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  1. alldodge

    Boat US not renewing policies

    Received my renewals for the boats today and it also came with a letter of not renewing the policies. Mentioned it is going into partnership with National Liability and Fire Ins Co. Only guessing but maybe hurricane sandy may have hit the company a bit to hard. Anyone here anything about the...
  2. alldodge

    Can an Outboard freeze

    A boat is tied up at the dock, the outdrive trim is run up until the drive is out of the water (about 30 degree angle). If there is a hard freeze, could there be enough water left in the lower unit to damage the drive?
  3. alldodge

    Can A 225 Honda freeze

    Not my engine just see a few of these on boats sitting at the dock. One in question is on a pontoon and when my friend comes in he raises the drive out of the water. He does this to keep the crud from building up on the drive. He pulls the boat out of the water before a hard freeze. I know...
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    Seawater Pump with Mechanical Fuel Pump Maintenance

    If you have an engine mounted mechanical fuel pump which looks like this on your engine. The pump could be leaking gas into the fuel pump cam mechanism and you may not find out for some time. In older days the fuel pump was mounted to the engine, and if it leaked a little bit, it would be...
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    What is the tollerance on a V-drive prop shaft

    Posted this in the non-engine and received nothing, then figured it deals with a Merc motor and velvet drive so maybe it should go here Buddy has a 99 Maxium 3700 and when they pulled it out the port side prop shaft was sitting on the bunk between the hull and the strut. It was put back in...
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    V-Drive prop shaft Tollerance

    Buddy has a 99 Maxium 3700 and when they pulled it out the port side prop shaft was sitting on the bunk between the hull and the strut. It was put back in, shifted and pulled back out. Put a dial indicator about a 13 inches from the hull and it showed .024 on the port side and .015 on the...
  7. alldodge

    385HP 454 Rod Knocking

    Boat is a 370 Regal with twin 385HP 454's and belongs to a friend. Engines had around 300 hours on them when the port engine had a rod knocking. Port engine (S/N 0L086675) was replaced with a new crate motor and everything is running fine again. My friend is real meticulous and is a bit OCD...
  8. alldodge

    5KW kohler

    Boat has 500 hours genset has lee than 50 hours. The genset hardley gets used as seen. This year the gen will not start. The fuel pump pumps fine but that is with me applying power to it. All the sensors I believe go to ground when they sense a fault. Impeller has been changed twice but...
  9. alldodge

    Moving Fuel Filter (Aluminum Headers)

    IMCO makes a bracket to move the oil lube container and fuel filter and I?m sure works very well. Never found anything from IMCO which isn?t top notch. I decided to try my luck at just moving the fuel filter. This install moves the fuel filter up and forward to clear the exhaust manifold and...
  10. alldodge

    Front PS pump bracket

    Installed some new aluminum headers on my 502. The header manifold is slightly wider then the original cast iron and caused an interference with the power steering (PS) pump. Found an extension bracket from IMCO which extended the PS pump up and out about an inch to clear. The front brace...
  11. alldodge

    502 Lost Power acting like V6

    Quick history: 502 MPI wich has the VST canister pump. Took the VST apart last winter and cleaned the filter. Running fine this spring until it got real hot then I had issue with vapor lock. Probably caused the vapor lock my self due to filling up last winter with winter mix and ethanol...
  12. alldodge

    VDO Vanguard Gages

    The fuel gauge on my 95 Formula keeps hanging. I start it up and bang on the gauge for a bit to see if it moves one way or another. I've never run out of fuell just appears the gauge is hanging inside. It currently mounts from the back and the hole is less than 2 inch, so if I'm having trouble...
  13. alldodge

    27PC water tank repair

    1994 27PC and the water tank is leaking into the cabin bilge. Just started this season and leaks down to about an inch from the bottom. Called tech support and they informed me that I would have to cut through the aft cabin floor and pull it out from there. After pulling the cabin apart I'm...
  14. alldodge

    502 VST Once over/Repair

    So far my cruiser is doing OK but I want to give the Vapor Seperator Tank (VST) the once over this winter. Accomplished several search's looking for information but came up no where except for the same parts list. I have down loaded the parts list and diagram but there are ten kits listed...
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