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Heart attack special in my neighborhood is a fried egg with Pork Roll (Taylor Ham). Got to love that Pork Roll.

I purposely try not to keep it in the house. Otherwise, I would eat it every morning.

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Down in Barnegat Bay, you can go over to an area called Tices Shoal right behind Island Beach State Park. Get into clear 3 to 4 feet of water and clean away. You just need to avoid the crabs and dam nettles.

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No matter how good Biscuits and Gravy might be fresh out of the kitchen, after it sits for a couple of hours, and it gels up it is kind of gross and if Yanis is worried about fried food, this will just put him over the top.

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I agree. Moderation. Oh boy, Easter is coming !! Keep in mind though, that the US southeast that fries a lot more than the north, have a life expectancy reduced by a few years from this reason alone... Next time you are about to grab and devour a crispy steak's corner, keep that in mind! Yannis You...

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Rick Your problem sounds almost like the Capt. I used to fish with down in Grand Cayman. I gave him some Cedar Plugs to try. He had never heard of them before. Next time I went down and asked him how they worked he said he was careful when he used them because he couldn't keep the Marlin off of them...

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You haven't seen anything until you see my neighbor dock his 46 Sea Ray using his bow thrusters. We dock beam too on our lagoon. He gets broadside to the dock about 30 feet away from it then uses the thrusters to move the boat to the dock. I always thought they were for assistance, not to just move ...

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Yannis Actually, a little electric heater plugged into the 110 or in your case 220. Pointed at the V berth you will be sweating before the night is over. As for your potato chip problem, make your own. You can cut down on the fat by letting them drain well and then putting them between paper towels ...

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It's a nice problem to have. I don't think you can detune it, it either is a fish raiser or it isn't. As Steve said it is probably the season. Once the Summer hits other fish should become available to compete with them.

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Yannis Banging the rudders on a concrete pier cannot be a good thing. I hear what you and Carl are saying, but every 28 done here in the US with those engines kept the traditional set up. So I sit hear still scratching my head, but it is what it is. We will never know if here in the US we just have ...

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Yannis

I think they had no idea about what they were doing. My friend has the same configuration. The pain is he has to drop his rudders to remove a prop.

We put them on the shaft. Yours were on the end of the shaft. That is different.

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Yannis wrote: ↑Apr 11th, '24, 11:53 Carl, you have too many women at home! LOL !!

Now that's funny.

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On a lot of the 31's, can't speak for the other models, the gas engines were hooked up to a circuit breaker. That was used to energize the starting circuit, same as turning an ignition switch on. I do remember our boat having the same fuse blocks that you show in your picture, but if I remember righ...

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Yannis If you lower the engines and design the strut properly you really don't need to move the rudders back. Spinning a bigger wheel means they put on larger engines than normal, dropped the engines closer to the hull, then extended the shaft so the angle lowers the prop. That is not what Bob Lilco...

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Yannis

That is too funny. But you spend at least 3 months on the water. That is something most of us in the US don't get to do, unless you are retired.

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Yannis

They must have had to modify the engine covers. Usually on the 28 going bigger resulted in the engine not fitting.

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I am not sure if John added extra fuel, but with diesels what John was doing should not be a problem as long as you have the 220/230 gallon tank which I believe Bertram switched over to sometime around 1970. With Gas engines you would probably need about 50 more gallons.

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Yannis

Looking good. Soon you will put them to the test.

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Carl

I have been getting wet for 49 years. It's only bad when it is 5 hours' worth of getting wet coming home from Offshore. Your tired you want to get home, and water just keeps hitting you in the face.

But you know what, I wouldn't trade it for anything else. Many great memories.

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Oldcreek wrote: ↑Mar 31st, '24, 15:46 I'm going to amend the weight down from 7,000 lbs to.... 6,000 pounds since there was probably 1,000 pounds of water in the fuel tank.
And, yeah, lichens growing on it.

We need pictures to prove that your 31 exceeds the one that had the tree growing out of the bilge.

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Yannis

The fact that you spent the day with your ex deserves well wishes.

Just kidding.

I hope you enjoyed the day with your family. Celebrating the meaning of the day with family and friends is the best day there is.

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Micky

I don't get it. You say it holds pressure. But the question is how. Before you tear it down, I would pressure test it again.

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I have a feeling they have hit with for some bucks for a tire coming off.

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Wil

Are you leaving the hard top on her or going with more of a traditional top?

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Yannis

A little bleach and water. That looks more like mold.

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Sierra has a pretty good reputation. They will give you 5 to 7 years of service. That is pretty much the same as OEM in salt water. We use to change ours every 7 years no matter what. We had a connection at the time and only used Merc Cruiser. We could by them cheaper than aftermarket.

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Torque wrench takes them too long. They have an adjustment on the air gun for pressure. I doubt that adjustment has been changed in years.

Thats why when you get a flat you can't get the dam lugs off. Eyes my father use to yell at the help " Don't squeeze the eyeballs out of them. "

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Torque Wrench. I have never seen any of those guys use torque wrench. Air gun and crank it up.

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The Marina we used always used Barr risers for gas engines.

http://www.barrmarine.net/

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Carl I guess leaving the lugs loose is ok as long as you get home so you can jack up the car and check them. The other option is they tighten up so tight you can't get them off. Either way you can't win. By the way, handing you the pamphlet probably protects them from a lawsuit when the tires come o...

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Rawleigh wrote: ↑Mar 25th, '24, 13:08 Tony, don't bring up the Flopper stoppers! LOL!

LOl

That was a record Thread. If I remember it was close to 30 pages.

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Oh boy!

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Then get the best. Prefer Red, just so you know when I stop by someday.

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Either that or you had a big air bubble in it.

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You should have seen this place back in the day. It was a jumping site. A lot of good people have passed through this place. We have been lucky in that we stick to one conversation Boats and how to keep them running.

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Yannis

Glad to hear it worked out for you. Carl is right you got a deal. I think you need to upgrade your dinner beyond shrimp and a big toast with the best beverage you can find.

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Yannis

You could always turn them into wind chimes.

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Remember the older boats are heavier so I would say yours goes close to 14k. Do you have any commercial truck scales or how about scrap yard that has a drive on scale over there? See if they will let you weigh the trailer first then the boat on the trailer. That will be the only way of finding out.

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Yannis

When my friend replaced his last summer, I helped him search out a turbo deal. I found a lot of mixed reviews on the Chinese knock offs. Seemed the castings were not great and a lot of complaints about bolt holes not lining up.

Buy with caution.

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Mickey Sorry I don't remember if you tried changing the cap on the heat exchanger. If you haven't, I would give it a shot. Nothing to loose. A friend of mine had the same problem with gas engines on his Sea Ray. Chased it for three years. Same route as you. Still hasn't found it and is now having an...

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Yannis

Reach out to Turbo Turbos. They are original IHI turbos. That is what is on your engines. I believe they even have remans.

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Figure 12,000 lbs before stripping. Take out 220 to 230 gallons of gas at about 6lbs a gallon. That's 1,300 lbs. right there. Engines and transmissions probably come in at another 600 lbs so know you are down about 2,000 lbs. Pull out the rest, you are close but no guarantees. Problem is the older b...

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Mickey If you have air in the system, the reservoir will drop as the engine cools down. That would be the antifreeze being sucked back into the engine replacing the air that was pushed out. The air is only pushed out when the engine is running. I would think by now the air should be out of the syste...

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Mark

That is what they do. That is their job so it will not stop until we figure out how to shut them down.

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JJ, The wheel you're looking for is this one https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53578598848_939610b3e9_c.jpg As far as I know it has been installed until early 70s production and was previously used on Chris-Crafts. You can try with Chris-Crafts vintage parts resellers. It is one of the reasons I'...

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Carl

It is an old technology. I don't think it ever really caught on or was such an innovation every boat had to do it.

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JJ

The steering wheel on my 1975 was no great shakes new. It was basically an aluminum wheel that had a white vinyl coating that eventually pealed. The aluminum was nothing special once the coating came off. Wasn't even worth recoating.

Not sure what other boats had for Wheels.

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Carl The interesting thing is that there is a bleed off line, which is always there to release pressure. From the designs I saw online I don't see that it closes off at speed. That means it is hard to tell if the flow of water helps reduce back pressure. I am assuming that the flow of water helps a ...

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That just looks like a gutted hull waiting for some love.

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Upgrading might be the easier and best way to go. Better than chasing a gremlin.

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