Hi, Aeronautic- Is this your first experience with the MCA? If so all I can really say is "Welcome to the real world"
Hi, Have you looked at stripping the whole running gear out of a Sea Doo or Yamaha Waverunner?
Ken- Are you trying to tell us the whole idea has bottomed out?
As I tried to point out above you the end user are not buying from or having any dealings with CAT Corporation. You deal with their Dealers who...
Hi, They have been around for quite a while. I have worked on 4 boats with an outstanding marine carpenter/cabinet maker who did his...
Hi, CAT literature doesn't always mean what it says. CAT will also have you believe there is no de rate at up to 50 Deg C.inlet air temp....
Hi, The "instantaneous" fuel burn comes and goes as the engine runs, it returns to 0 when the engine is off. The "trip" fuel shows how much was...
Hi, Exceeding the Load Factor will very surely affect your warranty. If you have a failure like a dropped valve or turbo/piston failure the...
Hi, You have to be an Engineer :) It is also difficult for some of the recently qualified "Captains" I have encountered to squeeze much of...
Hi, You certainly have a toughie on your hands there. In the pic of the top of the stuffing box it looks like you have tried to get the nuts off...
Hi, I think there would be many people including the builders of the ship shown in post 1 that would disagree with that as a blanket statement....
Hi, I would say the Owner does, and as I have only heard praise for the boat as a whole from everyone who has been aboard from our very own...
Hi, Gary you are forgetting the really early one a 6-110 Photo came from a website called Surplusman.com...
Hi, My background is Engines, these and all forms of High Speed 2 stroke are toast. I have worked on many 53's,71's and 92's during my...
Hi, I would not use these engines given any choice. They are old hat, the reason you got them is many people are re powering with 4 strokes
Hi, This has to be one of the first instances of someone sailing on a forged ticket actually being brought to book. The original source was...
Hi, That story is pretty dated given what's gone on since it first saw the light of day.
Hi, There is always a maximum angle that manufacturers say their engines can run at. Calibrating the stick when you know you have the...
Hi, The MCA probably has millions to spend enforcing things like this and needed a successful "hit" to continue to get the funding. The...
Hi, That was it. I had part of the info right. They were MAN's and the poster was in Texas.