We hauled today and changed the props. We found the nuts were little more than finger tight. :eek: However we found that the props were torqued on to the taper. We reinstalled with big nut first then small nut and torqued the best we could. (From walking around the bone yard big nut small nut...

I'm about to flush out & refill my freshwater side on my 6v92's, and figured it would be a good time to upgrade my coolant bottles. My boat didn't originally even have any, and I added ones from an auto parts store. My mechanic told me they're undersized significantly, but said the bad news is...

I know this has been discussed before, but the search function only gave me Nalcool and Power Cool. Other options with low silicates are available. I saw Prestone Dex Cool at Wally World. The label said safe for GM gas & diesel engines but wanted to check with the group. What brand labels...

Last winter I posted that when the ONAN diesel generator reset button fails (genny will not start) it can be bypassed. Someone posted CAUTION...that this would disable the low oil pressure safety feature. That's right!! During the summer I traced wiring and found that the reset button DOES connect...

I would like to hear from anyone who has repowered a 1986 36 with diesels and what there cruising speed was and what you repowered with. Thanks Peter Reed Pjreed@comcast.net

I have a question about replacing my tachometers with AETNA digital tachometers that does not relate to a sending issue. I went down today to yank the old VDO tachs and install the AETNA tachs. The VDO tachs had three wires going to them (aside from the light). One was red and went to the signal...

Detroit diesel rebuilt injectors, my mechanic just advised this week, via the Reliabilt brand name, are now very unreliable. He has also had frequent problems with brand new injectors from Detroit. And this guy rebuilds a lot of Detroits, just finishing a 16V92 this week. He advised me against...

The latest Sea magazine had an article on marine heads and odor problems. They talk about the following device to be used on the raw water intake side of heads to eliminate odors: Head-O-Matic TANK-ETTE by Alex Milne Associates in Canada New Instantly solves head odours. Installs in minutes...

Being new to the ocean boating thing, and had my share of anchoring problems in fresh water, a couple of questions come to mind and I couldn't think of a better place than this to get the answers. I have a 1975 42c with a Maxwell VXW 1200 windlass set up for 3/8" chain. The boat came with 20' of...

Our 53MY has an oem wood fairing block on each side of the hull. In one there is a round transducer, in the other is an ovoid one, pointed at both ends. This one looks like a standard current shape transducer. I want to remove one of the fairing blocks and replace it with a plastic block and...