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they cast is fine, but the rubber is toast.

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Tony They are ford 460s marinized by chrysler. Probably 88 models. They are angled down. I googled the casting numbers and they come back to being a late 60s/70s mercuiser part. I had assumed the boat had chrysler 440s in it and it was repowered with new chyslers in the 80s. Guess it hard mercuisers...

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I was challenged. i had to google how to use google.. go figure. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/u2yHqH8Kw1jxgnI88A1mXwvi_VpmAO_M53hPsqUXLkObJO2ag34SYoU6dmWlToosJV3qBZrEnlpHFiwrYZ7l14g9iaA6RFK0U0Pc385lRslmqF-iRHWKNGKFh610EsamWWLir4I5Gp2oqRpRKE6BCTfssM6XQaArxka6yoO7VI4FeXg3cxGH1UXRPxJjvwt4dFs2ZjWzP...

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The mount for my transmission seems to be alittle bit odd. I was not sure if a standard mount would work. Ford 460 big block with velvet drives

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I have the CD here at the office. I can make a copy or just send you all the files. with Bruce's permission.

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In my personal opinion Cabo is pretty hard to beat no matter what you are doing. The last time we went we did the swim with dolphins deal in San Jose. It was alot of fun, my kids lovand the kids would like it... I even got to kiss the dolphin!! But not sure how cold it would be in February. I have f...

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I do have 1 3/8 SS shafts. But at this point I have going to have the 460s freshened up, replace a few things like water pumps, fuel pumps, distributors, etc and roll on. Again the biggest potential expense is the exhaust manifolds. Is there any good way to actually test them? Obviously you could pr...

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well. that's a pretty cool search engine i didnt know about. Its up to Bruce and i will send you a copy. Let me make sure i have all of it handy. I know i have the Cd at the office. I am sad to say that I never found the time to actually follow through with making my own hatches.

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He did a CD and a book. I purchased it from him a while back. If Bruce doesn't have it, with his permission and payment to the site i will copy it and send it to you if you want it.

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A heat gun works well too. get the rubber warm, use the hose tool to loosen it up and the slide off.

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I dont really want to change the running gear. I my trannsmissions should work. But didnt think about the shafts needing to be different.

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LOL! Wonder who that is?? Not really bad news. I am finaly having someone finish my deck i just have not had rhe time. I yanked the motors so we can clean up under them and i could freshen up gaskets and paint them. 1 was blowing steam through the breather. But since they are out, my thoughts of cle...

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Ignition upgrade was actually first thing on my list. But some things have changed since I first wrote this. I think I need to switch over to the repower topic!

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For now i stuck with a couple rebuilt quadrajets.
But what are everyone's thoughts on switch over to fuel injection? I did a search, but most of what i found was older info.

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I just came a across and article that said this was a joint venture between Hyundai and Kia. I was unaware that Kia made a diesel engine until recently. While helping a buddy with a small old industrial Generac back up generator. To our surprise Kia was stamped on the tag. Aren't the heads on a Durm...

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I am finally getting some extra time to work on the boat. The boat has been sitting a while. This weekend both motors fired up. But i couldn't keep one running. The float is stuck, etc etc. I have the old Chrysler M460 which are the Chrysler marine Ford 460s. My original carb is a quadrajet. Do I ha...

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I am no expert but pretty sure once its on its on and you cant change the color with out redoing all of it. MAS epoxies sells pre-colored gelcoat and the flex mold to repair the non-skid patterns. Someone on the board did their deck with it a while back. I have never bought anything from them, but t...

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I have been away from the board for a while, to say I am socked and saddened by what I am reading is an understatement. I feel lucking to have spoken to him and have learned from him. Bruce, Though I am not all that close, If you need help when here let me know. We can keep some of the molds or what...

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Increasing things for sale on the site "book store" might not be a bad idea either. I can not find the link to save my life, but I purchased Capt. Pat's Cd on how to build deck hatches. I actually was reading it earlier tonight. I know that I troll the site constantly looking for pictures and refere...

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Bob
For got to let you know, mold came in, looks awesome. now just have to find time to fix her and the boat up
thank you again!

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What about one of the gofundme type websites??

Never mind looks like the gofundme charges 8%

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Capt Johnny walkers boat. Coming home to Galveston. When she gets here I will try and get some up close pictures. Beautiful boat, thought it had a 2000hp Mann, curious to see what it does. I guess the 42 invincible wasn't enough for him!
http://snapperfishinggalveston.com/

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looks like a great trip. maybe one day I will make it back to cabo!! I love the stowaway the boarded the boat!

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I think crock pot sky rat sounds good!

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Has it really been 3 years since you and John went?? I have not been in 3 years either. I am in the need for a cabo trip bad. I wanted to go this month or next. its been a long hot summer and I needed a vacation! Hopefully by next fall we can get a trip together, drag john, catch some fish.. ya know...

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Don't feel bad, my bro does that kinda stuff to me all the time. Seems all the guys that catch a lot of fish are pricks. http://i967.photobucket.com/albums/ae158/whitsendgalveston/8FDFB25E-FB95-4AF4-BCE3-876AF64BABAB_zpspt9d0dhy.png So I guess a cabo trip is out of the question for time being?

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Go to a junk yard a pick up a block. I have a 4.3 bare block at my office, I think the cam is still in it. But I don't think its a vortec.

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regardless, seats are like a pair of boots, they all fit everyone different. Like Rocky said, go for a test drive in all of them.

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Must be nice, getting to fish all the time! Nice fish.

Where did yall go?

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My vote is also my GMC Denali, heated/cooled seats(which I never really use). I drive a 3/4ton truck, so the ride is not the smoothest. But I think the Suburban / Yukon have great rides, especially when you step up to the LTZ/Denali

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So Hale marine would have been way to go, but since I don't have cores, they would have had to go through theirs to find some. They also are so busy they wouldn't know if they did for a couple months. I found a couple old crusty transmission guys in Florida that had parts, and I am sure they could h...

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"It has all your modern imenitiest and best of all you can move it!"

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So I have a dumb question. I have not gotten to deep in the water makers. But I do a bit of water filtration for ice machines. They make small RO systems that have a membrane that removes salt. If all you are doing is using it for showering, why would getting one of those and a pump not work. Probab...

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wonder what work the yanmars need?? I know this is probably on the site somewhere, but my buddy has always thought yanmar motors were not re-buildable, like a cummins is, its that true? I know someone that has a pair of 330 cummins. one has 400hrs the other has 0 hours on rebuild. I would have bough...

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especially wives, which then in turn cause a catastrophic failure of your bank account... So I have heard!

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Thank you!

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I wish it was as simple as where the seals go. But it's not. I am going to find out how much to have the shafts ground and chromed. But I have the "old " style velvet drives and they and the major parts are not easy to come by. They stopped making them some time around 1978. Brand new units are nort...

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I think, as usual I am over thinking the process. Harry, it the input and pinion cage/output shaft that are worn. Which I know could be repaired in the way you say, and he told me they could. But what I comes down to is what is the most cost effective. The ZF idea is out, just wondering Kevin, why d...

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My brother ran a 45 down here for a while. Said it was fast. It was a beautiful boat

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Harry that is correct, I have the 72s, so it would take a bit of work to make it happen, the other question was if the ZFs are reversible, as I have a counter rotating engine. They have a reman set of zf45(I think) but he said those could not be flipped. He was going to make a few calls for me on Mo...

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So both trannys are out and the shafts are worn where the ride on bushings. They recommend buying a rebuilt from someone out of Florida. Said it would be cheaper than them doing it in house. So, should I go back with B/W or switch to ZFs in case I go to diesel in future?

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Just did props, cutlass bearings, had coupler and transmission flange faced. Both shafts checked. The starboard shaft was bent at the taper, but I was told it was straightened and should be good.

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I am going to replace the coolers to just be on safe side. Already called land and sea and gave them green light they will hit the boat tommorrow or Thursday. I do not think they are leaking though. I used some left over fuel line todo the hoses, maybe not the right stuff. My concern with alignment ...

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Thanks guys. I think the BWs on the small blocks are different that what I have but thank you very much for the offer. Rawleigh, I am pretty sure the coolers are OK, but they will be checked at the very least. if anything leaked I think it is the output shaft seals, I did not replace them when I rem...

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After taking an extremely long time to get the new tank in. The boat is finally running again, still have to get the deck back on, but it's nice to she her on the water. Boat has set for a while, so had carbs done, had a couple bent push rods, but motors seem to be solid (460 fords). Starboard motor...

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The harbor freight special I think will work just fine for a few crimps. Normally I look for any excuse to buy a new tool. But I have no use for a tool to crimp 750 mcm. I would think crimping 750mcm is a pretty specialized deal. The biggest stuff I deal with on a daily basis is #4. As far as #6 I d...

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Bob, Harry
so you have a 4 port battery charger? That was my other thought, the house bank would also start the gen set. I am running gas motors, so i do not think i need the 4/0 wire. I have a small set of crimpers that does up to 1/0, plus i will solider

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I have a couple questions about running my batteries. I finally have my tank in and engines are back up and running and I am going to redo the batteries and electrical. I should in theory have 4 battery banks? 1 for each engine, 1 for gen set and 1 for the house. Then be able to parallel them in cas...

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I have found this trailer for sale locally. It is not complete, but I think a good start. Let me know what yall think . I have not physically gone to look at it yet. He told me it was 76" wide. He built it for a 37' Silverton http://i967.photobucket.com/albums/ae158/whitsendgalveston/IMG_6933_zps176...

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