[C38] Any advice?

[Max Soto]

Great engine room  Michelle!!!

Good job!!! Looks awesome!

Max Soto 
C38 Estancia
+506-8312-1367
Alajuela, Costa Rica 

> On 24/6/2015, at 11:15, Michelle <diaz_michelle at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> We have been in the process of a full restoration of #110 Dulcinea since purchasing her in September 2013. All systems have been replaced. When we tacked the engine, we decided to go with a full rebuild of the original 5424 instead replacing with a new one. Bill's Marine (Bill Ingle) did a fantastic job here in the SF bay for a fraction of the cost of a new engine and install. We replaced all the fittings, filters, wiring, gushed and also pulled the old metal gas can, glassed in a new cradle and put in a smaller 24 gal Moeller poly tank. She's good as new (in fact <20 hours) and will last us another 30 years.
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> MD
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> Michelle Diaz, BSN, RN
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>> On Jun 23, 2015, at 22:12, Patrick Harpole <1derful at comcast.net> wrote:
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>> Pictures would be helpful
>> Thanks
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>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>> On Jun 23, 2015, at 4:13 PM, Max soto <maxsoto at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Hi Patrick,
>>> I just installed a 40hp Yanmar 3JH4E. 
>>> Same height and and width, but 2" shorter and 40 pounds lighter than the old universal 5424. 
>>> The muffler and exhaust hose also had to be replaced for a 3" diameter and I also moved the engine 2" forward..
>>> At the end,  the waterline on the stern raised 3/4"..
>>> The engine bed had to be raised a little bit on the front, but that will have to be made for any new engine, because of the weird three mount configuration of the original Universal 5424..
>>> 
>>> This was the only choice that I had here in Costa Rica, but a 35hp Betamarine, or Universal seems like a good choice...  Both use the same Kubota block, and are way lighter and smaller than our current engines.. That will add for more space on the sides for maintenance....
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>>> If you need some pics, just ask..
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>>> Hope this helps!
>>> 
>>> Max Soto A.
>>> +506-8312-1367
>>> Alajuela, Costa Rica
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>>>> On Jun 23, 2015, at 14:59, 1derful at comcast.net wrote:
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>>>> My Universal engine overheated.  Marine mechanic doesn't know if it is the head gasket, the head or the block.
>>>> Expensive in labor to replace head gasket.  If it ends up being the head they can try and fix it but I still have a 30 year old engine.
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>>>> I am thinking of replacing engine. 
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>>>> Any thoughts?
>>>>  
>>>> Patrick
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>> MD
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