Marinette Boat Forum

From the pictures in your other posts, I will say that you are doing a damn good job getting her set up like you want! Well done.

Welcome aboard!

My reply to question #1. Stainless screws are about the only kind of screw to use on our boats.

It only takes a few minutes to drain the block and manifolds down. That would be my fail safe.

Trower, Give Acme Props a call. They will ask you for all of your boats info, then give you a recommendation. I also wanted to go to a 4 blade design, but they said that a 3 blade was the way to go for my 28. I will find out next summer. They also said that they can re-cup the props if they need a l...

Congrats! Maybe a description of the boat would help if someone might have seen it.

Tuggle, yes they are 71 c velvet drives, 1" shafts. The shafts had been bent a few times by previous owners and I had them straightened a couple years ago. After doing some research and watching youtube videos, it seems like all the shafts break at the key way on either end, and are impossible ...

I figured I have about $4 k in it right now, engine wise. I will probably have another $1000 in it with shafts and props and misc. items. Yes, the Chrysler's were great engines, after getting all the ign. issues fixed. If I could have found a pair of 360's for around the same price I might have gone...

This past year I decided to replace the original 318's that came with the boat with a couple Chevy 350's. I had replaced a lot of parts on the 318's, manifolds, electronic ign., alternators, starters, wiring, etc. The motors ran fine, but I was looking for a little more power and part availability. ...

I did my stern light bulb to LED, it is a lot brighter, I will definitely change out the forward running lights in the future.