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Jet Pumps / Re: Place diverter double seal install?
« on: September 01, 2011, 07:12:01 PM »
On the side, adjacent to one of the pivot pin holes. Less movement in that area, so less likelyhood of pulling it apart.
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Engine Mechanical / Electrical / Re: Motor mount questions ...
« on: August 11, 2011, 08:52:28 PM »
The parts in the lower pic are for a Chevy. The bellhousing will fit either a BBC or SBC as they use the same pattern. The two front mounts are for BBC only. The item on the left is for a "rail mount" set up. The two items on the right are Glenwood mounts for a rubber mount setup. Flip those over and you will find the Glenwood part numbers, 35306 for the bellhousing and 35206 for the front mount. How'd I do? 
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The No Wake Zone / Re: Banderlog: the good and the bad
« on: August 04, 2011, 10:41:01 PM »
GT, I can guarantee mine is older than yours. Jim Lee (Banderlog founder) was a part of our boating group. The test bed for development included the 461 Olds short block out of my old Tahiti. I purchased the first "customer" unit from him in Aug 2002. Had my current boat been water-ready sooner that summer I would have been one of the "beta testers"( I think those were the first 4 units). I was a little concerned about its operation at first, but no where near as concerned as I was about the conventional t-valve set up. These days, I have no concerns at all. It has proven to be dead reliable.
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The No Wake Zone / Re: Banderlog: the good and the bad
« on: August 04, 2011, 09:17:02 PM »
I've run a Banderlog valve since 2002. Not a single problem.
GT, the electronics are fully potted. Probably a greater likelyhood of an electronic ignition failing..........
GT, the electronics are fully potted. Probably a greater likelyhood of an electronic ignition failing..........
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The No Wake Zone / Re: loss of power
« on: May 15, 2011, 09:07:31 PM »you lost me brother........
People have been known to cover the intake with duct tape while trailering to keep dirt out.........then forget to remove it. Acts like a slipping clutch when trying to accelerate. Anything blocking/restricting the intake can do that. I once saw an empty ice bag in the water directly in front of me. Couldn't avoid running it over. Knew exactly what was going on when boat lost speed and would not accelerate. Like I said earlier, inspect inside the impeller vanes, bowl vanes and the intake side of the pump for ANYTHING that may be lodge inside that could be disrupting water flow through pump.
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The No Wake Zone / Re: loss of power
« on: May 15, 2011, 08:21:00 PM »
Between the noise you heard, the vibration and the performance issues, I would suspect that something may be (or may have been) lodged in the impeller or bowl vanes. Take a good look as even a small rock can be a big deal. make sure you look up the pump intake for anything stuck in there or wrapped around the shaft. As long as it is torn down this far you may want to remove the impeller to inspect condition of wear ring and the wear ring surface of the impeller.
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Project Boats For Sale / Re: Calgo Steering
« on: May 10, 2011, 06:26:43 PM »
74 Howard, just a heads up for you......Calgo makes a different setup for jets than they do for v-drives. The v-drive Calgo uses 3/16" cables vs the jet system's 1/8" cables.
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V-Drives / Re: Steering Questions
« on: March 05, 2011, 09:58:28 PM »
Dude, you didn't say it had a Calgo in it!!!!
Fix it, there really is no better system avail. for that boat...IMHO
GT
Agreed, that is the best system out there.
Superduty, DO NOT attempt to repair that yourself !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You need to have that done by the manufacturer(Norm Grimes). You can contact Mike at Rex Marine to get contact info for Grimes. When you get it back, there are some very specific instructions on how to handle installation. Follow them to the letter.
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Projects / Re: 1985 GULLWING
« on: January 12, 2011, 06:38:37 PM »
That rod is part of the steering linkage. It pushes/pulls on a lever that transfers the motion through the transom to the tiller arm. There's more pics of it in the "for sale" ad over at RiverDavesPlace
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Engine Mechanical / Electrical / Re: Carello Magneto?
« on: November 09, 2010, 11:16:07 AM »
It's not Carello, it's Cirello as in http://www.tomcirellomagnetos.com. By the address, he has moved up into the Sierra foothills in NorCal
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Projects / Re: Brendella tunnel
« on: November 08, 2010, 01:27:06 PM »
Looks great!
Can I possibly take that old-school coupler off your hands?
Can I possibly take that old-school coupler off your hands?
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Events / Re: Tom Papp Memorial Pix -- Unrestricted
« on: November 05, 2010, 12:43:15 PM »
Go to "Events and Races" not "Jets" and then go to second page. There are 233 pics.
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The No Wake Zone / Re: Toyota SOHC V6 3.0L question...
« on: October 10, 2010, 09:19:01 PM »
Before tearing anything apart, you should at least check valve clearances(I .007-.011", E .009-.013" --Cold). Have seen a few cases where the lifter buckets have collapsed enough to be noisy. You do not have to pull the heads to service the buckets. Just pull the cam. NOTE!: There is a thrust flange on the cam that can break fairly easily. Remove cam caps evenly and make sure the cam comes straight up.
Spec for the bucket OD: 1.4930"-1.4934"
Spec for bore for bucket: 1.4945-1.4951"
Std oil clearance: .0011"-.0021"
max clearance: .0039"
Spec for the bucket OD: 1.4930"-1.4934"
Spec for bore for bucket: 1.4945-1.4951"
Std oil clearance: .0011"-.0021"
max clearance: .0039"
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The No Wake Zone / Re: Toyota SOHC V6 3.0L question...
« on: October 10, 2010, 02:45:21 PM »
The 3.0 v6 had an issue with a light knock at the front main bearing. If noise went away when correctly tensioned drive belts were loosened, we would replace the front main bearing shells with the next step smaller(uses select fit shells to "blueprint" the clearance). This only applied to a stock crank. There was a campaign(V06) on headgaskets for this engine. Sometimes the block would end up with excessive erosion around a certain water port in the deck in which case the block would be replaced. This would open up numerous possibilities regarding main and rod bearing clearances. It would help to know the complete history of the engine.
With the high miles some of these engines have now, we have started to see a few major engine failures. A while back I was able to check a rod bearing by simply picking it off the frame rail.......
BTW, valves are operated by shimmed buckets. No hydraulic lifters.
With the high miles some of these engines have now, we have started to see a few major engine failures. A while back I was able to check a rod bearing by simply picking it off the frame rail.......
BTW, valves are operated by shimmed buckets. No hydraulic lifters.
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Random Boat Parts For Sale / Re: Pat's pile of "sunken" treasures
« on: September 06, 2010, 07:29:50 PM »
Watts, the droop will not fit a JC if it still has the one-piece bowl.
BTW, that looks like an American Turbine droop.
BTW, that looks like an American Turbine droop.
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Engine Mechanical / Electrical / Re: No fuel flow
« on: August 20, 2010, 06:11:17 PM »So I reinstalled one of the fuel tanks, connected the new fuel lines of equal length from both tanks to the T valve and ran it to the "mechanical" fuel pump which now is not pumping fuel. Mind you this new fuel filter had water in it before I removed all of the fuel and cleaned the tanks. The odd thing is I ran the tanks separately and it pumped fine. Now with both hooked up there is no fuel flowing to the filter.
Are you referring to the brass type fuel selector valve or something else? Those brass valves are available in 2 configurations: 3-way and 4-way. The 3-way has "left", "right" and "both" settings. The 4-way has left, right, both and OFF. Is it possible you have the 4-way and have inadvertently set it to the "OFF" position? IIRC, the "both" tanks setting would be with the short end of the handle facing the outlet of valve.
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Engine Mechanical / Electrical / Re: an fittings
« on: August 02, 2010, 10:20:15 PM »sweet performance in placentia, tell dave you are from scjb.com and he will hook you up
http://www.sweetperformance.com/product/index.php
X2 on Dave at Sweet Performance
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Engine Mechanical / Electrical / Re: here's a dilma
« on: July 29, 2010, 07:24:48 PM »
Please measure the diameter and thickness of your balancer. It looks like a smaller diameter than i had on my 455 Olds. Mine, if I remember correctly, covered at least half of each of the lower two mounting holes. It's possible that a balancer swap would solve the issue. I think if you try to mill a recess in the mount you may run into interference issues with those lower bolts. I think on mine the lower two may even have been recessed allen-head bolts. Now I have to see if I can find that old mount...............
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Projects / Re: Pat's Tunnel Project
« on: July 26, 2010, 04:30:07 PM »
The pump is a bit odd...looks like a berk, and it's got some sort of race nozzle on it. Strange part is that the race nozzle has no outlet for reverse thrust to exit with the bucket down, but it still has the pivot holes for the reverse bucket. Seems dumb. I'll try to post more pictures of it later. The bowl also looks a bit odd....has an "S" cast into it and the oil fill holes look a lot closer together than I've ever seen on a berk bowl. Any ideas as to what I've got here? Dunno what impeller is in it, but It's got a loader and a shoe.
The "race nozzle" was designed to use the "ram's horn" gate(sometimes called "butt cheek") that had reverse ducts cast into it. Used ones do come up for sale now and then. Not sure if Berkeley carries them any more.
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The No Wake Zone / Re: Using a transmission with a pump?
« on: July 07, 2010, 08:48:36 PM »Ok My question is If I designed my motor to fit further forward and my pump further back on a 21' daycruiser and put a 2 speed powerglide between the two wouldnt I be able to get a TREMENDOUS amount more top end out of a relative standard big block?
Nope. You need to remember that transmissions don't multiply power. They do multiply force, in this case torque, at the expense of rpm(think LOW GEAR). They can also multiply rpm at the expense of torque(think OVERDRIVE). In each case , HP available at the output shaft is the same as the engine's HP at the crank MINUS the HP lost in the transmission.
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Engine Mechanical / Electrical / Re: Does Ford use fuel pump pushrods?
« on: June 23, 2010, 07:45:55 PM »I can't imagine it not being there?
Sorry, was thinking this might be a fresh pump install as in it used to have an electric. The eccentric just bolts on and people have been known to leave them off if they were planning to not use the mechanical pump.
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Engine Mechanical / Electrical / Re: Does Ford use fuel pump pushrods?
« on: June 23, 2010, 03:38:55 PM »ok so that should be there... I'll install and fire it up and see what happens... thanks
Before you bolt the pump on, look into the pump mounting hole to verify the eccentric is in place.
Cam lobe
Chevy uses a lobe that is part of the cam. Ford and Oldsmobile use an eccentric that bolts on in front of the timing gear.
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Hulls / Re: Predator boats (gullwing)
« on: June 23, 2010, 12:12:03 PM »San Diego Performance Marine-- Neil's the owner.
Goes by sdpm over on the pb site.
I Might be wrong, but I think that is the mold that Jason Rouse(Riverdad) now has. I think it went from Neil to Dave Batista to Greg Shoemaker to Jason.
Greg Shoemaker has the modified Eliminator 19 Daytona mold that Neil used to own.
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Engine Mechanical / Electrical / Re: Russel Aluminum plugs
« on: May 25, 2010, 01:27:11 PM »
NO!!
Then hopefully you are using Teflon paste or some pipe dope.
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Projects / Re: cyclone speed & marines new cj project
« on: May 23, 2010, 01:54:11 PM »Where do you find engine "fixtures" like this? I've lifted a BBC in and out six times today and am getting tired of all the fun.
Thanks, Mark
Contact Jim. He has mentioned in the past that he would be willing to rent it out.