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John C

I had a set in a 1986 Maine Coaster. This was early 1990s. My were TAMD 60 c 250 hp. Good solid motor. Watch the heat exchangers some what flakey design if my memory me correctly. Parts for them will be very hard to come by

John C

That is correct. Its in the service manual for the controls. I ran the prestone three times through a pack of paper filters ( very slow process) and got nothing. But as I stated you must use the stuff with no silicates in it.

John C

I used prestone advanced formula (yellow in color) a few years back and all is well. It has no leakstop or silicates in it. Make sure you get the right one there are several that have silicates. I bought their ( Hynautic) stuff about 10 years ago and when I went through the system during the winter ...

John C

15 min. from the house is great. It is a nice place to winter. I liked the fact the place is secured but heck no one lives near the place!! For a north Jersey guy its pretty sparse down there. Only place in NJ that I have been where you can drive for twenty minutes and just see trees.

John C

I brought my boat down to Jersey Cape from Manasquan for the winter of 2010/2011. Super nice place. There were a few reasons why I never went back but the 85 mile ride from North Jersey was the main one.. I spend many days in the winter just messing around with the damm thing and the ride got to me ...

John C

If there is any rust on the back side of that turbo you will need to re think the exhaust.... or you will be replacing again.

John C

Thanks.. will pick some up....

John C

What would be my best choice to bed a new pvc rubrail in. Thanks...

John C

Thanks very much

John C

Need a ballpark number for a paint job for a 33. Gelcoat is in good shake...Anyone had a spray job done recently?

John C

Thank you. I owned her for several years now. Helm visibility has not been an issue for me.

John C

Not to bad Charlie. Biggest knock is that is a wet boat. The 31 is a Lou Codjea design. So it rides soft. It is a big little boat if that makes any sense

John C

I owned two 31 berts (one flybridge and one express) and now own a 31 cabo. The cabo is a better ride than the berts I owned. Not a very fair comparison for the cabo is pushing 21 thousand pounds in the slings loaded and just is a larger boat.

John C

Many boats gone including some sadly from our site

John C

post a close up if you have one...also need the dimensions. Thanks

John C

Rob do you have a picture of the vents? Looking for a set of side air intakes. Need to get more air in. Pats wont fit for this vessel

John C

Guys in NJ/NY the tuna fishing is about as good as I can remember. I would have to go back 20/25 years to remember the type of fishing I had on wed and thurs of this week. Put a old time beating on the fish with jigs. Not many boats out there but the 8 or10 boats that were on the spot all had rods b...

John C

I used the mab ply mastic back in 2006 when I did I gas to diesel repower. Back in 2006 they changed the formula from oil based to water based. I spoke with MAB tech support who insisted it would work just as good. I found a MAB store in Delaware who had a few gallons of the oil based stuff drove 90...

John C

Thanks Bob, That is why I posted here some good ideas....

John C

Need to make 4 fiberglass dorade(16 in x 5 in x 5 in deep) boxes for a boat I am working on. These will be tabbed inside the hull. piss poor plastic ones in there now that the hose twists into. Any ideas on making a mold to pull 4 of these boxes. Is in a spot that can not be seen. Thanks for any ide...

John C

Run away if it is not triple dipped. It is alot of work to take them apart and reassemble. You only want to do it once..been down that road.

John C

Once Again incorrect information here is the link from caterpillar...... http://www.toromontcat.com/pdf/SpecialApplication.pdf

John C

Bob, What in Gods name are you talking about?This is not a hard question to answer.. If you own a mechanical 3116 or 3126 you must use single grade 30 or 40 weight oil...I am not saying so caterpillar is. They want you to use their oil it is called SAEO( special applacation engine oil) it only comes...

John C

If your 3126 is mechanical( not a 3126b) you must use 30 or 40 wt oil. There is a cat service letter on this. Cat wants you to use there oil is call SAEO but single weight rottella is ok.

John C

For the furuno navnet vx2 what chart is better for NJ cmap or navionics? Thanks

John C

My Henriques had fishboxes that would hold ice fine for 36 hours..I asked Jack how they were built and he stated to me he cored them with 1/2 divincell. Worked very well...

John C

If I recall it was Lee tackle who recomended them to me about 15 years ago. I sent them six h-d rod holders for rechroming and have been using them since..

John C

I have used gulf plating in Wilton Manors Fla for many parts and they came out great..and I live in NJ. I ups the parts down and in about two weeks they ups them back.

John C

Michgain wheel ( which just went belly up taking hy tourqe with it ) states in its prop installing guide that the thin nut goes on first followed by the larger nut.

John C

I bought a boat in the fall of 2007 and went from the middle river to south jersey marina in cape may in 4 hours..22 knot cruise flat calm day.

John C

any leads where the white rubber scupper flaps can be bought? Thanks

John C

Pat,

The tool I looked was called a hole pro..( holepro.com) kinda looks like the same thing you posted...Thanks, John

John C

Thanks for the help...Randel does that adjustabe hole saw thing work? I was checking it out on the web when searching for hole saws. Seemed like a good idea

John C

I am attempting to flush mount three guest battery switches in a sheet of 1/2 in starboard. Problem is I need a 5 1/8 hole saw. Looked around the web and dont see that size anywhere..any ideas?

John C

What do you guys think of a robertson/simrad 3000x. any good? Thanks

John C

Need a crusair smx 2 AB control and a 20 ft cable. Any member have a place where they purchace their cruisair parts? Thanks

John C

Bruce all the connections look clean and tight. I put a meter on the control head and got 5 volts. Any way to trouble shoot these things?

John C

Yes Walter that would happen if you tried to turn it to heat or cool. I am just powering up the smx 2 control head and its cutting on and off.

John C

Thanks Bruce..I went down to the boat and turned the a/c on and it worked. Left the boat for a minute and the controls went dead again. Over the next hour sometimes it came on and sometimes it did not. I am not starting the compresser due to the fact the boat is out of the water, I will give those c...

John C

I have a cruisair 10000 btu a.c. with the smx 2 controls. I have no power at the control head. Is there a fuse somewhere in this unit? Thanks!!!

John C

I think that is a Dawson made here in NJ. They have been around here for 20 years.

John C

powder coating has come a long way in the last 10 years. back in 98 I was redoing a sunk mako and had the overhead box powder coated. It looked like crap ( orange peel ) and thought I would never do it again. Last year I took some boat parts to a guy in south jersey ( he does all the powder coating ...

John C

So much crap has been posted by the internet shade tree mechanics that I was leary to look at boats with 3116. So I spoke with seveal cat master techs and caterpillar HQ . There were never any soft block 3116 engines !!! But I read it on the internet !!! The The soft blocks were the 3126 engines. Th...

John C

Back in the mid 1990s I ran my charter boat out of clarks landing in NJ. Clarks became a dealership for bertram and took a new 46 express on floorplan to sell. We all stood there as this beast was unloaded from the low boy. The hull looked sweet below the waterline. After it was blocked, Me and all ...

John C

Have a de 541. Unit runs on both 12 volt and 110 but does not get cold. I can hear the dam thing running just no cold. Can these units be recharged? Thanks...John

John C

Thanks Guys, Made the trip today middle river to manasquan nj 10 hrs. That chesapeake is very nice..to many crab pots ...there all over the place. Thanks for the tips.. John

John C

Running a boat from the middle river to cape may nj. Any bay guys out there for any local knowledge..hazzards etc.. Thanks

John C

any one on the board know or ever seen the sentiel its a yanmar powered 31 thats been up for sale for a year or so.. Thanks.

John C

A friend sent me a story from a cape cod news paper about a 31 hitting some rocks and sinking...Boat was The Raven. Skipper was saved by the USCG

John C

Thanks for the responces. Steve I will call you today on your cell. I plan on going next week. Thanks

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