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Thanks for the tip Pat...........

Pete I am sure that my Express does not have a Delrin bushing or washer but it does make sense. Its no trouble at all to install one. My rudder setup is the same as yours except I have the rounded type of rudders

Harry

Harry Babb

What about it Brewester..........there is you another customer

Harry

Harry Babb

Hey Joe You sure came to the right place to get answers. No matter what you are doing we are all ready to share our ideas and experiences. I too will soon be facing this same task. I seem to recall that one of our faithful kept having problems getting air in the fuel system. If my memory serves me c...

Harry Babb

About 2 years ago one of the local television stations went from resturant to resturant gathering samples of "Red Snapper". They then submittited the snapper samples to a lab to be DNA tested. Well as Gomer Pile would say "SURPRISE SURPRISE" dem fishes wus not Red Snapper after all. The reporters we...

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Sean I will be dropping my rudders soon and making another attempt at removing the rudder boxes (correct name ????).............I tried to take one of them out a couple of years ago and gave up but now I have a much bigger hammer LOL I do know that my rudder stuffing boxes leak and when you shake th...

Harry Babb

Hey guys I want to tell you something that a friend did to solve his rudder packing leaking issues. I have not tried this YET so be informed that what I am telling you will be third hand information My buddy kept repacking his rudders and in a short time they would be leaking...........he tightened ...

Harry Babb

John
As you know thats quite a chore but the reward in the end is well worth it.
Keep us posted

Harry

Harry Babb

Today is a special day for me. During the Thanksgiving weekend of 2004 I purchased DeNada. She was docked at a marina in Dog River in Mobile Alabama. To make the trip home to Fish River I had to cross Mobile Bay and Weeks Bay. Weeks bay is very shallow especially in the winter. As it happened the ti...

Harry Babb

I have a Binks 2000 that I have used for years to paint fabrications and equipment. My setup includes a pressure pot. Several years ago I had to spray inorganic zinc primer. This stuff is pretty thick and I had to purchase a Graco gun with a big nozzle. I think the tip diameter on the Graco is about...

Harry Babb

Well you guys have heightened my curiousity now........what does the average package actually cost????

Several years ago a guy came in my shop with an aerial photo of my shop. I believe as I remember the cost was $250 for a single print about 16x20

Harry

Harry Babb

Patrick I will take your post as a Christmas present..........I have done a little fiberglass work over the years but to be perfectly honest I have never had a good working knowledge of the products and proper application. Although I have always had positive results I have relied on experienced peop...

Harry Babb

YIKEEEEEES Russ I'm to much of a wuss...........don't think I'll ever get to the immune stage. I have a good friend that has built boats for most of his life. He too dresses in shorts, tee shirt and flip flops. My friend built me a skiff 20+ years ago and the deal was that I had to wax the mold and ...

Harry Babb

I'm right there with you Vic..........You cannot put a price on the gratification of a job well done that you did yourself and the confidence that the job was done correctly. The problem comes when you have more "Crap" to maintain than you have time maintain.............then you have to call for hel...

Harry Babb

Mike
I wish you and the rest of our gang a Merry CHRISTMAS and for the New Year I wish each one of you GOOD HEALTH........the rest will take care of itself

Harry

Harry Babb

JP I have the grinding itch pretty much under control. I put on a Tyvek suit, 2 head socks, goggles, respirator, kitchen long cuff gloves then I put rubberbands around my wrist and ankles. I did get dust down my collar...........Do they make a Tyvek suit with a hood???? Other than the back of my nec...

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Steve My thoughts are that if your transmission needs anything more than "Soft Parts" (seals, piston rings, gaskets and clutches) you will be better off puchasing a new transmission or a good running take out. I think that 3 hours to pull and 3 more hours to install your engine may be underestimated...

Harry Babb

Well its like this.....DeNada is outside and it rained like crazy here this afternoon....... THEN My daughter and I went on our 27th annual Father/Daughter Christmas shopping trip......tomorrow afternoon will be spent with my lovely wife THEN I may be able to sneak in some grinding time on Saturday ...

Harry Babb

Hey Guys If you don't mind take a look at the attached photo.......its a shot of the Starboard engine compartment. If you notice in the center of the pic near the chine there is a piece of plywood glued to the hull. There were 2 of them. The second one was aft about 18 inches and a 4 or 6" toward th...

Harry Babb

This should be interesting..............

My Father worked at the Michoud Space division as a machinist back in the mid 60's

http://www.nola.com/business/t-p/index. ... thispage=1

Harry

Harry Babb

Vic......I did not realize that the block heaters got that hot. I'm in agreement thats way to hot. Do you think that its not making enough contact with the block therefore not able to transfer enough heat into the engine and overheating the blockheater itself????? I'm wearing my fur lined jockey und...

Harry Babb

We talk about a lot of stuff here on B31 but this post really hit a nerve with me.........I, like the rest of you guys, have spent my life dedicated to my family. My daughter, Angie and my son Chris, spent a lot of unforgetable hours with me in the Gulf and Mobile bay in my younger days. The story h...

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Chiles I must have been living under a rock most of my life..........I have been around boats for 30 years now and I have never seen a boat with Rotary engines. Tell me about them.......sounds interesting A buddy of mine had a rotary engine in a drag car.........weekend bracket racing........he name...

Harry Babb

That's a wonderful story........I can remember a couple of times when I was covered with fiberglass dust.........deeply aggravated........feeling down and out..........I actually said... and I quote "Sometimes I wish I had never seen this SOB" Well now I am here to tell you DeNada is in total shambl...

Harry Babb

Watch it guys..............this is the same way that OSHA comes on........"Hi I'm here to help you"......got me a $15K citation........later got reduced but not without a fight.

Its my experience that if you own a boat you do not have a lot of cash to hide...........LOL

Harry

Harry Babb

Bruce

You could write a book from all of the mishaps that you have seen in your time............

Vic

Another lawyer friend of mine always says that "I'm good as long as people keep misbehaven"

Those pics are unbelieveable

Harry

Harry Babb

Then there was the guy whose wife told him that she wanted something for Christmas that would go from 0 to 200 in less than 4 seconds

He gave her a new set of bathroom scales

Harry Babb

This one is rather charming now ain't it, sorta funny too. *Pedro & His Girl* * One beautiful December evening Pedro and his** girlfriend Rosita were sitting by the side of the ocean.* * It was a romantic full moon, when Pedro said,* * "Hey, mamacita, let's do Weeweechu."** Oh no, not now, let's loo...

Harry Babb

Well Timmy I think your Christmas story is funny..........I told the story to my friends...........they barely chuckled then got up, left the room and stuck me with the bar tab.............LOL

If they belonged to the Carol that I know they were made by Omar the tent maker.........Ha

Harry

Harry Babb

Pat Today I actually removed the strut, made a dummy coupling that bolts to the gear then inserted a shaft to use for roughing in the engine placement and alignment. I see more about how it all works now and I will not be changing the shaft angle..........in fact it looks to me like you cannot decre...

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Mikey These are pics of my old Chaparrel. I built the top in 1987.........its been thru hell in handbasket and held up well. [img][img]http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r289/chip51maker/DCP_3032.jpg[/img][/img] [img][img]http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r289/chip51maker/DCP_3038.jpg[/img] Harry B...

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Good morning Mikey Thanks for the suggestion.........sounds like a good idea to me......Doug made the same suggestion...........obviously PVC is cheaper and easier than metal Yesterday I sat the Starboard engine in DeNada......just sitting on wood blocks........today I will remove the strut and get ...

Harry Babb

Hi Rawleigh
Coming down is generally easy..........gravity takes care of that.....just watch the landing it might get a little bumpy

How about an elevator to get my fat ass up there.......LOL

Harry

Harry Babb

So sorry to hear........

Fairwell DAVE

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Harry Babb

Hummmmmmmmmm........never thought of that......excellent idea......can probably use small tube for a prototype...... Doug what is the pitch and dia of your DJX wheels????? I am going to make a serious attempt of decreasing my shaft angle.....I think that all I need is 12-1/2" from shaft centerline t...

Harry Babb

Harv That's a very good looking tower/top..........I've not seen one like that before.......is it made by Luhrs or is it by a custom builder in the area. I particularly like the idea of not having to crouch down to go under bars or having to climb over bars........as you know in rolling seas you cou...

Harry Babb

Bruce Comments like yours about Bennett are always good to hear.......I have Bennett tabs on one of my old boats and never had a problem. In all of the negative BS that we hear about our country and our working force there are still some good companies and people that deserve recognition......they g...

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Gerry That's some fine looking glass/stringer work.......do you hire out??? LOL A guy on Fish River in Baldwin County has a 20 painted the same blue as Paola. I have a friend that had a 20 probably 18 years ago........he took the I/O out, pluged the transom hole and installed an OMC Sea Drive when t...

Harry Babb

Sim On my old Chaparral I mounted the rear feet on the gunnel. There was way to much flex on the gunnel. The width of the gunnel was much narrower than on the Bertram. On the Chaparral I had to add another brace (Hand Holder) that paralleled the rear leg and went all the way to the floor. I am think...

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Sim I like your top....... its size seems to match the boat size. I once built a top to fit my old Chaparral 244 that actually looks similar to your top. I do not have all of the fine details yet but pretty much I am going to try to keep the front support legs inside of the windshield and the rear s...

Harry Babb

Mikey My Express is a 1966 model and I think it holds about 175 gallons. If my estimate is correct she had about 100 gallon aboard when the picture was taken. I do know that when she is full of fuel the chine at the transom is just barely in the water. No I am not going to install a larger tank on d...

Harry Babb

Just as planned I ran DeNada to Fly Creek in Fairhope to be loaded onto a trailer and brought to my shop for repower last Friday. Checkout this guys trailer........the entire trip and off loading process was absolutely painless. As usual, with the proper equipment everything is easy. She is now bloc...

Harry Babb

Vic
Do you have trouble starting your engines in winter????? Do you really need a block heater to start the Cummins in cold weather????

Harry

Harry Babb

The oil pans on my Cummins engines are made of aluminum......If yours are also aluminum aint no magnet gonna stick to them Question guys.......I have looked at an engine heater that fit into the water jacket in place of one of the freeze/core plugs.......... Does anyone use this type of block heater...

Harry Babb

If this jet is like all of the other Honda products it will be FIRST CLASS equipment........... I have always been satisfied with Honda equipment no matter if its a pressure washer, motor cycle or automobile............I have not owned a Honda outboard motor yet and will never OWN a Honda (or any ot...

Harry Babb

Just PM "Vicroy" aka "Uncle Vic" he will fix you right up

Harry

Harry Babb

Burrrrrrrrr......its definitely getting to be winter time here in Alabama also......these frigid temperatures are driving me deeper into hibernation Today we struggled all day long just to get to 72 degrees and tonight we are going all the way down to 38 Seriously..............I do not have block he...

Harry Babb

Try this website

http://www.hightidemarine.cc/burgees.htm

Harry

Harry Babb

I have been knee deep in diesel engines off and on for years and never actually knew the full "Diesel Story".

Funny how they have now come full circle on the fuel of choice.

I found the story quite interesting............take a read

http://www.ybiofuels.org/bio_fuels/history_diesel.html

Harry

Harry Babb

Gerry
That's one fine Bertram you got there........I'm really proud for you.
Thanks for sharing

Harry

Harry Babb

And a happy and safe Thanksgiving from me to all........

Harry

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