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Marshall Mahoney

Thanks for posting pictures of your fish -- refreshing! I was getting tired of reading about members broken shit.

Marshall Mahoney

Yes -- looks like the one. My email is Jumeriah75@gmail.com. Send me your mailing address and I will send it to you if you don't find one in better shape.

Marshall Mahoney

Marshall Mahoney

I have one. Rough shape. Will have to be sanded and re-painted. Has C1606 or 08 stamped to the underside.

Marshall Mahoney

I just redid mine based on your comments -- laminated coosa, no hinge, angles on the underside to keep it from sliding around. And I found termites in the bulkhead when taking the old step apart. How fun is that?

Marshall Mahoney

I find that every time I plan a trip based on a forecast of, for example 2 to 3 foot seas, I end of adding them (2+3) once I commit and am 30 miles off shore battling 5 footers...
Also, 20% chance of rain means you will be getting rained on at least 20% of the day.

Marshall Mahoney

Yup -- pulled the piston all the way out of the hydraulic cylinder and lost a tab. I don't back down anymore...

Marshall Mahoney

I like mine (Bennett). If mine fail, I would replace them. I pick up a knot or two at cruise and definitely makes for a more comfortable ride in a chop. Easy to level the boat vs yelling at the crew to shuffle ice chests. But better be in the up position if backing down on a fish -- they will rip ri...

Marshall Mahoney

I sent Michigan the question last Tuesday -- have not heard back. I must have dumbfounded them! Thanks guys for your feedback...

Marshall Mahoney

I agree; a multi-variable equation with multi unknowns. I should have paid attention in that class. I'm just trying to get a reality check on the bronze props, of a different design, but with the same diameter and pitch, being 20% less efficient. That way I can decide if I can justify forking out $1...

Marshall Mahoney

I have 300 HP Cummins. With 20 x 23 4 blade Nibral Hytorq props, I was getting approx 1.5 mpg. I lost a prop (sheared shaft) and replaced both props with 20x23 bronze (unknown model) that I got a deal on. Now I am getting noticeably less mpg -- I am guessing 1.2 mpg based off of 2 trips. That is a 2...

Marshall Mahoney

Make sure you purchase full port ball valves -- most have reduced ports unless specified otherwise...

Marshall Mahoney

Cowl Vents -- again. Wayne Copland -- I am looking for 2 vents like yours. I searched Alibaba and can't find anything close and nothing close on Google either. I know it has been years, but do you remember the vendor name on Alibaba that supplied them? I don't really care for the ones with the plast...

Marshall Mahoney

Although I'm not addressing your questions, I thought this might be useful. I added some dimensions to Capt Pats drawings so a machine shop could build my rudders. Also, I replaced my tiller arms with round, keyed arms -- hence no square section on the rudder. My tiller arms are under the rudder she...

Marshall Mahoney

Mom and Dad on the bridge. Me on the bow. I was about 17. I'm 56 now -- still my favorite picture...

Marshall Mahoney

Can you do your own mechanic work? I did not have $50,000 for new engines (still don't). I can fumble my way thru an engine and have some crafty friends to help and guide me -- which is key. I took a chance on a pair of used engines -- one running and one requiring rebuild -- $5K each, and included ...

Marshall Mahoney

Thanks for asking about Suzie's Pissed. I ran her up river the day before. Sitting safe and sound on a trailer in Belle Chasse -- by the skin of her teeth I might add. I was going thru the locks from the river to the intracoastal with another sport fisher and a 100' crew boat when the lock operator ...

Marshall Mahoney

I forced corrosion-x between the stainless cable and the sleeve by wrapping the "straw" from the corrosion-x nozzle to the annulus between the cable/sleeve with electrical tape. Sprayed it slowly in. Been working smoothly for at least 10 years. If you end up changing it out, cut both ends off and sa...

Marshall Mahoney

This is probably more than you wanted to know but... Aluminum flatboats are a standard in south Louisiana due to a lot of shallow water marsh fishing and duck hunting. 99% of them are welded construction (vs riveted) for strength and longevity. Welded will be a bit heavier than riveted. 10' (max cap...

Marshall Mahoney

Great dive boat. If you will be doing a lot of diving, consider a swim platform. I fought a ladder for years and the platform made all the difference. If you add one, make sure it has lots of slats to keep waves from pounding the underside. I made mine out of fiberglass grating. Also when you balanc...

Marshall Mahoney

Did you use a primer?

Marshall Mahoney

Line a 120 qt ice chest with a soft blanket. Add a teddy bear. Good to go...

Marshall Mahoney

Thanks Frank -- I sent the injector shop an e-mail last night. And I had no idea about the odor issue. I will hit with brake cleaner and double zip lock -- thanks for the heads up...
--Marshall

Marshall Mahoney

Any recommendations on a fuel injector rebuild shop? Not happy with the shop down here. I was going to attempt my own re-build but the injector test pump I bought off of Amazon was crap. Also, any good sources for new injectors? I am struggling to find injectors to match my Cummins 6BTA 300HP CPL# 9...

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Or stray DC current. I have been fighting it for years -- with improvement but not solved. I open my selector switches at the end of each trip. This is one of the better articles I have found: https://sites.google.com/site/catalaocml/home/boat-technics/galvanic-corrosion. If your voltage leak is sig...

Marshall Mahoney

Another thing to keep in mind -- getting injured ain't cheap...!

Marshall Mahoney

OK guys -- time to pitch your wedding rings. Or focus on hazard recognition. I was tightening the cable on the negative battery post when my wedding ring (which was also in contact with the wrench) touched the positive terminal. POP! The ring instantly became red hot -- sizzling a circle around my f...

Marshall Mahoney

It's a bad day when your screw up can actually be seen from outer space...

Marshall Mahoney

Thanks -- I am surprised more people have not added a low coolant level switch. If you get a coolant leak and wait until the high temp alarms sounds, damage could already be done. Maybe I'm over thinking it.

Marshall Mahoney

I plan to add a low coolant level switch to my Cummins coolant tank by welding a 1/4" half coupling to the tank, inserting this sensor and wiring it to my engine alarm. The vendor claims that it is an on/off switch, not a variable output sensor -- will test it when it arrives. Has anyone done this? ...

Marshall Mahoney

I only screwed the clamp hand tight -- will not scratch the shaft. Also, the clamp does not grab 360 deg around the shaft -- just about 1/3 at the top and 1/3 at the bottom. The clamp is 20mm wide. Possible to thread the hole. It is 30mm in diameter. Not sure what bolt size to use. The material is l...

Marshall Mahoney

I thought I would pass this along. Will only work on 4-blade prop. I ordered a CV joint puller from e-bay for $17. There was a raised lip on the black clamp the I ground down so it would fit more snuggly around the shaft. I used the jack bolt from my harmonic balancer puller (not sure of the cost) a...

Marshall Mahoney

I found that any wood near hatches that was routinely wet due to rain, washdown etc. was bad. I replaced a bunch of supports with kiln dried pressure treated wood. Held up good for 15 years but now getting a few soft spots. I will be going back with fiberglass. Treated wood supports that I replaced ...

Marshall Mahoney

Picture frames -- great idea. I'm on it...

Marshall Mahoney

Daughter confiscated it. Just enough material to make another one... Bilge smell? All of the light ends burned off while in the attic for 15 years -- cant believe Katrina was 15 years ago. Where does the time go?

Marshall Mahoney

I never throw anything away because I might need it one day. Before and after pics. The 50 year old wood cleaned up beautifully with a few screw holes for character.

Marshall Mahoney

After sanding/solvent wiping, paint with a "surface tolerant epoxy." I used Ameron Amerlock 400, but lots of other options available. Also, after sanding-- especially if you use power tools, wash down the cockpit thoroughly. A side grinder with a bronze cup wheel will make a rust-dust cloud that wil...

Marshall Mahoney

I did the same -- cut the back of the engine boxes where it met the deck and the side pieces. I did not cut the inboard sides of the boxes.

--Marshall

Marshall Mahoney

Jack -- Check out Piedmont Plastics on Jefferson Highway. Years ago, I bought expanded PVC foam (may have been Komacel or generic) for cabin ceiling panels, and clear and smoke plexiglass from them. I just looked at their website and there are several possible materials. Don't pay attention to the s...

Marshall Mahoney

tooeez -- I would put money on a bad Noco charger. My Noco on my flatboat is about a year old. One trolling motor battery is older (about 4 years) but one is 1+ years. Boiled 1/2 the water out of both of them. I refilled them and ran them thru a reconditioning cycle on my portable charger. Both batt...

Marshall Mahoney

Must be two schools of thoughts on the need for battery chargers. If you use/check on your boat a couple of times per week, I can see your point of not needing a charger. My boat is 1-1/2 hours away and sometimes I go 2+ weeks without making it down to check on it. I think it is crucial to have batt...

Marshall Mahoney

One was a 6 amp Minn Kota, and one was a 6 amp Powermania. I shopped around and E-bay was the cheapest. The third was a cheap 1.5 amp charger (can't remember the name) for my back-up battery. All three are mounted near my selector switches -- plenty of room. Not sure if you are looking for high outp...

Marshall Mahoney

My daughter and I made one with a piece of smoke Plexiglas and a pair of oven mitts. If your have your original, broken or not, it is quite easy. Lay some paper over the original and trace it. Cut out the shape and lay flat over the Plexiglas, trace it, and cut out the Plexiglas shape. One end at a ...

Marshall Mahoney

I have 3 batteries feeding 3 bilge pumps. Seemed logical at the time to install a 3 bank charger. I just had my second battery charger failure. This time around, I put in 3 separate single bank chargers. That way I can have 2 failures and still keep my boat floating. Also, the chargers are from 3 di...

Marshall Mahoney

My goal was to prevent oil from the engine bilge from draining (thru the drain slots under the engine mount stringers) into the main bilge. I glassed closed these slots. The "lip" was added along the edge of the deck that extends under the engine hatch. This prevents water from flowing under the eng...

Marshall Mahoney

I did it many years ago when I had Detroit 453's (you can hang a picture of a 453 on the wall and it will leak oil...). The obvious secret is to get the area clean -- sand paper, acetone, lots of scrubbing in tight spaces with the engine in the way. I just used 3 layers of matt (angel hair). I did n...

Marshall Mahoney

Boat still DFM. Ran out of South pass in a Contender with a guy that had marked the route (which keeps changing). Hard right here, slow left there, wrong side of the green buoy... would not run it in an inboard. Heard they were not going to dredge S pass -- I like your rumor better. There is a route...

Marshall Mahoney

No help with the pump, but what rig did you go to? We went on a day trip to Elf. Not much action other than chicken dolphin.

Marshall Mahoney

Not original but I used "3" locker hatch hinges". Has a removable pin so engine hatches can be removed for engine maintenance. I like them. Got them off of ebay.

Marshall Mahoney

McKay Marine -- I have already been corresponding with them. Glad it worked out for you -- I gives me a boost of confidence given that I found them on E-bay. I have not asked him for a bare head yet -- the one I looked at comes assembled. No info on the valve type and I doubt it has valve rotators. ...

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