Recent content by Jackman

Just wondering what you guys do to clean your dock lines? I currently put mine in the sink in my garage with hot water and tide. Let them sit for a couple of hours with irregular manual agitation. The rinse off and let them air dry at 65 degrees in my heated garage. Just looking to see how...

Good Morning! I have a much smaller Hatt than most of you so space is a premium. Looking for a good quality I guess propane grill to put back towards the transom so I can cook up a couple NY Strips when Im on the boat for the weekend. Any good recommendations would be appreciated. I dont...

So yesterday we finally got a chance to take the boat out for a shakedown run after last season's tremendous amount of engine work, trying to remediate some water issues with the engines we have been having for some time. After replacing the head on the port engine, new injectors and a bunch of...

Having issues getting the pickup tube in my 32ft Flybridge. Slides in the hole but there is something on the bottom that the tube us supposed to feed into that does not seem to line up right. No clue what it looks like on the bottom to know going on. Any of you guys who replaced tanks ever cut...

Put boat in this weekend and before we picked her up off the stands noticed a crack in the windows that was not there last week. Windy week so something must have flown off a nearby boat and hit the front window. Any recommendations for getting it replaced would be helpful. Not even sure what...

First. I must say, the ONLY thing I hate about my 32FB is the box that contains the battery switches for the house battery and engines. For the life of me i do not understand why Hatteras wired these up in the lowest and wettest location in the bilge. I guess thats the price i pay for stopping...

Looking for a recommendation for top end work on a Cummins 330B 6BTA. I think I have a valve or two that have decided to hangup after inspecting my sick engine this weekend. Two pushrods were slightly bent. Looking for a good place in Md or De or even Jersey (I live in PA). I guess the...

Can any wrenchers out there recommend a good quality compression test kit for Cummins? I see a lot of trash out there and want to avoid other peoples' mistakes but I dont want to get something a professional diesel mechanic would use everyday. I have a prp-kit for my gas engines but not...

Been Awhile... Does anyone have a connection for custom vents for these old girls? I think my engine room intakes a marginal if not inadequate since my conversion to diesel. I've replaced the turbos once a couple of years ago after the engines were in stalled new in 2007/2008. During the...

Who are you guys having good luck with lately? I'm looking for new insurance because mine is getting pricier than I'd like to pay. Jack

The cleat bolts gave way during a storm. Anyone know how these things are bedded or what is in the middle of the fiberglass for support? I can’t slip anything for backing in between the fiberglass and don’t know if it’s wood or metal that the cleat was mounted on. Anyone have any suggestions...

Anyone have any idea what size screws are used to hold the stainless rub rail in place? I need to replace a bunch of them. Not near the boat to figure it out myself

Replacing old Norcold. I read some posts but most are old. What is today’s best brand to go with? Remember my Gat is tiny compared to most of you!

Working on rehabbing the hatch to the bilge we walk on to get in the salon on my 1985 32ft FB. It flexes a lot when we walk on it because the core was waterlogged. I want to encapsulate birch plywood with west system to reinforce it but instead of putting the hinge bolts through the wood I...

Question#1: I need to replace the aft window on my 32'FB. What type of replacement glass is reccomended? Is it tempered ect? Question #2: Need to replace undercounter fridge/freezer. The old one did both 12v and 120v. Whats the best? I hate going cheap and having to replace again soon...