Marinette Boat Forum

Is he using a feeler gauge to get the engines in alignment. Ideally it will be .003" or less out of true. That is as close as i got on my old 28 ft. when I installed new shafts, i could have got it a little better, but the run out on the transmission coupler was .003".

Nice set of video's Jeep. It is nice to see others enjoying there Marinette's.

Bill, did it get to freezing temps between the time of supposed winterizing of engines and the time that you found water in the block?

Many possibilities for the milky oil. I will disagree with Jeff a little and say that there is still a possibility in a small crack in the block. It could also be a cracked or rusted through exhaust manifold. It could be a head gasket or warped cyl head. It could be a leak between head and intake ma...

Shafts are supposed to be straight.

Happy Hooker, I came up with a length of 59".

Happy hooker, I have two 1 1/4" shafts out of a 1990 32 express that I will measure for you in the next day or two.

The older models had one tank like Busia's, and the exhaust ran on the side of the hull. Newer models had 2 smaller 75 gallon tanks on the side of the hull and ran the exhaust in between the tanks and had a 45 degree elbow before it exited the hull. If you go to a one tank system, you will have to a...

The thread with my project is titled " A little crazy", Not much progress to report at the moment. Waiting on welder.

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