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by gabriel.donnelly
Tue Oct 31, 2017 4:35 pm
Forum: Hull and Deck
Topic: Urgent!!! Need Help! Rudder / tiler play small vibration when sailing in a good breeze
Replies: 3
Views: 19513

Urgent!!! Need Help! Rudder / tiler play small vibration when sailing in a good breeze

HELP! Hello all- I have performed a search and haven't found any other topics addressing this issue I am having. I have noticed that there is a a bit of play in mt tiler and when in a good breeze a bit of a vibration. The vibration has been there ever since I bought her but the loosening is concerni...
by gabriel.donnelly
Sun May 28, 2017 5:06 pm
Forum: Rig and Sails
Topic: Adding a stack pack / eliminating the roller furling boom
Replies: 1
Views: 11680

Adding a stack pack / eliminating the roller furling boom

So i'm contemplating the addition of a stack pack and lazy jacks to the rig but there's a few things i need to work out... my main has no "slides" so it'll have to go to the sail shop and have them installed ( and a couple reef points ) There's also the matter of the crank handle on mast f...
by gabriel.donnelly
Wed Dec 28, 2016 5:33 pm
Forum: Cruising
Topic: Just had the fuel injector pump rebuilt when reinstalling should I...
Replies: 3
Views: 15919

Re: Just had the fuel injector pump rebuilt when reinstalling should I...

Thanks. Yeah that's my plan of attack, and its a Volvo MD7a from the late 70's, I'm sure its not self bleeding, nothing's easy with her.
by gabriel.donnelly
Tue Dec 27, 2016 10:37 pm
Forum: Cruising
Topic: Just had the fuel injector pump rebuilt when reinstalling should I...
Replies: 3
Views: 15919

Just had the fuel injector pump rebuilt when reinstalling should I...

We first noticed some diesel in the bilge, We removed the engine cover and sure enough there was a steady stream coming from the front of the pump housing... a $550 bill btw :o ... My question, when reinstalling, should I do the fuel filter as well? Anything else? I mean this is the time to do it, i...
by gabriel.donnelly
Tue Dec 27, 2016 10:30 pm
Forum: Accomodation
Topic: A leak in the valve area of the head... gnarly. 1977 #1206
Replies: 1
Views: 11874

A leak in the valve area of the head... gnarly. 1977 #1206

When pumping the head I have noticed a small spray right at the valve location at the "pump wet - pump dry" switch or lever. I'm assuming that it is a gasket repair at most...? Does anyone know the manufacturer of the heads? Has anyone done this repair? :shock:

Thanks.

-gabriel
by gabriel.donnelly
Thu Nov 26, 2015 2:26 am
Forum: How to use Ballad Exchange
Topic: I just scored a '77 Ballad - and I love it and I love this sit! TY TY!
Replies: 1
Views: 13603

I just scored a '77 Ballad - and I love it and I love this sit! TY TY!

So, I live in Austin, Tx. For SOME reason there was an Albin Ballad for sale and I jumped on her! And she's beautiful! In a 1977 sort of way- she's had the deck repainted by what appears to have been a blind, spaz. So there 's the cosmetic aspect that will eventually be addressed... Mechanically she...