Let us hope.....
Happy 4th all.
Tim
Fishtales
65c
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06-30-2020 03:40 PM #31
Re: Thank you HOF but you couldn’t save her!
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Re: Thank you HOF but you couldn’t save her!
There is a hole in the side of one engine block that when you shine a flashlight in it you see the light beam on the opposite wall of the engineroom. A colleague of mine did this and had a witness. She needs an MTU replacement engine. Not cost effective IMHO given the condition of the rest of this boat.
Eric
41TC 1966 Hull #53 "Requisite"
Kent Island, MD/Ft. Lauderdale, FL
"Though she creaks - She holds"
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06-30-2020 09:24 PM #33
Re: Thank you HOF but you couldn’t save her!
Didn't someone post for a sporty with no engines?
Such a deal could be made.Scott
41C117 "Hattatude"
Port Canaveral Florida.
Marine Electronics and Electrical Products Distributor.
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Re: Thank you HOF but you couldn’t save her!
For the price of one MTU you might be able to get two Caterpillar 3412Es, maybe?
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Re: Thank you HOF but you couldn’t save her!
A 65 sportfish is an incredible boat, very sad to see it hurting. A repower is required but there is no such thing as a free boat. Perhaps someone with a big heart and bigger wallet will come to the rescue.
Walt Hoover
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07-01-2020 09:02 AM #36Senior Member
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Re: Thank you HOF but you couldn’t save her!
It's very sad to hear that the motor went out so catastrophically.
Just curious, does anyone know which engine went? I was looking over the old "For Sale" adds, from when the OP was selling it, and I believe it stated one engine had been rebuilt.
I think this would be an awesome battle-wagon, with newer power in it. Hopefully someone saves it.
Happy 4th of July weekend!
JCG
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Re: Thank you HOF but you couldn’t save her!
For the cost of saving that old gal you could buy a much newer, faster one......
"The older I get, the faster I was......."
1979 60C "Ohana" hull# 331
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07-03-2020 06:39 PM #38Senior Member
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Re: Thank you HOF but you couldn’t save her!
It can be repaired...has been done before, even on backup engines at nuclear power plants.
http://www.locknstitch.com/engines-c...-industry.html
http://www.locknstitch.com/metal-sti...el-engine.htmlFTFD... i drive a slow 1968 41c381
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07-04-2020 03:43 AM #39Registered Member
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Re: Thank you HOF but you couldn’t save her!
Price drop to 49k. Someone is getting more realistic.
1969 45C376
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Re: Thank you HOF but you couldn’t save her!
Would you trust that repair hundreds of miles from the nearest port with your family on board?
Besides, if it threw a rod out of the block the crank is almost certainly trash....
Price drop to 49k. Someone is getting more realistic.
And it would still be slow and old fashioned compared to what that money can buy."The older I get, the faster I was......."
1979 60C "Ohana" hull# 331