Marinette Boat Forum

I am replacing with a couple rebuilt crusaders I picked up. They are actually chevy 307's .030 over. I have rebuilt my share of motors over the years, so did it myself. I also prefer closed cooling as you can run the engines closer to the temp I think they run best (warmer), and it is easier to wint...

Pulling my Chryslers out after labor day in preparation for a couple crusaders. They will be listed on Ebay if anyone is interested. I do like Chryslers, so please don't tell me how great they are and that I should just have them rebuilt. Instead buy them

Thanks - I can definately see a drip from the oil filter adapter, so I will attempt to replace that seal. I will check in front of the fuel pump to see if there is a leak there as well.

Just throwing this out there. I have a major oil leak coming from the front of the engine (Chrysler). Looking for places to check. Literally losing a couple quarts on every trip we take. I have a special collection container under the engine so I can see what I can losing. I do not think it is comin...

Getting closer!

Always sounds easy -starter was right in the way so had to do some external modification to the exterior of the switch with a grinder. - Only I will know!

Thanks - I have a couple trannys laying around with them, hopefully and easy swap of the switch.

Am I missing something or is this tranny missing a NSS? I cannot locate one. There is what seems to be some type of pressure switch on the top of the tranny - not sure the purpose. I will see if I can get a pic, unless someone can unravel the mystery without it. My old 1:1's had the NSS on the side ...

Here is the info for the metal nameplates I had made.

John Gubler <maverickmetalworks@gmail.com>

I can tell you on my last Single Screw Marinette, I had to swap engines and put in a LH rotation engine with a LH prop, and for what ever reason, I could not get that thing to back out of the slip for nothing. Could not get it to turn worth a darn in reverse. Weird. I guess they made singles RH for ...