Recent content by Walt Boughner

Peter, Check out this web site. It shows an tool assembly for replacing the cutless bearing without pulling the shaft. The prop has to be pulled to get the old and new bearing off and on. http://www.strutpro.com/index.html Sea Ya Walt

Here is the back of the Singer

There have been discussions on the sailnet group concerning sewing machines. It seems to be generating a lot of interest so I felt I could pass on some information as to what I have found successful. I have made the curtains for my E27 which are shown on this forum. I have also made front and...

Replacing curtains OK, Curtains are done and hung. They turned out OK and cost in total less than $12.00. It was a fun project and one my wife and I worked together on. Here is the picture of the finished product. Have a Happy Holiday Season Walt and Annette

Replacing Curtains Hi Folks I'm going now to buy material to make curtains for my E-27, Rough est. is I'll need two yards of material. We are going to sew them ourselves and try Loren's method of hanging them with the SS wire and screws. Will keep youal posted as to how they turn out and...

bilge pumps for E27 Yes the old E27 has a old A4 in it. It's a good one and runs like a top. Did a complete tune up this year, including water pump and carb rebuild. I read a article and I don't remember where but it was a horror story about an plastic through-hall breaking from age and...

Bilge pimps for E27 Picture #4

bilge pumps for E27 picture #3

bilge pumps for E27 Well again SER, It looks like one picture per post is the way to go. Ill send the remaining three per three posts. Walt

bilge pumps for E27 Well SER, It looks like the pictures didn't go through so if you send me your e-mail address I will send them to you through reqular e-mail. I'll try to send just one picture on this post, maybe that was the problem trying to send four pictures. Attaching picture #2...

Hi SER, Here are your pictures. Picture #1 shows the location of the bilge pumps. Picture #2 shows the 1500 Rule pump down in the keel sump. When I bought the boat about 1 1/2 years ago this is how the pump was. It wedges in by its size, which limits how far it can go down in the keel...

bilge pumps for E27 I'll go by the boat in the morning and if the spreaders are above water, I'll take the photos of the bilge pump set up and post tomarrow afternoon. take care Walt

bilge pumps for E-27 Boy, with 1500 and 2000 gpm you could pump out the Queen Mary, actually that should be 1500 and 2000 GPH, Sorry Walt

Bilge Pumps for E-27 I just added a second bilge pump to my 73 E-27. It had a 1500 GPM with a float switch. I added an 2000 GPM and a second float switch as a back up. The first pump fits down in the aft bilge sump (trailing edge of the keel). And the new pump sets just forward of the sump...