Recent content by OMRODO

Shift cable completed! Thanks for all your input. Once I got the stuck bolts out things went well, as I said above. Tuesday, as promised by Baum Hydraulic, the new shift cable arrived. It was an exact match for the old Morse and went in easily. The final cost for the cable, one clamp and...

Got the right cable Greg, Thanks for the input. I found another place on line, Baum Hydraulics in Nebraska. Andy is the rep for California. He sent me the catalog pages by e-mail in case I couldn't get to them on line. We talked and I measured and the numbers on the original cable even...

Hi everyone, I finally got the binacle apart. What a pain! I have several bolts stuck and the only thing that moved them was an impact driver. I still had 2 long stainless bolts that were giving me trouble in the section where the throttle and shifter are attached. One stripped the head...

Thanks everyone, I was able to get more of the pedestal disassembled and can now see the mounting points for both cables. I had to come home and get my impact driver, so I may not make it back down today. The end is in sight, thanks to all of you. I will be replacing both shift and...

Thanks Mort, will do. I have the compass off and am down to the cable area, it is just hard to see where to disconnect the cables from the houosing. Thanks again. Gary

Shift cable, again I was able to get the compass and the metal shroud off the binicle today. I could see the shift cable and I removed the cotter key, washer and pin and the shift lever moves fine, as anticipated. After spraying alot of pennitrating oil, I went to the access panel in the...

Thanks guys. I appreciate your help. Will post more tomorrow. Omrodo

Shift cable Thanks everyone. This is a great site! I have never had such quick responce from any other site I have used for anything. I will Take the compass off and see what is in there. I will keep you posted. It is raining like crazy today, so I will wait until tomorrow to get started...

Good evening. I am new to your site and a new Ericson 29 owner. I bought our boat on 1-27-2010. I knew it needed a lot of work, but I am really close to pissing off the wife with the money and time. The boat has a number of sails, all in good condition. Other than the motor and halyards...