Recent content by Mort Fligelman

Forget the rebuild kit. I could not get it to stop leaking......called the factory...talked to the right guyand was told"they never work...don't know why they keep selling them".....Do what I did. BUY A NEW ONE!

Sloppy oil filter change I cursed the horizontal filter for the last 12 years..... This year I did a google search to see if there was an easier way to get to the secondary fuel filter and it got me to a youtube video where the guy was showing how to change the oil filter..... After a...

35-3 With 4 Cyl Engine? This was not within the original spec of this boat.....I know the 38 has a 4 Cyl....BUT? Would make me wonder about a repower.....with possible USED engine.... As to price.....forget all of the rest.....18K would make up for a lot of sins and based on the master...

Furling line Randy: My 35-3 is in Slip P75 at Northpoint......I am familiar with your boat, as I saw it when Jim Molick owned it, and when Adrian Z owned it, and had it in Northpoint. To my knowledge they did not have a problem, but things change. Mine works beautifully, and you are...

Agreement TOM: A M E N !!!! How about Arthritis Infusions, Macular Generation Injections......and sending your dentists next 10 kids to college...... And they ask "why don't you buy a newer BOAT"

Fixing an Atomic 4 Kevin: I am going back a very long way....1970's when "Boat Mechanics" in Chicago were scarce as hens teeth (also...a very ancient expression) and Atomic 4 was a mystery. A fellow with a big power boat who happened to own an auto repair said he had an employee that was...

Dorade Leak John: it is a common problem.....the fix that I used was very complicated and time consuming.....and not worth it.. I do not feel that the amount of ventilation is worth fixing a very bad manufacturing defect. Leave it sealed. If you want to contact me back channel I can...

Keep the birdies out! Loren: The gulls we have on lake Michigan, and other avian species are mighty powerful! I have stuffed rags.....covered over the end of the boom with duct tape...both silver, white and black....they always seem to be able to get into the boom (and when I stored mast...

Baxter and Cicero Bruce: Saint and my sailing partner went back into the 60's.....he used to come to Chicago to sail the Mac with Lew Davidson before we were partners in a Cal 29.....then he and his son Terry sailed with us both on the Cal and our PT30..... My wife and I spent a lot of...

More Trivia Roger: In the early 70's one of the original Ericson 35's was owned and raced by Saint Cicero and Rod Lippold (not sure if the latter is spelled correctly), and of course with sails by Baxter and Cicero. Wish I could remember the boat name. Did you know either of them or any...

All agree....survey is a given.... That said, if there is a grid problem (which after sailing mine going into the thirteenth season I very much doubt) and if the surveyor is worth his salt he will certainly find. As all above have stated, the boat looks well cared for and loved....B U...

Martec Prop Don: I really do not know how many times I have replied to threads about Martec Props....in all probability over the last twelve years on this forum I am sure the old timers are sick to death of my diatribes on this subject..... Rather than subject them to it again please do a...

I could not find it on youtube....just a guy with a noisey one like mine...... I know they are old, and ordinarily would be a candidate for the trash heap or Dr. Kevorkian....but when I looked at the price of replacements....... Figured it would make life easier if someone had already done...

Coolant caps On my 35-3.....exactly as Loren sez....

More Coaming Box Craig: IIRC the box was glassed in, and it was a matter of hammer and chisel, and messy getting it out. The flange of the SSI box fits over the old holes, and I drilled the ones needed for the new box. I put the box up against the coaming and outlined it in...