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    mixing 2 stroke oil in diesel 1:200

    mixing oil in the diesel is nothing new. it is something old timers would do with 2 stroke detroits or even older mechanical CATS and Cummins motors. I know of people who use their old crankcase oil to mix in the diesel--to winterize or for long periods of downtime in all kinds of construction...
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    1997 330express cruiser searay

    my 2000 330 ec had borg warner 5000 seriies with 8deg. down angle and a 2.1:1 gear ratio. I had to replace one due to a cracked housing. it would leak when it warmed up. this was caused by neglect from the previous owner. he had let the cutlass bearings go to the point where the shafts vibrated...
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    1997 330express cruiser searay

    the reason we sold our 2000 330 ec was really just because of the size limitations. we got tired of putting the table up and down and doing the sleeping configurations change, crawling over someone to go the head in the middle of the night. we do a lot of weekends on the boat anchored out. Great...
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    1997 330express cruiser searay

    I had one for several years with the 380 7.4litre motors. (2000 330 ec-amberjack) Great boat. loved almost everything about it. perfect for ocasional cruising or fishing . very solid. a little wet in a heavy sea with a cross wind but far better handling hull than a sundancer. easy...
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    Found this out my stern this Morning

    very cool. My grandfathers boat was 'donated to the cause' in WW2. he had a late 30's 46' Dawn cruiser built by Dawn boat works in Bayone or NY... not sure exactly where they were. . USCG took it over for a coastal patrol boat and used it off of the coast of NY and NJ for the duration of the...
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    Oil Pressure drops and sets off alarm

    as you know, any number of things can cause this. I would suggest you start with the simple things. sending unit is a cheap and easy swap. I would start with an oil change-how old is the oil and is it diluted with fuel. thinned out oil will cause the conditions you describe and it would be...
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    how to get antifreeze thru wuthout an internal strainer?

    thanks for the feedback. good suggestions. I do use a larger hose on the bucket of anti-freeze but the limiting factor is the zinc size. I have 1/2" zincs as well but on the wrong side of the rw pump. I like the idea of removing the hose prior to where the raw water enters the exhaust just...
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    how to get antifreeze thru wuthout an internal strainer?

    Good morning. I recently purchased a new to me boat with a pair of detroit diesels. fresh water cooled with dry turbo's . This boat has barnegat style scoop strainers on the outside of the hull and no internal strainer for the raw water pump prior to the heat exchangers. it has 3" intake...
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    330 express or Amberjack

    good morning. if you are looking for the crossover, you cannot go wrong with the 330 ec or AJ 97-2002. they are solid boats that are good at a lot of things but not great at anything. I had a 2000' model for 3 years and loved it. I will handle any weather I ever wanted to be in and was easy to...
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    sold the sea ray-- moving up

    x, I have bought and sold a few boats and had the same concern about how long it would take to sell my sea ray. It took me a whopping 2 weeks. I think a key to the quick turnover was a combination of approaches. I hired a broker but before I did, I contacted a local surveyor friend and asked...
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    sold the sea ray-- moving up

    middle river
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    sold the sea ray-- moving up

    this was taken about 3 weeks ago. 48ocean ss
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    sold the sea ray-- moving up

    brought it home from the canyon club in cape may last week, so I guess that was the first trip. we purchased it primarily for a family cruiser althought I do like to fish on and around the bay in the spring and fall. we will use it as a weekend getaway for the most part. It feels like a townhose...
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    sold the sea ray-- moving up

    My wife and I took a big step in boating a few weeks ago. we sold our much loved 2000 sea ray 330ec/amberjack and purchased a Ocean yacht 48 super sport. it is a bitter sweet decision since we really do like the sea ray but we also found that our family needs created a demand for more space. the...
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    Kent Narrows

    Yes, I have been through there twice in the last 3 weeks. It is shoaling and is very narrow at one point but easily passable. the channel narrows to about 40' at one point so you may need to take turns if there is a lot of traffic. it is well marked . I would only be concerned in a deep draft...
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    Hi Lo table

    I am looking for a high low table-nice quality, wood. I am willing to spend a few bucks for something well made. Anyone have any suggestions on wheere or who to contact in the chesapeake bay area. It needs to be able to be made small enough to fit through a typical hatch on a mid 30' express...
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    Antifreeze in Bilge

    thats sounds very strange. I store my boat out of the water but I like to leave 1/2 pint or so of pink antifreeze in and around the bildge pumps. the bilge should be all but dry, even in the water. if there is that much fluid of any kind in there, the pumps should be kicking on. If the hardware...
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    was this a good deal ??

    check out Saturn. I just picked up a new one for a fair price delivered to my door. very competetive and as good or better qualtiy than west marine.
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    closed cooling heat exchanger maintenance

    While doing routine maintenance prior to winterizing I was in the process of checking the antifreeze level and quality in my heat exchangers only to discover that my starboard engine heat exchanger developed a serious internal hole sometime between August and now. Turns out my heat exchanger was...
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    off road fuel

    I pay just over $0.60/gallon less for off road diesel than on road in PA. It sue is limitedc to off road and has dye in it as others have mentioned. we run it in farm and industrial equipment. I have had the state IRS dip our bulk fuel and some equipment tanks with dye paper to check to see if...
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