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Hey kids Sid the Steyr rep is commin by the shop Wed to do a demo on running the engine without water plus we're gonna demo test some new software. Seems a bunch of folks don't believe its true. If your in the area and want to see what a marine diesel engine looks like that doesn't need sea water to...

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Vic, Your probably right. Most anything associated with this site has been very complimentary to Bertram to say the least. But out of respect to the brand, it would be proper to ask. It might cause a stir at one of the rondevous if a corp exec saw the stickers on a table with a price tag. Not worth ...

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IIRC the logo is copy righted or a registered trade mark.

Might want to call and ask if its okay to reproduce it.

Bruce

I serviced one for quite a while till the owner passed away. 210hp. Cats problem like all the others is rust. The first to go was the sheet metal pan, then the oil cooler housing on the lower left side. I've changed many of 3208 pans. The boat was slow compared to the diesels used now, but the damn ...

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Anybody used one of these or a little portable set of solar cells as a charger for AA, AAA or cell phone?

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Hueso, Its going to be hard to find anything factory reman'd or rebuilt properly under 8k an engine. That will not include a gear most times. Under that price you will be looking at used which can be good or very bad depending on how well they were taken care of. Even a complete engine survey cannot...

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The towns a dump.
Been thru there 6x now and it gets worse each time.

We thought about stopping and spray painting the water tower that says Bertram and add 31.com, but it would have been a no brainer who did it.

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Walter, Good luck. Don't push your recovery. Take it easy. Listen to the Docs. Two weeks after my heart surgery, I drove to the shop with a pillow between me and the wheel and worked on a frig. And paid for it in spades. Don't be a dumb ass like me. I see an 18 year old candy striper beckoning to yo...

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Mike, Forget about the tie. It classes the place up. Something most of us are lacking. I was pretty amazed to see someone went through all the trouble to pull my photo off my ambulance chaser webpage That would be grinder boy, our three fingered leader Pat. There are plenty of ways to spend money on...

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Keep it up and I'll have to get you to sign that t-shirt you gave me some time back.

Bruce

bertram 31, when old age hasn't done enough damage to your body

Now thats funny.

Hey Timmy, how bout this one,

Bertram 31, cause I can't afford a Hatteras.

Bruce

Steve,
Thanks for the suggestions, narrowed it down and saved me a bunch of time and probably a couple of lives.

And Timmy, your help was unvaluable as always.

Thanks all.

Bruce

The wife wants a casual watch. The seiko she has had has been in and out of the shop too many times. I don't wear a watch and thus don't know anything about watches. Budget is 200 to 400 bucks. Don't want anything jewel encrusted or flashy. Looking for a good everyday watch, or at least she is. Than...

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e to the u, du/dx
e to the x dx
cosine, secant, tangent, sine,
3.14159
integral, radical, slide rule, x
We think math is better than sex

GO TEAM!

Bruce

Bob,
Very nice.
The Cummins perform well with a little rpm tweak.

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If the shafts and props have been checked professionaly from a reputable shop, theres really no need to check them again. Now if the shaft was rolled across a parking lot and you looked for high spots, then all bets are off. As Pat said hard mounting without isolation mounts can pass on any noise. T...

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cant really make sense of the cabin floor?

Those are tanks, waste and water. Notice the familiar x pattern on the forward tank?

Bruce

Hey I never volunteered to be part of that original two. I have my own theories on wind trajectory that makes the rocker stoppers seem like crayons at lunch time. Wanna hear? Myself, I would like to see Timmy working. I also make a good security gurad before dark time. UV, night time is no problem. ...

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Mike, Take the boat thats done. You will use up every bit of that 30k and maybe more doing whats already been done. Redoing the deck systems, door, pulpit alone would be 1/2 that 30k. Decent electronics, radar, map gps-depth, vhf with installation is 5k. Tank/install would be 4k. That would leave ap...

Bruce

If we follow Bruce's logic which actually makes the most sense

Hey, don't follow me. I have a tendancy to drink the kool-aid.

Or more often, those that try to understand my thinking all of a sudden get real thirsty.

Bruce

I imagine 2 would work and the other 23 would sit around and drink debating the merits of trying to piss off the transom in a tail wind and the trajectory angles involved to keep it from comming back on you. Timmy would be still trying to convince us he's a conservative even though he has a "I (hear...

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Timmy,
How bout this t shirt. We'll all chip in and get it for you since you've been so kind.

Bruce

Scott, Being the engineer..... We know a fish, like a sub is built streamlined. Going horizontal thru the water makes no difference at depth unless your at the surface as a sub goes faster submerged. But the stoppers are not going horizontal or streamlined. They are designed with a surface area to c...

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Bob,
You using packless glands I take it?

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Scott, Your 100% correct if the floppers have some sort of flap check like the old par pumps. They will work much better than the buckets. Having never seen the floppers I don't know how they are made only that two people in the past have tried them and both said the results were not what they expec...

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UV's right, the further out the better and the further down the better. The deeper they go, the heavier the column of water they have to resist. I've heard that in real sloppy seas, the rapid motion does not give the cones enough time to settle to work properly and they end up working half ass. Make...

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Ah, Italian corps are the best.

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Looks like a guy who runs a Sea Vee charter boat out of our marina. He tends bar at night on the weekends at Rachel's, a very high class gentlemans club. The girls love to go out fishing with him and frequent the marina quite often. Its funny to watch the young male dock workers dragging their chins...

Bruce

Depending on compressor maker, the pins are usually marked on the plastic cover or the compressor itself and are not generally well displayed.

If you can't find, give me the make and model and I'll let you know.

Bruce

One thing with those 871N's, they should last a long time.
On the down side most sail boats will be passing you.

Instead of port and stb, all the lites will be port............

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Hey guys, watch using av gas. Gasoline is measured in several ways, octane and Reed vapor pressure. The latter is the ability of fuel to atomize at a lower temperature. Gas in areas of the country that get cold have their fuel seasonally adjusted as most you know, for ease of starting the fuel has a...

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Jerry, Before threatening lawsuits and such at this point, find out what exactly was wrong with the gear and what if anything broke and if so where are the broken pieces. Find out where in Florida it was sent, possibly Transmission Marine in Lauderdale and call and talk to them. Everything needs to ...

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Pat, Vega body and I'm too stupid to be intimidated. Won't be at my shop, I got someone who wants a body and will let me use his warehouse and cover most of the cost of the materials in trade for a body. I spent a good part of Sunday workin this out before I turn over the green. There are a few peop...

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Mike, Welcome. Big block burn can vary quite a bit. It depends on whether you decide to open the secondaries or not. 15gph burn without the secondaries opening is reasonable. If they are throttle body or mpi engines then even better. Crusing speed is an arbitrary figure. Some like to cruise at 22kts...

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UV,
A bad Klixon will do it. They can be had at any appliance parts places and are cheap.

Usually if the compressor is bad, the klixon will click once on over current with the breaker tripping, not continous click.

Just check voltage and current at the compressor.

Bruce

I still hate fiberglass, but with you not here there ain't no way around doin my own and figure might as well get used to it unless I want to change professions. Body is a 70's vintage funny car they called "floppers" of which there are few left to purchase. Its a rolling chassis only, but to afford...

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Pat, Working on a deal for a car, but the catch is I need to make a plug of the body to sell to make the whole project for me start to finish paid for with the sale of the plug of which there is a market for. It is a fiberglass body already and one of only a few originals around and I would not want...

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UV, That box on the side of the compressor houses the relay commonly refered to as a Klixon. If the Klixon was bad, compressor would not start but the breaker would remain on. Most of those small units have no capacitor, but some do. If it was bad, you would hear the compressor trying to start, then...

Bruce

The biggest problem for induction start motors and compressors on ac's and reefers is the start current which can be much higher than run which is what a manufacturer gives you. Measure the current when you start the unit and times by the voltage and that will give you watts which is what inverters ...

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At one time the bad comments on the Farryman diesel were true, but things have changed. The engine is not a bad engine. The salt water cooling made it a bad engine. But the Panda gensets are freshwater cooled now and the generator housing is freshwater cooled allowing a bigger gen set in a smaller p...

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I'm thankful for Ambien and Xanax and a daughter who will soon be licensed to dispense them.

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While I am a Norcold dealer, I find it hard to justify their prices knowing how the unit is made. Fix the rust and make the box last as long as possible. The weak point is the evap plate, never try and chip the ice off with anything. When it dies, replace with a 110 unit and use an invertor when out...

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Wouldn't it have been easier to get up a head of steam and run under a low bridge? If patience is not your game, send it down to me with a credit application co signed by Mike and your golden. I hope you have a semi displacement hull cause if you don't, all the weight loss in the world will only mak...

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Ass, grass or gas applies to scooters also.

Figures on the cable.

Like a cheap ass at a birthday party, it was the thought that counts.

Bruce

If God didn't want us to eat animals, he wouldn't have made them out of meat.

That's a beautiful thing.

Nice job with that bow.

Bruce

Thanks to Kevin for taking my wife and I out in the boat around Key Colony Beach. Hadn't been there on the water in quite some time. The boat runs beautiful with those Steyr's, quiet and smooth. Kevin was the main installer and did a good job. Afterward, headed to Key West and rented a scooter and r...

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Tommy, You funny guy. The story of the Long Island flophouse Farmingvile 'day laborer' flophouse landlord arrested in Farmingvile, LI, NY http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-lislum0621.story FARMINGVILLE, NY June 20, 2005, 5:11 PM EDT Suffolk police this morning arrested the owner of a r...

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I will be down late Friday night and all day Saturday. If you did not find a lap top, I can bring mine as long as you have software and cable. They havn't sent me mine yet. Don't mind spending an hour or so checking out the engines to determine rpm for you. Just make sure the bottom is clean. If you...

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Steyr show on Wed at the shop

Timmy, found the perfect shot gun for your bird hunting.

Has anybody used a portable solar AA cell charger?

Need some help from the gang for a gift.

Pat, taking a plug of a body question.

Thanks Kevin