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Harry Babb

Your correct Walter, that's exactly what I meant to say. It is rare but I have had a case or two where corrosion built up in the crimped area of the wire connector and would not allow a good connection. Just because it looks good, or just because it is bolted to the engine block does not mean that y...

Harry Babb

Come on guys......can't we all just get along here! ! ! !

I feel like fighting too.....but not you guys........hell, I wanna see blood........I'll be in better spirits on Friday morning when all of this seasonal hooptallllaaaa is over with.

Just wondering if dophins use "ROCKER STOPPERS"???

Harry

Harry Babb

Your on the right track.

Tackling a project like that is like eating an elephant........one bite at a time.

Make FOR SURE that the sending unit base is grounded........no good ground no workey

Harry

Harry Babb

Burrrrrrrrrr........freaking........burrrrrrrrr I'll just sit tight and wait for Hueso to send more warm tropical pictures I realize that this is not severe for some people but should hit the mid 20's here in South Alabama in the morning May be Hueso will keep up us warmed up all winter with mo pics...

Harry Babb

I've always been facinated by Dophins......and their intelligence. On many of occasion they have came up around my boat while were were fishing....of course that ended the fishing 3 years ago my daughter and family invited Jo Ann and I to go to Disney World with them. After doing a little research I...

Harry Babb

In a pinch you can use a Majic Marker to color the shaft and check the percent of contact........

Harry Babb

My dive buds and I were in the Gulf of Mexico one day and several dophins gathered around the boat for a while. After a while they left.........I beat my fist on the outside of the boat and they came back...... A couple of guys went over and actually got some pretty cool video. I think there were ab...

Harry Babb

A friend sent this to me......I'v had Dophins all around the boat but nothing even close to what you will see on this clip.... I have no idea where the clip was shot........hopefully you guys may recognize the background Harry [img] [img]http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r289/chip51maker/th_Dolphin...

Harry Babb

What about it Timmy......

Can your dog do this????

Its obvious that its filmed north of I-10

Harry

http://www.dogwork.com/dogsnow

Harry Babb

Cool.........what time is supper????

Harry Babb

To tight makes it very difficult to remove. I do not know if there is a recommended torque or not. If your taper fits properly it does not take a lot of torque to secure the prop. Make sure that the key does not interfere with the fit between the prop taper and the shaft taper. Look in the Boat Buil...

Harry Babb

That's really sad Scot

Sorry to hear......tradgedys are always hard but this time of the year seems to make them more unbearable.........

My thoughts and prayers will be with the families

Harry

Harry Babb

Boy ! ! ! ! You Bay Minette people really get around. When my son Chris graduated from trade school he and I went on a diving trip that departed from Fort Meyers and went to the Dry Tortugas. It was a 3 day live aboard trip. One day we docked and departed from the boat to visit Fort Jefferson. One o...

Harry Babb

I am in Fairhope Alabama
What part of the Gulf Coast are you from....or returning to....

Harry Babb

Harry Babb

Cmp's all over me to get working on the tubb. Hard to get motivated when the rebuild and storage cost are going to be more than the boat is worth , in this economy. Timmy........thats a lame excuse........The way it has always worked for most of us is that we purchase a ________(you fill in the bla...

Harry Babb

About the manifolds on there now, they are unfortunatley brand new by original owner! Rocky.

EBAY!!!!!

Harry Babb

Sounds like a logical plan to me.

I believe that the seawater (SALT WATER) cooled manifolds have a life expectancy of 7 years or so.

If yours are aged and seawater cooled you may kill 2 birds with one stone! ! !

Harry

Harry Babb

JP
Where is Timmy hidding .........He hasn't popped in on us in a long time....did someone hurt his feelings????

Harry

Harry Babb

Kipp I say go for the 5 Kw. The 3 Kw Westerbeke is not the "Same but smaller" unit as the 5 Kw. There is a reason that its a lot lighter. If you think about it, the difference between the 5 and 3 is only 142 pounds. You may be able to balance out by shuffling other things around....like batterys. On...

Harry Babb

Hueso that's Sweet........

Lucky you.....having nice fishing weather.......its blistering cold here tonight....will probably get down to 30 degrees

Harry

Harry Babb

That's a clean looking 31

Your gonna enjoy her a lot

Harry

Harry Babb

Kipp I particularly chose the Westerbeke for a couple of reasons. One....I know of a lot of sailboats in the area that have the Westerbeke 4-107 engines and I alway thought highly of them.....I realize thats its a different engine but I have always had respect the name Westerbeke.....the other reaso...

Harry Babb

Rocky If you start rotating, moving or leveling the engines at all you MUST recheck and realign the shafts to the engine. I kinda thru some lines up on AutoCad and my guess is that if you were to rotate the engine outboard by 2 degrees or so it will move the uppermost part of the manifold 1-1/4". Yo...

Harry Babb

And a happy Thanksgiving to everyone

Harry

Harry Babb

Wayne/Anybody
What is the creature featured in the second pic in your photobucket album???.....looks sort of like a straightend out sea horse

Harry

Harry Babb

There is an idiot born everyday.........

Harry

Harry Babb

My Bertram is a 1966 Express. Attached are a couple of shots of my setup. The manifolds were close but no rub. The engines are mid 90's models and it looks to me that the previous owner changed the manifolds. I never paid enough attention to notice what brand the manifolds are. This may sound crazy ...

Harry Babb

Carl In 2005 I purchased a 5 KW Westerbeke and installed it in DeNada and I have absolutely no complaints at all. The little guy ran at 1800 RPM and was as quiet as a church mouse. The other thing that I liked about it was its small size. I actually had it mounted outboard of the port engine 454 Mar...

Harry Babb

I have a 1966 Express and installed my AC under the "Kitchen Sink"

I just made a shelf between the 2 bulkheads and put the AC on that shelf.

Do not have pics but I can get some this weekend and will post later.

Harry

Harry Babb

Walter

My shirts arrived today

Thanks

Harry

Harry Babb

That's great JP When my daughter and son were preteen and teen agers we fished together quiet often. We have a lot of pics and reminisce a lot. I laid out from work one day and Chris cut school for this grouper [img][img]http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r289/chip51maker/1247ChrisandHarryGrouper.jp...

Harry Babb

Once in a while i come across an old timer who remembers seeing the flames from their house in Grand Isle. That's pretty interesting. I have fished on several ships that I believe to be old sunken Liberty Ships actually sunk to make fishing reefs......The Wallace, The Sparkman, The Allan and the Ed...

Harry Babb

Thanks Mikey

Harry

Harry Babb

Sim Just to clarify.......my exact words were that I dread Tuesday......I will be at the polls when they open to cast my vote AGANIST MR OBAMA.....I am dreading the day because I am afraid that Obama is going to be our next president.........I generally HOPE for the BEST and EXPECT the WORST. Sim......

Harry Babb

I ran across this article last week in a magazine published locally. As a young man, my friends and I boated and fished around the Ghost Fleet. Although its now gone it was a sight to behold http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r289/chip51maker/GhostFleetpage1.jpg [/img] http://i147.photobucket.com/al...

Harry Babb

Manufacturing is the basis of a countries wealth.......we have allowed our manufacturing base to be sent out of our country until the only thing left that we manufactured was Beer and Hookers.......and I'll be dog gone.......Anheuser-Busch has sold out to a foreign company........so look at what we ...

Harry Babb

I read over the weekend where Barney Frank of Mass wants to cut defense spending 25% across the board. This could get very ugly very quickly. IDIOT ! ! ! Defense is the main thing that I think the government should spend our tax dollars on...........Noooooo ! ! ! They would rather avoid their major...

Harry Babb

I know it looks bad and is heart sickening to see yo baby in damaged condition........but she is in no way ready for the "Crusher" Some young entergetic wanna be Bertram owner would probably kill to own "Black Sheep"......even in her current condition.......... Its still sad to see, but not gone for...

Harry Babb

After 911 our business fell off drastically and stayed down for more than a year. During that time I sold several jobs that just covered expenses simply to avoid layoff. Then one day one of my steel suppliers anounced a serious increase in steel and staniless steel prices. As we all know over the ne...

Harry Babb

Walter
I will send you money on Monday for 2 XLarge............

Harry

Harry Babb

Gentlemen I am interested in converting one of my newer conventional lathes into a CNC machine. Likewise I would only need X and Z controls......No tool changer.....no spindle control.......pretty basic......... I would look hard at http://www.fagor-automation.com/Products/CNC/default.htm How's busi...

Harry Babb

Good one Rawleigh

I picked up on the fact that the cab driver was not Catholic pretty quickly....having attend Catholic schools myself, I likewise had fantasy's about nuns but it sure as hell did not involve a kiss......my fantasy involves a 12" ruler and Sister Mary Butch.....Ha Ha! ! !

Harry

Harry Babb

Really sorry to hear the news Tim

As Walter so eloquently expressed............if any of us could help you know that we would.

Harry

Harry Babb

I'm not really sure if its even true or not.......with Photoshop, clever guys with to much time on their hands can make almost anything believable But I was simply amused at the sense of humor........I'm always up for a good laugh....... There was an email floating around something about the goal in...

Harry Babb

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Captian Pat
My sweeps are a single wall 316 SS pipe with a shower head connection where the pipe meets the fiberglass "Y" pipe.

That's why I really need to insulate.

Harry

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Harry Babb

Thanks guys I kinda had my heart set on the smooth black hardcoating. My thoughts are that it will be very durable and pretty easy to apply right here in my backyard. Another boater buddy told me that a downside is that this type of insulation will trap moisture and damage the pipe........I answered...

Harry Babb

Thanks Russ
I am not really sure what "Lagging" is..........

Can you explain and post a pic........I am certainly open to other ideas.

Harry

Harry Babb

Thanks Mack
I always enjoy hearing the out come to the question posted here.....kinda wraps up the conversation

Glad she's running top notch again

Harry

Harry Babb

That's first class work Randy...........great job

I don't know...never went to TSL but I am assuming that the wash down system has something to do with a 5 gallon bucket.......right????

Harry

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