Re: [Liveaboard] API-4260-LW150-R voice annunciator

2012-09-19 Thread Ben Okopnik
On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 10:38:24AM -0400, Norm wrote: > > Ahoy All, > > > The pump feeds the engine oil through > > a plugged hole I found in the oil filter adapter. > > Ah - got it. Thanks! I was actually thinking of something that would > also wet down the rockers and the push rods (Perkins en

Re: [Liveaboard] RR Bridge at Hudson and Harlem Rivers

2012-09-19 Thread Ben Okopnik
On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 08:55:04PM -0400, Lee Haefele wrote: > Does anyone know if and when this railroad bridge opens? I am helping a > friend bring a displacement hull power boat from Long Island to Ithaca, NY > via Hudson River and Erie Canal. I'm guessing you mean the Spuyten Duyvil bridge.

[Liveaboard] RR Bridge at Hudson and Harlem Rivers

2012-09-19 Thread Lee Haefele
Does anyone know if and when this railroad bridge opens? I am helping a friend bring a displacement hull power boat from Long Island to Ithaca, NY via Hudson River and Erie Canal. Lee Haefele ___ Liveaboard mailing list Liveaboard@liveaboardonline.co

Re: [Liveaboard] Seamanship (was voice annunciator)

2012-09-19 Thread Ben Okopnik
On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 10:14:32AM -0400, Norm wrote: > > Contaminated fuel problems are pandemic in the boating world and should, in > my opinion, be eliminated by law at the factory just like the other Coast > Guard new construction requirements such as lights and flame arrestors. I'm rarely

Re: [Liveaboard] API-4260-LW150-R voice annunciator

2012-09-19 Thread Norm
Ahoy All, > The pump feeds the engine oil through > a plugged hole I found in the oil filter adapter. Ah - got it. Thanks! I was actually thinking of something that would also wet down the rockers and the push rods (Perkins engines are notoriously slow at getting oil up to the head, especially a

Re: [Liveaboard] Seamanship (was voice annunciator)

2012-09-19 Thread Norm
Ahoy all. The primary devil in the case of the shrimp boat was the continuation of a widespread design error - namely terminating the fuel tank suction pipe some distance from the bottom of the tank (my Detroit Diesel [or Northern Lights - I forget which it is] installation manual calls for t