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John, thanks for the quick reply. So happy to hear from you. Working on several projects this winter to make the boat a little more inhabitable, but I'm hoping to splash before April. I'll definitely be in touch. Wishing you a speedy winter.

I spent my life fishing on my Dad's 31. Went with him to buy it new in 1976. The last 30 years or so, I fished with my Dad out of Montauk. Mostly striped bass and fluke, but occasionally tuna. Now the boat is mine and I moved it to Annapolis last summer. I've tried to raise some Rockfish with my kid...

I have the Morse MT2 single lever controls. The chrome is pitted, and they look awful. Thinking of replacing them with new MT3s. Questions: 1. I've been told they're compatible. Is that true? 2. Is it possible to disconnect the cables from the head unit (the controls themselves) and simply connect t...

New to owning my 31 (it was my Dad's). Many many questions, and my Dad isn't around to answer them. I look to this board as a surrogate :-). The boat is laid up for the winter, and I was looking at the bottom. In places, the bottom paint is coming off in sheets (up to about 6 inches square), in othe...

I never did say thank you to all who chimed in to help. It absolutely was the oil coolers. I replaced them with the Lenco units. Problem solved. This one, anyway. I truly appreciate the wisdom on this forum. Thanks so much.

OK, a bit embarrassed here....You've got me sufficiently concerned so I went down to the boat today to look into the oil cooler situation. I don't believe I have oil or transmission coolers. Old lines appear to go from the pump through the filter and back into the block. Could it be something else, ...

You guys are incredible. Can't thank you enough for the input. The engines are 454 Mercruiser 7.4 Litre OPP. They're fresh water cooled. Does that change the advice?

I'll take pics when I get down to the boat this weekend.

Thanks again.

Thanks very much for chiming in on this. I truly appreciate the input. I just inherited this boat. My father was the original owner. As a kid, I went with him to buy it new. While I've been running it since 1976, I've never had to deal with the mechanical maintenance, so the input from this forum is...

I have 7.4 L Mercruisers with about 900 hours each. I've noticed oil drops in the water when running the engine in the slip. It seems to come from the exhaust. I also noticed the engine eating oil, so I'm guessing the slick is oil and not raw gas.

Any ideas?

Ken
1975 FBC

I have the full teardrop version, and it's in pretty bad shape. Can it be restored? If so, what can be done? What should it cost?

What happened to the video??? The link doesn't work. It's not there anymore. Please repost!!! It was among the funniest things I've seen all year.