1971 F-26 Repower Diesel or Gas?

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Re: 1971 F-26 Repower Diesel or Gas?

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Yes it's an HEI from AAA marine supply
Big D wrote:Looks great. Don't know if anybody has already asked but is that a "marine" distributor shown in the picture?
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Just an idea for the dipstick ------ cut off what you need for clearance with a tubing cutter then cut the same amount from the end of the dipstick itself---double check on oil fill and you are done---hope this helps , Mike
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wolfnnj wrote:Yes it's an HEI from AAA marine supply
Big D wrote:Looks great. Don't know if anybody has already asked but is that a "marine" distributor shown in the picture?
Thanks for the heads-up. 'bout time somebody converted them for marine use. Good design.
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Big D wrote:
wolfnnj wrote:Yes it's an HEI from AAA marine supply
Big D wrote:Looks great. Don't know if anybody has already asked but is that a "marine" distributor shown in the picture?
Thanks for the heads-up. 'bout time somebody converted them for marine use. Good design.

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Does anyone have a PDF of the electrical diagrams in this year range F-26? :?:
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wolfnnj wrote:Does anyone have a PDF of the electrical diagrams in this year range F-26? :?:
Email sent. I couldn't attach a pdf to this post. If other people are interested, I'll put it up on photobucket and post it.
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well a minor set back I put oil in the new engine and at about 4 quarts it peed on my leg :( Turns out the timing chain cover had a welded piece on it and the weld broke......Chinese peice of &^^(*%$^& that being said I took the entire front end and bottom end apart and redid it all over. I should say here and now I HATE doing things twice! So now all back together again and off of the engine stand waiting to be wired and started. :lol:

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I just had to post this one
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/F25-TROJ ... 1c314eaf9a

A trojan f-25 with a 454 engine WT ??? :?: :?: :?
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wolfnnj wrote:I just had to post this one
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/F25-TROJ ... 1c314eaf9a

A trojan f-25 with a 454 engine WT ??? :?: :?: :?
Roy on this site had one . And no Trojan did not put them in
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wolfnnj wrote:I just had to post this one
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/F25-TROJ ... 1c314eaf9a

A trojan f-25 with a 454 engine WT ??? :?: :?: :?
I wonder what transmission he has it mated to? I don't think the standard Paragon V drive would handle a 454 very well.
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I noticed on your new instrument panel you have two fuel gauges. My boat had two non-working fuel gauges when I bought it. I replaced them with American Standard Faria fuel gauges (Empty = 240 ohms, Full = 33.5 ohms) and now they read 1/4 F when full and F when they have 8 gallons remaining (they go backwards). Assuming linear resistance change (I know, probably not completely accurate), 1/4 F (full) would equal 188 ohms. I'm going to install European Standard Faria fuel gauges this Summer (Empty = 10 ohms, Full = 180 ohms). Hopefully this will get my fuel gauges working close to correctly (I'm not expecting perfect). I'll let everyone know once I find out. Make sure to take into account the resistance of the senders and the circuit wiring (parallel vs. serial) when changing to two gauges.
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I have new tanks and new sending units :)
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Its not a v-drive . On you gages just get matching senders or gages that match yours
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prowlersfish wrote:On you gages just get matching senders or gages that match yours
There seems to be uncertainty regarding what the ohm values of the original sending units were. There also seems to have been a change when a PO went from one fuel gauge to two. I'm not sure if this is a parallel circuit vs serial circuit issue or not. Changing the gauges is a lot easier than changing the fuel senders. If the European Standard gauges don't work, I'll need to eventually replace the senders. I'm hoping the European Standard gauges work like I expect them to. Changing the fuel senders will be a real pain in the a$$.
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Interesting , you can always check the sender with a ohm meter ( gage disconnected ). You said the PO when from 1 gage to 2 ? That could be the issue .Duel gages take different senders Do you have a Fly bridge ? Take one gage out of the circuit at a time and see what happens .
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