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Bruce

What your describing is the 31 sedan with an aftermarket, possibly a 25 fly bridge wrap.

Bruce

Dick,
You just have to pop hatches and look for the leak. I would start at the cylinder.

While ATF works, steering fluid is much better for the system and will result in easier wheel movement if the system is set up properly.

Bruce

Bob,
Cable breaks were morse. I don't like them cause if you squeeze to hard you can ruin the cables, but nothing else worked well.

Bruce

Bob, You can use those controls with morse 33 and 33c cables. When Pat installed them on buddy boy, it took me over two days to get everything to work right and then I couldn't get enough tension out of them to counter act the return spring on the injection pump and had to use cable breaks. I don't ...

Bruce

So your going to all this trouble so that when the replacement motor takes a crap(pun intended), you can search again for another?

Time to replace it.

Bruce

Drifter, Do yourself a favor. Talk to your local prop shop and give him the details of the boat and engine/gear combo. They will plug it into their formula and come up with a prop size. I repower all different size boats. This is one of the first things I do before I even start because that prop wil...

Bruce

Mikey,
I wouldn't add any weight until its loaded with all your gear and you run sea trials.

Having the chine below the water with full fuel is common.
Exhaust outlets and water vary also.

Bruce

Yes he did sue under that exact claim.

Kinda makes you worring about the latest news comming from police departments country wide stating they are relaxing their standards due to the fact that qualified personal are hard to come by anymore.

Bruce

Rasta Narc=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj4yUpR1PB0

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Vince,
Most all those valves are made of a cheap cast brass. Seals and seats are cheap material also. Threads are shallow and the material between the female thread pitch and outside wall is thin and leads to cracking.

The two part body threads have the same problem.

Not safe.

Bruce

I hate to disagree with you Vince but do not use any valves from home supply stores.

The quality and resistance to solvents is not there to be used in a fuel system. Okay for water, but not fuel.

Bruce

Matt, A 4" angle grinder with a 6" disc in 80 grit and a lite touch will take the paint off in no time. The way to measure packing is undo the nut and measure from the outside of the shaft to the inside of the gland. That distance is your packing size. It will be standard US fractional measurements....

Bruce

And when less land is used for other crops because they won't bring in nearly as much money as corn, we will be more dependant on foreign food producers like for instance China who puts chemicals in it's products and Mexico who's use of banned pesticides and e-coli contamination from the pickers who...

Bruce

Andre, I'm at your service. Only one thing. I don't negotiate. It's hard to carry on a dialog from 600 meters. PS. Translation is one way at this point. My brain has a hard time processing an 80 mile/hr language. It takes me 1/2 hour to put together one sentence. One thing I've learned, when in doub...

Bruce

Safe trip and una prima en la pesca a ustedes ese viaje a PanamÃ¡.

Hope to join you one day, and I will see those at Montauk in August.

Bruce

Harry, We had some pretty lousy surf a few weeks ago and lost 3 or 4 to drowning. All tourists. One guy who jumped in to save a couple of girls. Rip current got them all. Its hard to make people understand when they're getting sucked out to sea to relax and swim paralell to the shore till they are f...

Bruce

Don't you all remember Andre wanting to gussie up the head?

Sounds like he's becomming quite the Howdy boater.

Bruce

I always thought Hell's gate and the scenic view of Rykers was well worth the trip.

Bruce

Gary,
Speeds are posted above.

No tower.

6LP's average 1 to 1.5 gal/mile at cruise.

Bruce

Alot del trabajo se ha hecho y su hora de golpear con el pie detrÃ¡s para una cerveza o dos.

Bruce

I'd castrate the end and glass on a new pecker.

Bruce

Rob,
I think for the most part, forecasts are a generalization and subject to be 50% wrong.

I meant to look at the various sat photos including water vapor, frontal movements and combine that with the typical weather patterns for the time of year.

Bruce

I think a better moral to this story other than having lites in the bow would be to check the weather before venturing out.

Sounds like they hit converging fronts which should have been apparent with a trip to noaa.

Bruce

Jimmy,
Recheck battery connections and the remote panel connections.
The battery display on the panel indicates low voltage. Since battery is charged, look for connection problem.

Bruce

Randall,
Coat the threads with sealer.
They originaly used sealer.

Bruce

Sanding is fine. One strip up each side of the boat (keeps the wires short, neat and has the least amount of resistance) and if you use a transom zinc, tie the ends there. #6 green tinned wire should be used along with tinned lugs and heat shrink tubing from thru hulls and devises to the bonding str...

Bruce

If all the wiring is ripped out already, an experienced wiring tech with all parts on hand and a written plan should be able to do all AC/DC wiring in 4 to 5 days.

Bruce

Craig,
If you can slide the shaft back to get a socket and ratchet on, you can remove the output flange. You will have to make a tool to hold the flange by the bolt holes.

Replace the seal and the crush sleeve and torque to specs.

Bruce

If you have trouble getting copper strap, I found a local roofer who will cut me copper flashing any width and is heavy duty stuff. Used it on "Time Machine" and like Pat folder to make bends and corners. Takes a little doing but looks real good. After while everything is clean and grease free you c...

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Props also have a medium cup. Yanmar 6LP/315hp, 2:1 gear boxes. Cruise speed can be anything up to 200 off the top. 24knots@3000 rpm 29knots@3600 rpm Elbows are factory part. Pulled the boat this AM but not before taking Tony, my shop mate out for a ride. He's missed my last two 31 refits and is the...

Bruce

Uv,
Gerry's got the pilaster steps.

Bruce

Here is some eye candy of "Zero Cavity" Did the final tweaking and sea trial today and I got 33.8 knots @ 3950 rpm with full fuel/240 gallons. Instrument display pic is the Ray Marine e-120 interfaced to the Teleflex can buss system. I setup a full page display as an option for twin engine. There is...

Bruce

I guess I need to revise my reading comprehension on your first post and retract my first statement. I glanced over the part about the crossover being non cooled, and crossing near the intake with temps approaching 1200 degrees, the tech is right to be concerned. My apologies to him. If I saw that, ...

Bruce

30 degrees between ambient and intake temperature Recheck his explanation of this. That engine will reach 180 degrees and thus heat the surrounding engine box air. The incomming air flow will be only as much as the engine requires. If he believes that an 80 degree outside air temp should only rise ...

Bruce

One comment on push/loc fittings. Both the hose and the fittings have to be rated the push/loc to use without a clamp. If not they will eventualy leak. Second using push loc fittings with non push/loc hose and a clamp is a bad idea also. The sharp edge on the barbs to grip the push/loc hose do not g...

Bruce

Any of the shaft seals will work. Which one works the best with the least amount of worry? The PSS. As Randall stated at slow speed the pss seals will work fine because the sea water around the log is enough to cool them. Too much forward speed and the water will pull away and thus the cooling will ...

Bruce

I repowered a couple of larger Phoenix, 37 flybridge models and they were made well and seemed to ride well although I never had one in a rough sea, which really would be the only time I would sea trial a boat I was interested in buying without first hand knowlege of how it handled. Jupiter I've bee...

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I havn't seen Nigels book, but most of what I've seen is enough to get most begginers in trouble with mass confusion. There have been a few good threads here regarding wiring and how to start and the layouts and planning. I know I've done a few, but I hate typing the same stuff over and over. If our...

Bruce

He will just have to pick his days and if it looks "iffy" we take my 31

I think you'll find if that is a 92 or newer boat that there will be no need to jump into the 31 in iffy seas.

As a matter of fact it will keep you much dryer than the 31.

Bruce

Teleflex has come out with new solid 3rd generation can buss t's. The old ones failed and if you have the old ones, call Teleflex and make them give you new ones. Teleflex has told me that Mack Boring and Mastry are still selling old stock to get rid of it. Also double check all computers and interf...

Bruce

If you get a chance to view a documentary called "Century of self' it explains quite a bit and makes sense of a lot of things. It deals with the Freud dynasty. Sigmund Freud, founder of psychoanalysis; Edward Bernays, who invented public relations; Anna Freud, Sigmund's devoted daughter; and present...

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Harry,
The external wedge shape intake strainers with the round holes are all thats needed.

Anything with the slots will allow debris to enter the system and are only designed to keep large debris out and an internal strainer should be used with those.

If thats the type you have.

Bruce

Vince,
If you have 3/8 pipe fittings on the pickup, use a 3/8 close nipple into 1/2 full flow valve with a 1/2x3/8 bushing on the end.

Out the other end of the valve go with the 1/2 fitting.

This will cause you no trouble.

Bruce

they didn't mention anything about being tender or cracking along stringers. Then again I guess it depends on surveyor.. got the point. The only time a surveyor will let someone know what is a piece of crap, is when you've written them the check and their walking away telling someone else that you ...

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Sim, Out of the three the 35 Viking is a good solid boat but your buddy better be double jointed and skinny to work on those motors in that boat. Tight fit to say the least. Your totaly wrong on the 32 Luhrs (open). With Yanmars, that's one hell of a boat and dry to boot unlike the 31. Great fishing...

Bruce

Scot,
Just got back tonight from Mineral Wells Texas, left Friday morning 5 am.
Sorry for not turning on the computer and seeing your post.

Bruce

Randall, When my dad built a house in Ocean City back in the 60's, my Grandfather was asked to help out. My dad pulled out a brand new circular saw and my grandfather remarked, son if you want me to help, put that damn thing away. My grandfather was one hell of a carpenter and had about a dozen tool...

Bruce

I assume there should be an alternate dish for non-lobster eaters Are there really such people? Sounds like a good price considering the cost of mussels and clams and 1-1/4lb lobster(best size for taste) plus meat and all you can drink bar. The other night I paid 48 bucks for a bakers dozen and a h...

Bruce

Scott,
Up to 8' 6" no permit required.

8' 7" to 10' the permit is 20 bucks for a year.

10 to 12' the permit is 330 bucks per year.

The guy who brought Gerry's 31 to the shop on his trailer had no permit or wide load banner.

Bruce

I may have a possible line on a pair of 170's with 2k hours. One has a bad gear.

I've been told they were taken care of. If anyone is interested, give me a call.

I believe they are located in the Panama Beach area.

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