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Wayne
That looks great.......can't wait to see the next step........I'll be doing the same thing REAL soon

And a big thanks for sharing........it helps me a lot

Harry

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Harv My condolences to you and your family. One of my uncles passed a couple of years ago.......he and I did a lot together when I was a kid.......Like you, my fondest memories are times we spent fishing in the bays and shooting guns at the local clay pit. My most vivid mental picture is of Uncle de...

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How bout it Vic..........do you hire out?????

Post a pic..........We love to look at pictures! ! ! !

Harry

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Hi Ironman
Looks like a lot of hard work paid off for you............looks really good.

Are you going to omit the side and transom panels????

What are you going to deck her with??

Harry

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Giff Get your accetlyene torch back out and get serious with it. Gingerly won't quite get it. You need to use a Rose Bud or a large burning tip to apply as much heat as possible to the hub really really quick. The problem with Gingerly is that the bronze blades are conducting the heat away from the ...

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Here's a shot of hull clearance..........the prop is a 21" dia

Harry

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Tony Your right SS is out of sight and according to my suppliers its going up even more. Now that Nickel has somewhat stabilized the new upcoming crisis is predicted to be Chrome. But even low carbon steels such as A-36 and steel for nails, electricial boxes.....conduit etc are going to take another...

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Rawleigh........that is a scary setup.......but done it many times before......just make sure that puppy is held down really good. The video actually looks faster than it was really running. The strut was machined in a 50" swing conventional lathe and was only turning 150 RPM.....but thats still rat...

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Good morning Pete I did not change the shaft angle in DeNada. The gas engines were positioned at a 14/15 degree angle and the new struts were made at a 15 degree angle. What I did change was the distance between the aft face of the propeller and the forward edge of the rudder. I moved the propeller ...

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Still quite a ways away from "Splash" but yesterday I completed another major step in the project. We fabricated new SS Struts and dry fitted them during the week last week. Yesterday we bored them to final size now they are ready for final fitup, bedding and final bolting in place. This will be the...

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Wishing everyone a Happy Easter and good day with Family and Friends........ Personally I am looking forward to the afternoon "Down at the River" with my family.......especially my 4 soon to be 5 Grandchildren. Here south of I-10 the entire landscape is covered with Yellow Pollen and spring has spru...

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Joe Just part of the job.........been doing it myself off and on for since December.............your right it SUCKS big time........but the pay off is big also. I dress up for the occasion in Tyvec suit (with a hood), kitched dish washing glooves, rubber bands around my wrist, paint respirator, and ...

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Thanks Andre That's exactly what I wanted to know. I rigged a way to lift DeNada in my boat house using chain falls and straps...........just for quick lifts......changing props........installing thru hulls etc......my way takes a little over an hour.........I'm liking the idea of ELECTRIC motors an...

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Andre/Scott

What size cables do you have on your lifts?

Is your rig setup using more than a 2 part line lift?

I'm assuming that your winches are the 8500#??

Do you use more than 2 of these motor units??

Harry

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Wished I would have thought about this 37 days ago.......... Harry Thought you might like this joke. REDNECK LENT Each Friday night after work, Bubba would fire up his outdoor grill and cook a venison steak. But, all of Bubba's neighbors were Catholic. .And since it was Lent, they were forbidden fro...

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Randall
Your work and your imagination is are both simply amazing..........are you in some way related to Walt Disney???

I hope to have a piece of your ART in my home some day.......soon.

Harry

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Welcome Brian

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I'm not comfortable with the "Bending over" part in fron of any government official much less putting my head in a clamp......Ha Ha

Clay........You should try stand up commedy........that was good

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Patrick
I truly admire your knowledge of the history of the boating/yachting industry...........

Harry

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I would not worry about it as long as its not making an uncontrolable mess in the bildge. It will not cause a catastrophic failure........the seal only sees splashing oil and crankcase pressure and not full engine oil pressure. Another thought...........are you sure that its engine oil????.........w...

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A really bad joke that I had to read so I figured you all might as well read it too!!!!!!!!!!!!! A man is dining in a fancy restaurant and there is a gorgeous redhead sitting at the next table. He has been checking her out since he sat down, but lacks the nerve to talk with her. Suddenly she sneezes...

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Walter In the summer of 2002 one of my dive buddies purchased a boat and he outfitted it with GPS. He purchased some sort of software that was supposed to convert the Loran TD's to Long-Lat numbers.............well it did not work at all. We blew most of a day looking for spots. Some of them were as...

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Timmy
You will have to bring your own Textant Sexter.........I don't think we have any of those south of I-10

Harry

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I've been all over the Northern Gulf with a SiTex 767. Several years ago when we were diving a lot I found and went back several times to car bodies, airplanes and bridge rubble simply using a Loran, a paper chart recorder and a jug with a weight and stirng. When DeNada splashes again she will be we...

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Vic I am not at all familiar with the type of aftercooler that you have on AJ....but I do have a concern. Your Coolers are freshwater cooled and I agree that the water side of your cooler should not need cleaning, but what about the Air Side of your aftercooler??? During my recent overhaul I disasse...

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I'm 5'10" @ 245.............My 31 Express is just fine for me. My taller friends occasionally complain about the cabin ceiling..........If they complain to much I just don't invite them any more. The boat stores that I visit have never measured anything but the size of a wallet in efforts of determi...

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With all of the Arm Chair Engineers on this site there is not a problem that we cannot solve.........

In fact I can remember only one problem that we really never solved

Do ROCKER STOPPERS really work????

Harry

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Dang Bruce.............While reading your post I had the vision of you wearing your Tin Foil hat while getting ZAPPPPPPPPPPPPPED

Funny thing is that we have all been there at some time or another and can see the Electrocution vividly

Harry

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I cannot help but to wonder JUST WHAT IN THE HELL WAS HIS THOUGHT PROCESS!!!! Personally I am terrified of electricity..........I still have scars in the back of my head......put there by the hood latch of a 57 Chevy.........as a result of me removing a 30.000 volt spark plug wire trying to check fo...

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My old deck was not attached to the sides of the boat, in fact the deck stopped a couple of inches from the side of the boat.

Is it a good practice to attach the new replacment deck to the sides of the boat or is that not a good idea???

Harry

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Wayne.......I had to do a double take at your pic..........for a minute I thought it was a shot of DeNada. The Tabbing that attaches the outboard framing to the hull has broken loose on DeNada. When I get to that point I have a good bit of glass work to start with. John, I like the fish boxes. How d...

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Good morning Steve I have a couple of Oil Pan gaskets that I cannot use because of a small missing detail. I do not know if all of the marine pans are made the same way buttttttttt if you will post a pic of the gasket surface of your oil pan I can tell if the gaskets I have will work for you. I also...

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Thanks for the reply...........the 500 Racor, I thought would be sufficient but I did not realize that it may be right on the minimum edge.....thanks Capt Mike Since you guys are successfully running the 900's..........that's what I will also run............ Just for grins and giggles does anyone kn...

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Anyone know the total fuel flow for a 6BTA 300 HP Cummins engine? The number I am looking for is the sum of the max engine consumption plus the amount returned to the tank via the fuel return line. Reason.......I am determining what size Racor I need for my Repower. Reading about Racors I understand...

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I would not recommend this but a lot of years ago I launched my Chaparral to go fishing........shorthly there after the shift cable that goes down to the outdrive broke. When you shifted the lever into forward position the gears would engage and off your go. When you move the lever into the netural ...

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Tony I went to Bluewater today and talked in depth with a Service Tech about the Raymarine products........The boat show is this weekend so basically today I went PRESHOPPING. Considering the type, frequency and intensity of the fishing that I do I have decided to go with the Raymaine C-120 display ...

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Randall Try this.........wear a flannel shirt........shirt tail out.......mount a wire wheel onto the angle grinder.......If you place the grinder in just the right position the wire wheel will make a serious attempt of disrobing you right in front of everybody leaving a remarkable resemblence of Ro...

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JP

You really narrowed the playing field when you put Trustworthy and Mechanic in the same sentence.

Harry

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Sim.......I feel your pain...........for the most part we have a good crew here but there are a few that we keep around just for the entertainment and excuses......... Story about me....... When I was much younger and less dependable I remember one day my boss chewed me about being late..........I t...

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I am pretty sure that several of us here can identify with the tool descriptions below...........first hand DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your soda pop across the room, splatterin...

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Wellllllllllll..........sounds like everybody has their favorites and for good reason........and like you said, Tony, no matter what your decision you cannot go wrong. I am going Raymarine...........good service........good tech support The Mobile boat show is this weekend (you know......the one tha...

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Hey Tony I'm gonna ride your thread here.......same subject.......I am considering Raymarine..........I am friends with a guy that installs and trouble shoots all brands and his favorite is Raymarine. Any thougths or experience that you guys would care to share concerning Raymarine Electronics?? Harry

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As I remember the Detroits slobber a little from around the cylinder head but the major source of oil is from the Air Box drain. A solution to the problem (or just a bandaid) is to have the 1/4" Air Box drain tube actually drain into a plastic container but you have to remember to empty the containe...

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I don't know if my controls are Morse or Teleflex or whatever but I had the same problem. Since sometimes I tend to overlook the obvious and complicate things I took the entire control off and started disassembling it when I discovered that there is an adjustment screw accessable without taking anyt...

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John I was looking for software.......I think around 1994........when I discovered G-Zero. My search lead me to Surfcam, MasterCam, SmartCam and Gibbs as well as the G-Zero. I honned in on the Gibbs and really liked it but at the time the software only worked on a Mac computer. The other packages th...

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John We use G-Zero produced by Rapid Output. The owner of Rapid Output is Don Ball..........he lives in California. I have been using G-Zero since 1995. We have both the Mill and Lathe packages. I have been out of town since Tuesday AM........otherwise I would have responded sooner jspiezio wrote: H...

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Mikey
You getting close to boat riding???

Seems that Spring is closing in at WARP speed.......I hope I did not let me aligator mouth overload my humming bird ass........I intend to splash by May...........finished or not

Harry

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Walter.........strange that you would bring up this subject. At my shop we use PC's to program our machine tools. The program does not need or warrant a high dollar sophisticated computer I have thought for a while now that when the computer geeks get stumped they simply make up a story that ends up...

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Nic You are right on target about the slow fueling. I have joked around about how a pair of Big Blocks can burn it faster than I could put it in. I intend to redo the fuel fill hoses and will correct that problem. I do not understand why its rigged like this but the Fill Plate has a 6 or 8 inch nipp...

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I dry fitted the starboard engine in DeNada yesterday.......sure feels good to see the first engine sitting where she belongs. I did not get a Tee Shirt but I do have pics Take a look http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r289/chip51maker/IMG_2203.jpg http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r289/chip51maker...

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Fuel Flow?????

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