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Bruce,

I liked the soilant green statement. That was one of my favorite movies even though Edward G. was turned into soilant green. Eating smart peoples brains is good too.

Dick

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I've got tabs on my B28. I barely used them when I had a light load, but when I had a heavy weight or two milling around below, I trimmed the boat out so it rode true. Since I put flow meters on, I've found that by trimming I can get better milage. It's not an astronomical amount, but evry bit helps...

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Well, mystery solved. I took the advice of the board and moved sensors from the port to starboard engine, but the damn thing still ran the same. Then a little light went off and I remembered that when I was checking the injectors out last week, every time I turned on the ignition to get the fuel pre...

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My B28 has the above engines and they are just over 500 hours. About 6 months ago, I put in a new set of platinum NKG TR5IX plugs and both engines purred like kittens. I didn't have a fuel monitor then, but I could tell the engines liked those plugs. Lately though, the starboard engine has lagged be...

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Outstanding looking work. It's something to be proud of.

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Phil,

Outstanding job. One almost hates to get fish blood on the deck when they look like yours does.

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I'm in. Great site, informative, educational and some times funny.

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Randall,

Hell I'd buff it out good for a couple of hours then put a good waxin on her. Especially that left fender. It'll make a new set of wheels out of her.

Dick

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Bill,

I have a 12K here in SW Florida and sometimes I think it is too small. I guess if I left the door and hatch closed, it would be alright. I'd be leary of anything less than a 12K down here, but you may be OK where you are at.

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Kevin, One other thing. If I did not have a Lectra San on the outboard side of the port engine, I would put it there. It wouldn't be hard to find a rectangular tank that would fit there. But I wouldn't forget the "Y" valve. I got boarded once by Capt. Blackbeard of the Coast Gaurd and he wrote me up...

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Kevin,

On a previous boat I had, the potty holding tank was only 6 gallons and it had a macerator pump and a "Y" valve according to Coast Guard Regs. It rarely ever filled up and I never had a problem getting rid of the goods once in legal waters.

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Bruce,

I don't have anything that big in use, but I have a couple of smaller 10 inchers in my salon. They have been in operation for a couple of years and the sound is great.

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When evr I need to crimp a wire that big or bigger, I use my vise and then solder the darn thing. Works like a champ.

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Phil,

I have one used Nibral 19X20 cupped for LH side. I do not have the RH. It is in good shape. It has a 3 3/4 hub for a 1 1/2 inch shaft. It's yours for freight and a small donation to this site if it will do you any good.

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What a hair raising story. It reminds me of when my wife, but then fiance in 1998 came to Alaska in late JulY for her second trip. I told her we were going out into the Gulf of Alaska for a two day cruise in a 25 foot FB cruiser and fish for silver salmon. Weather sounded good for the next 3 days. W...

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Rick,

I have that same problem, but I never miss the beer either. The old addage of "if it had been a snake" works here.

Dick

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Mike, There is a company here in Florida you can reach at http://www.minicraft.com/index.htm. They will send you some chips. Tell them what year and it will help narrow it down. I matched my gel coat myselft just by mixing a little yellow and brown to white and dabbing a little un catalized spot on ...

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John is on the right track here I think. Most engine OEMs' since the early 90's use their own engine wiring harness with various types of plugs to plug into the boat harness if one was used. Earlier boat models just ran wires and never used a harness. Sometimes the engine plug doesn't match which is...

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Here is a link to a Townhall article that was on line this morning.

John Stossel - The Many Myths of Ethanol

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Steve, I have an 83 28B and it had the stripe on the bridge and around the upper hull. I took some 320 wet and dry and sanded it off. Then I used compound and a buffer to blend it in. It wasn't perfect, so I mixed up some matching gel coat and used a pavel spray gun and hit all the way around. When ...

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Just look what you can do with the engines out waiting to put in the new ones. Like clean the bilge/engine room, repair/replace bulkheads, paint, and even take a good look at your bonding system. When the new engines and tranny go back in, you'll be in the clear and ready to go.

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Capt. Patrick,

Did you purchase the soft copper or the soft annealed?

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Steve, I have found that once clean, wood like that covers nicely with several coats of Bilge Coat. I use it in my bilge an on the battery shelf several years ago when I bought the boat and it is still as good as new. I also preceeded the bilge coat with dilute epoxy and let it soak in good and cure...

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Dan,

Here is where I got mine.

http://www.seatechmarineproducts.com/do ... ctions.pdf

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I have an 83 B28 and needed a few pulls myself. I looked every where and even had High Tide send me a couple that were too big. I finally found some that were close so I replaced them all to look the same. I got them at http://www.buckwoodcraft.com

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Previous stewards of this B28 had allowed water to pour over the new Merc. Horizons via the drain hole in the hatch gutters specifically the port side. Iâ€™ve been fighting and winning with various corrosion control methods that involve CX, elbow grease, wire brush, and black paint. Of course most o...

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Kevin, Last year, I isolated all four of my batteries with a three bank output, two alternator input isolator. Two batteries make up the house bank. I had gone through and pulled a couple of miles of wire out of the boat that was just left in place when the former owner repowered. This made it simpl...

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Matt, I had some bulkhead rot in an area that was allowing rainwater to drip from the hatch gutters. I've since routed the gutter drains via tubing to a sump pump. This gets about 90 percent of it, but more importanly, it doesn't leak where I don't want it to. I then used an 1/8th inch bit and drill...

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Phil,

I have one 19 X 20 1 1/2" shaft with a 3 3/4" hub. It is a cupped nibral 3 blade in very good shape. I'd let you have it for the shipping and a donation to this site.

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Scooter28,

I use Techmate From Rinda Technologies on my twin Merc Horizons. They have the MEFI 3 ECM.

Their website is http://www.rinda.com/marine/marine.htm.

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Kevin,

What is that covering on the cockpit deck? Did you put that on?

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Has anyone used Treadmaster non skid covering. Here is their web site. I got a sample some time ago, but still have not made a move at the stuff.

http://www.plastimousa.com/treadmaster.htm

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You got that right Capt. Other than that, they don't have enough brains to come out of the rain.

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Joe, When I was in Alaska, I had a FBC with a lower station which I used the most because the bridge had no enclosure and the weather there was almost always subject to turning to crap. Using the lower station was almost like flying blind with a lack of visibility. Fortunately, there was little debr...

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Well, I'm a sink man. I use mine all the time especially when we are away from the dock for a one to three day trip. I guess one could live without one, but I've been conditioned.

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Harry, You gotta deal. I just love messin around with that gooey stuff, getting it in your hair, all over your new jeans and sneakers. I'm giving my attitude a rest today since I've got to spend a little time in the office and my in laws coming down from Port Charlotte to partake in some grilled Soc...

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Running these boats is more fun than should be allowed. But then there is the often maintenance which I love. I noticed my dripless shaft bearings were not so dripless. I could push on the starboard bushing and get water gushing into the bilge. The port side leaked enough also. So I decided it was t...

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Bruce, You are absolutely correct. I got on the Merc site last evening and looked at the SC100. They will only interface with the Merc. 555 Ecm and that was 2000 and later. It's a shame because you can use the SC100 system to link to any data that's available and more by attaching a speed wheel and ...

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Great info guys. I'm definatley pursuing this route as soon as the holidays are over.

Thanks

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Thanks Bruce. I would have thought that Mercruiser would sell some sort of optional equipment to tap into the fuel flow data. I'm sure it would be an arm and a leg. But I think I will pursue this further and treat it as a side project. You've given me hope. Thanks again.

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I've got two 1998 Merc Horizon engines in my B28. They use the MEFI 3 Electronic Control Module. I check up on these guys periodically with My Rinda Technologies Scanner that reads the ECMs' and reports various readouts and/or error messages. One of these is Fuel Flow and I have always wondered if o...

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I'm in. Merry Christmas to all.

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I priced 1 1/4 shaft X 1 3/4 at $152 for bronze and $274 for stainless each. I'd hope like hell they worked for $354 to $548 a pair. I wonder if anyone here has tried them?

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In Alaska, we'd spot them out in the Gulf and everyone was hanging on for dear life. We called them "Puker Boats". Some of the time, they only had one engine. Trouble looking for a place to happen.

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I usually try to slip a flat blade screw driver between the hose and the pipe to break it loose. You just have to be very careful that you do not rupture the hose unless you figure on replacing it then there are a whole host of options.

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Randall, I spent most of my Air Force career in the Air Rescue Service as a Pararescueman. I was one of those weirdo's that would jump out of a perfectly good airplane. I was involved in a couple of sea rescues where we had to parachute into the North Pacific with SCUBA gear and was also on an APOLL...

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I was a rescue crew member for almost 20 years in the USAF and every aircraft I was qualified in and aboard was rigged for night vision and that meant red lights everywhere including all the dash panels, courtesy lights and reading lights. This helped tremendously when you still had to physically lo...

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You can install the Trucharger anywhere and run their optional monitor anywhere. I put mine in the starboard engine room on the hull side above my three banks of batteries and ran the monitor into the salon under the dinette aft bench seat so I can see what is going on with the charger when ever I a...

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Truecharge 40 by Xantrex.

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Sean, Thanks for the tip. The previous steward must have had trouble with leaks with these Perko strainers. He had squirted silicon sealant all over the seals and they still dripped a little. So I took them out and disassembled them and dropped them into a bucket of 30% muriatic and boiled all the d...

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