I have a Volvo Penta 2040 and I doubt that Volvo has any interest in longevity of the engine. Sticking to Volvo original parts make you turn poor,...
Thanks Stumble for your answer, I think that I have not properly explained the priming part. The oil pump circulate the oil before starting the...
I have read a few years ago, about a solution that would install a electric oil pump in the oil circuit. The pump would be used to prime the...
Just ordered an aftermarket pump for around 140 USD, delivery time 4 days. In the meantime the price for the originals volvo pump has gone up to...
I have a Volvo Penta MD 2040A Engine. The bearings on the (freshwater)circulation pump need changing. Volvo does not sell any repair kits, but...
Alan, there is a page describing the 'Spirit of Scott Bader' http://www.disabledsailing.org/data/dsahq/scott%20bader/Scott%20Bader.html...
Bigalogigalo, are you happy with the answers? What do you expect from this thread?
As a famous book tells, the world has not been created in one day. Why are you after a already finish, 100% bombproof, thousand year tested, ideal...
So how comes that waste holding tanks are made of polyethylene? http://www.jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/show_product.do?pid=6479 How...
Let's see: - we have wood as core in strip planking and using vegetable oil based resin to glue together and cover it with basalt or hemp fiber...
Well guys, I also think that this forum is great and gives valuable and sometimes surprising answers. And not everything has to be dead serious....
Wouldn't it be nice not having the threads diluted by nonesense, It would make this forum more helpful. The persons who start the treads would...
"Green plastic A company called Braskem (www.braskem.com) is producing Polyethylene made of Alcohol. The alcohol used, is made of sugar cane....
Peter, with ripening of Royalex I meant that that the core will expand and create a foam. Ripen might not be the right word. I have found...
Othmar, I would be interested in the 48' catamaran also built by www.boatshop.com.ph/portfolio/Hughes49.html 2 55' have been built by...
Gareth: how did you use Twintex in your hull construction? What kind of finish? Do you think that it could be use for larger hulls and how...
Hello Othmar, I would like to know more about this construction method. Do you get any feedback by people who actually have built a CM hull?...
To whom is interested: This thread is continuation of a thread in the metal department, (...
Hello Peter, I would like to continue this interesting thread, but think that it should belong to the composite department. Shouldn't we start...
Peter, I have found a website describing large thermoplastic panels with fiberglass reinforcement and sandwiching with core material, like...
