Neat! Congratulations to your boyfriend, and to you for finding him :-)
Almost 23 years ago, in Nov 1990, the riser on my
Perkins 4-108 needed replacement. I bought a new
exhaust flange, as mine was in poor condition. Don't remember exactly what it cost, but about $100 seems right.
Then, I took the old riser to a local
muffler shop. There, they welded up a new riser for me, complete with the pipe for
water injection, for a total of $73.50.
I installed the new riser and new flange, and wrapped the whole shebang with
exhaust material (looks like asbestos tape, but I hope it was not).
Here's a pic taken last week:
This new setup has worked very well for me over the years and tens of thousands of sea miles. Hope it lasts awhile longer :-)
PS: The white coat hanger in the pic is my "stop button" for the
Perkins. It, too, has worked well for the past 10 years or so, after I spent a small fortune on a new stop solenoid while in the
BVI and had it re-machined to fit (because, you know, replacement
parts NEVER fit right), only to find out that it didn't have enough "ommph" to actually stop the
engine.
Now, after all these years, I'm thinking about replacing the hanger with a manual stop cable this spring, because somebody gave me a new one.
Bill