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Bruce

A 50/50 mix of Distilled water and a non additive ethylene glycol is the fluid. The trouble is finding antifreeze with no additives which can gum up the system.

Bruce

Oil level good?
Going all the way in gear?
Screen clogged?
Check pressure before yanking to confirm.

Rare, but I saw twice in 29 years was sheared shaft key and spinning prop.

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On the side of the trans where the lever is that the cable attaches to, you'll notice the lever from the side has 3 holes. Fwd, n, reverse. Those are supposed to ride over top a ball for the detent. Make sure the nut holding the lever on is not loose. https://forums.iboats.com/filedata/fetch?id=9962...

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Sounds like you don't have any at all then.
Not difficult to install and wire in.

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Daniel,
A good forum will not be driven by those with administrative authority, they reside in the back ground.

It's the members who carry the load and donate to cover expenses.

Raise a glass and thank yourselves.

Bruce

Take a pic of your tranny, wait let me rephrase that. Take a pic of your transmission and post to spot the neutral switch.
Very rare I saw control mounted safety switches on diesel powered boats.

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Have fun Peter. Like the name.

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Okay Ladies and Gents, this new forum is a place for your projects (other than boats), hobbies, skills and the such.

Rules:
1. Keep it PG 13
2. Be civil to other members, no back handed insults tolerated if one doesn't like the coat someone knitted for their cat.

Enjoy.

Bruce

Stock bearings were called flange mount bearings and can be had a number of places by googling. You will need to know your shaft diameter to get the right one. Easy peasy. https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=flange+mounted+bearing&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=229077467487&hvpos=1t1&hvnetw...

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Pat had the originals made by a company for a short time but he stopped as the price got stupid.

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Got to use a tubing wrench on those fittings so it can be cranked down without rounding flats. If it is real tight, it might be a line fracture. Take off the line and inspect. Remember, once the flats are rounded, out come the vice grips. Also put an open end on the flats of the fitting soldered to ...

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Doug,
I noticed the date on your post was Friday the 13th.

Just sayin...not a good start.

Bruce

The wing for the engine box can be removed.
The genset can be removed from the enclosure and pulled without pulling the engine.

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This is one area where having a shop fit and finish shafts into couplings is worth the extra expense along with lathering the whole assembly with tef gel.

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Flat hard surface you can resurface. But you will have to polish using at least 1500 for it to seal. After 12 years if I were pulling it all apart to do that, I'd replace it first. Hot? The shop is 97 degrees these days and I'm sure will push over 100 in August. Good thing our winter is just around ...

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Market is high in the used almost anything now. Good economies and spendable cash does that. 29 years in the boat business and my advice to customers was don't buy less cause the price on what you want does come down at some point. Putting money in repairs (all used boats) into something you don't r...

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Kevin, It's the carbon side that will have the issue on high speed logs as the cooling water that surrounds the log goes away at speed. You had a lift if I remember, pull back the bellows and look at carbon face for wear. You can also compress the collar against the bellows a bit. Those bellows do t...

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As a former Steyr dealer, they are very good engines, The design has been around since the 30's. The downfall here in the US is a lack of dealers and factory support. We made a concerted effort to push them years ago but because the volume was not there they priced higher than Cummins or Yanmar as d...

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Winnebagos just don't do over the road, they now float and I've flown on a Winnebago to Italy.

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A 164' Westport at Old Port Cove Marina in NPB Fla on Tuesday was the scene of a divers death when he was sucked into the bow thruster while cleaning the hull. Now in the height of boating every where, it's not always evident of someone below, especially on a large yacht who's diver scraping sounds ...

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Unless once the boat was delivered to Patrick, first owner, and then modified, I did the engine electrical and there was no such thing as auto shut down installed as both myself and Pat didn't believe in it. Pat more so after a sportfish he was running in Puerto Aventuras Mexico lost an engine on th...

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In some cases they are wired thru an oil pressure switch. This way if the key is left on, it doesn't run up the meter without the engine running.

Bruce

P=IE. P, power in watts, I, amperage, E, voltage. Using this formula with known values using your 750 watts at 13vdc, your ampere draw from battery to run the inverter would be approx 57 amps of current plus or minus depending on efficiency of the inverter. Standard alternators have a power curve an...

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Joseph,
In your black to ground, your meaning dc ground black?

Are your rudders bonded and tied together?

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Tony,
Not all coolers will have zincs and you can actually over zinc an engine.
If your trans cooler has a good bond with the engine block, it will be protected by the other zincs. You can check that bond with an ohm meter or a bonding meter.

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Tony, Too new to have used but according to the Web site they provide oem products at a discount. Now given the used car salesman nomenclature that is the world today that could mean cheap replacement material coolers resembling oem coolers, or original equipment coolers sold discounted rather than ...

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Let's face it guys, the older we get the more "Howdy" we become. The circle of life.........

Welcome aboard.

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Patrick had Bobby Soles propellor in Mangonia Park Fla make his rudder designs.
I chose not to be a middleman and people can purchase direct from them.

Make sure you know your shaft and brg sizes.

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Don't forget antenna gain, a 3 dB antenna creates a larger signal pattern, but that pattern doesn’t travel as far, so it doesn’t leave the horizon as dramatically when the boat pitches. For our 31, antenna should be 8', certainly less than half the length of the boat. Having the antenna mounted high...

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A little insight to fuel systems. On no return systems, or low flow return systems which don't raise fuel temp much figuring out flow is not much of an issue. On high flow systems and systems that use the fuel as cooling, fuel density changes which changes flow rate thru a sensor. Flowscan used soft...

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What tile says...

Glad to be back.

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I was a distributor for flowscan for quite some time. Joe, sales and Ed, service are great people. Not surprised as all systems gas and diesel have flow rate info built into the can buss system on anything computerized and that can be all tied together into one display. Their hi flow system was diff...

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Matt,
You currently have dual lever controls or single lever controls.

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Mike and I agree this is a great schedule. I will call and get pricing based on 3 or 4 anglers per boat. 3 is the best option as everyone will get plenty of time. HI Bruce, Great to hear back from you and we really look forward to having your group back to Tropic Star Lodge. i have looked at the 4 d...

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Sorry if I haven't got right on top of requests in the last week. Trying to be on top of the TS trip but have had to put my mom in hospice care and deal with what's left of her belongings and deal with a sister who can't let her mother go. Be patient I will get to everything. Thanks for your underst...

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Under donation thread.

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Have any of you 31 owners installed or had one installed, a Glendinning synchronizer? I have this model: http://www.glendinningprods.com/gmp/pdfs/sync_manual.pdf Would like to know where you installed the unit and how the cables were run. Thanks! Either one of the engine boxes would be good. Servic...

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Email me the pics you want to use. Over the weekend I'll add to the list.

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Marlin,
I'll search the Web server but if Pat hadn't put it there or it was on his computer hard drive, that never made it back to me from his sisters house I wont find it. But I'll look.

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Tony Meola wrote:Hey I am retired now. I just have to get down on my knees and beg my wife to let me go. LOL

Now see Tony I'm highly disappointed. What you have to do, as in my case after 40 years is have them ask you a couple of times a year, isn't it time for you to go somewhere?

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Older gas engines remember used the lead in the gas as a lubricant for among other things the valve guides. Many times if the heads have been pulled for repair, guides were upgraded. Customers who have the old original engines in the muscle cars we service are advised to use relead in the tank. Many...

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There were 2 or 3 large group trips of the guys to Tropic Star in the past. Somewhere I have pic discs from one or two of them. The Tropic Star articles get regurgitated every few years when magazines run out of the same ol along with stories about the 31. What I find very exciting seems to be the r...

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A merry Christmas to those that celebrate it. To those that celebrate other events at this holiday time, I wish you the best. If you don't celebrate anything, take a few days off while the rest of us do. To everyone a happy and healthy and prosperous New Year. Thanks for keeping Pat's dream going. E...

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The 6BY 260 is a 4000 rpm engine.

Using one of the many prop calculators on line 19x20 4 blade, 21x20 3blade. but contact local prop shop. These calculations are basic start with only a 70% efficiency.

The 240 4lh were a lower rpm engine. This is up at the 6lp range.

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Is this an outboard or sterndrive conversion?

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Don't remember specifics, too many years under the bridge on the law suit.

I'm thinking it was excessive back pressure causing exhaust valves to float and hit pistons. But can't be sure.

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Just a question, did Frank purchase from the bank after it was repo'd?
His address was boyton beach?
I'm trying to go thru my broker contacts to see if it got listed with any of them.

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I'm going to just ask a crazy question on this subject.... anyone ever run international 7.3 marine engines.... I didn't know they existed till I saw a pair for sale on craigslist the other day...... being a ford guy the thought of having 7.3's in my boat sound ungodly reliable.... but what works i...

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Hey Ricky, long time.

Let me know who the last owner was and I'll try and track it down.

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Hey Ricky, long time. Any used engine(s) it's important to have a log book on repairs and maintenence schedules from the owner otherwise consider anything said fiction. As far as name brand I've used just about every name brand and mutt in repowers. No one stood out as a complete failure. For a grea...

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