar 24, 2009 10:22 pm
Forum: Basically Boaty
Topic: 30 year old boat springs leak help?
Replies: 10
Views: 8018

30 year old boat springs leak help?

any one know anything to do with volvo penta engines for birchwood cruiser we have sprung a leak in the metal exhaust pipe and they do not supply any more. the problem being that a suggestion was made to replace with a complete armoured hose but i am abit wary of this as it might be dangerous as it ...
by coverup
Tue Mar 24, 2009 10:13 pm
Forum: Tip of the Week
Topic: any tips for me on new foam and coverings Cheap style
Replies: 11
Views: 8360

Re: any tips for me on new foam and coverings Cheap style

..... Her trading name is, "Anne's sewing room", and its on Colston rd Bishopbriggs, 0141 563 3072, just around the corner from you LBB. C_W i`ve just bought a new bit of foam from the foam shop, but my daughter was asking about tailoring alterations the other week. you don`t happen to kn...