So I have to call a B S* and ask if there are techs working behind camera. * Carl hate acronyms but I think all understand this one.
My wife and I took delivery of our '78 Bertram 58 MY in 2003. One heck of a project boat then. We both had career jobs then. Fast Forward to...
Parts will be an issue. Good engine but not built in the high numbers to receive lots of End Of Life (EOL) support. I will call it rare in a boat....
There you are. Was thinking now in Tennessee that you weren't talking to us any more. Beautiful high altitude & thin air. Even I would try to hide...
I did find some old threads that may help; https://www.yachtforums.com/threads/the-slow-as-molasses-progress-in-coms.39377/#post-361477...
Let me know when to come down to help.
Eh, Aesthetics vs Form/Function. Your call I'm an Icom/Simrad guy. Not a clue about Garmin. Pascal had some comments several weeks ago about...
Any rust on the liners in not good. Drain all water and oil again. fresh oil, no water, run for a minute should dry the liners off.
Frak Look for a OEM sticker on the engine. Under the alternator in the casting, over the oil pan seam, is a number if you can not find labels....
Also; You may consider testing your over-temp shut down senders and relays.
With. You need pressures to build up to normal. Your looking for exhaust gasses leaking past the fire ring in the head gasket. When was the last...
Run it a lil more under a load and send an oil sample out to a lab. If you don't have a coolant recovery bottle, use a 2l coke bottle full of...
Use the big stick for long range, use a small stick for short range. You don't need to talk to mars when you need to call someone a couple of...
Cruising thru, not staying and partying. Officially; Just passing thru.. Maybe a lil tongue in check, maybe some chest beating, maybe just tired...
There is not much to those head gaskets. You can re-torque the head and pressure test the system to around 10PSI. If the gasket is not scored, put...
Ah, another Shibaura block. Between the models I was thinking of. That is usually a good block. If you replace it; May we deal over this old one?...
Is your model 12 with the heat exchanger in the exhaust manifold or over the front of the engine?
Uh Oh !!
That is what we concluded on ourselves. Break in oil. Later Shibaura engines marinized by Luger, Onan and earlier Kubota engine manuals just spec...
Let it cool down. Fill with water. Pressure test if you can. Check impeller. I have witnessed strange cooling problems with the Later NL heat...
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