Southern California A4 Help?

[romantic comedy]

The way I see it is, if you haven't put a couple of drops of blood on a project, you must have done something wrong.
Tom
P.S. My Tetanus shot is current.

I write the date of my last tetanus shot on my tool box. No kidding!

[thatch]

Just to set the record straight, I was telling Neil "I'm pretty sure that the side over there is the port side and the one behind me is called the starboard side"
Tom

[ndutton]

Let's acknowledge Ryan's role in the success too. He took a huge leap of faith allowing two internet yahoo's (as far as he knew) to dictate a direction to take on his engine, ponied up the $$$ for a significant MMI parts order without hesitation and followed our anti-seizing* instructions for two weeks without question.

He may not have realized it but he played a major part in the outcome.

*We had a major salt water incursion into the combustion chambers with it shooting out of the spark plug holes all the way to the cabin top during compression testing. For two weeks Ryan kept adding WD-40 to the cylinders and cranking her over to keep things moving until parts arrived and we could return.

[sastanley]

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A C-30 with the rare U-shaped dinette!!! That must be a West Coast detail Frank Butler kept over there just for you guys!! I've never seen one here.
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Nice work all around everyone. Ryan, that picture of the two of them in the same "room" is pure gold 'round here in A-4 land.

Tom, at least you had a spare pair of glasses hanging in your shirt in case you needed them. I walked into the parts counter today with two pairs on top of my ball cap.

edit- Before I owned my boat, salt water incursions into the combustion chambers resulted in a weak #4 cylinder with about 25 PSI or so compression lower than the others due to rust on the cylinder walls..but the PO let it sit and didn't address it right away..so I am glad to hear Ryan heeded the advice.

[dew]

Good eye

I looking is that a C30 did not look like enough room for a dance party in there.

Good job guy,s getting the old girl back on her feet.

[sastanley]

<another sidebar>Wow, dew!!! Good to hear from you! </another sidebar>

[SimBen]

I just red through this post - and I need similar help -
Atomic 4 on a Catalina 30 from 1983 -
Neil can you help?
How do I contact you directly?
thanks
S

[ndutton]

I responded to your visitor message posted to my profile page. Also, there's an email link on my profile page. A good place to start is describe your symptoms/issues right here on the open forum. Plenty of good advice will follow.

[marthur]

A C-30 with the rare U-shaped dinette!!! That must be a West Coast detail Frank Butler kept over there just for you guys!!

My neighbor at the Muskegon Yacht Club has that layout and a sweet running A-4. So a few must have dribbled east.

[ndutton]

If the table can be supported on a single leg (not as easy as it sounds) there are advantages to the U-shape dinette layout. Table support is the determining factor.