I pulled the 32 volt siezed galleymade water pump today and pulled it apart. Depending how the rotor meggars, I think its salvageable. Reminds me of a Model T starter! The worm and boot all appear like new, bearings are good and the mica insulators on the commutator are good, etc. What I cant...

So does anyone run with bio diesel? I have a connection for bio deisel and personally I would rather pay 98 cents a gallon and smell like french fries than 4 bucks a gallon and smell like a bus. However I wanted to know if anyone runs bio or knows of any issues that can crop up running it?

...to own a Hatteras. Just playing around with shore wiring at the yard today when I looked over at an old Trojan. Last week the gunn'l was opened up for some rot work HaHa! Today was, well. another chapter. To be continued, I'm sure ! ws

I've got a hull gouge to touch up, and I'm wishing I asked my painter what kind of little jobby he was using the last time he did a touch-up for me. I want to try it myself. He mixed up standard Sterling 2-part poly and had this very small sprayer that didn't use a compressor. I'm afraid of...

My SB carb would not have the secondaries open up. Took it to the local carb shop, and they saw that the copper tube that sucks hot air through th exhaust manifold was actually sucking exhaust, meaning that the tube inside the exhaust manifold is probably cracked, and unless I fix that (or convert...

I notice that all the re-power posts usually include electronic Cummins, Yanmar, maybe Lugger or John Deere, or even Cat's. However, I don't remember a single mention of the 4 cycle electronic variation of DD, now MTU (DDEC), i.e. and e.g. the 60 series. Given the generally accepted reliability...

My 1972 38 c has 8v53s with twin disc 506 transmissions. Thanks to this forum's help I know that much. I also figured out that the port transmission is a ratio of 1.5 - 1, and starboard is 2 - 1. My guess is that one of the former owners of the boat broke the left tranny, and got cheap or...