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Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 27-01-2017, 03:52
Replies: 17
Views: 4,098
Posted By ur2slo
Re: Suspicious or common place? Filed engine identification tag

Wow that's a project with some provenance :thumb:
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 27-01-2017, 03:12
Replies: 42
Views: 13,094
Posted By ur2slo
Re: Yanmar 3GM30F burning up Alternator Belts

Windy,

sounds like you have the obvious ones going.

its strange its eating the belts , so look for an interference at power. someone said smaller belt, that may be it. Sometimes at power the...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 26-01-2017, 17:30
Replies: 33
Views: 16,873
Posted By ur2slo
Re: Leak at the injector line nuts

J/B weld in my experience in actually using it in that type of attempt to repair just such an issue, you will find that it is really brittle when cured and the adhesion to the area is a problem,...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 26-01-2017, 14:28
Replies: 33
Views: 16,873
Posted By ur2slo
Re: Leak at the injector line nuts

I need to chime in, half baked forum answers depend on the writer.

He knows , he cant.

Annealing? wtf? ya talkkin bout rastis? Only thing that will do is expand the crack and if it in the seat...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 26-01-2017, 14:18
Replies: 90
Views: 13,986
Posted By ur2slo
Re: Month 4 Expenses & Costs of Cruising

Money is not a valid part of that equation...............

Too many believe it and end up lost in life cause "they don't have enough money"

Not denying it makes the world go round,...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 26-01-2017, 14:12
Replies: 52
Views: 6,185
Posted By ur2slo
Re: Desperately Seeking Dinghy in the USVI

I'm bettin they missed that part! :facepalm::banghead:
Based on this typical type of thread history, doubt they will chime in again.

I honestly wish no harm to come to anyone, (well let me get...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 26-01-2017, 14:04
Replies: 30
Views: 5,075
Posted By ur2slo
Re: Cost to Document a sailboat (using a documentation agent)

FYI...

Did mine 3 yr's ago with title agent & boat in US........$375.00

Did COD changes this year, $65.00 if I remember right and mailed in in after filling in myself via snail mail.

It...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 25-01-2017, 17:12
Replies: 14,966
Views: 2,638,881
Posted By ur2slo
Re: The New Joke Thread

jeez I thought this was a joke thread..not discusions of laws..:nonono:

.heck how about anal intercourse we discuss instead................jeez


QUESTION STUPIDITY :banghead:
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 25-01-2017, 17:10
Replies: 14,966
Views: 2,638,881
Posted By ur2slo
Re: The New Joke Thread

A woman is having a hard time meeting men and dating.
She has fought it for years and is now getting desperate.
She seeks medical advice, thinking it might be a physical issue unknown to her....
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 25-01-2017, 16:49
Replies: 14,966
Views: 2,638,881
Posted By ur2slo
Re: The New Joke Thread

Did you her about the guy who figured out woman?


He died laughing before he could tell anyone.............:banghead:
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 25-01-2017, 16:35
Replies: 57
Views: 11,531
Posted By ur2slo
Re: Help me understand how chainplate loads work?

I'd say SAE standard torque or Manuf torque limits for type and grade of fastener used..

(disclaimer: Above is subject to conjecture,innuendo and internet googling)

Pm from now...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 25-01-2017, 16:32
Replies: 57
Views: 11,531
Posted By ur2slo
Re: Help me understand how chainplate loads work?

1/2 inch pound before stripping .........:thumb:
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 25-01-2017, 16:24
Replies: 91
Views: 10,904
Posted By ur2slo
Re: Replacing Traditional Wood Masts with Alloy

I have to ad some info on above, back in the day, Bell 47 heliwoppers used wood blades. (real pain to dynamic balance when moisture was high.)

Bell put out a training video, its on youtube I...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 25-01-2017, 16:17
Replies: 91
Views: 10,904
Posted By ur2slo
Re: Replacing Traditional Wood Masts with Alloy

Well might as well chime in now.

I'm reading the thread now, being as in April I am yanking mine out for IRAN time. (No not the country.)

I'd like to pick your brains..........:thumb: ( just...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 25-01-2017, 16:11
Replies: 57
Views: 11,531
Posted By ur2slo
Re: Help me understand how chainplate loads work?

Intergranular corrosion, stress fractures caused at forging, various other issues that can compromise the integrity of the plate.

Once a stress riser occurs at that particular point, stress's...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 25-01-2017, 16:03
Replies: 57
Views: 11,531
Posted By ur2slo
Re: Help me understand how chainplate loads work?

This thread is getting off the hook!

It's headed to discussing the cost effectiveness of boiling water thread.

Your designing a boat that will be so prohibitively expensive, just to enforce...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 25-01-2017, 15:53
Replies: 17
Views: 4,098
Posted By ur2slo
Re: Suspicious or common place? Filed engine identification tag

Clean it with scotch brite and suitable solution. I use Wd40 at times, the green stuff too, but I'm sure 18 million will inject the proper one. :whistling:

get some chalk or better yet pencil...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 25-01-2017, 12:49
Replies: 57
Views: 11,531
Posted By ur2slo
Re: Help me understand how chainplate loads work?

:thumb:

A great discussion going on here, but as we are seeing, the emphasis I make is at what point to call good enough good enough.

THATS the part lacking today. I sat in many meetings over...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 24-01-2017, 21:12
Replies: 57
Views: 11,531
Posted By ur2slo
Re: Help me understand how chainplate loads work?

Did.....Bellville washer came to mind...same principle?

Btw, I first encountered them working in the aerospace field.

Lockheed C-130 Herky Bird uses em in the wing attach BOLTS, along with...
Forum: Crew Positions: Wanted & Available 24-01-2017, 19:23
Replies: 2
Views: 2,025
Posted By ur2slo
Re: Immediate crew needed Dominican Republic to Miami

ditto :thumb:
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 24-01-2017, 19:13
Replies: 57
Views: 11,531
Posted By ur2slo
Re: Help me understand how chainplate loads work?

Alrighty then, my brains churning.

if you all say the " friction coefficient" ? of the two surfaces interacting, ie; chain plate and mounting surfaces, is what supports the primary shear load...
Forum: Crew Positions: Wanted & Available 24-01-2017, 19:05
Replies: 6
Views: 3,227
Posted By ur2slo
Re: Experienced Aussie female wants to cruise Asia

Sounds like your adventure awaits young lady........enjoy! :thumb:

Well versed in life's adventure's too!

Too bad the PNW isn't Asia! :whistling:
Forum: General Sailing Forum 24-01-2017, 15:40
Replies: 52
Views: 6,185
Posted By ur2slo
Re: Desperately Seeking Dinghy in the USVI

Ah I couldn't help thinking about just posting a like ad...............
my youtube channel. Ima gonna call it.....

" No Tan Lines" ..............Nekked chics on sailboats

what ya'll think?...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 24-01-2017, 15:35
Replies: 52
Views: 6,185
Posted By ur2slo
Re: Desperately Seeking Dinghy in the USVI

Yup, blo and go wannabe you tuber.............

go figger

Question Stupidity..................:trash:
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 24-01-2017, 15:28
Replies: 57
Views: 11,531
Posted By ur2slo
Re: Help me understand how chainplate loads work?

Lots of good brain food here. :thumb:

Interesting thought on the use of woven fiber to alleviate stress concentration.

But as we all well know the KISS principle ( keep it simple stupid) has...
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