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Yannis: These are dry turbos on Detroits which are notorious oil leakers. In addition to the oil, they can blister the fiberglass, etc..

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I've always been an Autolite 5 or 86 guy myself. Most of my Champion experience is in real old construction or farm equipment. Champions used to be the go to plug, but started having lots of problems with them in points or magneto situations. But I have a friend with a pair of Mercury Optimax and th...

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Timmy: You are still an Haterass owner until you get rid of the planters!!

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Yannis: you need to use that crane to load up some big girls for ballast! Then it won't roll so much! LOL!

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Or wrap the towel around the plug before you spray.

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All I read on old equipment forums is how much trouble people have been having with Champions. Like Bob, I use Autolite for most things, with NGK in smaller engines.

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Anything but Champion.

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1 mpg at 25 knots with my 440's.

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coolair wrote: The only think I scratched my head about was the rail around the deck.

From posts: "The railing makes this vessel compliant for professional guiding with guests in British Columbia. It’s pretty simple to remove the railing if one likes."

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Aren't there some screws in the corners of the windows inside the channels that need to come out to let the frames torque to remove the glass? Or is that just if you want to replace the glass in place?

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I had flashbacks to Jaws when the buoy went down and away from the boat!

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No wood in mine. It is pretty thin.

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Don't go snowflake on us now Bob! We know you have a tough hide!

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A beaded seat and a hair dryer to blow up behind it and he is done!!

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Bob: i will buy you one of those fuzzy pink steering wheel covers to keep your hands warm! LOL!

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Toss them a couple of fish spiked with Black Cat firecrackers!

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My boating is limited to the Chesapeake Bay, which while rough is not the ocean. These lights are two layers. The inner light and the outer lexan protective lens. i am not going to make claims like the Titanic, but I am comfortable with them for what I do. There is a greater danger from sinking by h...

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I love my docking lights. Barengatts with the lexan cover. Some day I will change the bulbs to LED.

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Who is repairing those Twinscans now? I have a friend who needs one repaired.

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Unless the bridge on the outlet has been removed and each plug wired separately.

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Water pickups.

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My F250 2006 6.0 needs to have a HEATED flush to get all of the fluid changed at once since you cannot drain the torque converter. Otherwise you have to change the fluid a little bit at a time. I think it is about 3 quarts per change. You may have a different transmission though.

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Great news Pete! I am so glad you are finally getting some relief! If you get to the point that you can wear one, the neoprene pull on knee "brace" should be warmer than an ace. Rawleigh

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It depends on the fitting type. NPT - yes. AN, JC, or flat faced oring - no

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Mine still has the same copper Y it was delivered with in 1966.

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Yes. Thanks to you and Mike for keeping the lights on for us! i don't know what I would do if it went away!

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Can you get the old plywood off the back of the teak and reattach the teak to new substrate?

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Yannis: We were referring obliquely to this post on the Politics section. I can see why you missed the reference! LOL!

http://bertram31.com/newbb/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=13916

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Yikes!!

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I don't have the instructions, but mine are mounted to the wood strip the engine box sits on with the nozzle facing aft. Pretty simple. No auto shutoff needed for gas engines.

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The alien probe caused that!

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What is the crazy paint job on the second one from the left!

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John: Just glass in some 1/4" or thicker pieces of aluminum or stainless steel plate and then drill and tap them for the hinge machine screws. use Tef-gel on the threads when installing. This way you never have to worry about the screws loosening up. Probably cheaper and easier than the foam with gl...

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Peter: I have never had mine out, but I believe that in my 1966, my helm seat is fastened to wooden cleats that are accessible through the door. I don't know about the rest, but I assume they are fastened down to the floor and the cabin side in a similar fashion.

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Like Carl said, if they work and are in reasonable shape use them as is.

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The best rod storage I found was just hanging them from the overhead above the dinette. I like spinning rods and they are too long to go most other places in the boat.

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Hey Ernie: On mine I built a shelf that goes from side to side in the open space under the front of the flybridge and put in a rectangular plastic hatch so I can use it for storage. I built it out of plywood with fir stringers, all coated in epoxy. Also a friend of mine who is a little thinner than ...

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Be careful with heat. There usually are teflon seals in there.

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Yannis: You might have someone rap on the side of the valve with a hammer repeatedly at the same time you try to turn them.

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I wonder if a metal cutting carbide blade in the chopsaw would last longer?

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That is actually non-ethanol gas with 2 stroke oil and additives.

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Good news Pete! Keep up the good work!

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Boy that is great news! Thanks for the update. I am still praying for you!

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I don't know. My 66 has the sharkfins on it.

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This tool. It is made for the job. OTC 4521 Hose Removal Tool <p><a href="https://www.pathlms.com/vlta/courses/1684/video_presentations/16768?wvideo=im2jfrzssb"><img src="https://embedwistia-a.akamaihd.net/deliveries/6d27ed654c446891a7816bde0cf4f938c9c358a9.jpg?image_play_button_size=2x&image_crop_r...

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He is still around, but he has been fully engrossed in building a new house.

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Carl: I may have Mike Kennedy's motor mount templates somewhere in the barn.

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Get one like this:

https://www.harborfreight.com/heavy-dut ... 66422.html

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John is a great guy! I ran into him at the hardware store a week or so ago. Did he tell you about the planes he is restoring? Rawleigh

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Penetrol will clean it up too.

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