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Sandy - Max Wax is a product sold by CX (made by another company but labeled by CX) that is a waxy coating for hard to protect stuff like cast iron rudder flange bearings, shaft couplings, etc. The coating is soft enough to flow back together and "self heal" if scratched. CX says one of their bigges...

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Likewise, sorry we missed you. We didn't realize the Prop Stop was open yet and had planned to go over to Morton's....forecast was for light winds but it was blowing pretty good, so was glad to see the PS open. See ya next time, and yaeh, the bubble boats were everywhere, most I've seen in years. Ga...

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Sean - thanks. The switch type is called a Double Pole, Double Throw (DPDT) and is commonly available from the good toggle switch makers like Culter-Hammer. The plastic ones are suspect but if kept shot with CX and dry they are OK. I'll call Bobby at Sea Trac tomorrow about the new sensor.

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The paint addative Penetrol works as well but lasts a very long time.

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I'll do it.

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If you are talking about the fluxgate compass for an a/p, mine is in the attic ahead of the f.b. far foward on the centerline, works fine for 13 years, dry spot.

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Mikey - looked at mine today, here is how it works: PORT GEAR, looking from the top. In neutral, the lever end is pointing to the stern, in forward, it is pointing to the port side, away from the prop shaft. STB. GEAR, in neutral, pointing at the stern, in forward, pointing at the stb. side, toward ...

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They are legal on the sides....as I remember they have to be visible dead ahead and 135 degrees to the side. I've had no glare problems with mine at all, have the Perko lexan 2 mile ones, white and you can hardly notice them they are so small.

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Walter - I found the paper napkin I keep the CX records on and I sent you 2 cans of Max Wax in August 06 - think you and Randall maybe teamed up? It's an aerosol, yellow can. No reports yet on the anti fouling properties....what I shot on the prop of my Honda 15 is still there but its on a lift. I'l...

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DHL is all of a sudden giving me fits about shipping aerosol, think some new rep or maybe bickering between two DHL local outfits.....so those of you that have ordered and not gotten your stuff, I'm trying to work thru this maze of dead-ends...Some of it has been shipped and returned about three tim...

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Jeff - most of us have put them on the sides of the fb just aft of where the front starts to curve. I probably have some pix of mine and if you send me an email at royvictor@cox.net I can shoot them to you.

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Sean - thanks, good info. Since it only does it in rough, stormy weather, that's when you need both the radar & plotter, so gotta fix it bye & bye. I'll call Bobby at Sea Trac and see what he can do. What kind of switch did you use? Coax? or just a single pole?

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I have three GPS antennas mounted close together in a fore & aft line on the port top of my fb hardtop. The one for the Garmin 2010C is in the middle. I've noticed that when the radar (Raytheon 41X 4' open array) is running, the Garmin will lose signal now & then. The other two antennas next to it w...

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I was spending someone else's money, not mine. I sure like my old mechanical 6BTA 250s. The QSBs are good for those with lotta money, and the dreaded "the enemy of good is better".....anyway, I was just musing about stuff. Sure like how quiet the QSBs are tho. On the other hand, my 6Bs shake at idle...

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At least he mentioned this site.....Joe B. is a real good guy and the restore won't lack for ideas from us. He & some other Bertram factory guys were at TSL the same time as us last year and we ragged Joe pretty bad about his cop boat. The idea of Bertram bringing back the 31 as a production boat is...

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JB - Several of us here bought decals, name plates and hull numbers from Gameboats years ago. I was quite satisfied with the quality and service. They say they produce the Bertram logo items under a license from Bertram Yacht supposedly issued many years ago, and as I understand it, Bertram Yacht no...

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Mikey - my ZF lever moves sideways too..I'll take a look this weekend and let you know.

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Mitch, no did not get it. Try again, VLR@RKKDLAW.COM

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Sounds like a contest of who can trinket up their B31 the most - I'll enter AJ: Garmin 2010C with sounder; Raytheon 600 plotter that overlays the radar driven by a stand alone little Garmin; Raytheon 41X 48 mile radar, 4' open array; Raytheon combo GPS/loran that drives a B&G large digit dash displa...

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Rick - the only time mine does that sort of thing is when I'm sitting still or just barely moving - the course line will whip around since the boat has to be moving for the unit to calculate which way its going. Do you have your course line turned on? It's the colored line that shows where your bow ...

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Another tirck is if you have the sounder black box you can zero in on a spot on the sounder screen and record it as a waypoint and then have that show on the chart and track back on the chart to that spot. Like an underwater MOB. The unit obviously 'remembers' where each blip on the sounder was loca...

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Just checked and Hamilton has them, alignment wedges, item #GRW-A3290001 - listed under "drive accessories". www.hamiltonmarine.com

22 bucks a pair.

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Seems like I saw some slotted bronze angle shims somewhere, maybe Hamilton Marine?

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I've got the 2010C with the sounder box. I shopped hard a couple of years ago at the FLL show for one thing - visability. The 2010C is far and away the best, even in direct sunlight. Easy to use, accurate, and I don't notice any jumping around using the course up nav. My favorite feature is the gian...

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Kevin - they do that, but a trick is to always start them with the throttles at idle, much less smoke. The other remedy is block heaters.

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Capt. Mike - as for the small letters, I being of poor eyesight use a special blow up program, but someone showed me if you hold down the "ctrl" key and rotate your mouse wheel toward the screen it makes the letters bigger, and do the reverse to make them smaller....neat trick.

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Well Faithful, guess Scooter is out of here, see ya Scooter. Hope you have a nice life, but you need some coaching. Angry postings are not good for your liver.

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We been talking about that problem for close to 10 years here. The original fuel pickup tube was rolled copper soldered up a seam.......do a reverse search and you will see our thinking on this, and how we solved the problem 8 years ago.

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Scooter, that is the longest sentence I've ever read. I did have an unfortunate criminal client one time that got a longer one. Now let's get to the crux of what B31.com is about. This place was made on respect for all views. That means it is respect for all opinions, no one should trash, even indir...

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Scooter, me trying to sell a product to make money is sort of a laugh to those that know me. I became a CX dealer to occupy my time and get the stuff to my friends at a reasonable price. All my profits have gone to support this site. How about you, smart ass?

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Fish at night.

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Scooter, I've used them all, and with respect, give up - you are right.

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But the JD is a little tall/long/wide for the B31.

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How about a longer key that would hit the gear coupler flange and stop? I had a mud boat one time where the key would slide out the back of the coupler because the keyway was real long. Fixed that with a hose clamp around the shaft and back of the key......

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The term "pot plant" is an old Southern way of talking about house plants, ivy, and such, been around a lot longer than people smoking manila rope.

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Guess that was my point. CX works by slowly penetrating the pores of the metal, not by coating the surface with a film. I'd like to see how they did the test because CX takes some time to do its stuff. In short, its a penetrant and not a coating. On the other hand, Max Wax is a coating. We all have ...

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Kevin - the keyway is the slot cut into the shaft that the key fits in......is the key is sliding back toward the prop or forward toward the gear? If its sliding back you can take a punch and dimple the edges of the keyway to keep it in place.

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The CX is a totally different product than the others, operates on a different principle - thin film vs. a coating. If they would have tested Max Wax vs. the others the result would have been different. Once you understand how CX works, its uses and advantages become obvious. It is not axle grease.....

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The CX heavy duty is great for stuff like that. The regular is better for electrical and to penetrate. The HD will stay there a long time. Just drop me an email at the office, VLR@RKKDLAW.COM with what you need and a street address and I'll ship it out.

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Patrick, thanks for posting the pix of me with the giant bream showing that old guys can still fish, and better yet catch. With the 3126s I'd go with he 900s since the fuel flow would be marginal for the 500s due to the large fuel return to the tank. Remember the diesel engine returns about 2/3 more...

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I'll ditto what the Ole Fart suggests. In rec. use, the 500's are fine up to about 300 hp. They are small, easy to install and fool with. I'm a personal advocate of the Algae-X magnetic fuel treatment units because I have kept good fuel logs and have seen a dramatic decrease in filter element change...

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Vince, OK, understand, but you gonna have a very hot pipe you will need to heat blanket, not my favorite way to do it. My view is to cool the exhaust down right after the turbo then duct it out cool.

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Vince - the cupro-nickel sweep off the Cummins turbo is the ticket, then use some exhaust hose to isolate it from the stainless, then take the stainless where you need to go. But 4"? for 330s? You sure? I have 5" on my 250s and most use 6" on 300 and up.

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Nothing like a pix of a B31 running head on to understand why we sip this Kool Aid. Randall did (bad word, he created, big time) for me & the Bride (thanks again, my fren') the "Legend of Bertram" book in pine, and the cover is a similar head on view of a B31 running. We all talk about how great the...

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Russ - gimme a shout 800 260 9908 or an email at VLR@RKKDLAW.COM

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Harry - because the frame was slightly sprung from the storm damage and there was a pretty good gap at the top - I wanted some adhesive strength.

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Ever since her Katrina bashing AJ's stb. side (its fixed, tinted safety glass) window has leaked. So a couple of weeks ago I took the taek trim off the inside, got the Bride to look while I sprayed the hose. She said it leaked all over. Plus the bonehead that fabricated the new front half tower legs...

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Hal - yeah that's the ReJex - slick as owl doo doo....

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Tommy, I have his address and will ship there. No, there is virtually no feedback on how well the stuff works on running gear other than the fluff from the sales staff at CX quoting the New Zealand folks. I will say that the little prop on my Honda 15 that I coated last year still has the Max Wax st...

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Tommy, got them set aside for you, will go out Monday since I'm headed to the camp in the morning. Send to you or your brother?

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