oh yeah our marina will surcharge you 20% of repair work if - they had the skill to do it and you hired someone else we can work on it ourselves but ...why would I hire a non professional like me?
On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Perry & Cindi <[email protected]> wrote: > That stinks that a boat owner can not work on his own boat. I do not know > if that is even legal? > > > > Do you have Boat US tow insurance or Sea Tow? If you brake down it will > save you a lot of money. Boat US this year has an extra tow insurance that > will tow you from your dock if you are broke down. > > > > Good Luck > > Capt Perry > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris D > Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 9:07 PM > To: UnifliteWorld > Subject: [UnifliteWorld] Compression loss- 350 gm std. rotation > > > > I have a 1980 Uniflite 320 Sport Sedan with twin 350s. Just bought the > > boat and trying to get her home approx 50 miles. Neither engine ran > > when I bought the boat, but the port side was very close. I had a > > diver go down under her and he told me that the port side prop was > > demolished and not much was left. As I got a really good deal I didnt > > mind as he said the starboard was intact and looked fine. Once i got > > her home, I could get her pulled and start over as I had already > > planned to repower. Well, a month later, I tore down the starboard > > side, all new gaskets and put it all back together. Did a compression > > test and what do you know, my number 7 and 4 cylinders have low > > compression. Rings are stuck(I assume) oil in cylinder trick. I am out > > of time at the current marina. Need to find a way too get some > > compression in those 2 cyl. Just need her to put on down. Is there any > > way to possibly nock them loose without dropping the whole lower? I > > have plenty of room to do lower work under the motor, but if I have to > > go through all that I would be dumb to not replace the motor. > > Problem... the marina where she is doesnt allow you to work on your > > boat there and the dockmaster has very curteously allowed me to do > > some minimal repairs during the day. When 5 o clock rolls around and > > the staff leaves, my neighbor and I have a version of the marine shade > > tree mechanics on the dock. Is there any way to loosen the rockers to > > get a little bit of compression? I have heard also or running it on > > rear end gear oil and having success. If it made it the whole way, > > great if it made it 20 miles, that would only be 30 miles left to tow > > it. Not worried about the motors at all and the closest marina to get > > it pulled is...mine. Any tricks or suggestions on how to get her fired > > up would be great. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "UnifliteWorld" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<unifliteworld%[email protected]> > . > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "UnifliteWorld" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<unifliteworld%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en. > -- Maureen Washburn, ND, RN, CPHQ FACHE-Designate [email protected] 817-797-7707 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en.
