I see the ?The passing of Don S? page remains very active, with posts as recent as yesterday. Obviously Don used his gift of knowledge to generously help more people that can be counted. On the day I first met Don I was in panic mode. I found iboats.com in a desperate Google search for help...
Just realizing my waste line is permeating a foul odor. I think I can figure this repair out except for one thing. I have observed a white caulking looking substance protruding from both ends of my waste line. It's coming from in between the waste hose and the fitting. Could it be something...
Re: Generator Question (on the swim platform)
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As you can see we are fishing on this trip. I have a genset, a cooler that is a bait tank and a sodium high pressure light. Note the horizontal black tape behind the bait tank that seals off the exhaust vent from the engine/bilge compartment. I...
Frequently I anchor in a large lake at depths up to 90 feet. My anchor locker has a little over 100? of ?? rode stored in it and the locker is FULL to the bottom of the deck pipe. You can see in the photo that I also store an additional 50? of rode above deck, by strapping it to the bow...
Re: Lost Propulsion - Possible Sheared Key On Drive Shaft??? Help Don S. :)
OK Don… I found the problem. It’s the definitely the “spline coupler”. (see photo) Only the top half was stripped out and from the looks of my magnet I think I have captured 90% all the metal shavings. (see photo)...
I think this may be a Don S. question:
See signature below for engine and outdrive setup: While traversing north on the Intracoastal Waterway I had been on and off the throttle when meeting about 15 boats that were headed south. After about 40 miles I slowed to a stop and the engine was...
I have an appreciation for the funnies and "punnies" that I expect to follow this post... however, I really need some "solid" adivce on this one. :)
While swapping my engine we banged my aluminum waste tank about 5 inches from the bottom of the tank. It left a 1.5inch long by 3/16 inch wide...
Recently my #2 battery was not spinning my starter fast enough to start the engine. I checked the battery terminals and found a lot of green corrosion up inside the terminal end of battery cable #2. I decided to do some maintenance on both battery cables. I clipped the cable #2 back in 1 inch...
I just read the thread on how to position boats when rafting and that brings to mind something that I?ve always wanted to know. Before traveling the Dismal Swamp I read that boats tend to raft up at the welcome center for the night. Sure enough when I arrived all the mooring spaces were taken...
Last week I replaced the bearing seal on my upper housing (around my spline shaft) and it?s still leaking around the outer edge. Immediately I posted a question about using Loctite threadlocker to seal up a leaking bearing seal. Many of you replied that you use the same or similar adhesive and...
Re: Striper Fishing At Night - With A 400w High Pressure Sodium Light
Only 5 photos per post, but I also wanted you to see what my sonar looks like.... and this isn't even one of the better photos that show all te fish blips on my side scan sonar.
Re: Striper Fishing At Night - With A 400w High Pressure Sodium Light
I don’t have all my photos on this laptop, but here are a few I took off my Facebook Mobile Upload page.
I mounted the high pressure sodium light on an “L” shaped 1 inch galvanized pipe bracket (with diagonal brace) that I...
I just replaced the bearing seal my upper housing that goes around my drive shaft, aft of the universal joints. It?s part #23 in this drawing. http://www.volvopentastore.com/Upper-Gear-Unit/dm/*******.358155565--session_id.936838775--store_id.366--view_id.772654
My pressure test failed and...
Has anyone ever tried this method? I saw it on YouTube last year, then bought a light and gave it a try. The kids and I hauled in about 120 pounds of fish in just a few trips? mostly 5-8 pounders. In 90 feet of water the bait fish under my boat were so thick my Humminbird screen was solid red...
I encountered this problem while working on this repair job: http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=543693
Basically, I had gear oil leaking out through my exhaust chute of my DP-D1 outdrive. It failed a pressure test, losing all air pressure in about 3 seconds. When I reassembled the...
