Recent content by Mike in S Fla

Tried to start my starboard engine after about a 2 month interval and discovered that its seized I attempted to bar it over with a 3 ft pipe wrench but its locked solid. I ran the boat in may after servicing the intercoolers for a out of water survey and all was fine The only thing i could think...

Replaced one of my 10 k evaporator units with a new one thats charged with 422b not real happy with the heat transfer with the new gas, considering purgeing system and charging with R22 any thoughts? Thanks Mike

Pulled the intercoolers after an exhaust leak and didnt like what i saw, turbos looked ok but rusty fins on the air side of coolers As we know these puppys arnt cheap to replace, which leads me to asking this question, I know that they cool the air in the combustion chamber for denser air and...

Hi Guy's thinking about doing something different from the Bahamas this spring, and was wondering does anyone have any marina suggestions for the keys thanks, mike

I have phasor 16k that got seawater in the crankcase, in the process now of tearing it down for a rebuild haveing trouble seperating the generator from the engine i have removed the bell housing bolts and fly whell bolts but cant get the flywheel off what am i missing? (15 k phasor, 4 cld...

Got a cruisair question coppressor trys to start but immedidly stops gauge shows about 50psi on the cold side, is that how a bad capacitator acts

Hi, Installing a new ge stackable WD seperate units dryer 3 prong 220 volt plug washer 110 volt plug The original circuit consist of 2 120 volt lines each one with a black wire (hot) and a white nutreul wire questions is where do i tie my grounds into the white nuetrel wires ...

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Changing oil in my m-20s can anyone tell me the oil capacity and napa filter number thanks mike

Running over to Nassau from Haulover is there enough water from Cat Cay to the Northwest Channel looks kinda skinny just east of Gun Thanks Mike

Im prepping for paint and have a dumb question, do you paint the underwater bronze bonding blocks, and the area on the rudders under the zinks Thanks, Mike

Still no joy in freeing up seacocks thinking about just installing 2 1/2 " bronze ball valve directly on top of seacocks and removing inside strainers, any suggestions on what kind of hull screen Thanks Mike

Got both rudders down today, thanks for all the advise.....now if i could find the sea cock handles for the original appolo valves , called sams today they said there not available anymore any other sources? Thanks Mike

Im in the yard and trying to replace my rudder bearings Ive backed off the packing nut removed the bolt from the linkage and removed the set screw rudder wont budge what am i doing wrong thanks, Mike 1974 53 MY

Well its official , were now homeless closed on the house and living on board. Ill be able to take care of alot of things on the boat ive been putting off couple of things im starting wit is changing mech controls to digetal on the criuise airs ( anyone recommend a source on the controls? )...