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I'm repainting the bottom and need to drop the mast for the marina's covered maintenance shed/hangar. They have a pulley mounted over the entrance to ease the trouble. After digging around the different "up the mast" threads, I wanted to determine what I should absolutely do while it is...

Yesterday right after setting the anchor I noticed that the shift lever screw on our E34 was a little loose. When I tried to turn it a little by hand, the whole lever came off in my hand as the screw had severed ! I fetched my vise grips and after a little fine adjustment I found that they...