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Another news report stated that given the estimated gestation period of the animal and current growth, the conception occured during the early August days of last year. Investigators have uncovered a group decended upon Montauk at this time who have access to the marine environment and have no recol...

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ZF 630 gears will work fine in a 31 and will take up to 325hp on diesel. Yanmar uses those gears on the 6LP 315hp. 8 degree down angle on standard setup. The BW velvet drives are an inline gear and will require the engine to be tilted. Which is why most older gas had thick wedge plates under the car...

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Ric, Yes. Everyone should be using an additive in their fuel. My two favorites are FPPF and Standyne. There are others but those are two who's results I've seen work. Example, a customer just got a used 48 Offshore Motor Yacht with 450hp Cummins with 1800 hours. I tuned the engines but he still had ...

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If your talking a full rebuild from blockup, I would consider going to an engine machine shop. Most all marine shops use machine shops to doo all the block and prep work and then just do the assembly. In most cases a good engine machine shop can do the whole job for less money since they don't have ...

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Lobsta is correct. Polyester resin on exhaust. Depending on what I'm building, I may tack sections with some chop strand. Once I'm sure the angles, or straight is correct I don't use anything heavier than ounce and a half. This allows me to conform the mat to angles and lay flat. Severe angles somet...

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Our car rates really took a jump the last few years (no tickets or accidents with same cars and trucks) and we have started looking around again.

Every 6 months my insurance agent shops my policies for price. Don't think I've been with one continious company for years.

Bruce

Would it have been smart for the crew to go forward in this case? The adrenaline is going fighting fish and you can easily get tunnel vision not paying attention to anything around you. Including your feet getting wet. One of the first times racing, I had won the semi final and was going back down ...

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Nice eye for early paint stlying and logo.

I thought you had Cummins. Those exhaust tips look a little small in diameter.

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I suspect given the bow proud attitude and the ability to start those 170 Yanmars this low in the water, that the aft compartment, tank area, filled with water and the limber holes are clogged or got glassed over. I've also seen some 28's that had sealed bulheads between aft and engine compartment. ...

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You can buy different viscous epoxy resins depending on the application.

So make sure of your application before ordering and if your not sure, ask.

Bruce

I vote for monkey fur.

Bruce

To all the men and women who served in the past or present, you have my families deepest respect and appreciation. Putting your life on the line for your fellow man, is the greatest act of human kindness one can ever hope to achieve. It allows me and my wife today to worship in our church of choice ...

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Only for the commoners.

I'm doing some sub contract work for Rybovich, the local mega yacht yard.

April was their best month on record and the south yard is hoppin.

No shortage of money for the nobles.

Bruce

Mark, Will you be running a genset to charge the house bank under way or do you want to do it with the engines? What's the inverter size? Does the inverter charger charge more than just the one bank supplying the inverter? If it does, that means a second charger for the other two batteries. Are the ...

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From: Yanmar Parts Department Date: May 8, 2008 Yanmar America Corporation Phone: 800-966-7685 Parts Department Fax: 800-966-2401 951 Corporate Grove Drive Buffalo Grove, IL 60089-4508 No. YPB1027 TO: All Yanmar Distributor & Dealers Subject: Claim process -119770-90620-12 Oil Filter (12-Pack versio...

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Many a man spending eternity with Davey Jones cause they thought "bertram" weather was no big deal.

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this boat will have a value of $175,000-$195,000

Not hardly since you can buy many 31 bristol boats for quite less.

Bruce

Let me give a perspective from another point of view having dealt with sub contractors. Go see him face to face. Emails, phone calls are useless and are easily brushed off when you ain't there. Don't go with a mad on, although your entitled. Apparently there is an issue, money most likely, maybe not...

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Mark,
Thanks for the support but one orders not worth the effort. Order direct from floscan and get 35% off.

Thanks to everyone for looking.

Bruce

Unless you have the genset sitting next to the guages I doubt its affecting the guages directly. I suspect its the tach feed wires from the engine that's the problem, try using sheilded wire or remove any strong current wires from the bundle they run in. If it is the feed wires, no tachs are gonna w...

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Dug,
You let the cat out of the bag. Those tips and articles are supposed to remain quiet since Pat doesn't charge for his memberships.

Spoiler.

Bruce

Some figures for twin engine applications, that means two engines. Shipping is extra and units will be drop shipped from the factory: The difference in engine prices is due to flow rate. That determines the sensor model. Thay can be different. Sorry Bill but that would be 75% off retail and as much ...

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Harv,
No to the diesel use.

Bruce

There is nothing to rebuilding a gear and most shops have figured out that 2/3 the price of a new gear will sell them whether they have the parts and labor into it or not. The trick is does the shop test the gears when their done. If they don't have a test rig in the shop, walk away. Reputation is e...

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Okay guys.

This could work.

Bruce

I been inundated with calls about floscans because of fuel costs. I got a couple of units sold, but if I can get enough orders, I can pass along a 40% off + shipping savings. So if your interested, post or pm me for a price. To quote I need your engine make, model, hp, gas or diesel. If gas I need c...

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Can we go for a ride and shoot the guns on your new command?

Can we huh, huh, huh?

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Pat, When the Times represents the journalistic pinnacle of the profession, what do you expect from anyone else? Really shows the integrity of that publication to reprint articles with outdated information. Because of this, the 31 tends to roll from side to side considerably in a beam sea, particula...

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Yes that is the upgraded board. Somebodies already replaced it. My change is the little blue pots with the slotted screw on the end instead of the wire wound resistor. You see how involved the setup is. And yes you should check it with your new batteries. Just don't hook it up and forget it. Call Ra...

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That circular saw makes a great dockside conversation piece.

its so simple even an old Alabama boy can do it..........

Hueytown.

Proof the Alabama boys can get it done.

clear and easy to understand ENGLISH

That's not english, its Texican.

Bruce

Prices you say. Considering the last 31 I did with the d-4 volvo's got 7gph burn each engine at cruise I'd say they are a good investment. Owner just came back after his 3rd trip to the Bahamas and did 1400 miles of cruising and burned 600 gallons of diesel. Not to shabby. Only problem I've every en...

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Sean, Yes that crown is a non FR. It has a lite, switchs one on/off the other auto/man, meter on the front. The overall cover will hinge down and there is a cover held by 4 screws about 4x6". If you remove that cover that is the regulator board. I'd suggest you remove the cover to see if you have th...

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Oh God, not another Ford vs Chevy thread............

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Ya know out of all the stuff man has built over the centuries, I think our record is pretty good.

But it does make the old saying, measure twice, drill once sound good.

Bruce

If its a Raritan crown convertor, its not a FR charger. A FR charger uses no regulator board, the output voltage is controlled by the transfomer. Most all modern chargers are FR, scr or switching and have no specific adjustable regulators. The problem with the older raritan chargers is that they use...

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Mike,
Forget the moon. Everyone go out and puncture your AC and feed all the cows burrito's. We should have that annoying ozone layer gone before to long.

Bruce

Those guages are vacuum guages.

It can be a nice addition for diagnosis. The racor brand guages are over priced for their quality though.

Anything above 5" of vacuum should be looked into as it starts to pull air bubbles out of the fuel besides a fuel starvation problem.

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or the death of a politician or family memeber due to an ethanol tradjedy

Or from something else.

Ya know like committing suicide by shooting yourself in the back of the head....................

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Ethanol, which is the same alcohol thatâ€™s in liquor, is both corrosive and water soluble. You canâ€™t just squirt it through the same pipes that carry oil and gasoline products until youâ€™ve addressed some significant technical issues. Oh but you can shove it down the consumers throat without an...

Bruce

The Yanmar natural OB's were as quiet as 4 stroke gas since they were 4 strokes themselves. Hoods were well insulated so you didn't have the clackity sound. Of course turbo'd you'll have that tell tale whine. No getting around that but they should be quiet. Although both Cummins and Volvo touted the...

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Until they post some buy it now prices, can't determine if its cost savings or not.

One reason Yanmar's outboards never caught on was the buy me price.

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Glad I bit the bullet and made it last year.

Gotta go at least once.

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Detroit 2 cycle engine are just about the easiest to up the HP. They don't have an injection pump like most other diesels. They use a high volume pump to deliver fuel to the injector, all injectors at the same time. A rocker arm fires the injector at the time its needed. By increasing the CC voulume...

Bruce

You still got gassers in that boat? Wheels look small.

Bruce

To charge batteries properly, they should be of like kind. All gel or lead acid or AGM, etc. Most modern chargers have switches that will address the needs of each battery type. While they all generaly work the same, to get the optimum performance and life out of batteries they all have different ch...

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Kevin,
You could leave the two wires off but if the stb alt quits, the only way the port alt would charge the stb battery is to have a paralell switch.

Hook all the wires up.

Bruce

Don't sugar coat it Pat.

By the time your done you'll have wanted to stick your head in a running lawnmower a half dozen times.

Bruce

Kevin, Do not hook the main starting cable to the isolator. It will not work. Take a wire size big enough to handle the alt output. Attach it to the starter battery stud and then to the alt terminal on the isolator. Do this for each engine. Then take a wire from the isolator, same size and run to ea...

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other than having acess to a scope and the knowledge to diagnose circuits, not really. One thing I look for in intermitant problems that use circuit boards is cold or bad solder joints and or tracks. May work for years and suddenly act up. Also look for the main wire connections at the circuit board...

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As Russ said you probably have strong seals. They use a plastic cutlass type bearing to keep the lip seal aligned to the shaft. If this is running dry, it is where your noise is comming from. At the dock remove the hose from the engine cooling at the gland and run engine to check for flow. If none t...

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