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Walter,
Recieved your books. All I can say is they are awesome.

Forget the recipe's. The book itself is a work of art.

Even if one doesn't cook, the book will make a fabulous table book.

Thanks Bruce

Bruce

The bottom pic is the forward gear on a bravo drive. Not a tooth left on the gear, or the pinion for that matter.

Looking at it with the rear cover removed.

Bruce

Not a good idea; http://www.southeastmarine.com/b3.jpg http://www.southeastmarine.com/b4.jpg http://www.southeastmarine.com/b5.jpg http://www.southeastmarine.com/b6.jpg Also if you have a boat with engines like these, don't jump waves; http://www.southeastmarine.com/b1.jpg http://www.southeastmarine...

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Aetna makes good digital tachs. Make sure you get LCD, not LED which is real hard to see in sun light.

I buy direct from Aetna and have sold a bunch to the coast guard till they found out they could order direct also and save money.

Bruce

Pat, I wouldn't recomend using anything but a motor type of brush as the contact between the shaft due to the conductivity and the slow wear. Using an actual piece of bronze will wear down much quicker and the casting leaves very tiny pockets of air which will reduce conductivity on the face. Copper...

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Sean, The majority of boats don't use shaft brushes and too many zincs can cause a problem also. That is why you should have the boat from time to time checked with a Kapoc type corrosion meter which reads galvanic action. It also has to do with the boats around you and the marina your in and whethe...

Bruce

Alone I will not be My comfort will come from the sea. The stillness of calm waves will Gently drift by I will be as one with the sea. When the sun sets on the ocean blue, remember me as I will always remember you. As the sun risesâ€¦go live life as full as can be Apartâ€¦you and meâ€¦but be at peac...

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In my world very rare is a company that displays good customer service on its products without having to act like an 8 year old kid in a grocery store. Bennett trim tabs really helped out in a situation they didn't need to. Especially since the Turkish boat maker modified the crap out of their syste...

Bruce

Walter,
I would like to order 5 of the cook books. One for myself and 4 for gifts.

Post me the cost with shipping, where to send and its on its way.

Thanks, bruce

Bruce

UV, Whats with the supposed crap going on about Les talking to Michigan or not talking to Michigan? Rumors just to secure a higher salery next year? Drinking may be allowed before noon Now that's funny. Best thing I ever saw was at the UVI, you comming out of the cabin at dark thirty, popping a beer...

Bruce

Mike,
I hope your getting good feedback from the group.

I also hope to make it up your way sometime after the first of the year.

Bruce

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Bob,
Keep me out of this.

I had a chance this week to go by Cobra power in Miami and talk to Randy.

Quite the setup. Went thru the engine build area and they had 1/2 dozen go fast engines on stands being built or repaired. Ranged from 900 to 1200hp.

About 500/hr to run. Just engine cost.

Bruce

H.R. 2550 In its original form, it was to prevent commercial vessels from introducing non native species from ballast tank discharges. There are many uninformed boaters, some just plain tree huggers that support this. The bass Federation members seem to be in support for this as I think they think i...

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Vic, This seems to be the wave of the future in air travel. There's more millionaires in this country and around the world than ever before and dealing with the great unwashed at the airport is getting bad even riding first class. My brother and his consortium have invested in a number of companies ...

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Don't remind me its winter north of Florida. The roads are clogged, stores mobbed, eateries inundated and I'm getting service calls from.......I shudder just thinking about it......displaced Canadians and New Yorkers. EEEE Gads.....the humanity of it all............... If it weren't for people like ...

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This is not a Cummins program, it is a Miami rebuilder of all types of marine engines.

Heed Vics advice and find a local Cummins tech to look at and go over exactly what was done to them.

Bruce

I've been working on a Hinkley clone, Yanmar 440 twins with Hamilton jet drives. I realized just how round the bottom was on a sea trial. I had to make a sharp turn and back again. When doing so I noticed how the boat heeled side to side so I decided to try something. Worked the wheel back and forth...

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Randall, Don't tell me the surf truck is no more........... Paul, If I've learned one thing over the years its that hasty decisions often come back to regrets. Like Mikey said, put it under cover for a while and when the smoke clears, you'll be glad to have something to keep you occupied. Take it on...

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JP,
Boat looks awesome. Growing up in boating, it brings back memories of what boats used to look like before teak became expensive and people became lazy and wanted everything fiberglass and white.

Back then boating was a life style, not just another toy in the toy box.

Bruce

There's no diesel on the market that is as quiet as a gasser. Not unless you own a gasser with a serious valve clatter. I have done tests with a DB meter on the QSB vs the BTA and while the QSB registered lower numbers, it wasn't that much lower. It's the old game of "the emperers new clothes". One ...

Bruce

While fishing is the weakest of my adventures, I do work on alot of boats that fish regularly. I see many varities of boat makes and engine combinations raise fish. There are many gas guys that charter down here cause you don't have to go far, and are very good at what they do. Gas is not practical ...

Bruce

Harry,
Old age has got most all of us. There was a time when I would rebuild a motor between rounds of a race. Now it seems it takes closer to a month.

Bruce

Joe, My opinion does not come from 1 sailer but 30 years of the sailboat crowd. Now not every sailer is challenged. I've had 3 or 4 out of the couple hundred I've dealt with that were very nice people. As a dealer for numerous companies, I am required to service all vessels to a point. That point wi...

Bruce

I don't ever want to be preached at again about the misunderstanding of sailboaters after this latest. The latest correspondence from a guy looking to repower: First email was explaining he had a Catalina that had a universal engine and that sometime next year he would be bringing the boat over from...

Bruce

You can get all those thrills for $6 in a NYC taxicab.

Not to mention the wonderful smells of immigration.

Bruce

Pass along my congrats as a fellow gear head. Doug, If its built for speed and handling even two wheels, going straight with plenty of room on either side of you is a breeze. Now try what Mike used to do, or running 6.8's down the 1/4 behind a blown alky motor. That's work. Or run 200mph at Talladeg...

Bruce

Very kind of you Mike. No problem using anything I've said.

Bruce

Somebody asked about the aluminum material for the block VS strength. There is no problem as long as the engineering is done properly. Keith Black Hemi's are aluminum blocks and under the influence of nitro can produce 8000 hp from 500+ cubic inches. A buddy had bought 2 KB hemi's for his funny car,...

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I have used an MAB paint called PLY Tile. Its a two part and can be tinted in just about any color.

Comes in two 1 gallon(hardener and color) cans and works great. It is mixed 1:1 and any amount can be used.

100 bucks for the two gallons.

Bruce

I was contatcted by this company to give opinions on the design and probability of market share. I've talked to their marketing rep and the owner and inventer of the company/engine. Very smart guy. The engine design is like a lycoming in as the cylinders are all individual and can be replaced withou...

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Not all 3116's had problems but as Ryan said, large forums with no one monitoring the truth content lead to everyone running off the side of the cliff. There were casting problems that did lend themselves to severe problems. A little research on serial numbers will let you know what you are looking ...

Bruce

We just got over the rough seas. All the sand they keep dumping on the beach at taxpayers expense, keeps going out to sea. A south Palm Beach condo building right on the ocean had its back concrete deck washed away and possible foundation cracking. The people who lived there on the news want you to ...

Bruce

FloScan has come out with their nema 2000 interface box allowing the flow sensors to be hooked into the nema 2000 system and be displayed on any screen that accept the 2000 interface. Saw it on Friday at the boat show and they did a very nice job. They also have a small 2" digital guage that will di...

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Thanks Rick and Tommy. I guess not belonging to that jhondra of money, I don't know why Bruton didn't just keep it and do what Hillenburg is going to do. Certainly 4 million to man of Bruton's means is a couple of payments on his corporate jet. Having his pockets would certainly be better than someo...

Bruce

Any news on who bought the Rock or what's going to be done with it?
Gotta be 300 acres there abouts.

Please don't tell me its going to be razed for a mall.........

Bruce

The pro side of having an automatic in your engine boxes is the hazzard of lifting the boxes and adding instant accelerant(air) to a small smoldering fire. It can flare up in your face engulfing you instantly. Like Vic said, most boats with diesel end up being electrical or busting an oil line or se...

Bruce

I know the owners are a proud group

So are the parents of the kids who ride the short bus.

But they still ride the short bus...............

Bruce

Dug,
If I were your neighbor, I wouldn't put a dime in that Carolina Cut Up.
One of the boats in my top 10 to never ever work on again.

If someone gave me one, I'd insure it, then sink it and buy something else.

Bruce

Typical reaction/result of the farm industry.

Bruce

John,
The water is his office.

The last pirates I heard about were the ones who left a .40 shell casing on J. Rivkins boat, right Pat?

Pirate tales make for good TV. Brings illusions of Jonny Dep and unfortunately takes away from the seriousness of this crime.

Bruce

A gun is like a fire extinguisher.

Better to have it and not need it then to need it and not have it.

Bruce

Brewster, You would think so, but its amazing how many service personal always seem to equate poor performance to injectors or turbo's and not fuel issues. The boat owner is not what I term a "boater". Nobody ever told him that maintenance was necessary. Besides, Miami is not the best for service pe...

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I'm sure most have been following the story of the charter boat "Joe Cool" out of Miami who's captain, captain's wife and two crew members disapeared on a charter trip to Bimini. The two who hired the boat were found floating in the life raft. One was on the lamb from stealing money from a Wal mart....

Bruce

too see if you speak like you write

That's affirmative.

Meeting Bob is a treat but its like being in a foreign country. If you don't understand a good part of the language, your lost.

Bruce

A common problem to those compressors(swing type design) is that they break and won't pump freon but the motor runs. They have no factory supplied charging valve. And if a real old unit it has R12 in it instead of 134. The system is steel and aluminum tubing. A standard line tap valve of 1/4 is to b...

Bruce

try this link, half way down the page on the left. 49.95

http://www.bosstoolsupply.com/index.asp ... =48&Page=1

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Been bugged by a doctor in Miami to look at his Hino's for the last few months. I hated going down just for that but I had an eye appointment at Bascom Palmer today and also was to look at Zero Cavity, so I said okay. Engines wouldn't turn up over 1100. Been running like crap on and off. Had injecto...

Bruce

The prices you have gotten down there are not out of line.

They are not available in the states anymore except as an export.

Bruce

I think what they are talking about is a reflective tape hand held tach. Maybe some of the guys that have one could either lend it to you to check or give a link to a supplier. There's a bunch. Here's an example: http://www.handtach.com/ I get mine from the guy that comes around in those nice tool t...

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Ric, I made a rig like that years ago as an electric reel for an owner. Took a Grunert 12vdc motor that drives a reefer compressor, added a reduction gear drive on the front and then a spool from a windlass to that. Mounted everthing to aluminum pipe to fit a rod holder. Motor drew 60 to 80 amps und...

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