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1969 Convertible with Detroit 8V53s. Port engine runs fine at normal cruise setting, 2150 rpm. Slow down to idle or 1100 rpm and it over heats. 200 degrees and climbing. Checked water flow, equal both sides. checked impeller, it is OK. Changed coolant. still does it. Next is to pull heat...

4 or 5 months ago we over heated both engines at the same time for different reasons. We corrected the proplems and everything was fine. We took a trip to Vieques and no problems, no smoke on the old 8v53s. It sat for 3 or 4 weeks and I finally got back to check everything out. Both engines...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/One-pair-6V92-Detroit-Diesels-ZERO-hours-/180842902581?hash=item2a1b13b435&item=180842902581&pt=Boat_Parts_Accessories_Gear&vxp=mtr I saw these and thought someone might be interested.

Hola, does anybody know the 1986 or 1987 CPMY 61 at Hobes Bay, FL? It was/is advertised onYacht World for$269,000 and also here in PR for $199,000. Any information is appreciated. This is either a real distress sale or a ragged out dog.

I have just burned up the second March pump in the last 2 years. I keep the strainers relatively clean so there shouldn't be a heavy drag from that and the pump is not a direct drive anyway. Any suggestions for alternates or ideas why these are failing?

I inherited a 6.5 hp motor from my father-in-law and have been struggling and fighting with it for the last couple of years. This weekend I found out the fuel connection has a crack in it. Not only did it leak, it was sucking air so it ran terribly. I always dreaded taking it out. The model...

It seems like everytime we go out something breaks, burns up or we hit something. Yesterday coming back from a great day of sun and snorkling with friends someone riding in the cockpit yelled up that the right engine was smoking. My boat is a 41 conv. with natual Detroit 8v53s. They don't...

I've been trying to move to a new slip for a while. Today the boat came out of the water to replace the side windows, calibrate and balance props, and a bottom job. I went to the new marina and was told "Oh your boat won't fit in our 16 ft. wide slips". That was a shocker since I had just...

I came to the boat to check it and run the engines and found oil all over the engine room floor. I tracked to the generator which sits sideways between the main engines at the aft bulkhead. I thought it was the oil change fitting that had broken or come loose. My mechanic and friend checked...

Twin Detroit Diesel 8V53 engines, updated a/c systems. Full master cabin with v-berth in front cabin. Full galley, referigerator with ice maker. Water maker, makes 360 gallons per day. 8kw Onan generator. Bose surround sound inside and out to the cockpit. Fresh bottom paint. GPS navigation...

Ooops! Coming back from a beautiful weekend Sunday afternoon. Going thru a channel that I had used probably 20 times before. THUMP, THUMP, THUMP. Power to idle and trans to neutral, stirred up mud/coral in the wake. We checked for water coming in, there wasn't any, but a terrible vibration...

Are stainless props available as large as 24X24? If they are, would I want to put them on my 41 Conv? I know every one here talks about other materials but I would think the stainless would stay cleaner and be easier to clean if they got cruddy. Plus they would be more ridgid so less flexing...

The other night after working on my watermaker pump mounted between the fuel tanks I put the cover back on it and tried to put a plastic milk box back between the port fuel tank and the pump cover. It had originally been there but had been out while I worked on the pump. It wouldn't fit and...

I've been having trouble with the starter switches on my 41 conv. I turn on the key and the volt meter shows about 13 volts. When I press the start button nothing happens, but the volt meter goes all the way down to 10 volts so it's pulling power but nothing happens. I've got buttons next to...

'70 41 ft. Convertible. I've got old pressure guages up on the fly bridge that have never worked. The ones at the controls in the cockpit work fine. When we started trying to get the f/b to work, found out there weren't even any lines there. They are direct read guages. When we had new hoses...