Recent content by John Hines

Just pics from the Bahamas.

thanks guys Thank you everyone for the encouragement, I'll check with Westerbeke, Torreson, and Yanmar. I've got more good information from the Ericson website in a few days than three years talking to mechanics.

Thanks Thank you for the information, I think I can probably have an elbow made in Grenada. I'm getting tired of wandering around with the engine just above idle! John Hines, Morning Star:egrin:

Morning Star engine Hi, our boat has the original 1982 Universal 5432 engine, but sometime in the past someone put a Yanmar exhaust elbow on it. It was working fine when we bought it 5 years ago, but not so well now. We can run about 1500 rpm with no problem, but above that the engine starts...

does anyone know where to get exhaust elbows for these engines? Mine has a Yanmar elbow someone put on there, but it doesn't have a part number on it so Yanmar parts dept won't help. The mechanics who have looked at the engine tell me it's too old and rickety to fix anymore but they can sell...

Oil pressure buzzer . On my E38 the oil pressure buzzer is mounted behind the engine instruments and used to sound continuosly before start, shutting off when it saw pressure. Now it only works about once a month. Does anyone know where I can get a new one? (I checked the wires, seemed ok) I...