Top mounted supply tubes can dump full too if they are not equiped with a shutoff valve or anti siphon device. The anti siphon device is required on gasoline systems. Rodger Wrona Rollsdoc MT49PH

The entrance is open to the sea and covered with a grate and the top should be slightly above the water level so that the top can be remover and the chest cleaned out.Hope this helps. fred flinn _______________________________________________ http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/trawler-world-list

It is > > a small kitchen sized trash can that has a hinged top on it. There > > is a handle built in on the top that when pulled out of it storage > > position and pushed down, compacts the trash. Works pretty good. > > Price was about $50. Jeff Barfett Southern Nights

In my boat, the only covers over the tops of the house battery is the plywood floorboards of the engine room. Joe Engel Portland, OR

Perhaps the ideal solution is to combine a prelube system with an oil change, drain system and topping up pump/s. That's what I have. Homebuilt system employing two good electric pumps one for each engine. When topping up I simply dip the pick up tube into the 5 gal drum, throw the levers and hit the switch.

Snip:" I always prompted some amazed looks from passing boats who saw my pennants and flags crrectly worn, including one from above my sailboat mast top. They simply could not figure out how I got a flag to be hoisted above the top of my mast.

When I change the oil I punch a hole in the top of my horizontally mounted filter, place a pan under the filter and loosen the filter 1/2 turn to put the hole down. I take a break and get something to drink. By the time I'm done, so is the filter.

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Turn off your lap tops and top off your tanks. I'm bringing all my taiwanese incorrect over sized micron no snubber probably coulda got it cheaper in 24volts with two Norcold anchors just downwind of West Marine leaky old crap with me. But I'm going, and not soon enough. Hope I see a few of you folks down there for Christmas! Doug Water Torture