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I like them for trimming uneven loads, compensating for wind sometimes and lowering the bow when running from the lower station. I normally don't use them, but they are nice to have.

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As you always say Bruce: Begin with the basics!!!

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There is a cheap source for them that someone posted here not long ago. I bought one for less than $60, but I can't remember the name.

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Newspaper or brown kraft paper under it is a cheap way to find a leak.

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Go Mikey!!! Yea!! What a relief! If you bring the new ones over here I can put a little POR15 paint on them so you never have to worry about them again.

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Boat US

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Sorry, I forgot the hyphen: Hater-ass! Thudd has been a little quiet recently, he must be working on his burn pile! LOL

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Sweet Mikey!!!

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Happy Birthday!!

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IR: Check the website Mikey posted. They have a description of both the black and grey blue top.

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Its always good to have the occasional Haterass owner stop by for us to vent on!! Keeps us from squabbling amongst ourselves!!

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I'm sure he will remember it always as well!!

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Just out of curiosity I would like to see it with that bastard box on the tower! I bet it was butt ugly!!

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David: Go look at Scot's website. http://www.cssims.com/

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That is what I use too.

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Dang Bob, you seem to have the highest quality junk up there!! Last time they were throwing away perfectly good engines.

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Charlie: That's not a nice thing to say about Harv!! LOL!!

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Dug: If that is a newer thru hull, the temp sender should be built in the paddle wheel assembly so it can be replace without changing the whole transducer. I used a Furuno kit to splice in a new style paddle wheel temp sender into my older transducer which had the temp built into the thru hull. It h...

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I have two Exide Orbital Blue top DeepCycle/Starting AGM batteries in my gas B31 that are on their 6th year and seem to be going strong. The boat stays in the water all year, and I leave the charger plugged in all winter long. I use a Xantex Truecharge 40 located outboard of the port engine. It is a...

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Wouldn't want to turn mine into a Penn Yann!!!! Yuck!

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Glad to hear from you Roland. Maybe we will see you next year on the Bay! Good luck!

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I hope all of you guys down Texas way have an uneventful hurricane! Good luck!

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You are right Harv! I like that windshield aand the rear windows!!

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I think she just wanted you Bruce!

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Mike: Check out his website. The address is in his profile.

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I know I'm in the minority, but I still love fighting lady yellow with a dark green stripe with white upper works!!

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I just started painting a 1973 IH bull dozer Federal Yellow this weekend. Wow, is it ever yellow! Startlingly yellow!! Please don't do that to a B31!!! It will look like a piece of construction equipment!!

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And when I saw the title of this post I thought you were going to say something about Thudd!!!

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Wow, that would explain why all the metal work is in such good condition! Looks fairly original, a lot like my boat! The only thing that I see that I would change right off is to go back to a surface mount forward white light on the face of the bridge. That would lower the light source so it won't h...

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Petit Ultima SR Pro - hands down the best. I just went two years on the Chesapeake Bay on regular Ultma Sr with no fouling on the bottom. The Pro has 60+% cuprious oxide!! It is under the commercial section of their website. I got it from Paxton. Use two coats. The hardware had some fouling, but the...

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I think the air gap increases the resistance so the coil builds a higher charge before it can discharge across the gap, hence higher voltage (or is it amps, I can never remember). I put Acce supercoils(the big yellow ones) on mine when they needed replacing and they work great. Ask me how I know the...

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On cypress would you even be able to tell if it yellowed?

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Randall: From recent experience if you burn a piston you may see fine particles of molten aluminum on the spark plugs of the other cylinders. It blows back through the intake manifold and gets sucked into the other cylinders. Check for blowby out the dipstick tube and PCV valve. You might try swappi...

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Or have the Autotether set up with a switch so that you can switch it off when not fishing!

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Now Dug, that just takes all of the fun out of it doesn't it!!

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I love the truckers with enough watts to broadcast through the computer speakers at work!! Scares the crap out of me some times! I have a friend who has a setup that will light a flourescent bulb if it is held near the antenna!

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Sorry to hear that Dave. Keep up the good fight. I'm praying for you.

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How is that different from the incredibly annoying jetski/PWC other than the fact that it is steered by a paddle?

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My engines are loud enough you can't hear it anyway! I seem to sleep better by engine noise than music when I'm just crew anyway.

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On the other hand, she has the right to leave it anyway she wants. Maybe the kids were A-holes too. Its must be nice to be rich! It often seems to bring out the "best" in people, doesn't it! Then there are the exceptions, like Daryll Pennington.

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Something went thump in the night...!!

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Good to hear Mikey! You didn't even need my gallon of CX! Glad you were able to runn down the Snap On guy and try the proper tool before trying anything more drastic!

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Oven cleaner is lye based and will emove paint. I have used it in heavy equipment.

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Thanks Luis!

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It is the same as flushing your car radiator. Cleans out any corrosion and slime. Probably not necessary on a properly maintained system, but they were running tap water. I think the saltwater side is where the scaling occurs that Bruce was talking about..

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That sounds like too much exercise for me!! You need a trolling motor!!

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Mikey: I have a 3/4" breaker bar and 3/4" impact sockets if you need to use them. I also have a long pipe! I also have a borescope that may fit through the injector hole.

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Here is some interesting stuff. Check out the marine product. I have not tried it myself, but it was recommended by members of a construction equipment site who seem to know what they are talking about:

http://www.rydlyme.com/

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Wow! That's what I'm looking for! Any idea on the price point? Is it a bigger block or the same size as the 250?

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And I would have loved to see how a Steyr rebuild turned out in a B31!! How close is Stery to coming out with more than 250 HP?

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