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      pbsurf replied to the thread rudders hard to turn.
      A month has passed since the steering has been made whole. Dropping the rudders was more difficult than expected. Port rudder was stuck...
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      pbsurf replied to the thread GB Parts.
      CKS have you any 12v circuit breakers for my 1972 42' classic, Inara. OEM would save the design, so just a swap out is needed. Blue Sea...
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      pbsurf replied to the thread rudders hard to turn.
      Stbd rudder took 2 1/2 days, many PB Blaster sprays and heating with a map gas torch, lots of pounding with 6lb sledge while rudder was...
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      pbsurf replied to the thread rudders hard to turn.
      The rudder post doesn't want to slide down, the packing gland is loose so that it can be turned easily with the pipe wrench, but maybe...
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      pbsurf replied to the thread rudders hard to turn.
      Found what I thought to be rust under the donut was a bronze washer with grease channels. Hole front and center on the donut is threaded...
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      pbsurf replied to the thread 35-40 year old fuel tanks.
      Good to know the tanks are steel, not black iron. The diesel tank capacities are forward 130 gallons, aft 190, totals to 640. 2...
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      pbsurf replied to the thread 35-40 year old fuel tanks.
      53 years on the 5 of the six tanks, 1 of the connected stbd aft tanks was replaced 1995. The tanks are black iron, and I monitor them...
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      pbsurf replied to the thread rudders hard to turn.
      Happy for your wife's present good health. Fortunately, my new knee is now stronger. Slow progress is better than none. Loosening the...
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      pbsurf replied to the thread rudders hard to turn.
      Actually it was a 3 month absence from the boat while I was recovering from total knee joint replacement and infection. Infection...
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      I was away from my boat for 2 months. When I returned, I found the wheel so resistant to turning that I thought it something has jammed...
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