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For rust stains I have had good luck with Barkeeper’s Friend. I just tried it on the stains on the safety rail which runs along the side of my flying bridge. It’s considerably easier than replacing the end fittings even if I have to repeat the treatment every year.

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Matt,

Thanks for the link. Somehow that did not come up when I googled that. Reassuring that my carburetors are correct for my engines.

Stephen,

I have the same transmissions that you have.

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I talked to the guy at Flying Fish today and gave him the part number stamped on my carburetors - 17057299. He said that those carburetors were for a much smaller engine, something like a 3.7 or 4.3 liter V-6. Does that sound plausible? I ran a test on the bay today in light wind and virtually no ch...

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scenarioL113 wrote: ↑Oct 17th, '20, 13:11
You could get lucky with a right-angle drill and drill hole into sheared shaft of the bolts and then use an EZ -out but there will be NOTHING EZ about that.

Both of my experiences with EZouts have ended badly. I don't recommend them.

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Where is the best place to buy a rebuilt carburetor for a 454" AFAIK I have Rochester Quadrajets with non-electric (remote?) choke.

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It looks as though I have a break in the intake manifold gasket on my port engine between the #3 and #5 cylinders (see the picture below). The engine seems to be running normally - not overheating, no apparent power loss, no loss of coolant. What is the best way to check that area for a vacuum leak?...

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Nearing the end of my third season with my boat and I have yet to use the onboard battery charger which came with my boat. The boat came with two group 27 batteries. One of them is deep cycle and the other dual purpose. The batteries are at least three years only and, based on receipts that I have, ...

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I need to replace one of my strainer baskets (Groco 1250) . Is there any advantage to using the more expensive stainless or monel baskets?

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I bought the 100 cubic foot size. By my measurement, my engine boxes are slightly smaller than that, but I decided that getting the next size up was the conservative thing to do.

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I agree - far too often I find myself rounding monomoy point from vineyard sound, water temps go from mid 70s to mid 60s and end up in pea soup thick fog. Nevermind leaving the dock at 3am for fishing for first light or doing the flip side and going out at dusk for a night's fishing. I've also had ...

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I bought a Garmin Echomap Plus g3 94sv for the chart plotter function. The Humminbird 385ci which came with my boat gives me depth readings so I have not attempted to install the Garmin transducer yet. West Marine had the Garmin and Simrad units on sale and I chose the Garmin because I could get a l...

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Tony, I verified that my engines are counter rotating with both distributors running clockwise last year when I replaced my caps, rotors, and wires. My concern was that the camshaft might have a nonstandard gear on it, requiring the same on the distributor in order to make the distributor run clockw...

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I’m thinking of replacing my aftermarket distributors with Delco Voyagers. I need to know if I can use the standard distributor on my starboard engine or do I need the counter-rotating option?

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I’ll second what Peter said about long blocks. I’m on my third season I of chasing down all of the shortcuts the previous owner’s mechanic took (“Just keeping the old man’s dream alive.”)

Peter,

What kind of ignition system does Michiganmotorz ship with their complete engines?

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Now I am going to ask you to think about making the best whirlpool you can in a 4' deep, round pool. best is described as the fastest water in the shortest amount of time. Your given 2 Big Sumo wrestlers and 2 track runners. ... Thank you for the physics lesson. You have a serious gift for explaini...

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This is what I have between my v-berths. It has a pipe connection in back near the top, presumably for the flushing water, and a hose connection at the the bottom which I assume leads to the holding tank. Does anyone recognize it? I cannot find a label on it to tell me the make and model, nor can I ...

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Go to "User Control Panel" and click on the "Profile" tab. Then click on "Edit Account Settings".

Enter and confirm your new password as well as your old one and click "Submit".

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Not sure if I mentioned this before, here is my configuration: Starboard engine: - Mallory distributor with the Pertronix module. - 12 volts at the positive terminal of the coil - Ballasted coil Port engine: - Prestolite distributor with the Pertronix module - 6 volts at the positive terminal of the...

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My favorite jet ski story: I went down to the Timberpoint West Marina on a foggy morning to check my sailboat. Fog was so thick that I could barely see past the end of the jetty. Two guys on a jet ski came up the canal from the bay and asked me how to get to Captree. I asked them if they had a compa...

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Is there any play in the distributor shaft? Either up and down or side to side? I did not notice any when I replaced the ignition module, but it looked pretty ugly inside. http://www.ipernity.com/doc/307687/50146428 I put a couple of drops of oil on what appeared to be the moving parts before I ins...

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Wow. That makes the weekend traffic in the Connetquot River seem like nothing.

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Anyone have experience with the Delco Voyager electronic ignition kit?

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Carl, I can’t swap ignition parts between engines because the ignition systems are not the same. Starboard engine has a Mallory distributor and takes a 12 volt coil. Port engine has a Prestolite and needs a 6 volt coil. Both distributors have electronic conversion kits. I carry spares for those and ...

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I’m still leaning toward an ignition problem because I noticed a smell of gasoline fumes in the exhaust when it started to loose power. The guy at my marina suggested that I look into a Thunderbolt system. It sounds like that might be a bit complicated because I don’t think any of the original wirin...

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Thanks for the suggestion. If my spare ignition module does not solve the problem, I will look at the fuel pressure issue. Is it really safe to use an automotive fuel pressure gauge on a boat?

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I'm what appears to be an ignition problem with my starboard engine (again). Engine looses power and eventually stalls after running a while. I can restart after it cools down. As I described it in a previous post, my starboard engine has a Mallory distributor and my port engine, Prestolite. Both en...

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After a test run today the stuffing boxes were cool to the touch, a great improvement. I did not have anyone to drive so I could not check the drip rate while underway but I did not see an excessive amount of water in the bilge. There was a ring of grease on starboard side shaft right where it goes ...

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Carl, I just finished pulling out the old flax and replacing it. I had not seen your post before I left the house so I used 1/4” again. It was easy enough to do so if I have problems down the road I will dig the old stuff out and go up a size. With the engines off I am getting two to four drops a mi...

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I used 1/4”. The 3/8” that the Buck Algonquin website specified was too big to fit in the gap. The directions I found online said that it was important to get the first ring of flax all the way in which probably led me to tighten the nuts too much.

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It looks like I packed the flax too tightly on my new stuffing boxes. I checked them today and they were running really hot. I loosened the nuts on the glands three or four turns to take some of the pressure off of the packing. When I came back several hours later I did not see any evidence of water...

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Great news!!! Enjoy her. You have earned it.

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I have two battery switches both of which have positions 1, 2, Both, and off. Is that a normal configuration? If you face the switches, the one on the right seems feeds the starboard engine and most of the stuff that runs of my breaker panel. The other one feeds the port engine and the remaining cir...

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When I bought my boat the guy who was showing her said that he had been told to set both battery switches to “Both”. Does this mean they are connected in parallel? Does this mean that both batteries are used to start each engine and both alternators are charging both batteries simultaneously? Should...

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Mine are toed out about 1/2” (based on tiller positions when the helm set straight ahead). I have not noticed any handling problems so I am inclined to leave them that way. Any reason why I should mess with them?

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Congratulations

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Our Greek friends usually roast a goat for Easter. It's a great party.

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After all of the complications I ran into I am happy to have her in before July 4th. I was also pleasantly surprised at the reasonableness of my yard bill considering how many times they jumped in when I got stuck on something. Last year my wife broke her wrist at the end of March and had it in an e...

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Carl wrote:Excellent news...except for the most important part.

How does it run???

Everything was smooth, no vibrations. I did the 20 minute run from the boat yard to my slip at 2800 rpm and my GPS showed that I was doing 20 knots.

I plan to check the temperature of my stuffing boxes later this week.

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My boat went in yesterday. In a project which started in late November I did the following; - Replaced both stuffing boxes and their hoses. - Converted to split couplings. - Installed oversized rudders - Replaced the cutlass bearings (done by the boatyard). - Replaced the starboard heat exchanger (d...

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Peter Sorry to hear that. Removing the end of the heat exchanger is always the way to go. Tony, I actually did pull the end cover first but had no luck getting the remnants of the anode out that way. I had to replace the port heat exchanger two years ago so I suspected that the starboard one was ne...

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Someday I am going to learn not to use an Easy-out. I looked at the fitting where the anode screws into the heat exchanger tank with an inspection mirror. There was a hole right through the center of the remnant of the old anode, looking like a perfect candidate for an Easy-out. I went back to my ga...

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I followed Carl’s suggestion and flattened the flax with a hammer. I was able to get two rows in but there was only room for half the thickness of the third. I will try 5/16 flax on the other shaft and if that works I’ll redo the first with 5/16 The packing in the old stuffing boxes looks like it wa...

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These are new packing boxes so there was no packing to remove.

What happens if I go down to 1/4" and add extra rows to compensate.

Carl,

I'll try the bit the hammer.

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I am having trouble getting the packing to go into my new stuffing boxes (Buck Algonquin part # 00PB138G - the two bolt type). Their catalog calls for 3/8" packing for my shaft size (1 3/8") which is the size that I am using. I had the idea that it should just slide right into the gap between the sh...

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Are the flange bolts supposed to be stainless or mild steel? The old ones look like mild steel, grade 5.

Should I tighten the pinch bolts before I tighten the flange bolts?

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While waiting for the yard to replace my cutlass bearings I decided to put new zincs in my heat exchangers. The port side came out easily but the one on the starboard side was so badly corroded that the bolt head broke off. I am probably going to pull the heat exchanger because I don't think that th...

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Bob,

Thanks for the tip on the Rust-oleum product. Brinkman's is convenient to Westin's boat yard so I get in there now and then.

Do I need to mask off the area where the zinc anodes get bolted to the rudder?

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I am going to be installing new stainless rudders, the oversized ones from Bobby Soles Propeller. What kind of antifouling paint, if any, should I apply to them?

My slip is in brackish water, on the Connetquot River, where the salinity ranges from 16 to 22 ppt.

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Carl wrote:Now try to explain that to an irate customer who wants to know why his mechanic charged $100 to change a coupling.
Loosen a few screws take off, put the other one on...how long can that take.

Exactly. I figure that the whole task took me at least eight hours, not including a few false starts.

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Finally got it off. I saturated it with CorrosionX for a week or so. Then I used a Buck-Algonquin puller. Instead of using the center screw which has a coarse thread, I used four 3” fine thread bolts. I tightened the center post enough so that there was a half inch gap between the flange on the pull...

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