My Marinette project
Happy wrote:
"Larry" wrote in message
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jps wrote:
On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:40:33 -0500,
wrote:
I spent the day installing a strut bearing and then installed the
strut and
rebuilt shaft on a 30' Marinette today, had to have shims made to
get the
shaft aliened because the last owner had a bad repair with screwed
up shims
and the shaft was binding and had ben run in a bind for years, the
new owner
said he had never been able to open the throttle up with out
vibration and
now I know why, and then after a couple hours got her all buckled
up and
ready to go, the guy is going to make the Golconda to Chattanooga
and back
run down the Tennessee river. I think the Marinette is my next boat
as there
cheap and almost indestructible and I really like the direct drive
and the
cost of repair is peanuts compaired to an outdrive, but the prop
and ruder
seemed really small for a 30ft boat?, I have never worked on a
Marinette
before and getting the strut shimed right was a chore.I hate
working on
houseboats with outdrives$$$ and down time.
yep I really like the old Marinette's
aligned
Fantastic!
I'm glad you aprve Larrst, my eye sight is not what it used to be (52)
and I find myself multitasking and working in the dim light most of
the time, full time grandpaw of a 6 yr old you know, allways busy and
typing fast...believe or not I do 't really fel the ned t o spel evr
word corect, heck I can' even seee the kweys. but i try, even through
my Klan regalia...what is the klan by the way??
I responded to jps.
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