I have a 2 blade Flex-O-Fold prop and never experienced this type of problem.
How long has it been since your boat was last hauled and the prop checked?
Those props are pretty bullet proof. I would venture to guess that there is
something stuck between the gears like a build up of heavy slime wh
The Sears flyer In today's sales has the vac I have, I think,
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Bill Coleman
C&C 39
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Stus-List Wet / Dry Vac recommendations?
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C&C seemed to use different parts on the same boats. My 1982 32 has Groco
seacocks with the rubber plugs. My friends 1981 has a seacock with a tapered
bronze plug, presumably from that years low cost supplier. As Rick points out,
a seacock is seacock.
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I have the same issue with a Martec (not geared) and am sending it back to
them for refurbishment which they recommend every 5 years. They drill out
the holes that the dowels go through and install the next size diameter
pins. I suspect that flexofold has a similar procedure.
All summer I was o
I have had a Flex for about 10 years now. I think yours needs cleaning. Mine
opens all the time without fail, so if yours is opening at the dock and not
when under way, the only 'fix' I can think of is more throttle, or the
reverse/forward trick, because something is interfering with the gears.
I have the 3 blades flexofold and no problem sor far. But after tree years i
decided to remove the blades to clean the pins, etc... and put a fair amount of
grease and remount, it's smooth as new. I did greased the gears as i could
every launch but you can't grease the pins without disasembling
That was going to be my suggestion. I would just add, give it some throttle in
reverse and then you have to pop in forward. It is very hard on the dive train
but, it may be what's necessary for that prop. That was how I had to open the
prop on Lolita. I eventually went with a 3 blade fixed p
Reverse and then fwd?
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This was my first season with Cel
