RPM Slow when 'In Gear'

[Marian Claire]

Wire will help the hose to not collapse like if you bend it. What happens, even in a straight section, is the inner layer de-laminates and "bubbles" up. That causes a restriction. I think that is what Don was referring to. I just removed my 2 year old hose, with wire and it was 60% blocked by the "bubble". It looked fine from the outside. Dan S/V Marian Claire

[Persistence]

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Dan/Neil - thx so much.

Neil, reading thru that thread was a real education. I've been going off memory (& thats probably not a good thing) I may have mis-stated about the 'hot section' It probably looks like one of the pics in the other thread - I'll take pix and get back to you. Hopefully it has a moyer flange that I can put a guage on and has all the metal I see in your pix.

Dan - I'll take the hose off and look for bubbles too - promise. Dave

[ndutton]

This may well be a case of the boat finding you rather than the other way around. She needs a caring touch and the fact you are here on this forum tells me you are the one to save her.

Get us some pics and be prepared for some very rewarding work ahead. Your boat is the same model and vintage as mine, sastanley, thatch and a bunch of others. Check out their profile pages and photo albums. Have a look at the Moyer Marine's Pin-up category too, real inspiration to be found there.

[sastanley]

Dave, welcome to the forum.

It looks like things are under control here. I have no additional input except to report that when I bought my Moeller tank, I picked it up from Amazon.com. A free trial to their "prime" membership offered free shipping too.

Once you pick out a tank, just Google the part number & you'll find plenty of distribution sources.

I went with the 18 gallon tank, but in this day & age of ethanol fuel (& the fact that once you have the engine running properly it takes a long time to burn 18 gallons of fuel), I think I might be happier with a smaller one like you are considering...a 12 gallon tank will likely make installation a little easier too. I had to shoehorn the 18 gallon Moeller under the bunk.

I've also slowly been undoing all the weird P.O. stuff on my Catalina 30..it is a long process, but often necessary. We definitely need some pics of the various systems so we can help you figure things out. One suggestion just in case you weren't already aware of this....(& I'll second Neil's concerns...don't run the motor AT ALL until the fuel delivery system is fixed)...don't run the motor in gear on the hard (trailer) because you'll burn up the cutless bearing inside the prop strut. Running the motor (while sucking water out of a bucket) is fine, but just tie off the prop so it won't spin.