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Anyone off hand no the the height from keel bottom to highest point on boat when mast is stepped down? 
Thanks,
Ron

Yes, exactly.. I sprayed it with wd40 and it still don't budge.

Not sure what they call that diesel cutoff lever.
But yesterday, she finally froze up on me. I had to manually shut her down. Is it just wd40 to release or do you ever have to replace the shutoff lever.
Thanks
Ron

I removed the whole hatch as well and it out to selectplastic to replace the broken 'glass'.

Same vintage as yours Ron..
It's the hatch above dinette table.

I need to remove my hatch cover to replace the cracked glass. What's the best way to remove the hatch cover.
Thanks.. ron

Long story, but I bent up my bow pulpit today, is there a way to straighten it out, if not has any one replaced there's recently.
Thanks Ron

Thanks for responses..
I ordered a new HX from go2marine..
I wanted to replace all 4 hoses coming off the HX, are they particular or can I get those hoses from any marine repair outlet.
Thanks
RonE

It's leaking by the base. Here's a photo

I am leaking antifreeze at the base of the elbow on the heat exchanger

A few weeks ago I had an overheating problem, first time in 3 yrs owning the boat.  I eventually bypassed my waterheater, and solved my overheating problem, so I thought. Did about 5 nice 3 to 4 hour day sails since, and temp Guage never went over 160. That is until yesterday, she spiked as we were coming into the dock. Which we fell short of because we killed the engine.
After a cool down, we realized the radiator was empty with all of its contents in the bildge. I had used a 3/8 fuel hose as the bipass of the waterheater, until I got a delivery of a 3/8 radiator hose. Which was tough to find. Anyway going down this morning to check that hose I installed the last time out..

By bypassing my water heater today with a temporary 3/8" fuel hose, I was able to eliminate my overheating problem. The hose coming off both the fresh water circulatory pump and the thermostat base is 3/8".  Where do I find this 3/8" 'radiator' hose to complete the loop.
thanks,
Ron Ellard

Good afternoon(morning),
Getting my boat ready for another season in New York. I replaced my zincs just before I launched last week. Every time I replace the pencil zinc the remains break off in the heat exchanger. I read somewhere that leaving the remains in there could be a problem. I took off the cap ends of the exchanger, but I cant figure how one would be able to remove chunks of zinc. 
Should I just leave the zinc remains in there and hope they desolve or find a way to get out??
Thanks Ron
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Thanks for the responses, I am all over the Electrical Systems 101 reads, and your writeups, mainesail are very good. lots of informative stuff. I need to revamp my system, I always figured it wasn't wired properly. I should have inquired before I  made the agm purchase, hopefully I didn't already mess them up...
Ron

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