Bertram33 User Forum

Thanks,
Hauling out today and will let everyone know the out come once back in.

Thanks Bill
Port aftercooler was new about five years ago STB removed and cleaned at that time. I am due for cleaning both.

TY Al. I’ve been in the water for three years. I come out very third and this year is the third with a diver cleaning every year. I attribute at least 50 RPM to the bottom the rest of the lacking RPMs ??????

Howdy folks Have a question to pose to all but before I ask let me give you the background. Six years ago I went from 3 bladed props to 4 bladed 21” Michigans with a four cup. After a tweek or two I hit 50 rpms above rated 2850 (Cats 3116 300hp 3000 hrs). At the end of last season after tree years o...

Happy Healthy New Year wishes to all.

Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and you are coming out of the food coma.

Good advice Doug.

Started the fall maintenance yesterday with the changing of filters & oil. I have a mounted Xchanger oil transfer unit which worked fine draining 6.5 gal of oil from each engine. When I went to use the unit to fill the engines it would not pull any oil from the bucket; the oil was not cold. I su...

For those of us who haul hope you had a great season. Let’s wake this site up seems to have gone to sleep.

Looks great. What RPM are they rated and what top RPM are the getting to now?

Do not use any bleach or bleach product on your bulk head. I tried a small section using 30 seconds a bleach product and it stained yellow. I went thru 2 magic erasers and found using them with water and wiping with a wet rag as I scrubbed worked the best.

As I mentioned previously, last year I used magic eraser on the bulk head and it came out OK but didn’t hold up; it needs it again. I tried a small section with WD and magic eraser the other day . It seemed to slightly discolor but did clean it. I’ve not tried it with bleach which sounds like it mig...

Thanks Doug,
This year I have a lot of time on my hands since the restaurants are leased allowing me to get things done.

Rich,
Thanks for the reply. The eraser is exactly what I used at the end of last season and it did work. This spring it needs it needs it again. I was hoping there is a more permanent solution to tackling the black galloping glirt. Didn’t know about WD I will give it a try.

Has anyone tried to paint the cabin bulk head on a SF? I’m tired of cleaning, scrubbing and thinking a coat of paint would be easier to maintain.