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John, Don't know nothin' bout no nylon bushing. Let's ask the Faithful. What say you all? Is this a permanent kind of thing or is there another way or do I tell Mr. Cranston to hawk his wares elsewhere? Sure could use a set of props to get off the hard and test the systems. Probably won't happen unt...

Mikey

Let's hear some recommendations for a diesel-powered B-31

Mikey

Capt Pat,
Know we discussed prop size recently but I can't get the 'Search' to find the posts.
Help.
THanks
Mikey

Mikey

Very nice!!! Must feel great to be at the maintenance stage and out of the renovation stage.
Now, fish 'til you drop.

Mikey

A big Thank You to you Patrick for creating and maintaining our little sand box. It ain't easy especially when there is some cat that thinks its his box.

Mikey

Tony,
Refresh my tiny little mind. What model do you have. I'll try to get pix of the racors and Algae-X and post today. May be of some help.

Mikey

Right Tony. When I finished stripping Dreamsicle there was nothing inside but dreams. I replaced all the bulkheads as they were in bad shape. Then when I purchased Cabreras replacement parts he had an aft engine bulkhead that was desinged for the new fuel tank and the deck-support stringers. So I ri...

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Vic, Mine look like yours because I copied while the teacher wasn't looking. Took copius pix when we were at Port Eades and handed them to the guys making the stuff. No need to invent the wheel, just cheat.

Mikey

Tony, Here is what I did with the conversion from 454's to Cummins. My stringers were in good shape so I added to them from the cabin bulkhead to the aft engine bulkhead. Using the Cummins diagram for installation we made a template of the engine and hung it from the shaft. From here we measured for...

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Bless you my fren'

Mikey

Brains ann eggs. Smart and sexy

Mikey

Bruce, Learned my lesson years ago racing Porsches. No valve adjustment, no start. Did it last week. Thanks. Vic, Will check your sources. Need to get a copy of B&H. Been saying this as long as I've been saying join boatdiesel.com. Finally did that and it has helped heaps. Aircleaners from Tony and ...

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Thanks guys. Got to tell you I stared with the starboard engine because it was the easiest to access. Of course being an express the controls are right above the starboard engine. So . . . with the engine box open I straddled the box and engine and when it started the noise scared me so badly I imme...

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After five years of sitting I have finally gotten to that point. Re-installed the injectors, new oil, new fuel, bled the system according to Vic's simple rules, added plenty of deororant-destroying high anxiety and they both fired right up. WHEW! God bless Cummins. What a great sound. Killed mosquit...

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KFSAER,
If you want a pair of plastic (Sea-Block) scuppers I will send them to you if you will send Pat $25.00 The opening is 2" x 6".

Mikey

Patrick, When the movie business got tired of my beard and I shaved it off I discovered a much younger guy under the hair. Shaving is still a pain and I do it about twice a week. So, most of the time instead of looking old I just look homeless.

Mikey

Vic, As soon as I got my shipment I sprayed all the new wiring except the battery terminals. Thanks

Mikey

Tony, Since my boat is an express things are different. The original electrical panel was on the head wall behind the main cabin door. I kept it there. All the wiring and components originate behind the panel and on the main cabin bulkhead to starboard. This is all in the head, which means in a bump...

Mikey

Don't think so. Did you not notice the sarcasm dripping from Pat's
"Thanks for the reminder, thought."
New pix probably just a mortal reminder like B-days.
Still beats the alternative though.

Mikey

Here are pix of my installation. They are under the cabin sole. Weight forward. Added the pic of the panel and switches because . . . http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x54/mikeylikesitnow/P1010005.jpg http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x54/mikeylikesitnow/P1010003.jpg http://i187.photobucket.com/al...

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Did we miss the annual birthday greeting yesterday or do I have the date wrong?
Happy Birthday

Mikey

I'm using the Gemlux on Dreamsicle. They are bigger than the others.
With scuppers bigger is better. Get it out fast. They're pretty too.

http://www.gemlux.com/catalog.aspx?page ... ch=AQUALUX

Mikey

Optima touts the Blue Tops as marine.

Mikey

On the Optima check www.bigtimebattery.com

Mikey

Agree with Andre about the sealed AGM batteries. Not only are they sealed but they weigh a s#*t-load less than 8D's. Because they are sealed they can be put anywhere. They are also physically smaller than 8D's. I put in three Optima D31M's. One house and two for the Cummins 6BTA 300's, so they shoou...

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Scot, Capt Mike,
Thniking about you guys. Glad to know you're okey dokey.
Now all you East-coast Bertram jockeys, as Capt Pat says, watch that next depression. Looks to me like a South paw's curve ball. Hopefully nothing but down the center of the Atlantic.

Mikey

Thought they quit making that boat thirty years ago? She looks new. Zowie!

Mikey

Agree with Randall, but with the heavy engines and big fuel tank can't follow the chine to the stern. Advice here (the yard) is to add weight to the bow (couple hundred lb's)bringing the bow down which I am told should bring the stern up. Is this true or are we barking at the moon? If it won't bring...

Mikey

Harry,
by next year I need to join your family.
Love your ender, my Daddy always said,
"If you keep on doin' what you've always done,
you'll keep on gettin' what you've always got."

Mikey

Vic, Checked the old Morse controls and there was nothing on them. The replacement Kobelts were purchased without switches. IF there were switches on the boat from which the Cummins came they are now attached to a pair of Yannies on that boat. I did take your advice first thing. Nuttin, Honey. Well,...

Mikey

Vic, you'll love this. When one is attempting something as complicated (at least for this old clear-soaked Irishman) as designing and installing an electrical system in a B 31 from scratch, and one has a, 'got to remember that,' moment one must also remember the immortal words (paraphrased) of Mark ...

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John, My mother (an artist) always said, "A little chrome (Federal) yellow goes a long way." I painted Dreamsicle orange and could have ended up with a horror story if the hue (shade) was wrong. Personally I think Federal is a bit strong. Yellow like orange can be fabulous but beware the hue. I aske...

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Timmy? Drink? Fall down? Nah, you've got the wrong guy fo sho. Thanks for the kind words. Still have a problem with wiring to the AMS. Neither seems to work. Can't believe that both have failed. More inclined to wait for the case of CX that's coming and give every connection a healthy squirt and wai...

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Al
What Mike Said.
Taking all the words posted along with my manual and giving it a shot.
Also building the supports for the hard top. That thing is going to be so cool you gonna smack yo mama.
Labor on today and contemplate the reason for the holiday.

Mikey

I have the Nip injector pumps and like Capt Mike (actually followed his lead) my electric pumps are between the racors and the lift pump.

Mikey

Talked to a friend in Baltimore on the Bay and his report was the same as here. A frenzy of boats of every description. Chiles showed up yesterday on his 26 while I was sweating over the Cummins and his report was the same. "They're everywhere, They're everywhere." Creek cruising until about eleven ...

Mikey

First of the week I will try all of this. One more question at this point. Since I have added electric fuel pumps can I sub them for all the manual pumping?
More questions after I read all of this in the a.m.
Bless you both.

Mikey

In last week's posts several of you alluded to bleeding those 6BTA's. Since I have a service manual I assumed (you now where that goes) that it would give me the info necessary. Nah. It gives bleeding instructions for the individual components but not an entire system. Again, logic says start at the...

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Amen, Capt Dick, Amen!

Mikey

Thanks, Bruce, not a picture I needed to see just now.
Scary!

Mikey

Well, . . . I took the barring tool and inserted, added a short bar, said a little prayer, threatened to drown the son of a bitch in CW and it turned easily. Weird. So, I reistalled the starter and got the same click click click. "Damn", I thought, "bad starter." But before I pull that critter off a...

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Vic, What do I do about the MM oil in the cylinders now? Sucking it out with a turkey baster will not get what's down next to the rings, so will doing all of that provide enough CX at the critical point to make a difference? CAn't stir or shake to mix; hole too small engine too heavy. Need more CX. ...

Mikey

Doug,
Former player.

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Vic, Already have Marvel in the holes. Mike, No injectors. Rawleigh, Could use the bar. Trade in for the bar to move my cistern lid. That worked. Damned near killed me doing it though. Getting the barring tool to properly turn the engine. Probably be tomorrow before I can get back to the engine. Kee...

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CMP, We should be proud of Michael. He was diversifying. Only 1 mil out of 150? Pretty prudent investing skills there.

Mikey

Well, gang, here's the sad tale from the beginning. For those who have followed from the first, skip on down. When I bought Dreamsicle I found a pair of Cummins 6BTA's out of another Bertram. 1990 models with 600 hours. Since this was to be an extended project (never envisioined five years though) I...

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Spoke with Tony yesterday. We got's it straight.

Mikey

Vic, Ain't no athiests in foxholes. This is another reason I'm glad I left Richmond. As a good friend is fond of saying, "if it weren't for that family (read NFL) money he'd be living under the fourteenth street bridge." Audience survey on the local news this moring asked what his sentncce should be...

Mikey

Which filter(part #) for 6BTA 300's

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classicyachtmag.com, an internet magazine, has its second short article about the trials and tribulations of a total Bertram renovation, Dreamsicle. Page 100. Read the whole mag and you'll find that my five-year odyssey is small compared to some of the others. It is all most interesting. Still this ...

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Search found 1402 matches

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Fire in the hole!

Yo, Capt Pat

Brainpower vs. clears

Bleeding those Cummins.

Engine UNSTUCK

Enginge trouble

S&B/K&N Filters

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