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My Marinette project
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$$$ and down time. yep I really like the old Marinette's |
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On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:40:33 -0500, "Happy"
wrote: I spent the day installing a strut bearing and then installed the strut and rebuilt shaft on a 30' Marinette today, had to have shims made to get the shaft aliened because the last owner had a bad repair with screwed up shims and the shaft was binding and had ben run in a bind for years, the new owner said he had never been able to open the throttle up with out vibration and now I know why, and then after a couple hours got her all buckled up and ready to go, the guy is going to make the Golconda to Chattanooga and back run down the Tennessee river. I think the Marinette is my next boat as there cheap and almost indestructible and I really like the direct drive and the cost of repair is peanuts compaired to an outdrive, but the prop and ruder seemed really small for a 30ft boat?, I have never worked on a Marinette before and getting the strut shimed right was a chore.I hate working on houseboats with outdrives$$$ and down time. yep I really like the old Marinette's aligned |
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"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$$$ and down time. yep I really like the old Marinette's aligned thanks for the correction, I commonly misspell aligned |
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On Jul 30, 2:15*pm, "Happy" wrote:
"jps" wrote in message ... On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:40:33 -0500, "Happy" wrote: I spent the day installing a strut bearing and then installed the strut and rebuilt shaft on a 30' Marinette today, had to have shims made to get the shaft aliened because the last owner had a bad repair with screwed up shims and the shaft was binding and had ben run in a bind for years, the new owner said he had never been able to open the throttle up with out vibration and now I know why, and then after a couple hours got her all buckled up and ready to go, the guy is going to make the Golconda to Chattanooga and back run down the Tennessee river. I think the Marinette is my next boat as there cheap and almost indestructible and I really like the direct drive and the cost of repair is peanuts compaired to an outdrive, but the prop and ruder seemed really small for a 30ft boat?, I have never worked on a Marinette before and getting the strut shimed right was a chore.I hate working on houseboats with outdrives$$$ 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? |
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"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$$$ and down time. yep I really like the old Marinette's aligned thanks for the correction, I commonly misspell aligned- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I commonly missspell or mis-type a lot of words (see what I mean?) direct drives are cool. But with good servicing, and mercruiser OD will last quite well for quite a while. Do you still use "lead rope" packing for your shaft seal[s]? or ahve they done away with that now? I'm not sure what we used Tim, I spent the whole day dealing with the shim's, never made it top side to see. I suspect it was something updated. By the end of the day I was beat.... |
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"Happy" wrote in message news:HvSdnS2PNLI2787RnZ2dnUVZ_oydnZ2d@shawneelink. net... "Tim" wrote in message ... On Jul 30, 2:15 pm, "Happy" wrote: "jps" wrote in message ... On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:40:33 -0500, "Happy" wrote: I spent the day installing a strut bearing and then installed the strut and rebuilt shaft on a 30' Marinette today, had to have shims made to get the shaft aliened because the last owner had a bad repair with screwed up shims and the shaft was binding and had ben run in a bind for years, the new owner said he had never been able to open the throttle up with out vibration and now I know why, and then after a couple hours got her all buckled up and ready to go, the guy is going to make the Golconda to Chattanooga and back run down the Tennessee river. I think the Marinette is my next boat as there cheap and almost indestructible and I really like the direct drive and the cost of repair is peanuts compaired to an outdrive, but the prop and ruder seemed really small for a 30ft boat?, I have never worked on a Marinette before and getting the strut shimed right was a chore.I hate working on houseboats with outdrives$$$ 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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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$$$ and down time. yep I really like the old Marinette's aligned Fantastic! |
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"Larry" wrote in message ... jps wrote: On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:40:33 -0500, wrote: I spent the day installing a strut bearing and then installed the strut and rebuilt shaft on a 30' Marinette today, had to have shims made to get the shaft aliened because the last owner had a bad repair with screwed up shims and the shaft was binding and had ben run in a bind for years, the new owner said he had never been able to open the throttle up with out vibration and now I know why, and then after a couple hours got her all buckled up and ready to go, the guy is going to make the Golconda to Chattanooga and back run down the Tennessee river. I think the Marinette is my next boat as there cheap and almost indestructible and I really like the direct drive and the cost of repair is peanuts compaired to an outdrive, but the prop and ruder seemed really small for a 30ft boat?, I have never worked on a Marinette before and getting the strut shimed right was a chore.I hate working on houseboats with outdrives$$$ 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?? |
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Happy wrote:
"Larry" wrote in message ... 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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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? |
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