Jim
       1976 38' is it a mk I and if so what hull #

                                                                          Gary

---- jtsails <jtsai...@gmail.com> wrote: 
> Not too sure about this. While I agree that the A4 was never used in a 
> tractor, the farmall engines do have a lot of common parts with the A4. If 
> memory servers me right (and this comes from way,way back) the pistons, 
> rings, connecting rods and bearings were all shared with both designs. I know 
> we used a lot of those parts when we rebuilt one in the mid 80s, the dark 
> ages. I don't want anybody to buy parts based on my memory, so please check 
> the specs!
> James
> S/V Delaney
> 1976 C&C 38
> Oriental, NC
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Della Barba, Joe 
>   To: Dennis C. ; cnc-list@cnc-list.com 
>   Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 11:28 AM
>   Subject: Re: Stus-List Atomic 4
> 
> 
>   ????
> 
>   The A4 has no common parts with a tractor with one exception. There is a 
> “land” version of the carb that can be found for cheap and was used on a lot 
> of industrial equipment. It is quite dangerous on a boat because instead of a 
> scavenging tube to suck extra fuel back into the engine, it has a drain to 
> let it run out of the bottom of the carb.
> 
>    
> 
>   Joe Della Barba
> 
>   Coquina C&C 35 MK I
> 
>    
> 
>   From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Dennis C.
>   Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 11:15 AM
>   To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
>   Subject: Re: Stus-List Atomic 4
> 
>    
> 
>   And there may be parts and support here:  http://www.farmallcub.com/dcms/
> 
>    
> 
>   Dennis C.
> 
>   Touche' 35-1 #83
> 
>   Mandeville, LA
> 
>    
> 
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
>     From: "Della Barba, Joe" <joe.della.ba...@ssa.gov>
>     To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> 
>     Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 10:06 AM
>     Subject: Re: Stus-List Atomic 4
> 
>      
> 
>     One more thing for A4 or potential A4 owners:
> 
>     The A4 has kind of turned into an “open source” project. You can now 
> build an A4 that is vastly better than the original stock engine. Moyer 
> Marine (http://www.moyermarine.com) and Indigo (www.atomic4.com) have any 
> number of modifications and accessories that did not exist years ago. The A4 
> is arguably much better supported now than it was 20 years ago. There was 
> kind of a “dark age” of A4s where Universal quit making them, the aftermarket 
> was not yet mature, and most shops would do a ½-A55 job of fixing them at 
> best and tell you to buy a new diesel.
> 
>      
> 
>     Joe Della Barba
> 
>     Coquina
> 
>     C&C 35 MK I
> 
>      
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