Tech Notes Index: 1998

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February 1998 Vol 16 #1 

• Replacing fixed cabin windows
• Intermittent macerator pump problem
• Battery buss bars
• Cushion recovering, rigging harness
• Teak finish
• A new TV shelf idea

May 1998 Vol 16 #2

• Frozen bolts
• 3 bladed prop
• Sharp wire ties
• Neglected area-- bottom of wing keel
• Prop coating
• Dying hatch gaskets
• Heat exchanger
• Faster sink drains for head
• Four battery hold down frame - four 6V golf carts
• Engine dies: diesel fuel clogged pickup screen to blame
• Diesel engine timing
• Galley sink covers and cockpit table extender

August 1998 Vol 16 #3

First edition with separate Tech Talk section

• Plumbing leaks
• Teak & holly sole dings
• Bilge pump back siphoning
• Wire protection
• Perko switch 
• Transmission oil refill trick
• Heat Exchanger end caps
• Mark II engine access (sometimes things go backwards)
• Improved refrigeration efficiency
• Aging Boats Followup: exhaust risers, fuel lines
• Venting the Oil Pan breather

November 1998 Vol 16   #4

• Electric fuel pump
• Head upgrade
• Stuck macerator
• Dialectric grease
• Lubricating thru hulls
• Sharp screws
• Erratic knot logS
• Sudden vibration
• Garhauer Marine Upgrades: traveller, rigid boom vang, ball bearing sheave blocks
• Dollar Bill Test: for the exhaust riser
• Lewmar hatches
• Strange water leak: dripless stuffing and rudder packing gland
• Elliptical vs Standard Rudder
• Propane Changes
• Autoprop Update