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Pete Fallon

Check the ignition switches and the push button start switches, check for loose ground wires and the the voltage regulators if you have them also if you have ballast resistors check them.they over heat when old. Is it just the port engine or both motors, could be a bad fuel pump,
Pete Fallon

Pete Fallon

The express has a little more area than the FBC , the step down between the engine boxes is forward of the center hatch , it's not much but it adds another 3 running feet of cockpit sole. Also depending on the year of the express the early model engine boxes are about 8"' shorter than the lift back ...

Pete Fallon

Ktm, My bait well drains were on the transom with ball valves for safety reasons, I used the old fresh water cooling dumps for the bait well fittings they were 1-1/4" brass fittings. I had a macerator pump plumbed into the drains to get rid of the scales and other crap from the two 40 gallon oval we...

Pete Fallon

John, I had my 454's with Hurth 8 degree down angle trannies about 4" from the bulkhead the previous owner had drilled holes in the bulkheads in front of the fly wheel and alternator pulleys for access from the inside of the head and back of the dinette seat backs.The couplers for the shafts were ju...

Pete Fallon

I used to carry 2 181 quart igloo coolers full of bait mainly herring when I fished for giants back in the early 80's on each engine box, under the helm and companion chairs. The helm and the companion chairs were mounted from the express wings and had a single stainless pole for the upright support...

Pete Fallon

Bruce, I fished for 65 years, there's nothing left worth catching, wicked tuna boats is keeping so call giant tuna fish that we use to let go because they were top small, I can't justify $120 to $150. a dozen for google eyes during the winter sailfish tournament season. The southern Kingfish tourney...

Pete Fallon

Timmy, Good luck with the knee surgeries from one who knows first hand. Do what the doctor says and do as much physical therapy as you can stand, even though it hurts. I will not be going to Tropic Star with the group due to a injury to the knee that I had replaced last November. I was doing great u...

Pete Fallon

John, My1997 454 TBFI Mercruisers had 63A ZF Hurth 8 degree down angle 1:5:1 gears the coupling was located at the bulkhead aft of the motors. My shafts were 1-1/4" Monel shafts with a 96" shaft length with intermediate strut bearings just aft of the shaft log exit, the main struts were low profile ...

Pete Fallon

JJ, Try L&H Boat Works in Stuart, Florida. Glenn Had an express that he traded a flats boat for over 5 years ago. It needs work, no motors but is all there. He also had a Sedan that was a customers boat real rough. If they are not available he will know where to find one. Is your FBC the one that th...

Pete Fallon

Amberjack,
I forgot to mention that after the rail was back on the boat you should run a bead of caulking along the top and bottom edges of the rails to prevent the dirt and black streaks coming down the hull sides.
Pete Fallon

Pete Fallon

Amberjack, I was going to replace my rub rail with vinyl but after removing it completely it was in pretty good shape. I removed all the thru bolts at the bow(5-1/4-20) and the aft corners (3 or 4 1/4-20) on each section. The rest of the rails were held in place with #12 SS pan head 1-1/4" screws. M...

Pete Fallon

John An old timer that repowered boats in New England for 40 years told me that if you took a standard 2x4 and put the 2'' which is now 1-3/4" between the tip of the blade and the hull that is your clearance. So 1-3/4" is the minimum clearance. That is what I had on my 1961 express. No cavitation bu...

Pete Fallon

John An old timer that repowered boats in New England for 40 years told me that if you took a standard 2x4 and put the 2'' which is now 1-3/4" between the tip of the blade and the hull that is your clearance. So 1-3/4" is the minimum clearance. That is what I had on my 1961 express. No cavitation bu...

Pete Fallon

John, You can get either Rupp or Taco top mount outriggers as long as you have a hard top on the Bimini . The supporting pipes have to be strong enough to support the hard top or plates have to be welded into the supporting structure. When I ran the Jupiter 31 Fishing Team we had a T-Top with 2" ano...

Pete Fallon

Carl, I was using 17" x19 Pitch with a medium cup 3 bladed Nibril Dyna Pro's. I had a set spares that were 18"x18 pitch no cup, lost about 5MPH off top end, only used as back ups, because of lack of clearance on hull bottom. The original motors when I bought the boat had 3 blade Nibral motors were 4...

Pete Fallon

John, Here are some more measurements that I took before the boat was sold and went to St John Virgin Islands via St Thomas. 454 Throttle bodied fuel injection 310 hp with Hurth 63A 1:5:1- 8 degree down angle trannies1-1/4" Monel shafts 96" from coupler face to end near prop nuts(2), with intermedia...

Pete Fallon

John, My 1961 Express had original 1-1/4" Stainless steel shafts that I changed out to Monel 1-1/4" when I repowered back in 1997 the shaft length was 96 inches from the face of the coupler to the very end of the prop nut area . I have intermediate strut bearings ( a small 2-1/2" x 4" long) strut ju...

Pete Fallon

Peter, I haven't heard from you or your friend as of Tuesday night , I am still not back into surveying yet but will help him out as much as I can. Faithful thanks for all the encouraging thoughts, Yannis, I am doing both upper and lower PT they started both while I was in rehab back in November. Ca...

Pete Fallon

Faithful, I went to the Ortho doctor Tuesday all okay with the knee xrays looked real good. He said to keep up the PT for another month into March. He said most of the pain was coming from muscles and tendons that haven't been able to move right for the past 8 years. I asked about golf and he said s...

Pete Fallon

Faithful, I forgot to mention that one of our members (Priceless 31 Bahia Mar) who is an orthopedic surgeon in Salisbury, Md recommended Dr. Tariq Nayfed to me, so if anyone is having complex issues with their knees Dr. Nayfed is the one to go to, He's in Silver Spring, Md . he will be moving to Pot...

Pete Fallon

Charlie J. I am doing great compared to the last 8 years of constant pain. I have a couple of minor complaints but overall It's feeling great. #1. The new knee is made out of Zirconium, Ceramic with titanium stems driven up into the tibia and femur bones. The problem is that w=hen the temperature ge...

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Charlie Johnson, Doing good, the new knee is working pretty good, a few minor problems. #1 The knee which is made from Ceramic and Zirconium with titanium stems gets very cold, if I don't wear long underwear, insulated chinos pants and wrapped with an ace bandage it gets to a point where it is painf...

Pete Fallon

ktm_2000, I lost on of my caps on the original light/bow chock. I found that the cap that you use for the stainless steel sink with 4 holes if not using a sprayer the cap or plug fits nicely, make sure it's stainless steel. Usually find them at a large plumbing supply house. The one's at the big box...

Pete Fallon

John, I see your going with the 454"s that are carbed. I had 440 Chryslers with direct drive 72 series, they were terrible on fuel 60 gallons for a 40 mile run and would only push the boat at 30 MPH on a good day down sea down wind, before I changed over to the Mercruiser 454"s with throttle bodied ...

Pete Fallon

Todd, You've done a nice job restoring the 42, looking at the electrical cables and the bottom of the hatch covers are you sure that the boat was ever partially sunk or the engine room had a lot of water in it. Did the surveyor even address water intrusion in these areas. Keep up the good work and e...

Pete Fallon

John F, I would use the marine plywood that you have on hand. Like Bruce said mix some epoxy and fiberglass strand into the patched area for better holding for screws,thru bolts and patch. Use large fender washers to back the thru bolts. Mix epoxy and fiberglass strand together to the consistency of...

Pete Fallon

Pschuass, The area is on the back side of the opening window you will see a grey or black vinyl material that is all flattened out, it runs around the entire window frame on the inside. The outside is a caulking material between the glass and the window frame , I used straight black GE silicon windo...

Pete Fallon

Tooeez, I used to anchor up on the North side of the sandbar, if you look down from the Blue Heron Bridge you can see a channel that runs from the Northwest to the Southeast towards Singer island and the end of the dock off the old Buccaneer Restaurant . Depending on the tide and current it's about ...

Pete Fallon

Peter, I re-bedded the inside window frames with Bulb seal sold at the Window Doctor in Stuart, The old grey material had dried out over time. The Bulb seal is either 3/8" or 5/16 " inches it's not cheap I think I paid $3.65 per foot make sure you buy enough to do both the front windows inside and o...

Pete Fallon

Tooeez, I haven't been in the area for over 5 years but I used to Anchor up on the sandbar at Peanut Island on week days and wash the bottom of my 31. Not on weekends it's a zoo with go fast boom boxes with 3 Yamaha's and drunk youngsters rafted up as far as you have room. If I remember correctly th...

Pete Fallon

Steve M, I would not use rivet's on the rail bases they don't have the strength that stainless steel bolts do, plus the deck is cored with 1/2" marine plywood with glass over it, I don't think the barrel of the rivet is long enough to compress correctly. Take the head liner down and do it right, plu...

Pete Fallon

Peter S, Looks like there is a 1/4" plug on the side of the sea cock body. That plug should take a Zerk grease fitting allowing you to use a grease gun to lube the inner workings of the sea cock. It looks like your bonding wire needs to be connected to the base of the bronze sea cock not under the n...

Pete Fallon

Faithful, I am home in Peabody Ma after 20 days in Maryland, 3-1/2 in hospital and the rest in rehab. I landed in a snow squall and there is a light coating on the ground but the wind chill is 5 degrees. After eating a few slices of Pizza I fell a sleep for 12 straight hours the first uninterrupted ...

Pete Fallon

Carl, How's your father-in -law doing, my knee feels so good I don't know what it's supposed to feel like, after having 8 to 9 pain scale for the past 8 years. I am thankful for the great doctor that finally replaced it correctly, to Dr. Pat Paterra for turning me on to Dr. Nayfed and to all my sand...

Pete Fallon

Carl, They are the same, my 1961 Express had the same style rudders from the Bertram factory. I was with Capt. Pat when he took the measurements off my rudders in the boat yard at South Florida Yachts in Riviera Beach, my boat was on the hard right next to Palm Beach Lady which had the 28 style rudd...

Pete Fallon

Marlin, When do you need the survey done? I am going to get my certification back in the early spring. I just had my knee replaced 2 weeks ago with complete success, however I will be out of action until April doing rehab and getting strength back. I would recommend the guy I referred all my Florida...

Pete Fallon

Faithful, Happy Thanksgiving to all of the stewards of the greatest boat ever made as UV would say. After meeting the crew at the Flop House in 2000. I can't ever recall meeting a more opinionated bunch of great guys, Capt Pat, Bruce, Mike O, UV, Snow, Rick, Tommy Drake, Dug, G- Man, Thudd, Russ and...

Pete Fallon

Faithful, Thanks for the concern about my knee surgery. I am now intehab in Gaithersburg,Md, @Asbury Village Wilson Health Care. I got here last Thursday afternoon.The surgery went well About 4 hours on the table, both the top and bottom of the implant were grossly loose held on by 1/2 " @ top and a...

Pete Fallon

Bruce,
As long as they don't have any 8 legged creatures crawling below the waist
Thanks,
Pete

Pete Fallon

Todd,
I am going to the Hospital on Monday to get it replaced again (#4) it's the last time.If you need any help find parts let me know, my number is posted on the board.
Pete

Pete Fallon

Peter Schauss, I have a Jasper remand 3.6 L V-6 in my 2006 Cadillac SRX. I put it in back in 2016. After the original Cadillac engine put 3 timing chains thru the valve covers while driving down the road at 98K miles. They wouldn't cover it because it only had a 50K warranty when I bought it in 2009...

Pete Fallon

Todd,
Most of the railings were supplied by Perko , some of the very early boats were Wilcox-Chritten. They were chromed brass with set screw joints at the rail top and # 10 screws at the bases.
Pete Fallon

Pete Fallon

Faithful, Thanks for all the kind words and encouragement from all. The reason I asked if anyone had any dealings with rehab's in Germantown area is that I am going down by myself and I am sure that the doctor will have a good place for rehab. I just wanted to get an idea where nearby rehabs were lo...

Pete Fallon

Peter Schauss, I would check to see if you have a ballast resistor somewhere in your electrical system. Years ago I had a pair of 440 Chryslers that would run fine until the ballast resistor heated up then it shut the engine down almost like it was stalling from lack of fuel, after it cooled down th...

Pete Fallon

Peter Schauss, Looking at you picture of the distributor with the cap off, I noticed that the wire connectors on the coil are automotive style , I would change them to heat shrinked epoxy filled marine style connectors. I say this because the moisture will get into the open end of the yellow connect...

Pete Fallon

Faithful, This is off the subject of boating and Bertram's but does anyone have a familiarity with in patient physical therapy places? I am going to have my right knee revised for the 4th time next Monday November 5th at Holy Cross Hospital in Germantown Md. The doctor said that I will be in the hos...

Pete Fallon

Farmer, You said the boat got beat pretty bad, in the slip. I would check all the battery connections and grounds for the engine, something might have worked loose from the pounding. I would also check for water into the exhaust backing up from the surge of the waves. Also check the ignition switch ...

Pete Fallon

ktm2000, When I was building the 34 Legend we never did any glass work below 50 degrees we were in Hobe Sound and right on the freeze line on the East Coast of South Florida. Our building was a steel open sided 75 x150 with drop curtains for rain. If your using epoxy or FRP, all the parts should be ...

Pete Fallon

Hers31, If it Annapolis get together is going to be held in November of this year I am going to be in Germantown Md for 21 days getting my right knee replaced for the 4th time. I'll be in Holy Cross Hospital in Germantown for 3 to 5 days then in rehab somewhere in the area for a week or two. Hope to...

Pete Fallon

Dug, Gary Jordon sold the Bahia Mar back about 7 years ago, I did the survey on the new boat that he bought in North Palm Beach ,it was a custom built Express with a full tower , can't remember what the make of the boat was but it was similar to an L&H. I don't know who bought his Bertram could have...

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