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by BobCav
Sat Jul 01, 2023 12:08 am
Forum: Electrical and Electronics
Topic: Overcharging alternator
Replies: 5
Views: 10082

Re: Overcharging alternator

An alternator will work in either direction, but some cooling fans are designed to operate in only one direction. Typically marine alternators have cooling fans designed to operate in either direction. Ever wonder why the fan blades on your car's alternator are all big on one side and small on the o...
by BobCav
Thu Mar 10, 2022 2:33 pm
Forum: For Sale or Wanted
Topic: 28 Express Hardtop Only
Replies: 1
Views: 3351

28 Express Hardtop Only

What's the value of a 28 Express Hardtop? Not the whole boat, just the actual top. I have two to sell, one already removed and primed (74) and the other soon (86), and need to price them both. A friend recently sold a swim platform for $700 so I was thinking a top should be worth more than that. And...
by BobCav
Tue Aug 10, 2021 10:46 am
Forum: Boat and Hull
Topic: Brand new Big M owner here...questions about trailering...
Replies: 14
Views: 18917

Re: Brand new Big M owner here...questions about trailering...

Thanks! I was restoring a 74 28 Express and the wife got tired of losing me on weekend to the never ending money pit and told me to buy a boat! Who am I to argue? LOL... I intend on adding a bow eye to her get her on the trailer easier.
by BobCav
Tue Aug 10, 2021 10:03 am
Forum: Boat and Hull
Topic: Brand new Big M owner here...questions about trailering...
Replies: 14
Views: 18917

Re: Brand new Big M owner here...questions about trailering...

I just towed my new-to-me 85 32-Fisherman 400 miles from Ashtabula, Ohio to the Chesapeake Bay. I used two 4" straps forward and aft to hold her down secure to the trailer, and two 2" straps to prevent any movement aft, one from the forward cleats angled forward to the trailer and one abov...
by BobCav
Tue Jun 25, 2019 8:49 pm
Forum: Engines
Topic: Exhaust Manifold Options?
Replies: 6
Views: 18997

Re: Exhaust Manifold Options?

That's the same style I put in my 74 318 when I converted to FWC. That's a Barr Marine CM-1-4417063 Manifold available here for $326.99 new

https://www.marineengineparts.com/barr- ... 3-manifold
by BobCav
Mon Jun 24, 2019 10:04 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Any PC Experts Out There?
Replies: 15
Views: 31334

Re: Any PC Experts Out There?

Did you check the keyboard mapping for the game? NOt likely to be used in-game, but maybe they changed something?
by BobCav
Wed Jun 12, 2019 11:41 am
Forum: Vendors
Topic: Mechanical fuel pumps
Replies: 3
Views: 16706

Re: Mechanical fuel pumps

I found the same one on Amazon for $80.... it's the one on my engine now.

Mechanical Fuel Pump 3745414 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07K65J22Q/re ... aDb7N8Y6DZ
by BobCav
Wed Mar 06, 2019 10:52 pm
Forum: Boat and Hull
Topic: Pulpit Restoration
Replies: 22
Views: 51879

Re: Pulpit Restoration

Looks great! Giving me some excellent ideas for my whole boat restoration. I've heard nothing but great things about the Good windlass too.
by BobCav
Wed Feb 20, 2019 2:58 pm
Forum: About My Boat Brags
Topic: New Boater, New to me Marinette.
Replies: 22
Views: 58593

Re: New Boater, New to me Marinette.

Do you have the metal track for the sliding windows? If you have the plastic it is probably ruined by the UV. So you have to find something. Hard to find the metal, but worth it if you can find it. I would start looking for that so it is not a hold up later. Everything else is just money and man ho...
by BobCav
Wed Feb 20, 2019 1:03 pm
Forum: About My Boat Brags
Topic: New Boater, New to me Marinette.
Replies: 22
Views: 58593

Re: New Boater, New to me Marinette.

Hey everyone. Lot has happened since my last post. I've taken possession of my boat and she's been transported to a friend's house for restoration. I have a page on FB for the restoration and I'd like to invite you all there to follow along and the link is in my signature. I thought about doing a bl...