Recent content by tbrookster

Thanks for the reply but it looks like the have a 3 day minimum around the holidays

Hello Southeasterners, We boat Lake of the Ozarks and the Mississippi River but my family would like a taste of salt life boating. We will be vacationing in Fort Meyers Beach and are trying to find a charter boat that can accommodate all 10 adults for a sunset cruise around 1-2-18, all that I...

Just FYI, I contacted Tides Marine, the manufacture of these seals. They stated that if I had melted plastic in the fitting of this seal, that it had been overheated and was just a matter of time until the seal seized to the shaft and tore the entire assembly loose causing a huge leak. They...

Yes, my boat is still winterized and in the water. The oil coolers had antifreeze in them but the starboard shaft log line had water backing up through it, the starboard line did not. should I be removing these lines and capping off the oil coolers and water logs when I winterize ?

Sorry, I should have been more specific, with the hose disconnected from the starboard oil cooler and held below the waterline, some water drains from the oil cooler and consistently from the hose. On the port oil cooler, when I disconnected the hose, some water drained from the oil cooler but...

Hello, I recently acquired my first v-drive boat with dripless shaft couplings and believe I have a problem. I disconnected the cooling lines from the oil coolers and one side pours water out but the other side is completely dry. I am not sure which one is good or what could cause this problem...

Since there are only four mounting points and the two on the engine only have vertical adjustment, how else can I accomplish rotation ?

Bt Doctur, Thanks for the reply, When I was attempting this alignment, I loosened all four bolts in the coupler and adjusted the engine mounts until I had equal space at 12 & 6 o'clock but touching at the 3 o'clock and a .008" gap at the 9 o'clock position. Next I loosened the pinch bolts and...

Hello, I recently bought my 330 Sundancer and wanted to try to reduce the noise and vibration so I checked the prop shaft alignment and found it off. I was able to raise the engine mounts and get the vertical alignment dead on but have a .008" gap on the starboard side of the coupler...