just for correct correspondence Lynn....are you Mr. Ms. or Mrs.? You need to post some pics of that boat so we can react.

John in Va.

good deal...Doc will do a fine job....and leave Troy time to find hot pics to post on woodyboater.

keep it up...much enjoy your progress reports, John in Va

Don is right on about this being a worth project...it is just a big one....as to the gas or diesels...diesels on that boat, twins, would be heavy, smelly, eventually shaky and hard to start in the cold....that said they are not floating bombs and last forever....tough call.....You would want to re-t...

steady boys....careful.....that is an all consuming, never ending, life changing project.....just sayin.....John in Va

Well since no one in the serious varnish brain trust has yet checked in....let me say that from my point of view you messed by doing all the meticulous great work....I just slap some on and Go Boating....then too...I don't have that wonderful rare boat. Someone with come along and be serious help to...

you might very well be able to stop that one with boatlife...sets up under water...mostly....you would be best to force it in there with the caulking gun and then keep it in place with a block or brick or something until it sets up. I have actually done that on a cavalier and it lasted for years. Jo...

I fear that paint requirement will fall between one and two quarts. Got one of those paperweights.

John in Va.

I say Boatlife, white.... (lifecaulk)

John in Va.

to expand on my clueless response: I don't know squat about this stuff but know for sure that I am not going to use fakebook. My rather rare classic boat, a Fairchild Scout 30, got a fakebook page back in the day and while I would love to be able to communicate with other owners...I am not going to ...

All the guys I know are using goop instead of gaskets...claim good products out there and good results????

John in Va

I am with brother Staib! John in Va

love it bilge rat...after TWELVE fricking coats anything will dent! Us two coat guys never have that problem...lol.....

I am sticking (literally) with Epi.....John in Va.

now now....don't pooh pooh that cured by rusting deal....I have seen it work too....lazy man's repair.
John in Va.

I would like some others to comment on this...but after reading you last post as to what happens....squeal is not something a wet disc unit really does...bearing maybe but not the disc that make it go. And as to just disengaging....well...I am more pointed back to the damper plate....especially sinc...

that vid does not tell me much....and my suggestion of damper plate is just covering all possible bases. Clearly, milky oil is the sign of trouble. Remind us all what boat that is exactly and what engine? Will she still move through the water and at what speed and duration. There are not many guys l...

I am a Epifanes guy....but as to advice...Johnroy's post and the on just above are both right on. The sea gold does work Ok...but the post just above mine tells the whole story...
John in Va

Back in the day we said that Paragons had a "system" like stomachs, intestines, and kidneys....that would "pass" buckshot...whereas Borg Warner/ Velvet Drives would not pass number 9 shot....meaning that paragons were really tough and hard to kill. I just re read you symptoms are you confident you h...

Ok, the HF-7 must have a cooler I am pretty sure. That cooler is a small heat exchanger of the capsule with tubes design. That is a smaller version of the heat exchanger on the engine if you have fresh water cooling. The ATF gets pumped around in the unit and through the heat exchanger to be cooled....

I swear from the picture I would but that baby in the water and just Go Boating! Good initial work all those years ago...and still looking way tighter than most that spent that long on the hard....

John in Va

Dave sent me a great response via private email...many thanks

David, sent you a private email about this...thanks, John in VA

maybe I am late to the post? But if you are talking about a Paragon Hyd. unit....it certainly can be reversed and with little ill affect....true the gearing has a sort of preferred cut to it....but you just rotate the plate and voila.
John in Va

Let me be the first to comment.....it was a fine run Buddy and good times...more to come...many thanks,
John in Va. hurricane coming

Great digs....get on it....perfect work space.

John in Va

a true clean your pants out moment ole buddy...but nicely done! and you are right polyprop has no place on the water...

Been boating at Reedville show...poor weather....great friends!!

John in Va

this one was more of a nervous breakdown...almost. So I moved my 33 foot seastrake with twins into a tight spot next to a floating work platform I intended to use to do some paint touch up on the hull. I had a flat blue polyprop line and while getting settled I just tied it to a stern cleat and one ...

Like Matt I sort of missed the fact that this is a 4 year old posted question...so the solution has likely been found....but I had to sell one for a buck....zero market for those lovely old cruisers.....sad but true.
John in Va.

keep us informed on this great project!

John in Va.

that Jim, he has it all! Amazing really.

John in Va.