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For. The engine experts how many hours would you expect it to take to replace a head gasket on a 8-71N and what should the parts cost? John

Have a 28 inch stainless steel destroyer wheel for sale. 1 inch straight bore for a key way. In very good condition. Have no idea what it is worth. Cost about $700.00 new. I have a box and can ship it. Came off a 53 Motor Yacht. John

Just got a totally unnecessary item, but it is really cool. You need one of these when your helm station is in the middle of your living room. Came from Edson Marine, 32 inch diameter, surprisingly light in weight compared to the old wheel, teak rim. This is a before photo, I will post another...

I found a wire inside the upper deck of my 53 MY that looks like it was for the light over the port sliding door. There already was another wire leading to the light so I was not sure originally what it was for. I managed to cut right through it with a hole saw while I was chasing wet coring...

I surveyed an old Bertram yesterday that had an Onan MDJE generator in it that the owner is not using. It is available in San Diego/ Coranado area for free for anyone that wants it. It did not look to bad, but I did not try to run it, might be good for parts. Anyone interested PM me I have...

Don’t know how often you guys tighten your hose clamps on your engines, but if you don’t at least check them every 6 months you might be sorry. I did mine about a year ago and was running this weekend and saw a water leak above the transmission, so after we stopped I tried tightening the hose...

I have hoses running from my air box drains into containers. How much oil should I get in about 100 hours of run time. I know it will vary based on the condition of the engine, but how much is to much and how much would be considered normal? John

You guys that have Bosch dryers are yours ventless? I am looking to replace ours and all the Bosch dryers seem to be ventless and require a lot of air space around them which our boat installations do not have. A couple of others brands also are ventless. Need suggestions. Thanks John

Here it is only the 5th of Feb. and winter is just getting going and the geniuses here just starting charging us for the “summer” blend of gasoline. The beauty of that is the price goes up about 12 cents a gallon and surprise diesel fuel also goes up even though nothing is done to the diesel for...

Just surveyed a 49 Gulfstar with 671 TA engines that started from cold immediately with very little smoke for about 5 seconds. As soon as we started running up the RPM’s they started smoking very black smoke at about 1500 and it did not clear up at all. Supposedly all 4 turbos were just...

Just read an article about the San Diego Harbor Patrol boats. Apparently they are having to replace all their Cummins 5.9 engines at 6,000 hours due to excessive wear. They are putting in 6.7 in think it was that they expect to get 9,000 hours on. These boats run mostly at low RPM’s with...

Rusty, glad your sickness has not effected your output of jokes to the forum and glad you missed the trip this time. John

Yes you can get a queen berth in the forward cabin on a 53 MY. The key to it is you have to convert the head door to a sliding door. Just finished ours, new cabinets to port. John

Saw this sign when we were in Byron Bay Australia. John

Has anyone tried these switches. Supposed to detect oil and are programmable via a smart phone.

Ok up until now I was not overly concerned with Global Warming, but I just heard a news story that Global warming may effect hops production causing beer prices to go up. Now I am really concerned and might have to become an activist on the Global warming issue. John

Do you think that 4 coats of paint on the Tstat housing would insulate the reading you get with an IR gun so the reading is less than the actual water temp or would the paint transfer heat the same as the metal. The reason I ask is my pilot house temp gauges both read about 10 degrees higher...

Rusty, my wife and I were laughing so hard at those Kardashian jokes we were almost crying, thanks, John

This is for all who have asked if motoryachts need stabilizers. When we bought our 53 we brought it from San Francisco to San Diego, had very good weather and not much gear on the boat. We rolled some, but not to bad and we have done other trips to Catalina and Newport Beach and never really...

Was looking at a boat for a friend and there was a beautiful GT60 on the dock with the attached Hatt logo. Comments?