Trojan Boat Forum

that is a great idea... I think you are right... and will have wing checked out... whoever owned my boat before did a pretty crazy setup with the starter batteries and house batteries... on my boat, I need to have boat battery switch in BOTH position for engines to start. I cannot think how this wou...

great advice! I agree it makes sense it is about performance under loan, not how many drips are coming out at rest...

is it an easy job to repack?
what is involved?
does it require special tools?

thanks!

Svend
1977 F30 Express, dual 318's

That is a most interesting idea... but my issue was related to ignition issues, and the 318 Electronic ignition. Can you explain how the fire extinguisher supplies O2 to the engine... My fire extinguisher is from 1977... not sure it could supply that much O2... thanks any others have experience with...

great information all!!

what is an IR temp sensor? is it a handheld device?

thanks!!

Svend

I was out boating yesterday in my 1977 F30 Express, dual 318 chyrslers with chrysler electronic ignition when both engine suddenly died! (an of course, I was in a small, very narrow channel with lots of boat traffic!! lol) The engines would turn over and act like they wanted to start, but no go. A t...

Stuffing box maintenance, replacement

what are the ins and outs of these things i have never had to deal with before...
do you repack them yearly?
after so many hours?

thanks for any tips and help!!

Svend

Trailering a 1977 F30 Express

what are peoples experiences with this?
what is smallest truck you can use?
do you need permits to trailer?

thanks!

Svend

Great feedback! And I agree with you... take care of issues right away

Thanks

Svend

2 engines, better chances of not getting stranded?! I have a 1977 F30 Express with dual chyrsler 318's... It would seem with 2 engines, if one were ever to fail, you would have the other one to get you home, and never be stranded! (??) are there situations/failures that would cause neither engine to...

I am thinking it would be great to have a generator on board for AC... on my 1977 F30 Express...
I was thinking of putting it on the Swim platform which i do not use...

Has anyone done this?
What has your experience been?

thanks!

Svend

I am thinking of a tethered safety type kill switch...
Instead of turning engines off, it would be nice to have it just drop both throttles to zero instantly...

thanks!

has anyone added a remote Kill Switch to a TOJAN F30 1977 dual engine setup or similar dual engine trojan cabin cruiser? Thanks!

thanks for the tip!

My 1977 F30 Express has an Emergency Battery Combiner located right near the 2 starting batteries. I was wondering how this works, if it need maintenance, and any thoughts on its effectiveness, etc...

Thanks!

Svend

thanks for the input all!

those large bulbs are 12V
I have never seen 12V bulbs that look big like a normal light bulb!
I will have to search these out

thanks again for all input !