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Bruce

SP wires on your typical plug should snap on as the tip of the plug goes into boot metal female connector. If they do not the boot is bottoming out on the plug shoulder or the connector needs a slight crimp. If they are straight boots, pull the boots back and see if the connector will snap on and pu...

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Rick,
From a service stand point that configuration sucks for access to engines. The shear size and weight makes it impractical to remove unless you have a crane.

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Doug, my biggest issue back in the day were pressure switches failing and the pump pumping till the pressure got so much the motor would lock up but power was still being sent to motor and it would damage comutator and brushes. I gave up on the newer pressure switches and either replaced the pump wi...

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That is for grounding between housing as you suspect. While the bolts will generaly do it, some models of engines have in the top cover of the thermo housing or the intermediate housing a pipe thread for a temp sender in which some models have a single wire temp probe of which the ground is importan...

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What was done to the engines?

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Geebert,
At the top of your page you will see something that looks like a chain link.
That is the link a url button.

Push that and you will see url boxes.
Put your web address between those boxes.

Bruce

For me I'd rather have a generator that burns a fraction of a gallon of fuel than mount large alternators on the engines to charge lithium batteries unless your just doing a few hour howdy boating tour. I've pulled into a marina on a trip that had no power. How do you charge your batteries then othe...

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Fwd, especially if you are using a centrifical type pump.

Depends on the thickness of your backing plate.

2 to 3 threads left on your thru hull before bottoming out is fine.

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Cam,
Great shade of blue.

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Not uncommon to what Ric is doing to Reaper, to spend that amount. His 275k figure is one when he will be done.

Back in the hey day of 31 refits I know of at least 5 31's who's total expenditure was above 350k.
I surveyed and sea trialed one who's owner had 450k in it.

Bruce

If you have scoops built into the pickup there should be screws into the bottom to hold it. A pipe wrench on the valve should break it loose and unscrew. If your scoops are separate, you'll have to get two pipe wrenches to get it off. One on thru hull, one on valve. Being gate valves I doubt anyone ...

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Haven't done a N or S trip in years. Be fun to see what's changed. Make sure you have your VHF on going by Norfolk. Last time Pat and I did the trip, we left Atlantic city and forgot to turn it on for a missile warning launch that am. Needless to say cruising down the coast and not hearing the warni...

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John,
The fast hardener creates quite a bit of heat in the chemical process to cure the epoxy mix. Too cold and it won't chemical bond properly to the resin and cure correctly thus producing weak applications.

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John,
I've used aluminum on engines up to and including Detroit Diesel 6 71 engines.

There is no reason to use galvanized steel over aluminum in your application at all.

Either the welder can't weld aluminum or he doesn't get how to design them and thinks they will be weak.

Bruce

Yes Neil thankyou.
And thanks to all who donated.

Just a reminder, make sure if you do paypal mark it friends and family, they are 1099 anything over 600 and I need more tax forms like I need a hole in the head.

Bruce

https://southernboating.com/boats/2021-bertram-39cc/

Bruce

I got this from our hosting service. We should have no issues since Matt saved our site and updated it. It seems I get more and more updating messages all the time. But it's still computers and if someone forgets to throw a switch or leaves out 0 or 1 someplace we could be down for a short time. I w...

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John,
I've had them where you remove the sister bolts and front and rear brackets and they fall off.

I've had other ones where pry bars, wedges and hammers were needed.

Nice thing about old polyester or epoxy used as glue, it's pretty brittle after all this time. Mostly.

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John,
Watch using the dregs at the bottom of the tank without filtering and checking for water before using in a vehicle.

Bruce

There is a Suzuki dealer, marine specialties in pompano Beach fla that is supposed to be able to get them I heard 6 months ago. You might call them.

Bruce

There is no flavor to most all commercial meats. That is why so much seasoning and sauces are used at resturants to make food palatable.

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Carl,
I think they are doing that with Asian carp that's been dumped into our waterways from Ballast tanks.
No thanks.

As long as we have choices until they introduce soylent green, I'll pass on the exotic species and bugs.

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Tony, Yea leave em alone unless you kill them. Like the movie Tommy Boy with the deer in the back seat waking up, people have put them in their cars taking them to the vet in cold weather with the heat on in the car. They wake up and start running around the car. Needless to say there have been acci...

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No Tony, I'm not. Used to watch them at work across the street on a fresh water canal. They would walk away with 15, 20 of them. Apparently it's supposed to be good. Local Island themed resturants buy them and serve it. Plus they cook it at home, tough to feed 43 people living in an apartment. As lo...

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Don't have to worry about falling lizards, the local imported temp visa workers hunt them with pellet guns along public access canals.

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Okay guys not funny you Northern people sending your cold down here. We are supposed to break low records this weekend.

Signed up for a car show tomarrow, 40's with 20 knot winds. Probably staying home now.

Everybody up north on my count.......INHALE.......

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He is indicating counter clockwise rotation, not counter rotation.
That would be Port.
Looking from the rear engine and prop turn left hand.

Doesn't say new or used or rebuilt which would be helpful on directing him to the correct place.

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Paypal still works. Mailing address changed.

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Google Photos has no option for delivering a direct image-link as far as I know.

You can try to Create a Public Album, add the photo to that album.
Display it.
Copy the URL.
Create a short URL using goo.gl
Paste that into the IMG tags.

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The only quote from Jimmy Barstad that's missing is, "Hold my beer and watch this".

Some people's only purpose in life is to serve as warning to others.

Jimmy fits this narrative.

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I've test driven and rode on more boat models than I could name in 29 years of boat service. The two common factors that contribute most to fumes being drawn back in the cockpit is high bow angle and slow speed. Sometimes side exhaust, underwater exhaust have helped. Also Sea Ray famous for their co...

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When discussing gen sets covering Air Con, the btu capacity of the ac unit makes a difference.
I've seen 5kbtu units on 31's up to 16kbtu.
16 is the biggest you'll find in 110vac.

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Forget the Mase, they are not really supported in the US anymore.

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Ric,
I'm going to add that to the screen saver on my phone.

Bruce

Replace at the end of your string the dl=0 with raw=1 and use the img tags.

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If your not sure goto the thread above with the pic and see what I did with your link. Only changed the end with raw=1

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We good to go until Russia uses its orbital satellite killers to down the gps system.
Compass, a watch and good eyes is all you need. That and some math skills. They teach that anymore?

Loran anybody?

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It doesn't matter what the cost is or design. Someone's always gonna stink the place up, it's just part of being human. Ask me about a 8.5 hour trip from Philly exec Airport to Naples Italy on a Gulfstream 4 with 12 people on board and one of those people had severe bowel issues. Picture a flying Wi...

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https://www.inthebite.com/2019/10/bertrams-first-boat/

Not sure if this has been posted before

Bruce

Having been part of boat yards for a long time and seeing boats from colder water and everything in between, the experience I've had with both types of paint differed greatly with application. Like any paint job, prep is 80% of the work. Most quick turn over yards just pressure wash the bottom and d...

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I came from the north and did winterizing on my dad's boat while stored in the water. He to had a covered slip and an agitator behind boat to keep the ice from forming around the hull. He had dip stick heaters on those big Cats which kept the block, oil and coolant temp about 75 degrees. Didn't run ...

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Frank, First 31 I repowered with diesel ages ago was out on sea trial with owner piloting. On full throttle running along Beach North and all of a sudden the boat lurched with a awful bang against the hull. One engine stalled, the other was vibrating really bad. Shut down running engine and looked o...

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Well forever we didn't think tier two emissions would hit the boating industry in the US. And all of a sudden it did. Got rid of a lot of good engines. With the demand for eliminating internal combustion engines being pushed, it's not going to be long before it's legislated that boats be converted t...

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https://youtu.be/-9_xx5eC1NY

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If your hose is straight you can use the non wire or unreinforced as it's called. It is reinforced actually with nylon woven in the layers, just no wire.

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Mary-Jo,
Sales deleted.

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I think Tommy's Island Girl was a lake boat. It was in great shape.

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You have to go to the home page, frames or not and the the link to the screen saver.
Most of us have direct links to the forum.

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Thanks for the suggestion Harry. Should have time this weekend to do it.
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Steve,
I'll check tomarrow. We have a double bay full of lifts with Mercedes, BMW, Porsche, Jags, Ferrari, many of which are consignment.

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See post above Fred.

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