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05-30-2021, 08:10 AM
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Member
City: Raymond Island
Vessel Name: Bluey
Vessel Model: BlackWatch 33
Join Date: May 2021
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Greetings all
Hi new member ....Awesome forum.
In the middle of purchasing a Cheoy Lee 40ft Trawler....interested to hear from other owners. The good the bad and the ugly.
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05-30-2021, 08:36 PM
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TF Site Team
City: Ex-Brisbane, (Australia), now Bribie Island, Qld
Vessel Name: Now boatless - sold 6/2018
Vessel Model: Had a Clipper (CHB) 34
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 9,950
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Welcome to TF. Stand by for incoming...remember...you asked for it... 
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05-30-2021, 08:37 PM
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Senior Member
City: Sheridan
Vessel Name: Ethos of the T
Vessel Model: 26 Sedan Tollycraft
Join Date: Mar 2021
Posts: 137
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Welcome to the fourm. Great place to get very good information.
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05-30-2021, 08:48 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
City: Au Gres, MI
Vessel Name: Black Dog
Vessel Model: Formula 41PC
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 19,140
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Welcome aboard and congrats on your new boat, hopefully. We will need photos when it is actually yours.
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05-31-2021, 03:16 AM
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Member
City: Raymond Island
Vessel Name: Bluey
Vessel Model: BlackWatch 33
Join Date: May 2021
Posts: 10
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Thanks for the welcomes!!! Can anyone point me in the right directions for some Cheoy Lee info....also looking for manuals for the Ford Lees 120hp if anyone can help..
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05-31-2021, 07:09 AM
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Guru
City: Oconto, WI
Vessel Name: Best Alternative
Vessel Model: 36 Albin Aft Cabin
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 2,901
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Contact American Diesel with any F.L. questions. Manuals and small parts are also on eBay.
Beware of The steel fuel tanks on Taiwan Trawlers (T.T.). They will fail at 30 years. You don't mention the age of your purchase but the fuel tanks are always suspect.
pete
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05-31-2021, 07:17 AM
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Enigma
City: Slicker?
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 16,100
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Greetings,
Welcome aboard. Well built boats, IMO.
Mr. PM. Yet again, Cheoy Lee's are NOT, repeat, NOT built in Taiwan!!!!!!!!
Our Cheoy Lee (46' LRC) has FRP fuel tanks. No suspicions there, at all.
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05-31-2021, 08:00 AM
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Member
City: Raymond Island
Vessel Name: Bluey
Vessel Model: BlackWatch 33
Join Date: May 2021
Posts: 10
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Thanks for the reply's Pete ....The fuel tanks are fiberglass. Apparently it's a 82 model.
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05-31-2021, 08:25 AM
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Guru
City: Bethlehem, PA
Vessel Name: Lady Kay V
Vessel Model: 1978 Hatteras 53MY
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 1,098
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Welcome to the asylum. Lots of Lehman owners here. You will get answers.
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05-31-2021, 12:14 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
City: Au Gres, MI
Vessel Name: Black Dog
Vessel Model: Formula 41PC
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 19,140
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mopinox
Thanks for the welcomes!!! Can anyone point me in the right directions for some Cheoy Lee info....also looking for manuals for the Ford Lees 120hp if anyone can help..
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I am assuming you meant Ford Lehman engines. Brian at American Diesel is the guru. 804-435-3107
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05-31-2021, 01:41 PM
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Guru
City: Southport, FL near Panama City
Vessel Name: FROLIC
Vessel Model: Mainship 30 Pilot II since 2015. GB-42 1986-2015. Former Unlimited Tonnage Master
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 4,703
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Welcome. "Sale" as a your city entry does not help me locate you. A good location description would probably ensure more directed answers for help when you ask.
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FROLIC (2005 MainShip 30 Pilot II)
Panama City area
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05-31-2021, 07:06 PM
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Guru
City: Aventura FL
Vessel Name: Kinja
Vessel Model: American Tug 34 #116 2008
Join Date: Oct 2017
Posts: 10,293
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Ah, yes, the good old days when information was difficult to find....
These days, thank to the internet, you can find more information that you really want. SMILE
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05-31-2021, 08:25 PM
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Member
City: Raymond Island
Vessel Name: Bluey
Vessel Model: BlackWatch 33
Join Date: May 2021
Posts: 10
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My location is Sale Victoria Australia......no I was looking for info on Ford Lees....apparently the same motor as the Lehman but using a different marinizing kit I think they where from New Zealand but can't seem to find much info
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05-31-2021, 08:40 PM
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Member
City: Raymond Island
Vessel Name: Bluey
Vessel Model: BlackWatch 33
Join Date: May 2021
Posts: 10
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We are currently in state wide lockdown due to bloody COVID so PPI on stop for now....yes there is plenty of info on the net but really having trouble finding anything related to Ford Lees....hopefully if all go to plan will have lots of photo's coming up.
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05-31-2021, 08:45 PM
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Guru
City: Ft Pierce
Vessel Name: Sold
Vessel Model: Was an Albin/PSN 40
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 26,879
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I believe there are some Ford Lehman manuals in the library on this forum.
I dont use it much so someone else might help. If on the desktop site, something near the top of the page might be library.
Not that it affects you, but for others...metal fuel tanks fail whenever they have an issue. If no issues, they last an indeterminent period of time.
There is no magic number....too many variables to say when they should be replaced.
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05-31-2021, 08:56 PM
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Member
City: Raymond Island
Vessel Name: Bluey
Vessel Model: BlackWatch 33
Join Date: May 2021
Posts: 10
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06-01-2021, 06:37 AM
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TF Site Team
City: Ex-Brisbane, (Australia), now Bribie Island, Qld
Vessel Name: Now boatless - sold 6/2018
Vessel Model: Had a Clipper (CHB) 34
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 9,950
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mopinox
Thanks for the welcomes!!! Can anyone point me in the right directions for some Cheoy Lee info....also looking for manuals for the Ford Lees 120hp if anyone can help..
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Yes, those Cheoy Lees did for some reason for a time use the Ford Lees conversion, rather than the Lehman, but the blocks and heads are pretty similar to the Lehman, so you might get a lot of help from the Lehman manual, a copy of which is bound to be available somewhere on here. In fact, I think I have a copy myself. I'll check, and if so sending me your email means I could attach it for you. I got it from someone else that way yonks ago.
However, it sounds like you are/were not alone - have a look at this thread I came up with by a search - one post advises a fellow has the manual for the Ford Lees even, so that might still be available from that member. Let me know by PM if not. See post 6 by a fellow NZer on here...
https://www.trawlerforum.com/forums/...0hp-42378.html
Cheers,
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06-01-2021, 06:52 AM
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Member
City: Raymond Island
Vessel Name: Bluey
Vessel Model: BlackWatch 33
Join Date: May 2021
Posts: 10
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Thanks for the response Pete...have sent the other member a PM...have sent you a PM
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06-01-2021, 03:58 PM
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Senior Member
City: Waitamata
Vessel Name: Karinya
Vessel Model: Pelin
Join Date: Jun 2017
Posts: 170
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Hi Mopinox, I guess I'm the fellow in NZ, I have just emailed you with a copy of the manual. Most of the patterns are still about so it is possible to get most of the parts made if need be.
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06-01-2021, 08:34 PM
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TF Site Team
City: Ex-Brisbane, (Australia), now Bribie Island, Qld
Vessel Name: Now boatless - sold 6/2018
Vessel Model: Had a Clipper (CHB) 34
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 9,950
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BeeJay
Hi Mopinox, I guess I'm the fellow in NZ, I have just emailed you with a copy of the manual. Most of the patterns are still about so it is possible to get most of the parts made if need be.
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Thereyago. The forum doing what it does so well. Thanks BeeJay. 
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