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Bruce

Right under the B H bridge is Phil foster park. Great snorkling. Under the flat bridge and south side of main bridge and beach. Sunken stuff. The n side of inlet jetty from pump house(good spot also) east end back around to sail fish is great. Close to rocks. Fly a dive flag. The main inlet in the c...

Bruce

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Scan down the page for different types.

Bruce

John,
For those small parts you can mix some glass reinforced epoxy resin to a paste and fill the spots. This will allow the screws to bite into some thing.

Bruce

My dad bought his last boat a 55 Connie, that had been stored in a yard for 11 years tied up in an estate debacle. The yard mechanic had gone thru and pickled everything on board with a bi year visual check. After dad bought the boat, it was put back in the water, all systems serviced and oil primed...

Bruce

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Happy indigenous people's day.

Wife and I alone this year. Everyone else has died off, moved or live out of the area.

Life is good.

Bruce

When Crusader went to throttle body, as a dealer I had numerous issues. Throttle body thank God, was short lived in marine and then they went to multi port. Factory multi port was relatively trouble free. Biggest issues were fuel delivery and clogged filters due to many system that used return lines...

Bruce

John is a class act.
Glad you got them Carl.

Unfortunatly Maryland crabs are not what they used to be.

Bruce

You can have them rebuilt. Just use someone who actually has a flow bench to check them. We use a bunch of Holley and Edelbrock (old carter style) carbs. Today's quality is questionable like many things. If you go with Holley, factory standard gaskets will seep. Make sure they are the upgraded blue ...

Bruce

Pete,
Since your on your own I can have my nephew who's a cop in beautiful Baltimore, send over some working girls to help you out.
Let me know and good luck.

Bruce

Would not touch one if it was the last engine on earth that would take me away from a nuke explosion. Yes they would use the original bellhousing and all blocks have numbers on them. Some above the starter, some on front of engine where block and head join, some on top back of block below intake. De...

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Thank you Peter for the support.

Bruce

Minstrals wrote songs about the flop house adventures.

Bruce

John,
Forgive the intrusion but data bots are constantly scanning the board for data including phone numbers.
Since your spelled out number was correct, I deleted the other to help reduce robo calls.
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Time to Feed the Hogs.............

Bruce

My dad's first boat was a 27 chris craft wood. First winter in Philly he had it parked in the driveway, built an A frame structure around it, cover with heavy plastic and used a kerosene heater to heat it. Did a bunch of rotten wood/epoxy work. He sprayed something on the outside he got from his dev...

Bruce

Jack,
Who is the distributor for your area?

Bruce

A little research and Hyundai has been producing marine diesels for pacific rim and EU for quite a while. Breaking into the US market is tough as I experienced when I became a Steyr dealer and tried to tap the market. Due to the reliability of the Cummins engine it makes that break thru even tougher...

Bruce

Yannis, Without checking the fuse feed to those gauges with a meter for possible voltage, I can't answer. But some electrical guages will not zero when power is removed. There also could have been moisture, which can conduct Milliamps of current to the smaller guages but not enough to the tach. Has ...

Bruce

That 3 amp fuse comes off the ignition switch and feeds the instruments so the issue would be after the fuse which would be the instruments. Look for moisture, chaffed wires, loose wires shorting or it could be internal to one of the gauges. Plug one guage in at a time till you find the one that pop...

Bruce

Use a remote crank switch, amazon, local auto parts store.

Leave the ignition off and one end of switch goes to starter batt, the other to yellow wire on starter which is crank. Make sure throttle plates are open when conducting check.

Bruce

People have short memories.

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Nigel Calder was an idiot writer.
If the belts are tightened properly and in good shape you don't need belt dressing.

Bruce

Hi all. Went out to Greenport today. Some very nice boats. People were great. Went on the new 61. Wow, but Not one person from Bertram Asked me or my wife if they could help us. Any questions nothing. At lest 6 Bertram people on board. I'm new here but there was no signs nothing to show a Bertram s...

Bruce

What type of mufflers, inline?

Bruce

Yes parts are good to go.

Bruce

Lars,
If it was me, I'd ditch the exhaust reducers.

Bruce

Your good to go on the video. Thanks for posting.

Bruce

If its a collapsing lifter, could throw a push rod and just lose a cylinder. If it's crud built up on a valve stem, valve could stick open and hit piston. A spring issue could lose a keeper and drop a valve into a piston.
You can try an additive in the fuel and oil.

Bruce

While Mike as a whole is correct about belts being belts, there are subtle differences that can make a difference that some lazy drop out at an auto parts store, even NAPA these days, will create an issue. First and foremost belt wear is normal. If there is excessive belt dust over the front of the ...

Bruce

Thou shall not blaspheme on the Lord's day.

Bruce

There is a lot of wrapping going on in the auto industry.
Some have been done and look good.

Others look cheap and gaudy.

I haven't seen anything past a couple of years that isn't starting to peel somewhere.

Bruce

Many of the older boat switches that get removed, bertram also, is the one that was for battery parallel.

Bruce

It sounds like the upper control has not been bled properly.
Do you have the hynautic book and bleed sequence?

Bruce

Don't replace before checking out. If you think its bad disconnect it. It provides knock sensor and map sensor input to the advance curve which with your setup, carbs isn't as critical as injection. The est module will provide the default advance curve for the distributor. Disconnect the 4 wires at ...

Bruce

Second place is WIDE open.................... In honor, here is a past UV post on the Ports Eads tournament. You live, you die, but have you fished the UVI? ________________________________________________________ "Well, a week from today we will be at Port Eads cranking up the UVI. Forecast calls f...

Bruce

Those switches can come normally open or normally closed.
You want normally open, closing upon oil pressure. Did they give you the correct one?

Jump the switch like Rawleigh suggested to check.

Bruce

Watched too many guys come out from underneath the tented up area all suited up about to pass out from the heat.
Don't forget to add the cost of tape, plastic material, suit and respirator and disposal of the paint.

One job it's worth paying someone else to to.

Bruce

For a man of your stature, I would think these are the minimum I would accept,
Recaro airbus 320 first class seats.

Bruce

Mack, One sure way to diagnose fuel issues is put a pressure guage between fuel pump and carb and run till you have the issue. If the engine quits and there is good pressure, not fuel. If it quits and fuel pressure is dropping off, then back track to fuel pump, blow lines out and check rubber sectio...

Bruce

There are more billionaires and millionaires than ever before. All it takes is making a few well placed investments. Or in the case of Elon Musk, con people into paying for your borderline insane ideas. I know of 3 millionaires who invested in the begining in bit coin. When it peaked they cashed out...

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Hey 2 mill will buy a lot of beer and fuel.
Everyones happy.

Bruce

Wonder if they upgraded the peel and stick feature? Not a popular option it turned out. The 54 was a tank. I redid two and baby sat one at the marina for a foreign based client for 3 years while he tried to sell it. Only boat over 50' I felt comfortable taking out and docking by myself. Them 12v92's...

Bruce

I've done 14 31's with just about every engine option in the day. From just engine changes to strip to bare hull and total rework and refit. Nothing special on the 31 I didn't have to address on all the repowers I did. Post your questions and concerns. One thing, don't over think or over research. Y...

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Carl,
Yes the expenses are being covered and have been since Patrick's passing.

I have zero complaints about the board, it's members or their support. Given I'm a member on various boards and see the nonsense going on on a daily basis, this corner of the web is paradise.

Bruce

Pure Monty Python John.
Black Knight, "Alright, we'll call it a draw"

Tony,
Your right other brand boat owners are part of this crowd too.

Bruce

First thanks to everyone for the support. But........ One, its not a requirement to contribute financial to be a member. Unlike Patrick, I am not retired with limited income as was Pat. I don't mind supporting this site on my own because Patrick was a once in a lifetime friend who I would have done ...

Bruce

Cutlass bearings are tight in the strut but should slide on the shaft with very little effort.

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Tony,
Band names are a whole entity of themselves.

Bruce

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