Can't say for sure on '46 but the PO who re-engined our '43 took the 6-71's out and put the new CAT C7.1's in through the doorway. Only removed...
The "plumber" removed the tackle center. When I put it back in I have one piece extra. Can anyone identify where the piece leaning in the photo...
To close out. I went ahead and did all the plumbing myself. Hired a boat plumber but soon discovered was incompitent and told to not come back....
Galley done. Had to cut the old soap dispenser tube with sawsall as the nut gauled/jammed part way off. Head faucet probably tomorrow....
Eurika! Got the old faucet nut off with my hex-jaw channel lock plyers. Only slight brusing from laying across the cabinet shelf ridge. Should...
I tried that with the soap dispenser body but it didn't losen the nut, started grinding brass away. To try on the faucet I'd need to disassemble...
I've looked at the composite barrel wrenches. There are comments on them not being very strong and twisting. To get one on I'd need to cut the...
I've looked at the plastic tubes but wondered if they are strong enough with the open profile (although I have no way to tell how tight the nut...
Plumbers wrench/basin wrench is what I tried, the head is too large when expanded to grab the nut. I can only get one arm in the cabinet at a...
Has anyone successfully replaced the galley faucet? I so far haven't found anyway to remove the 1-1/2" stem nut. I have a basin wrench, but the...
" I was under the impression that the aft tank feeds the starboard engine and the forward tank feeds the generator and the port engine." The...
The 43 Post aft tank will siphon/gravity feed to the forward tank if the shutoff vales at both aft tank and fwd tank ends of the fuel transfer...
Have you been running bio-cide to keep fuel clean? Once it gets algee may need to have fuel and tanks cleaned?
Seller noticed RPM on one engine was low when brought to a yard for bottom service, so it was adjusted. Then he noticed other engine was low when...
We didn't buy the boat for other reasons. One engine was up to RPM, other being worked on when we bailed.
When one of the 6-71 TIB powered boats we looked at had low RPM the mechanic came and re-set/timed the injection racks.
Thanks I have had an ocscillating saw in use for years. They are handy.
I thought about one of the snake-bite couplers. I would need to get acess to drill the hole in the floor larger for a coupler, it is barely...
The water line to the bar sink in the stbd aft corner of the salon has developed a leak. It is right where the line passes through a hole in the...
Our boat I believe has a slightly different trim attitude than other Posts due to the CATs being 1200 lbs each lighter than the Detroits. Our...
