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"Happy" wrote in message news:HvSdnS2PNLI2787RnZ2dnUVZ_oydnZ2d@shawneelink. net... "Tim" wrote in message ... On Jul 30, 2:15 pm, "Happy" wrote: "jps" wrote in message ... On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:40:33 -0500, "Happy" 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$$$ and down time. yep I really like the old Marinette's aligned thanks for the correction, I commonly misspell aligned- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I commonly missspell or mis-type a lot of words (see what I mean?) direct drives are cool. But with good servicing, and mercruiser OD will last quite well for quite a while. Do you still use "lead rope" packing for your shaft seal[s]? or ahve they done away with that now? I'm not sure what we used Tim, I spent the whole day dealing with the shim's, never made it top side to see. I suspect it was something updated. By the end of the day I was beat.... I use a teflon packing. Works good, keeps the water out. |
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On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:42:44 -0500, "Happy"
wrote: "Larry" wrote in message m... jps wrote: On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:40:33 -0500, wrote: I spent the day installing a strut bearing and then installed the strut and rebuilt shaft on a 30' Marinette today, had to have shims made to get the shaft aliened because the last owner had a bad repair with screwed up shims and the shaft was binding and had ben run in a bind for years, the new owner said he had never been able to open the throttle up with out vibration and now I know why, and then after a couple hours got her all buckled up and ready to go, the guy is going to make the Golconda to Chattanooga and back run down the Tennessee river. I think the Marinette is my next boat as there cheap and almost indestructible and I really like the direct drive and the cost of repair is peanuts compaired to an outdrive, but the prop and ruder seemed really small for a 30ft boat?, I have never worked on a Marinette before and getting the strut shimed right was a chore.I hate working on houseboats with outdrives$$$ 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?? The Klan is Larry's peeps. |
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On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:14:32 -0500, "Happy"
wrote: "Tim" wrote in message ... On Jul 30, 7:42 pm, "Happy" wrote: ...what is the klan by the way?? If I rememebr correctly wasn't Klan the family name of some Mongolian rulers, like Kubli, Dzsingisz, Ghengis, Ohgedei and so on? I have a neighbor who married a Mongolian princes so she claims, she was well educated in Russia to be a diplomat for the Mongolian government, she says we Americans can not properly pronounce the name Ghengis Kan, We have a hard time with her name so everybody calls here Bosco...kind of funny but she's a great personality, and great neighbors. Khan. |
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On Jul 31, 8:44*am, "mmc" wrote:
"Happy" wrote in message news:HvSdnS2PNLI2787RnZ2dnUVZ_oydnZ2d@shawneelink. net... "Tim" wrote in message .... On Jul 30, 2:15 pm, "Happy" wrote: "jps" wrote in message . .. On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:40:33 -0500, "Happy" 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 thanks for the correction, I commonly misspell aligned- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I commonly missspell or mis-type a lot of words (see what I mean?) direct drives are cool. But with good servicing, and mercruiser OD will last quite well for quite a while. Do you still use "lead rope" packing for your shaft seal[s]? or ahve they done away with that now? I'm not sure what we used Tim, I spent the whole day dealing with the shim's, never made it top side to see. I suspect it was something updated. By the end of the day I was beat.... I use a teflon packing. Works good, keeps the water out.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - The reason I asked is because my old '64 Chris Craft used a lead impregnated rope that you packed the shaft with. It's good to know that there is better stuff out there. |
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