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Tony Meola

Tangier Walter is right. I just repowered and to do it right and if you only have weekends and winters like we have up here, and have to keep it in a Marina, you will be at it for at least two summers. Then throw in the relative issue. I mean, weddings, birthday parties ect. you could go three summe...

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Giff

Only cure that I know actually works is to get an Ozone generator. Close the area off, leave it tight and come back a couple of hours later. Air the place out and its gone.

I know you can buy an Ozone generator not sure if anyone rents them.

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Luis Like everyone said, the 210 are bullet proof. If I remember right, your boat has that custom cabin that runs all the way back so you have no open cockpit area. Do you know how much the boat weighs? If the cabin added a lot of weight you need to make sure the 210's will give you the performance ...

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Harv

Hurry up and get back to 100%. It's time to jump back in and once you get the diesels in and up and running you will wonder why you waited so long.

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Bob

Tough to beat those old Rybovich's. Pretty boat, great ride.

By the way I hope you were not on the bridge while the radar was on. Not a good thing to do.

Tony Meola

A couple of weeks ago, a guy out of Barnaget caught them on Umbrella rigs using lures to match the hatch. Apparently they are interested in taking in a mouthfull of sand eels at a time so they ignore the single baits. The umbrella rig gives them the appearance of a school of sand eels. A friend of m...

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http://www.gacopper.com/032-CopperStrap.html

Try Georgia Copper. I used there bonding strap. Its pretty thick as it is designed to be used as a lightning ground.

Tony Meola

I used straight silicone. Did that about 5 years ago but I always have this fear they are going to pop out, but so far so good.

Tony Meola

UV congratulations. 43 years and only 7 more to 50. I know that we all will be giving you the Big Congratulations when that milestone hits.

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John

Very nice. Congratulations to you and Pam.

Tony Meola

Lets see 7 Virgins, I know there is a joke in this someplace.

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Bob

Mine ran a little more than that but that also included, guages, block heaters, harness, oil change hand pump on the engine. I have the 270's and I ordered them two years ago and probably a couple of price increases after you purchased yours.

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JK

Congratulations on the sale. I know it probably feels like a load has been taken off your shoulders.

She was a real pretty boat, I know it was probably tough parting with her.

Tony Meola

Bob When I purchased my 270 remans, and I called around to other NJ Cummins dealers, the dealer I purchased mine off of had the best price I could find, they came in at around 18 a piece with gauges and harness, the 3500 for the tranny. I know that is right on the mark as another board member who pu...

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My 75 had the 454 Mercs in them and the borg warners were 1.5:1 spinning a 18x19 prop. A friend used to have a 68 that had the chrysler's and he spun a 17 in prop but the tranny was still 1.5:1 if this helps.

Tony Meola

[Only invasive species around here is the NJ family living behind me.]

Be carfull of that NJ family. Make sure they don't belong to the Mothers and Fathers Italian Assocition (MAFIA). Or they just could be one of our former corrupt politicians.

Tony Meola

Jack They are right about that hose. If have the deck up and are pulling the whole thing apart it's not bad, but other wise a real pain. On those tabs, like Vic said, just rebed them. Resin will just make you curse at some other point in time. On the bilge pump issue, I can relate. Took a friend and...

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There are rumors that this was the same one that had delamination problems. Will be interesting to see what really happened.

Tony Meola

I don't do sushi and if a fish did that to me in a restraunt I would be out of there.

Tony Meola

Jack You might be able to tighten the packing gland on the rudder posts otherwise repack them. Make sure you use regular packing and not teflon. They will only leak again. I would think twice before glassing in the trim tab screws. You may need to remove them some day. I would remove the tabs and re...

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Bruce People are just stupped. They buy these non natives animals as pets then dump them. Florida is begining to sound like the Amazon Jungle. Python's taking on alligators. Who would have thought. Even every once in a while someone dumps something strange up here in NJ. A couple of years ago, a guy...

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First you need to figure out what your budget is and just what you want in performance and maintence. I thnk Bob is a little light on his numbers but he is right, Cummins is cheaper if you go with the remans. Yanmar and Volvos will cost more than the reman Cummins. I just put the 270's in mine and I...

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Ok, if you guys are building these things, it is time to start a business, build it up then sell it to Weber.

Tony Meola

Take that to Texas and lets see if Capt. Pat can figure out how to stuff a whole cow on that thing at one time.

That is pretty neat. Weber has nothing on you.

Tony Meola

It is just really strange that mine said 220 gallons and it did also show the pressure test amount. The tag was not glassed in and after beign exposed to the weather after the repower it has worn off. Unfortunatelly when they launched her after the repower I was not there. They put about 200 gallons...

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Question,

Aren't the gallons marked on the label the usable amount. For my 75, the tag always said 220 gallons.

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Sim

Opening his mouth just makes him displace more water.

Tony Meola

Wow its hard to believe the length of time. I started searching out info for my 31 back in the late 90's when I was stuck in the office until late at night. I guess I finally jumped into the box and stopped lurking about about 6 years ago.

Time sure flies.

Tony Meola

I just read an article that the whole east coast has had tides running higher than normal the whole summer. It said it had to do with the postions of the sun and moon or something like that. I know that that our lagoon has about a six inch swing in tides but this summer its been running about a foot...

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I know my 75 has it on the hull but when I ripped out the back end of my 75, I also found the number glassed into the center line on the transom. Looks like that would be the first place I would look. I never really looked for it, but once I had the deck out, there she was. Sounds like that would be...

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If you want to bypass the pattern idea, you can get a stipled effect for non skid by mixing Cabosil in the gel coat and rolling it. I think a medium knap roller works. It will give you bumps. Mine has held up 13 years. I will probably redo this spring, not because it isn't working, I just need to pr...

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Randall

Happy Birthday. Seems like it was only a year ago that we wished you a good one.

Here is to many more years of happy carving.

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Rocky Unfortunately that is the way they designed it. I know they made them that way for quite a while. We bought our boat new so I know its original. Remember, way back their interest was building a good fishing boat. While they built a great boat, they missed some of the finer points. There is a c...

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The tansmissions are 1.5/1. 4 blade Prop. Real smoot no vibration at all. With the big blocks and 3 blades, I had a slight vibration that drove me nuts. The hatches on the deck used to rattle. When we put the boat in the water I didn't even have the deck fully screwed in and when we ran it not a rat...

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Rocky

No the doors hit the seat. Poor design I know. If I remember right, some time around 1980, I thought they split the door in half and put a piano hinge in the middle so it folded back on itself.

I might be wrong, but some how I remember them doing that.

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Bill

I just put the 270 recons in mine. Basically the same engine as yours. We put on 20x23 and right now its a little light so we will put some cup in it over the winter. I am turning 2750. Should be 2600.

Tony Meola

I didn't. I figured that since my seat is original it would be time to go for a new one. Plus, going with one of the new styles would mean replacing them all. I figured not worth it.

Give them a call. They seemed pretty helpfull.

Tony Meola

Congratulations

I bet you can't wait until he catch's that first Marlin. You have a lot to look forward to.

Tony Meola

Coolair I still have the bench seat on my 31. I am probably going to replace it with another bench seat. My hinges have had it also. Plus the covering has seen better day. I spoke with Pompenette. They no longer have the original hinge but they will build a seat using the new style hinge. They said ...

Tony Meola

The Government is considering adding more ethanol to gas. Please see the article linked below.

http://www.madmariner.com/ownership/mai ... _102709_OM

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It looks like they are coming after the Marine Industry again. Check out this link. This is the first I heard of this. I guess if we replace our tanks, this could impact us in the future.

http://www.madmariner.com/ownership/mai ... _102609_OM

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UV is right on the props 21 inch is about as big as you can go. On the 270's I just installed we put on 20x23 with a slight cup and turn 2700. Will be tweeking them with a little more cup this winter to try and get them down closer to 2600. On the transmissions, the shop I used changed the fittings ...

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Mike

I just think that is his personality. When I dropped my stuff off, all he said was "off a boat huh, call me in two weeks." But he called me first. I don't think he is hurting for business. He has a reputation for doing quality work.

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John

The price of that Grady makes those Cummins look more attractive. It's cheaper to repower with diesel than buy new.

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Brewster Many years ago a family of racoons made a home out of our 31. They snuck in through the side panels and then into the engine box and down into the bilge. My father was checking the oil one day and there is fur all over the engine. Started poking around and found mom, pop and a couple of kid...

Tony Meola

Well we just had a burst of sleet up here in North Jersey, (Bergen County). They had some snow out toward Parsippany which is about 20 miles west of here.

Crazy weather for this time of the year. I have a feeling we are in for a long long winter.

Tony Meola

American Electro Plating Co
342 Lincoln Ave
Hawthorne , NJ 07506
(973) 427-2300

Bob here it is

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Walter

Right now I am running light. So I am anxious for spring when when I get her all back together and I can really find out how those 270 Cummins perform.

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Harry

They did some work for me during the spring. Still do first class work. Told me two weeks. Called me within a week to tell me the work was done.

They have been at the same address for years.

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JP

These are the things they will always remember. In fact I bet when they are out of their teens, because god forbid they admit it when they are teenagers, they will tell you how great growing up was.

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