I sometimes it’s the little things…. have a sometimes there, sometime not there leak on one of my gooseneck water inlets. I’ve changed rubber hose gaskets, and I’ve changed hoses. I’m down to the female connector (the collar that spins freely)… Has anyone replaced this on their gooseneck? I’m having a hard time finding a replacement… is it just the collar or the whole male end that needs replacing.. and where do I find said parts? Thanks in advance.

A few questions. I have a 427 that is showing signs of not enough electricity - hard start, dying when increasing throttle. Some suggested a ground issue, but I had someone also tell me it could be the resistor that’s failing. So… some questions… 1. How can I test my existing one? What are the specs ? 2. If I needed to purchase such an animal, where might I find one? 3. My current one has a friendly “+” and “-“ on it but what about a spare I have with no markings on it? Here’s a pic of my current one..n

Project sharing time. For many a year, our 1967 42 had no headliner in it... I cut all of it out in hopes of finding all of the leaks, and getting rid of the mold that was found - especially up in the corners of the v-berth. With the aft cabin, aft head, and salon done, it's time now to turn to the v-berth and the helm area. I started this project a year and a half ago with the measurements below: Above: First run measurements of the V-berth. If you do a quick look, you'll see that the measurements were there (albeit basic)... they'd prove to be not enough when I started to draw out the panels... things weren't lining up. Above: I held off (and life happened), but in the spring of last year, I was able to get all of the measurements I needed. Being precise is not too critical, but matching the edges of the v-berth panels to the outside curved trim board has to be... so lots of measurements that allow me to verify the location of the curved board, and use it to ensure the panels will match up nicely. Above: Finally drawing out the panels. I used cutouts to scale to determine the number of 1/4" plywood panels I need (5). Once purchased, and having all of the necessary measurements (between my two sets of measurements, I was confident enough to start marking my plywood this weekend. Note the curved trim board above the plywood sheet... I copmletely refinished these as they will be visible (orignally these solid mahogany pieces were paitned white from the factory). These will be used to ensure the panels match up. So far, the panels match up pretty good. Again, I don't need to be perfect, except to match the curved outside edge. The rest can have some give as I will be putting in trim boards like I have done with my headliner panels in the rest of the boat. The next step will be to check my measurements, and cut out the panels. Once the boat is uncovered and in the water, I'll take them out, dry fit them, make any adjustments, then work on painting them black, and covering them with headliner material so the look of traditonal headliner is there, but I'll have the ability to take all of the headliner down if I need to get to something. C. 1967 42 Commander "What If..."