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Just curious, do your boats have any manual bilge pumps. Mine had one in each engine room but they are shot so am removing them. I am not sure if I will replace them or not. Comments please, thanks John

I think this may have been discussed in a previous post but I can not find it. We are making a bigger swim step and are going to make new brackets. I know the brackets are screwed into a plate glassed into the hull. Does any one know if the screws for the brackets go through the plate or just...

Well we finally got some rain in Southern Calif. and I have a leak in the overhead in my stbd. Engine room. It looked originally like it was coming down a wire from the fly bridge, but it is not. It is comming through the insulation in the overhead and leaking out through screws holes in the...

Hope everyone has a great holiday season, we even have local snow in the mountains near San Diego so we can at least see it on TV. John

I know there was a thread about this but I can not find it. I remember some great suggestions for cleaning electrical cords, if anyone knows or remembers could you let me know. Thanks, John

Just moved into a new slip at Southwestern Yacht Club in San Diego and right across the bay from me are 24 slips and in those 24 slips are 7 Hatteras motor yachts. 5 70's, a 61 cockpit and an 80 cockpit. I guess Hatteras is doing ok on the west coast. John

I need to replace my temp sender switch that feeds the alarm panel. I have the 4 function panel. 8v71ti what temp rating should it be, current one is corroded and painted. Thanks, John

Thanksgiving's over so on to the next holiday, let's see your boat Christmas trees, the Admiral could not wait so it is up already, John

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving, nothing like stuffing yourself with Turkey then sitting on the couch in front of a football game and falling asleep, gotta love it. John

I talked to 2 friends with Detroits with Allison transmissions and both of them said they solved their creeping problems by going to 30 weight oil. My mechanic said the Allison's will run just fine on 40, 30 or even ATF if need be. Have any of you experienced creeping and found it went away with...

I have a bunch of air miles burning a hole in my pocket and we are thinking about an East coast trip next Oct. wanted to know from you guys if the Annapolis power boat show is worth seeing or are there any other shows aside from the Florida shows that we should consider. Not planning on buying a...

Just took off the aluminum edging around the top of the deck house, filled holes and fared the edge then painted it while I was painting the rest of the boat. We the installed a vinyl stick on drip edge called EZ RV gutter system. It went on easily and comes in an off white which is a pretty...

Those of you that bought K&N filters for your 8v71ti's, what size did you use. I know the flange size is 4" but what diameter and length did you use. Thanks, John

In keeping with the theme of never gitting rid of anything before checking here, I have 4 OEM air filter units from an 8v71ti for free, can not imagine why anyone would need them but if you do here they are. On west coast, only problem. John

Has anyone here added a cockpit extension to their boat. We are considering doing so and would like to have some input from someone who has done it. Either here or PM. Thanks John

Has anyone found a way to limit the engine noise/vibration that comes through the engine control cables, John

Started painting my 53 motoryacht with Sterling original Hatteras white and the color was so far off I contacted the seller I bought the paint from and they sent me another gallon free, but it turned out to be the same wrong color. Seems closer to the new Hatteras white not even close to the...

Has anyone installed a propane stove in a 53 Motoryacht, and if so where did you mount the propane tank?, John

I want to thank all on this site you have given me a lot of great info. Bought a 53 Motor Yacht about 6 months ago and am totally involved with a major refit. Love the boat, engines are strong but cosmetically it was a wreck. Have seen 7 53's in town (San Diego) and have been on 4 of them all...