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the square drive sounds like a great idea. where did you find 3/4 in. thick teak? Wow sounds expensive. How are you going to finish it? What ever you do it will be a grreat looking floor.

What are you installing the new teak floor over? Are you going over the existing floor, are you screwing the new floor directly to the fiberglass structural grid system or did you put a new sub-floor in before installing the new teak floor? I replaced the floor ;in my 38 about 6 or 7 years...

Well after 10 years of good times on the great lakes, I sold her to a happy new owner today. Sorry to see her go but the time had come.

try the guys at Lake Welding Supply in Muskegon, MI 1-800-875-5255. The last time i was there this past summer they said that no one makes the small CNG tanks anymore. He also told me that they can recertify the tank and that a tank must be certified every 5 years. Dont know if you can ship...

I have the same set up with the bottom of the bottle above the top of the collant resevoir. My engine is a 1985 M-40. I finally figured out after reading the manual that the coolant level is supposed to be 1-1/2 inches below the top of the rim where the cap sits.If you fil the coolant above that...

no thanks. I have a tank. plus where i go to get it filled does and exchange and recertifies the tank when needed. A certification is good for onlt 5 years.

did the run from Charlevoix to Cleveland +/- 525 miles in 12 days. 8 actually sailing and 4 for bad weather in May of 2001. Would not recomment you try it now say Oct as the weather can turn on you. Someone told me that trucking is about $2.00 per mile. Not sure that this is true. Good luck...

appreciate the info. Can you tell me where on the engine is the oil pressure relief valve? I hope it is somewhere easy to reach.

Went over to Muskegon this week and got the CNG I needed at Lake Welding Supply Co. Those guys are a pleasure to deal with. Bob over there told me that they have stores in Ferrysburg, Holland, And Manistee, MI They have the gas or can get it from the main store in Muskegon on short notice. He...

Need to find a supplier for the compressed natural gas for my galley stove. I keep my boat in Sandusky, Oh and currently must travel to Muskegon Mi for CNG. Does anyone know of a closer supplier? There used to be 3 suppliers here of the North Coast but all are gone.

Thanksguys for all your info and help. I am using a 30 wt Rotella t diesel oil as per the manufacturers requirements. I do have a oil pressure gauge and water temp guage. When the alarm went off the pressure was at 20 #s where it normally runs at 58 or so. At the time of the incident the water...

I just disconnect the inlet and outlet hoses, drain as much water as I can then take an air compressor and push out what is left. I do not like the red pop. Used it once and it was more problem than using an air compressor on the entire water system. The air compressor take a lot less time. It...

the alarm came on at 2400 rpms my normal cruising speed which is about 80% of red line. When I idled down to about 800 rpms it stayed on. Kind of a mysyery to me as to why it went off when I restarted.

After running my engine for about an hour on a trip this week to Put in Bay the oil pressure alarm came on indicating a pressure on 20 #. I shut off the engine looked for leaks and checked the dip stick and the water temperature. All was ok. So I restarted the engine and the pressure was at...

after about a hour of motoring the oil pressure gauge went off and indicated I had pressure of 20 pounds. I turned off the engine and checked for leaks and if there was oil in the engine, which as it turned out was full. I also looked at the water temperature and saw that it was normal 180...