Forum: Troubleshooting
01-19-2021, 09:17 PM
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Replies: 70
Views: 9,661
fiberglass wrap removal
Also glasses and gloves. And of course you have a mask these days, right? You do not want any in you eyes, hands or lungs.:eek:
Mary
HotFlash
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Forum: Troubleshooting
10-29-2020, 01:01 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 6,684
Another way water gets into engine oil
Once, in the fall while on the hard, because of a hatch leak, I had a bilge full of water after a huge downpour of rain. I had not yet opened the bilge drain plug and pump was not on. The water came...
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Forum: Announcements
08-13-2020, 11:25 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 6,184
Thank you
Bill,
I greatly appreciate your shepherding this (our) forum. Without this experience of warm, knowledgeable and generous sharing of this A4 community, I certainly could not have tackled the...
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Forum: Drive Train / Propellers
12-14-2019, 09:42 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 3,590
Room for thin anode on a Tartan 27
Chica,
There is very little room for an anode, other than a thin donut collar type on the 1" shaft of a Tartan 27. Boatzincs.com carries "LC-3 Micro Thin Collar Zinc Anode - 1" Shaft" which is...
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Forum: Troubleshooting
12-10-2019, 11:02 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 5,876
gasoline-with-etoh rated hoses
I cannot tell for sure, but it looks like the hoses for fuel are not the USCG rated gasoline-with-etoh rated hoses. They are usually black with a red stripe. I know that the interior of non-etoh...
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Forum: Cooling System
09-16-2019, 05:00 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 3,293
Sheared pin
Of course need to figure out why it sheared.:eek:
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Forum: Ignition System
06-10-2019, 10:10 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 7,122
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Forum: Cooling System
01-19-2019, 03:23 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,419
Use a paper gasket too
I recall asking Don about the same issue and he said it was ok to use the paper gasket used for the original Oberdorfer pump cover along with the skinny o ring that comes with the newer Moyer pump...
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Forum: General Interest
10-31-2018, 08:44 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 5,257
Battery lift
Yes you definitely need a least one battery.
I have 2 group 27 wet deep cycle batteries. I am 70 yo :eek:, and not unusually strong or fit. I thought out how to do it. I brought them one at a...
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Forum: Troubleshooting
10-30-2018, 11:05 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 9,543
Knock knock. Who's there?
Hate to expose my ignorance so, :o but please explain to we uninitiated just what we are looking at. Or should not be seeing if all were well.
Mary
HotFlash
T27 Yawl
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Forum: Alberg
05-21-2018, 08:10 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 7,163
oil pressure gauge
Greg,
Did you also change the sender too?? Gauges and senders must be paired. See your install instructions.
Mary A
Tartan 27 Yawl
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Forum: Aftermarket Kits and Accessories
03-01-2018, 11:19 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,649
Low oil pressure/Hi water temp
VDO makes gauges that include, with the appropriate VDO sender, visual in-gauge alarms that can also be used with the cole hersee/Moyer Marine buzzer alarm. I purchased mine thru Fisheries Supply....
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Forum: General Interest
01-14-2018, 04:19 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,990
A4 on smaller boats
Tartan 27's built by Douglass and McLeod from '61 to late 70's have had A4's as original equipment. But in the very last years, with the "27-2" design, a Farymann diesel was at first optional and...
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Forum: Alberg
12-10-2017, 09:44 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 7,911
Teak Hatch Cover on Tartan 27
Solid teak planks, I think 4. Black caulking between the planks, with vertical solid teak edging forming the lip. Two solid teak bracing planks on underside of the hatch at right angles to the run...
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Forum: Alberg
12-10-2017, 01:41 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 7,911
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Forum: Fuel System
12-05-2017, 06:04 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,637
Fuel pump rebuild
Even I (am no mechanic) could successfully do the rebuild. :cool: The instructions were great.
Mary
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Forum: Alberg
12-05-2017, 05:59 PM
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Replies: 60
Views: 24,953
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Forum: General Maintenance
11-14-2017, 09:09 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,130
Anodes and salinity
This is the reply from my son, Andrew Eichmann, NOAA ocean scientist, who whenever the time comes, will probably inherit my '74 Tartan 27 yawl #570 powered by a the original A4, and sailed only in...
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Forum: Cooling System
11-13-2017, 07:58 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,667
Dealing with the potential for freezing
You might drain the water from the engine and everything from the water strainer and water pump, from the port/plug just forward of the accessory drive, port/plug at aft end of the exhaust manifold,...
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Forum: General Maintenance
11-13-2017, 07:25 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,130
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Forum: Electrical
11-12-2017, 02:25 PM
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Replies: 53
Views: 8,894
Gauge -
Thanks for the diagram. Print is small for my eyes, so I cannot see some of the labels and have not followed each wire. But at first glance I did notice that the G( -) wires from the gauges one to...
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Forum: Electrical
10-31-2017, 04:47 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,173
Thanks all
Thank you all for your responses.
Sorry I did not make it clear that I have no power other than my 2- 12v group 27 flooded batteries which I disconnect from my system, and have left on my boat...
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Forum: Electrical
10-30-2017, 08:13 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,173
Grounding when on the hard
So, when on the hard in the winter, how can the engine or the shaft be the effective ground connection when the boat is not in the water? Am I missing something? :confused: I disconnect my...
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Forum: General Interest
10-14-2017, 07:19 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 4,423
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Forum: Grampian
09-26-2017, 10:48 PM
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Replies: 67
Views: 28,325
Left out
So which show are you all referring to?:confused: Did I miss something?
Mary
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