Hang in there Hendo, I hope all goes well for you and your partner.
Cheers
Mate
Benn
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Hang in there Hendo, I hope all goes well for you and your partner.
Cheers
Mate
Benn
Matt - Never look back! Go forward!! BTW - All your recent parts picts are so bright and shinnnnnie, must mean you have sunny days a commen! Good luck and enjoy!!
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Hendo:
I have a Perkins 4-236; my exhaust mixer is threaded into the exhaust manifold, not welded. Sooner or later it will need replacement, like mine did. I might have misunderstood what you are going to do though.
Mike
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
I can't figure out how to add a picture of my exhaust mixer to this reply, any ideas? I posted a picture of my mixer in another post awhile back when I was about to replace it, maybe you can find it. Or pm an email address and I can send it that way.
Mike
Hendo,
The basket supplied is more than enough.
You'r right any more restriction and it will clog up faster and give you grief.
Cheers
Benn
Hendo, re the thread name, if you would like to change it to something which speaks more of the actual thread content, eg..'Complete rebuild of boat in Western Australia', then I could change it for you, but the name change would apply right from the beginning. If you did not want that, then specify which post to break it at, and we would move it to being a new thread. With your preferred title. Pm me with what you think if you like, I'll hold off until you have had time to think about it.
Ahh - Fresh new title, Very nice.
Hendo - I'm glad you didn't break it up. This thread could give "Singles vs Twins" a run for its money.
Did the police ever catch the scum that attacked your neighbor?
This thread has a long way to run before the story is complete.
I notice fewer wood working pictures and more shiny bling pictures. I'll take that as a good sign that things are coming together Matt. Great news about the employment thing too.
Got a call from the sandblasters to say my things are ready
I got my rudder, rudder post, prop and drive shaft brace thingy and the original steering wheel done.
Unless you plan to polish the underwater parts, I recommend that you paint them with Propspeed. Sandblasting left them with a rough surface that creates drag and will have a very negative effect on your prop in particular.
The prop should have gone to a prop shop for "tuning" and polishing.
Generally speaking, a light sandblasting provides a good "tooth" for paint adhesion but even PS doesn't stick forever. I would go ahead and try it though before investing in the cost of polishing the other bits.
That advice comes with a caveat though, paint the prop only if it is in good condition and you have no reason to suspect any irregularity in the pitch and if there is no damage. If there is any doubt then send it to a shop now because that is where it will go if you get poor performance and/or a lot of vibration.
That is why sending an unknown prop to a shop for measurement and adjustment followed by polishing is the best approach. If it were mine and I didn't mind spending the time and money, I would consider it a lesson learned and send it to a prop shop for their evaluation. Make friends with a good prop shop, they will be very handy in the future.
Do you think the rudder needs to be polished or is that not so critical and be ok to PS as is?
I wouldn't bother with the rudder, just paint it with a good primer and bottom paint. Same for the rest of the running gear.
I have seen boats that used PS on all the running gear but I am not sure it is worthwhile ... I mean, where do you stop? The prop is what is critical.
I wouldn't bother with the rudder, just paint it with a good primer and bottom paint. Same for the rest of the running gear.
I have seen boats that used PS on all the running gear but I am not sure it is worthwhile ... I mean, where do you stop? The prop is what is critical.
I wouldn't bother with the rudder, just paint it with a good primer and bottom paint.
On this subject, Rick, when I had my boat anti fouled etc last time, I went for Micron Extra hull, and Propspeed, and they, like you advised not to bother with it on the rudder, just the prop. It comes out soon, after nearly 3 yrs. It will be interesting to see the relative states of the prop versus the rudder. If there is a significant difference, that might induce me to have it put on both next time. We'll see.