Trojan Boat Forum

Replaced both carbs with edelbrock Marine 750's. which do not have vacuum access for the PCV valve hose. There are access ports on both the front and rear of the carbs. but hate to drill and tap them out for a fitting. can I just go to the manifold? If I do have to tap out the carbs, connecting the ...

Well everyone convinced me that removing the close loop system is not the right thing to do. This past past weekend I removed both pumps replaced the impellers, backflushed the raw water system, checked both the oil and transmission coolers for blockage, took the risers apart and no blockage there e...

I tinkered around with the fresh water system this past weekend and I am convinced that I want to remove the close loop system. Thinkin of only doing this on one engine at a time to see if it makes a difference. Just a much simpler system to deal with. But what I need are photographs of an original ...

I have 160 degree thermostats on both engines. the temps were reaching the 200 degree mark when I back down to idle and the temps dropped. looks like I have good water coming out of the exhaust.

I have 440's with a closed loop cooling system with raw water for the exchanger and exhaust manifolds.

My question; is it possible to eliminate the close loop system and go strickly raw water?? the boat is only used in lake erie..

the bottom and running gear was cleaned at haul out last fall, and the boat has only been in the water since beginning of may of this year.

I have twin 440's. Went out Saturday on lake erie, right off the bat coming out of the marinia the port engine started stalling. made it out of the channel into the main lake, eased into the throttles got the engines up to 3200-3500 rpm and had no power to get up on plane. then the engines started g...

rpm's are in the 700 range. trying to dock the boat is the issue, trying to keep the motor running and docking

worked on a friends 36 this weekend. he was having problems with the motor stalling at low rpms. we've changed all fuel filters, plugs, cap, rotor and the intake choke spring and metering rod. starts fine, idles in nuetral, but when you put it in gear it stalls. if ya pick up the idle a little it se...

Does anyone have detail plans on how to build a storage cradle for a 1976 F-28??

this seems like such a task!!! my biggest problem is the boat is 90 miles from my home and trying to do it during the off season my be my best shot. I keeep it stored outside shrunk wrapped during the winter, so I may seek an indoor storage that will allow me to work on it during the winter. I see t...

Well I have the dreaded soft spots on the top of my bow deck. seems to be concentrated around the hatch. the hatch area is molded and the only holes would be from the six screws. My guess is that the water may be coming in from around the windshields. I bought some of the west marine penetrating epo...

Big D, thanks for the reminder!!! where do I start the back flush?? at the oil cooler?? disconnect from the output of the pump and back flush form there? If I recal, there are three lines that go into the t-stat housing. I thought the pieces would have blown thru the exhaust by know. there was a cou...

Thanks for the input! Mine is a raw water system, so I guess if both engines are maintaining tthe same temp there shouldn't be an issue, I'll keep an eye on the guages. Maybe change the t-stats end of season.
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Gets water from the lake. I'm not sure the diff between fresh water and raw