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Bruce

The paint is good, its just applied sparingly and in some cases in the tight areas, not at all. Everytime a zinc is changed, a hatch leaks, a water pump leaks, etc the fresh/salt water unless washed off and dried will start to rust. There is enough steel that the rust starts. Its a maintenance item ...

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If you have never attended this event, it is a must do on one's bucket list.

Bruce

I don't pay too much attention to the season talking head predictors and hype doctors, but time to take stock in supplies and review plans incase a storm approaches. People panic when they don't prep. Remember one year at the property that Viking yachts now sits on, we had packed the yard tight with...

Bruce

The first weekend end in June is a large Bertram get together right in your back yard.

Watch for the announcement. Friday night and Saturday.

Bruce

It's not hard at all but there is a caviat. Helms that are mounted vertical allow water to run down the shaft to the face of the helm. Many times there is a wood backing to support the helm. That wood gets wet and remains wet. All that moisture can cause corrosion between the aluminum body and stain...

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Craig, Email the pics to me in the contact info and Ill post them but carl is right about the hose. If they are using pre molded hoses, replace with wire reinforced, get a length of it and cut to fit. Most of those coolers are either 1 1/8 or 1 1/4. As far as the oil lines go, when you have them rem...

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John,
Follow this link and go to the last two pics.
FWC 454 crusader pics in engine box

https://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1977/b ... r-3158149/

Bruce

Tim,
Still waiting for a recomend on the engine survey. Many of my numbers from years past no good.

Bruce

A little secret.......... As a former floscan distributor and master installer the way I checked the basic accuracy of the fuel burned on the guage was have the customer top off their tanks. Knowing the amount of fuel in gallons in the tank/tanks, I would have them run the boat keeping a log of basi...

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I haven't heard from Gerry Santiago in a while about the boat. That gel coat hull was beautiful and I was fortunate to be able to contribute to the building of that 31.

I'm sorry to hear it's a bit rough looking.

Bruce

I was wondering if it is a common item since I can't find it on their Web store. What I want to do is throw all those who support this site into a hat and pick a name and send this book to them as a thank you. If it is a not so common item, it makes it more special. I have a couple of license plate ...

Bruce

I have a book as titled above that has penciled line drawings of all the 1960 bertram boats. About 50 pages. Beautiful.

Can't find it on the bertram.com site in the store.

Anyone have any clues?

Bruce

Google Photos does not support embedding on external sites anymore, that stopped when they changed Picasa to GPhotos. You can try this Crop, do limited editing from within Google photos Download the file(s) Re-upload to Google Drive Right-click the file(s), select 'Get Shareable Link', which will be...

Bruce

There is a post for donation info above in the announcements section.

Also on the donate tab when it opens click on continue to donate and the info appears.
Every once in a while it's good to clear cookies

Thanks to everyone again for the support. Pat would be happy that the Legend continues.....

Bruce

Not necessarily.

My maintenence schedule on impellers was every two years. While many will go longer, when I did this stuff full time most my customers wanted to be able to use their boats without worrying about something breaking or leaking.

Regular maintenance solved that problem.

Bruce

Bob,
I thought the twinscan line was innovation that was needed. Unfortunately like the free market we are, price was the final factor. Too bad.

Bruce

The twinscan line was short lived due to cost of micro processor based guages vs the cost of analog. They also required the use of isolated ground senders to work properly 100%. Joe was head of sales and did boat shows. Ed was head of tech. All in all the folks at floscan were good people who made a...

Bruce

Here's a link to an exploded view and parts. There is an impeller and seal.

https://www.fisheriessupply.com/jabsco- ... ment-parts

Bruce

One caviat on those screws. The thread parts are brass nut zerts pressed into the plastic. If screws are frozen in them the zerts can be twisted out of plastic.

If the screws won't back out fairly easy, soak with a good penetrant that creeps. Try again.

Good luck.

Bruce

John, Not sure I do, but I got a bin of floscan stuff when I closed the shop. I know I got a bunch of high flow diesel units I'll look and see if I have the twin scan dual analog guage and two senders. I think they are 231's. If I don't have twin scan, I'll see if I got the analog single read that y...

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John,
You carburetor or fuel injection with return line to tank.

Bruce

See if this helps for info/.

https://www.boats.com/how-to/the-outboa ... justments/

Bruce

Well, it took a little longer to get it to fit than I expected. I had to cut out the bottom of the seat base to drop the unit about an inch. Holes are cut for the 5" duct and electrical going to the units control panel which is installed in the locker. Next will be the seapump to and existing seaco...

Bruce

Those par heads do have seals that will leak back into the motor and on the floor. Depending on the salinity of the water and any stray current, the end of the shaft where the maceration blade is, can corrode off. The water in is a rubber impeller. All is maintainable and should be serviced every tw...

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Tommy, The 6R80 is being used behind 1200hp, modified of course and is a great trans from Ford. They got that one right. I have one in my 66 Fastback Mustang behind a 528hp to rear wheels Coyote. I change tranny fluid with engine oil at 2500 mile intervals. Oil to me is cheap. There are after market...

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Tony,
If you do it right, medicare will cover the cost if you have the right suppliments.

Bruce

Good luck with zero oil change under normal conditions. But then again the dealer makes a bigger profit off a new gear box than an oil change.

Bruce

Gonna lock this out of general and put a mirror topic in hobbies for others to answer.

Bruce

Transmissions are touchy. While there are no combustibles to contaminate the oil, towing can create higher temps even with a cooler and can degrade the oil. There is no stick from above, but there is a plug on the tranny right above the pan passenger side. Jack stands or a lift or if a 4 wheel drive...

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Transmissions are touchy. While there are no combustibles to contaminate the oil, towing can create higher temps even with a cooler and can degrade the oil. There is no stick from above, but there is a plug on the tranny right above the pan passenger side. Jack stands or a lift or if a 4 wheel drive...

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Pete,
That cold is why Florida gets overwhelmed every winter.
Finish your pt, find a 25 year old honey, move to Florida and live the retirement years playing golf and indoor activities.

Bruce

Fine thread bolts, lock washers at minimum, locking nuts or safety wire due to rotational force.
Use tef gel on threads for ease or removal in the future.

Bruce

Many people do not like Teflon tape. I've seen it where it looks like a wad of toilet paper.

I've also seen thread sealer in injectors, pumps and such.

There is a proper way to use both. But we all have our go to.

Bruce

Just about 90% of Pats' tooling was tossed on a first wave clean out after he passed before I got out there. 70% of that needed serious reworking. Last extended visit with him before the wife and I went out to say goodbye, we talked about how much work he needed to do the molds to bring them up to u...

Bruce

Just for the general knowledge, npt is national pipe thread. It is a tapered thread and depends on the resistance of the male against female to seal. Always use a sealant or Teflon tape. If you have a straight or running thread it will use a gasket, oring, or seat against a internal seat of some kind.

Bruce

Kevin,
Did you check with D'Angelo in Ft Lauderdale?

https://deangelomarine.com

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I pm'd back Scott. Thanks

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Looking for info. A Bertram brother is thinking about using them.

Bruce

Are you planning on using in line fuses for each load off the buss bar?

Yes it is opposite of how it's normally done.

Bruce

Non boating related engine stuff should be posted in the hobbies-etc forum.
Thanks.

Bruce

https://gizmodo.com/japanese-sushi-magn ... 518621/amp

3.1 million for 613 pounder

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Yannis, Turbos are always spinning if the engine is running. Exhaust is always flowing when running which is what spins the turbo. If your talking about max boost pressure, that can vary some what by load conditions(props, hull design, boat weight, gear weight, wind, tides, etc.) but generally in ma...

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The 31 I repowered with D4's turned out to be a battle wagon and a very nice install, but 3 computers per engine, like has been mentioned, they were replaced multiple times.

While this was years ago, I hope they have the computer issue figured out or Tropic is in for it.

Bruce

The general forum is for marine related issues only.
If anyone wants discuss cars, trucks, airplanes, trains or other modes of transportation other than boats, please post in the hobbies, crafts, non boat project forum.

Thanks.

Bruce

I never used anything larger than 3/8 and never had an issue.

Bruce

Another year has passed and Pats dream continues to cruise along. I want to thank everyone for their continued support not only financially to keep things moving but much more important your participation in the forums. I hope the new year brings health, success, peace and tranquility to each and ev...

Bruce

Thanks Tommy.

Never saw 31 style steps on any of the 28's I came across.

Stainless tubing and a good welder can do anything I would guess.

Bruce

Thanks Tommy.

Bruce

Anyone know the perko numbers for the pilaster bridge steps and transom steps on the 31?

Bruce

Like control cables it's not the bends themselves, it's the radius of the bends.
Use long radius bends not tight bends. Bridge is fine.

The biggest issue is they never get used and freeze up over time. Disconnect the end once a year, exercise the cable and re hook up.

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