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#31
Guys : Have a Balmar alternator and external regulator. Have never started the engine while shore power is ON. Just believed it was not good to have two charging sources ON at the same time.                                 
Noahs' post indicates that the smart regulator and alternator take that into account - have NEVER had a problem!!

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#32
Main Message Board / Re: Exhaust leak
February 14, 2024, 01:24:30 PM
Juna : You decide which way is easiest way for you to remove your muffler - disregard my M35BC comment!!

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#33
Main Message Board / Re: Exhaust leak
February 12, 2024, 02:32:09 PM
juna : You have to decide which way the muffler comes out, because the MKII M35BC muffler has the ports on it's side not the top like the MK I !!

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#34
If your alternator is the "stock alternator" then you have an internal Voltage regulator!!

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#35
Main Message Board / Re: Keel Bedding Survey
February 11, 2024, 01:35:37 PM
Eric : Where I've seen trouble - is when there was water in the bilge and no antifreeze and the freezing split the PVC tube going thru the underside of the keel step. His fix was to seal off that tube which allowed any rain water coming down the mast to only collect in the bilge aft of the mast step!!

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#36
Main Message Board / Re: Exhaust leak
February 11, 2024, 01:23:14 PM
Juna : Do as Stu suggests- All you have to do is remove the 2 water supply hoses, drain hose and the entire door + frame. I've removed my old muffler that way!!  :thumb:

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#37
eis : Check the bulb and then check the fixture with a multimeter. Also check to make sure that there is power coming to the fixture- that head light is on the cabin light circuit.

If the checks fail and there is NO power to that light fixture - that light fixture is right next to the engine bulkhead so on the other side is a source of all kinds of 12V DC power!!
I'd recommend a new positive wire from the starter solenoid and a new negative wire from the engine block!!  :thumb:

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#38
Main Message Board / Re: Keel Bedding Survey
February 07, 2024, 03:01:26 PM
Eric : There are numerous post on how to repair the "Catalina Smile". Yours does not seem that bad.  Your hull # and being a 1990 production you should? not have any wood fill in the keel step!!
The reason for the smile is improper blocking of the Hull!! You need to put weight on the Nose of the keel by screwing up the rear keel jack stands!!

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#39
Main Message Board / Re: Gelcoat hairline cracks
February 06, 2024, 02:58:18 PM
Derek : Let us know how that "Magic craze" works!!

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#40
Main Message Board / Re: Pigtail to Honda 2200 generator
February 06, 2024, 02:52:30 PM
Paul : Here's what I do with my 1KW Honda. I made a pigtail out of a #14gage dryer cord and plug it into the 115AC receptacle on the Honda. The other end goes into a 115AC/30Amp adapter that goes into the boats 30A male plug.
I usually run the Honda on the port side walk way so it's out of the cockpit and the exhaust is pointed forward. The Honda sets on a large kneeling pad so an vibration is not transmitted to the boats deck. If it is raining i set the Honda under the Bimini with the exhaust pointe aft.  Have NEVER had a problem !!  :thumb:

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#41
Guys : After I change out that Vberth crazed lens I made a sunbrella cover to keep the hot sun off of the new lens. There was an additional benefit - that cover protects the Vberth occupants from becoming "Moon Burnt" !!!   :D

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#42
Tim : "Bite the Bullet" and Take off the hatch and send it off in the winter (shorter repair time) and just cover the frame until you get the hatch back!

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#43
Main Message Board / Re: Reassembly of Cooling System
February 01, 2024, 02:51:06 PM
Keel : I would use pipe dope on the metal tapered threads. Screw them in dry and see where the end points to where you want it while counting the turns. Then use the pipe dope and screw on the elbow till it is tight and where you want it pointed!!

On the hoses just put a few drops of "Dawn" dishwashing soap on the male fitting and the hoses should slip right on.

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#44
Main Message Board / Re: Rebedding outboard genoa track
February 01, 2024, 02:42:04 PM
Rob : To answer your question - "The track sits on top of a hump that runs all along the gunnel. Does anyone know what is inside that hump? Is it a wood block? Hollow? Filled with epoxy?"

I'd call Warren Tandy (Catalina Yachts) @ (727) 544-6681.  I believe that He will be able to answer your question!!   :thumb:

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#45
Guys : When I found out the lead time for hatch repair from Select Plastics - here's what I did:

When I put up the boat for the winter in October I took off the opening hatch and sealed the Vberth opening and then covered the boat. Then I sent off the hatch to Select Plastics. It was a month or two? and I got the hatch back with a new lens and gasket well before splash time in April.

They did a fantastic job and I remounted the new-like hatch in early April after uncovering the boat!!   :clap

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