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  1. diver_dave

    riser hardware; free

    I've got the following stuff, surplus from a riser job; free to good home: 4x stainless 3/8" by 2" threaded studs 16x copper flat washers, 10mm ID 9x black oxide 3/8" by 1" 12 point head bolts 1x bronze hose fitting; 1 1/4" hose to NPT riser/exh manifold hole. send me a notification and we...
  2. diver_dave

    Crusaders moving on

    Well, my boat, house, fishing and some of my dive gear is on the market. I've moving to Rochester area. Anyway, my water life was pretty much dialed in down here, with a waterfront house and boat just 5 minutes from the warm ocean, and 10 minutes, living room to gulf stream. Also, the closest...
  3. diver_dave

    Erie Canal anyone?

    OK, the only tie-in here is that my boat has Crusaders, but my job may force a move. :eek: The intended target is Rochester area New York. Place of business very close to the Erie Canal, just East of the big city. I still have not yet even seen this canal. Do ships still use it? Is it...
  4. diver_dave

    Morse 43C cable ends

    Hi; I am working with a bit worn cable system, and the cable ends inside the Morse SR controls use what looks like a copper square metal piece a couple inches long, taking the 1/4-28 cable end and transition to the SR mechanism. I can't find that part on either the teleflex website or even my...
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    bless me, for I have sinned

    My stb timing was set to 40 degrees BTDC. :eek: Not sure when I had set it last, but sure enough, it was sitting about 8 degrees too advanced. Luckily, it is my worn engine, with somewhat low compression, and it has been running premium gas. I think the rusted timing marker metal indicator...
  6. diver_dave

    weird stuff at the boatyard

    So, my boat is on the hard. Pretty quiet at this yard, likely due to the heat; it's been 95 deg, 90% humidity and little wind. A couple of events this week though. La Diva is being dissected a few stalls down from me. It (was) a 105 footer that burned up. A triple diesel, used to be owned by...
  7. diver_dave

    anyone see a reduction in mileage with ethanol?

    Or, is it just me? I went from almost 1nm/g to .9 or so..
  8. diver_dave

    Source for slide hammer adapter

    "Anyone use a slide hammer to "Anyone use a slide hammer to remove the inboard shafts? Does someone sell the screw on adapter for the end of the shaft? Now that MM has me sold on the split couplings, I'd like to be able to easily yank the shafts out for cutlass work, etc."
  9. diver_dave

    Oh no trouble with a stainless bolt

    "The wet weather broke yesterd "The wet weather broke yesterday, so I had a chance to install the engine/transmission. The boat has aluminum angle plates, so usually the 6x 1/2" dia stainless bolts and self locking nuts go in without major hassle. This time, the sixth and last bolt galled...
  10. diver_dave

    Velvet drive dissassembly ibm stuck

    "I've got the housing apar "I've got the housing apart, trying to get to the forward clutch pack. The drive gear and forward clutch assembly is out of the housing. The manual tells to use a soft hammer to slide the drive gear out of the ring gear. This is after you remove two retainers...
  11. diver_dave

    Minimum work rear seal

    "A buddy has a gen IV, 454 wit "A buddy has a gen IV, 454 with a leak. Has anyone attempted to R & R the rear seal without disconnecting the piston rods? Do all the main bearing caps need to come off, etc? TIA"
  12. diver_dave

    Trip reportBahamas

    "The Crusaders (it is a cr "The Crusaders (it is a crusader thread!) took 5 of us to the very East end of Grand Bahama Island for 9 days. The day before we left, the starboard alternator was squealing, but a rebuild shop fixed it in 3 hours, including a new stator, diode set and bearings. It...
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    Pulley trouble

    "I see that the original coola "I see that the original coolant pump pulley (2 slot) has been replaced with a new part number, a 3 slot pulley. Trouble is, on my Gen IV, 454's, the new pulley will interfere with the oil hose coming out of the U cooler. Does anyone have a way around this issue?"
  14. diver_dave

    Gen IV coolant pump

    Is the marine pump a modified Is the marine pump a modified "short neck" pump? Just wondering about getting an automotive aftermarket Al pulley; what are my chances something may fit.
  15. diver_dave

    Prestolite distributor

    "So, I found myself in the oce "So, I found myself in the ocean last w/e with a suddenly missing spark in the port engine. I've got the OLD Prestolite system with electronic pickup feeding a newish Jacobs ignition system. Anyway, i've got a new ignitor coming in, but I've never been inside...
  16. diver_dave

    fuel pump life

    I've been running a couple I've been running a couple of carter style mechanical fuel pumps. They are at 12 years and about 8000 gallons of fuel pumped each. There is no gas in the site tube. Do you guys PM these or run until failure?
  17. diver_dave

    A bit late on replacing the oil cooler

    "Yep; found myself 1/2 thru a "Yep; found myself 1/2 thru a short Bahamas trip with a leaky U cooler. Sending transmission fluid where it did not belong and in return, depositing sea water in my 72C transmission. Fluids all looked perfect the day before. Now, i've got propshaft rotation in...
  18. diver_dave

    So i went to my engine shop today

    "on a unrelated car job. Anyw "on a unrelated car job. Anyway, i saw on one of the benches what looked like a GM big block. It was aluminum, 4 bolt main. Turns out, it was being prepped for a funny car. I was thinking about a 2000hp machine. Nope, it was 4 to 5 THOUSAND HP, out of this...
  19. diver_dave

    Engine to dash cable

    "Does anyone here have a sourc "Does anyone here have a source for the 8 conductor (or so) cable? Mine has about 33 years on it, it's the last original wire on the boat."
  20. diver_dave

    Tune up using synthetic oil

    "James; You have high shear e "James; You have high shear engines (older, like mine) and run cool. Note that today's automotive oils, including most synthetics, have less ZDDP than when crusader wrote your manual. The mineral vs synthetic is a non-factor with us, the factor is cam/lifter...
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