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I am a PCM dealer, and crusader is in the PCM line. It may not have been then, but is now. PCM protected their circuits via a breaker mounted on the back of the engine. If it has one breaker, it was mainly for the charging system. I am assuming the age of your engines correlate with the age of the b...

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Yannis, I am fortunate in working in the marine industry, and having contacts, and the ability to do a majority of the work on my own, I am not afraid to tackle a problem that I have no knowledge of either. Unfortunately, I am more of a trial and error guy, because hands on sticks with me more that ...

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Daniel, Thank you! I searched around a lot of his post's yesterday and had very little luck. I appreciate you taking the time to link those pics! I noticed he was in Freeport, and thought I bet I can run around Freeport and just find his boat and see it in person if need be. 100 mile runs huh. Do yo...

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Carl, I understand what you are saying there. If the spray comes from midship (engine area) aft, I considered building spray relief pockets under the boat so you will see no visual change. If the spray comes from midship forward, then I would thing reverse chines would help. I don't wat to get into ...

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Yannis,

I have one of those too

I lost an idler pully at the end of the season last year, and I am now rebuilding an engine from it

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Ironworker, I will for sure look into that. I, without a doubt, want to take action to keep the ride as dry as possible. I am not sure where the spray come from to help keep it down, but maybe your recommendation will shed some light on that subject. I have done a little research on here to see reco...

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yessir, so true!

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So, I spoke with a friend of mine that works for the Sherriff's department locally. He in turn talked to a friend of his that works for DOT. They are going to bring some scales out, and get a weight for me. The weight that I am getting first will be an actual weight of the boat assembled, then I wil...

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cool looking boat. I thought it was lichens growing on it.

That's what I figure for being a closer weight myself

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Carl, I was wondering how a travel lift actually calculated weight. I guess the more hydraulic pressure, obviously the more something weighs. Tony, I used to have a friend that worked at weights and scales for DOT. He used to come weigh stuff for me with is portable scales. He has since retired. I c...

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I was told by the previous owner that she weighed in at a whopping 18k pounds according to the marina hoist. I find that hard to believe myself. I was wanting to lift her to get my trailer bunks adjusted perfectly. I have all the safety gear to hoist and block boats. I have actually had a boat lift ...

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Has anyone ever weighed a stripped down 31 fbc? No engines, rudders, shafts, struts, fuel, floors, windows, etc. Completely gutted down to the Hull, deck, and flybridge. I know my boat was refurbished by Cabrera about 20 years ago. I assume it has their deck and flybridge. I'm asking because I want ...

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That's exactly what I thought Tony. I was considering V-driving it. I have a few V-drives, and engines laying around. I thought it would be a fun project.

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Funny you say that Tony, I missed an auction on a 25 that was sold a couple hours away from my house. I completely forgot to bid on it. This sold for $55.00. I have to pull a permit to trailer because of the width 8'-6" is the maximum width you can haul without a permit. I do not pull permits to hau...

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I pulled it yesterday with my wifes bronco. Stopping was a little difficult, but pulled her off the ramp just fine. Really, I used my Ford f-250, The ramp to my shop is 5 miles. When I store at the coast, the storage to the ramp is about a mile. I will be pulling it from my shop to my storage with a...

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After an all day event, my wife and I got our boat on our trailer, and to our shop. The fun will now begin. First steps will be to get the propellers sized accurately for the weight and load of the boat, get the exhaust system updated, install trim tabs, then splash her again to test before gutting ...

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I don't know if this is going to help at all. Reverse crossing from sierra to quicksilver shows that to be externally resisted. This could be a ballast resister (probably not) or a resisted wire (probably so). The quicksilver number is crosses over to is.... 0418-5438 Like I said, this is all things...

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is there a part number on the coil, I will cross reference it out of my catalog. Do you have the engine serial, or year?

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Similar topic: Does anybody know if there are steps for the 28, that HANG down from the fly bridge rear lip, so that I could get rid of the ladder? The 31 steps do not work well for the 28, as the protruding lip is quite important and the height differential between deck and fb requires more steps....

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1/4" npt unless its been tapped to a larger size. about the mid 90's mercruiser went to a blue plastic drain plug, I'm not certain on that thread pitch, but the brass that goes into the block is still 1/4 npt. Volvo also used a blue plastic plug that is a different pitch than mercruisers about the m...

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Tony, it is a FBC. Daniel, Pleasure to meet you! We probably landed in POC as you were leaving. We used to stay in Port A, when we didn't have a boat. I had a couple of surf rods, and fished the jettys, and flats down the cosway. I restored a Fish Nautique in 2017 as our First boat. I was limited to...

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Ironworker, I understand that my knowledge on larger boats is extremely limited. I have learned a ton of stuff Captain Patrick's tips. I wish someone had taught me to use talcum powder to help keep the itch away. I only know what I have done. We used to cut the caps off of wood stringers, dig out th...

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In my world (ski and wake boats) the only backing we use are the washers. The fiberglass is built up very thick in the areas of strut and rudders. I have seen the "cheaper" boats that use less laminate on layup completely pull the strut out of the glass. I have seen our brand of boat punch a stump h...

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I'm wondering if the owner of the 31 in Port Oconnor uses this forum. We met about mid summer (During the Texas Shootout if I remember right), A buddy and myself was looking at the Bertram on the end lift (I think it was a 35). Anyway, I noticed you had your 31 on a trailer in your driveway this wee...

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I don't know if this will help, but I use a glass shop here in town. I can take them a template of what I need, they can cut the glass, and then send it off to have it tempered. They are typically really reasonably priced. Also if I am dealing with Taylor Made glass. I can send them the frame, and t...

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Carl, Yes, both sides have surge tubes, then those go into a 5" centek muffler. I am doing away with the surge tubes, and using a 6" centek mightymax muffler. I debated surge tubes, no muffler, or no surge tubes and a muffler, and finally made a decision based on making space in the engine compartme...

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this is my new exhaust design (basically copied from "shooter")

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This is my current exhaust design. This allows salt water into the exhaust side of the turbo when the boat rocks.

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rusted out turbo from poor exhaust design causing salt water ingestion

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Steve, Go through Tony Athens sight, and check out all the exhaust system designs in his "Tonys Tips" section. I have not seen very many boats with a properly designed exhaust system myself. I purchased my 31 knowing that the exhaust system needs updated, and I am in the process of getting that squa...

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A linear actuator

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I agree with you on that Tony The guy I bought my 31 from had 2 31's, the one with the gul wing motor box lids is the one he still has. I do think its a very cool install, and if you have to access the engines while you're out in the boat with people in it, then its super handy to flip open without ...

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Something like this?

https://imgur.com/a/oGBG6I1

https://imgur.com/a/QVBscQ2

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Ditto,

Those bunks are awesome!

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Amberjack I think you hit the nail on the head there. In my world, anything that connected the port to the starboard side helped rigidity in the way of twisting. Has anyone seen an open bow boat that has sit in a sling for long periods of time with the walk through windshield left open? sometimes yo...

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Does my name not show under my avitar? My name is Shannon, I will fix the issue that it does not show up. I purchase my 28 in 2016 not knowing anything about Bertrams. I luckily fell into a Bertram so to speak. While I was refurbishing it, I stumbled on this site, and said..... Damn, I shoulda got a...

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Yannis, I was thinking the same on the head being extra support. The boat came with the quarter rounded head, and a sliding pocket door that was never installed. I think that I am going to install it forward for and on the port side for the extra support, and glass it all in as one big bulkhead. The...

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It looked like snipe managed it on his refurbish, unless he purchased his that way.

Mine was redone by Cabrera in 02, so I don't know what is original in it. I know it has a fiberglass frame, and there is allthread between the stantions of the frame.

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I don't know what the technical term for the dash in the cabin below the windshield is called. I want to cut this out, and open up the space to the v-birth. On a 1964 31 FBC. are there any structural issues with cutting this out? I've seen it done on other boats, I don't know if they go back and re-...

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