Marital advice

[Sea Haven]

My third boat was a '78 Bristol 29.9

Got home after I purchased it and told the wife.

"Hi hon, just bought a 30 grand sailboat."

Her response, "Can we afford it?"

"You won't even notice a budget change."

"Ok"

Boat purchasing....like a boss!!

[JOHN COOKSON]

Russ

I hope your wife doesn't have her own secret log in that you don't know about and has been reading this thread all along.

TRUE GRIT

[lat 64]

Got it!

We'll see how long that happy face stands.

Well folks, here's some photos of my new baby. I put the beer bottle there for scale. It's just so small!

I'll start another thread and close this one soon, as it is no longer for sale.
See next post for a few more.

Russ

[lat 64]

A few more:

The starter is from a Mercury outboard with a modified gear. The white SEA Twin(tag) is the spare parts motor with no reverse gear. The tag on gearbox is definitly Universal. I guess the spare was not a Universal A-2

Wish me luck. I just sent my wife a link to this thread.

:-P
R

[romantic comedy]

What is wrong with us?

[ndutton]

Russ,

Hopefully here's some inspiration.

[edwardc]

or this:

[lat 64]

Neil & Ed,

Those pics are a good inspiration. They help show how the alt. and stuff should go together too.

Neil, Can you e-mail me a larger version of that photo you have or tell me where it came from? There is a dearth of info on the Kermath Sea Twin/Universal A-2 out there. Some promising leads but not a whole lot of data.

[lat 64]

What is wrong with us?

We are nerds, that's what.

There's a big empty hole in our heads with nothing to do after raising kids. We need to fill it.

[edwardc]

Neil & Ed,

Those pics are a good inspiration. They help show how the alt. and stuff should go together too.

Neil, Can you e-mail me a larger version of that photo you have or tell me where it came from? There is a dearth of info on the Kermath Sea Twin/Universal A-2 out there. Some promising leads but not a whole lot of data.

The original E-Bay ad those came from had a lot of pictures. Alas, it is no longer accessable.

I did find this reproduction of the specs page of the original Kermath Sea Twin manual:

http://www.kermath.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58&Itemid=64&lang=en

[Administrator]

A few more pics here.

Bill

[sastanley]

The use of hard copper lines for cooling is interesting. Not something I think I'd do on my own motor, but it seems to work in this case.

The change from the compression fittings to the cast 'crossover' fittings between the head & block from the A-2 to the early model A-4 is interesting as well. The cast pieces are $$, and the tube with nuts is cheap.

[lat 64]

I opened it up.
Here's a couple of shots of the cylinders and reversing gear.

Cylinder walls seem good. Valves look ok too. I was wrong, I thought they were stuck because there was no compression, but they go up and down jus' fine. I think the rings are worn or stuck.

If Bill wants to move this thread to "off topic" I'm good for that.

[sastanley]

So Lat,

Is this where you dump a little acetone/atf mix in the cylinders and see if it frees up the rings?

[lat 64]

Right,
A few teaspoonfuls of MMO then I'll have to close it up and wait 'til the dark of winter to get back to this.
I AM pretty encouraged by the condition of things that I can see. I just need to get some other stuff done first. I probably won't see much more progress of investigation until the new year.