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bob lico

tony that "shelf" is a engineering feat that,is done with care an a excellent cockpit feature .you start with the center piece of cockpit floor that is Coosa board 26 blue 3/4" thick when llayed up with biaxle two layers on bottom and one layer on top it becomes 15/16" the center piece sits on the t...

bob lico

and speaking about talent i notice the oil filter relocation on starboard engine and i imagine fuel relocation filter on the port engine . moving right along you found that storm block plug a couple inches to the rear of oil filter original location. that plug was removed and 220 volt/750 watt subme...

bob lico

neil wrote: ↑Feb 14th, '21, 18:53 Bob I don’t know if you know the early bird is my brother in-law the only thing he can’t fix is a broken heart,we hope all is welll with youu

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that figures neil and know i did not know. that Jersey clan is laden with talent

bob lico

i recognized some big time talent going on here so i will ask: who had the golden hands to turn the outflow elbows 180 degrees around on the rear of heat exchanger to clear the correct installation of up and over exhaust ?

bob lico

i also have Alex rub rail and stainless insert. they are well made and i went with Pete`s idea that is 144 SS bolts, flat washers and Nylock nuts . the first operation after removing old rub rail was to glass in the entire seam around the perimeter of boat but the most important tip i want to make i...

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carl what i am saying is you cannot cruise more than 28 to 30 knots in the Alantic Ocean how ever there are times when the ocean appears to be calm but actually that is huge ground swells so you increase speed to 36 or so. great for the first 7 gentle waves and than the boat flys into the air (like ...

bob lico

my opinion is far fetch by your standards tony but i will throw it out there for those of you whom always do your own thing. number one no marine mechanic/dealer/technician is allow on or near the boat, ever. i do all my own work no matter what it is. so i bought my 330hp cummins for the equivalent ...

bob lico

i no longer have the cutaway photo included with the mini max mufflers that show the reverse cone internally maybe you still have it and show the "surge tube crowd". i have put my 31 into the waves in reverse at WOT. to settle a bet and he bought the entire bar a round of drinks .

bob lico

thank you for posting snipe you saved me the trouble mine is exactly the same. with the belly band and 6" mini max mufflers . the exhaust goes over the top of each engine and surge tubes are a absurd statement. most of all the sprinkler is installed in the vertical position a thousand times better t...

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i was on the other side of the coin. all cummins dealers have a geographical area so our marina had a dealer on both sides (east and west) we were a yamaha dealer on 69 acres so he ask us if we could walk and chew gum at the same time!!!! we answer yes and we had a Yanmar dealership no other qualifi...

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cummins did not screw the other companies thay purchase the small company that invented the injectors that work for LNG on a conventional diesel engine and the rest is history. more important than DIY mechanics that do our own diesel repair and maintenance the main key here is due to world wide tota...

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peter we had 370hp recons in the yard with a block date code 1 month earlier than the recon sale date!!!!! sooooo they sold new mechanical 370hp put 20,000 hours on them in a month than rebuilt them and sold them as recondition-----------Hoodwink the gorvernment EPA. ----i love it. seriously i menti...

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i have posted this before and don't have to many good years ahead of me. i have thousands of shares of CMI, like i told you to do years ago while at $58.00 now at $229.00 a total domination of small diesels marine motors. last time i am going to post this Cummins Recons are not rebuilt engines!!!!!!...

bob lico

our flounder population on south shore of long island totally destroyed by seals wintering over and by Cormorants all year on long island. years ago they were plentiful in early spring and the first salt water species available for avid fisherman in the spring .i am not putting my boat in the water ...

bob lico

i should have mention the most important reason for E-Paid or mahogony is that it swells up that fraction of a inch when water in the bilge comes in contact as opposed to a fiberglass backer.i have crash valves on both raw water intakes rather essential for easy application of 'SaltAway" at the end ...

bob lico

i was so cautious i went with a cardboard mockup and then pine template because i wanted a miter on the corners of transom that was complicated by three angles .the transom gunnel is actually bowed and radiuses. i used Burmise teak about four times the price of farm grown teak the difference is Burm...

bob lico

i have it on the bridge of my 31' Bertram about 10 years with Goretex stitching. there is no comparison on the clarity of polycarbonate versus any other product used for windows, however keep in mind it is a stiff as plastic so you can not use in places that you expect to roll up and strap on the br...

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i have been installing thru-hull fittings for about 55 years and nothing absolutely nothing beats E-Pay. the wood has numerous names in different parts of the country and is used for outside decks for expensive homes usually 5/4" planks ,it grows in the Amazon rain forest and is actually heavier the...

bob lico

beautiful job on that rocket launcher early bird .i have very strong reasons for a rocket launcher or chair with tray or rod holds on it.

bob lico

ironworker that post on transducer installation is exactly how i did it (making plywood mold with a ton of mold release coating to pull mold out) i made mine 3/8" solid and then lay up a big area inside hull so that i had 3/4" of epoxy lay up over the transducer. quite a bit of planning but the resu...

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EarleyBird i am with you 100% with Furuno UND-DFF1 transducer center keel flush mount but got to give it a solid 10 on installation difficulty compare with a 3 for putting cummins 6BTA -M3 engine in a 31 Bertram. i used that with full screen 12'" TZTouch 11 in 2000' of water.

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the best wear would be to use 5/16" and alternate installation 120 degrees apart. here's`s the secret after cutting each piece at a 45 degree angle dip your fingers in N-5000 nickel-graphite anti-seize lubricant and coat each piece entirely then install .this installation is in the the Phoenix for 1...

bob lico

merry Christmas and happy new year, hopefully we put this awful pandemic behind us soon.

bob lico

Carl you are exactly right i should say trendy for people who really don't know better or perhaps will use boat in a like or calm waters but by the nature of the forum title we can assume everybody on this board DOES no the forest from the trees.i used to whisper under my breath (so wrong) as a wome...

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stephan how wrong can i be with a 30' center console with twin 300 hp Verado`s . i have posted photos in the past went thru twin 200hp than twin 250 hp now twin 300hp. cold and wet and getting beat up -----------lovely but at 74yo not to good.

bob lico

most of the people on this board are influence by magazines, boat show salesman and the more people who fall under a trend the more reality is ignored.have you ever driven 1000 boats? after a while you will not be the least bit concern how many drink holders the boat has, but most important a 35' ye...

bob lico

the best education i ever received was from a gentleman whom worked for me . the guy had a PHD in EE and we were together on a Federal project for 3 years . a fantastic ability for BS or incompetents detection.

bob lico

i am in business my whole life ,you listen carefully to the answers the client or customer says and sometimes ask questions to a answer you know just to see how he answers .

bob lico

i guess i was a lucky guy.the first time i pulled the 504" cummins out of boat and the marina wanted 600.00 for the Dumpster and along comes some dude who offered me 5000.00 -------take them. then i paid 15,000 for a pair of Yanmar 250 hp. i took the boat offshore and came home and yank them out and...

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Saburke why did you replace engine?

bob lico

good post Stephen

bob lico

my son installed Fusion stereo with sub woofer so driving in that big open ocean for hours listening to oldies on iPod tends to put you to sleep especially if your a old bastard.

bob lico

we lost so much time that we decided not to go to a 40 mile offshore wreck so instead we trolled for bass about 5 miles east of inlet .we caught a big bass and release it because there is a size limit of 36" in NY. we could not catch a small bass went home without any fish but a lesson was learn, fi...

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my son was driving while i was setting the course for offshore location he starts looking at the chart and question me why i wanted this wreck instead of the one he wants and takes eyes off the water right before a tight turn to West Island and at 30 knots he was in two feet of water in seconds he p...

bob lico

now i realize the problem with the OEM. dashboard set up. when you have a pod the single lever controls are on the sides of the pod and the compass at the very front of the pod, together you would easily free up the space on both sides of pod for 12" displays sitting on the flat area on both sides o...

bob lico

God bless you brothers looking at a 7" screen at 28 knot cruise traveling thru Bellport,mastic,moriches with 2' of water 5' on either side of boat at dawn i envy you!!!

bob lico

i am a Captain and would find it damm near impossible to operate with one screen. i have a dedicated 12" Furuno for sonar on starboard side of pod and radar over GPS on 12" furuno display on port side. i am looking for bottom structure and baitfish so i need detail. the furuno radar paints a target ...

bob lico

evan better on Long Island NY we have a inlet like non other actually just a opening from bay to ocean with sand bars building up from month to month and coast guard changing bouys sometimes twice a year and no money to build a real rock wall on both sides so the inlet may have 8' waves in inlet but...

bob lico

just the self contained outside filter from 3m.

bob lico

i used a respirator and removed rug and than a 4" disc. grinder to remove glue . the next step was a alcohol based paint called BIN . definitely was not going to make the same stupid mistake of painting the cabin awl grip oyster white top coat a perfect gloss finish then sand the entire cabin and re...

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my rudders are ss and huge in fact more than the size of 55' Viking. i can go lock to lock at 35 knots and the boat will literally dig in at last 4'' from stern along with the reversed chines will cut the water to make 90 degree turn -----seriously absolutely wild and i had two members of this forum...

bob lico

disregard the 970cpl cummins a and think no engines come with boat ,so total value about $5000.00 . you will be starting from scratch and will need time and money and quite a bit of talent in f/g, boat building ,wiring ,fabrication with coosa board ,PVC board and making templates for tempered glass ...

bob lico

normal procedure on long island and new jersey is in the fall the stripe bass migration stops in front of fire island in 30 to 60 feet of water and feeds on sand worms that are hatching at the same time.a hundred boats converge on the area and the fish get lock jaw and go under.Sooooo we take the Ph...

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quite often i anchor in 120' of water and sometimes 140' of water over a wreck . i have a dan fort anchor rated for an 40' boat and use 28' of 3/8" chain with 1200' of line in a laundry type basket. i retrieve anchor with 15" polyball with a twenty foot "leash" on it to keep it away from props. as t...

bob lico

carl i have a towing attachment on my 100 ton USCG lic. i throught i might have to tow a container ship into new york harbor some day.

bob lico

what Tommy said! but i also did bulkhead wall inside engine box area as well as under covering boards,actually the entire engine compartment area is covered in 1 1/2" lead lined SOUNDOWN ,sorry for capital letters but spellcheck refuses to spell words it does not recognize.

bob lico

thank you tony we are on the same plane. i decided to make cleats strong enough to put individual straps on each cleat and literally pick up the boats buy rear cleats directly below hawsepipe. step one i cut out a piece of aircraft quality titanium 1/2" thick and 10" wide and two foot in height. a r...

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i have soundown with lead and use epoxy on the backside of special clips they give you . the idea is to apply the clips to the fiberglass engine hatches than you install the lead material by just pressing it in place without stabbing yourself with the sharp points then push on the hold downs. has be...

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Cam it must be nice to sit back and relax sometimes and that is also the smart route to take just pick up phone and call somebody to help the project. i had to look at myself in the mirror project after project trying to think a better way . except paint the hull sides myself and my son did the enti...

bob lico

mentally the worst day of my life.i heard the fireman as they realize they had 10 to 15 minutes to live and the collar worn radio was the only communication due to tower number one going down with the huge 911 antenna on top so all communication were "bounce" off microwave local antenna. i was in th...

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