We have a YF contact and Bertram owner in Hong Kong. Hopefully he will pick up this thread and may be helpful in the area.
The Cummins and down angle 2.2:1. I have worked on those 8.3s. I believe they will offer more service life over the smaller Yanmars. Yanmar 5.8L...
As long as the missing fin shaft is intact, not bent or binding near the outer seal, there should be no issues, The working fin may swing more...
Dual fuels. Wheres the simplicity?
Your engine engine is not an issue with design or mfg. I'm sorry my friend if I'm the first to offer you this news; Your getting screwed by somebody.
I'm confused; How does a 1/2 Meg dollor (used) outboard boat offer reliability? Built slightly better than a SleRay or Babeliner and uses the same...
There were D to A converters available rite before the change. Some could still be available. The best thing is to upgrade to the newer TVs and...
All Detroits have supper chargers, shortly called blowers and without any turbo charger, the term is naturaly asperated or NA. TI - Turbo/Inter...
Horse power moves a boat. 1/10 of a gallon per hour per horse power / 2 for a turbo diesel (each). The modern fuel savings of the newer engines...
Same head, Same messed up back. When younger, I did it my self, Now near crip, I hire it out.
I would question this; Sadly, the best 2 strokes could not preform barely to tier 3 emissions. I have argued this for a while but it's a fact of...
Chevy SB 305s? Probably with a Borg Velvet Drive 71 (maybe 72). Can you see the shaft turn? Can you parallel the batteries? Does she start? The...
I assume there are 92s out there with good service results, but the 71 is certainly more forgiving, solid and without two many special needs....
If you remember our friend BamBoo, he was on top of his ship and kept his Donzi's 12v92s clean & sweet. Up & Down the east coast and then more. I...
I've often wondered about the orange cones. Maybe because of habit, the service trucks also put a cone down when they go to lunch. But what does a...
Wet divers are wet. Rarely dry enough to come on deck and red tag a breaker. We manage one boat that gets serviced on a to the hour schedule. All...
Need a Westport guys help; Is there usually a grate covering the thruster? Anti Manatee device? This has been bugging me sense this story came out.
I have made & installed a few valved manifolds (after the pump) in a few customer boats.. You can use dock water pressure to blow out each A/C...
I am a smoker. We do not smoke in our own boat. Near 15 years living on board, we still come up to the aft deck. Absolutely no smoking near a...
Great idea. I sense you have some experience here.
