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There are fuses on the main circuit contoller board where the compressor SCR is. Nothing directly for the control head since it is low voltage, but if main power is out, that will affect the voltage controller. SMX controls use a modular phone or networking type plug. Make sure this is not loose or ...

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Sean, Spineless is the wrong word. They are thieves of the very worst kind. They plot together for the love of money and power forgoing human suffering. They have no compassion for anything but what they can obtain. They lie to our faces and we believe them. We stick up for them. We justify it by sa...

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Two old business owners sitting next to each other in the home talking about the good old days. Irv says, yea I had 3 fires at my place. Each and every time I came back stronger than ever. When it came time for me to retire, a fire broke out and I cleaned up from the insurance. Bob said, wow I could...

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Dick,

Blame OPEC, weak dollar, speculators and commodity traders.

Our politicians can't do anything other than give a fed tax holiday.

Bruce

Just worked on an MJM the other day. Nice boat.

Bruce

There were no pics of the engines.

With fuel prices as they are, he's no fool. He's joined the Jackie Mason Jewish fleet.

Bruce

Please post some history of your company and qualifications.

Just posting an offer with a number won't cut it.

Please respond or the post will be removed.

Bruce

That's one hell of a howdy crapper system you have on there.

Bruce

I'd just clean out the hole. If its off the cast riser, its just clogged.

Bruce

With the price of fuel climbing, along with everything else, floscan sales have picked back up. 3 high cap systems in the last month. A design change has taken place that I want to alert everyone to. The canisters with a flowscan are for dampening pulsations. They are not filters. The old pre 2000 s...

Bruce

Tony,
If someone 5200 the plate in place, of which I have run into many times, good luck.

Bruce

Its not uncommon to have the hole clog up on something like that. I suggest once a year to remove hose and fitting and cllean out the hole.

Stnadard gear cooler on that engine has no zinc.

Bruce

Be on the road for the next 3 days. Not sure whats going on on that golf outing. Lady who bought the auction hasn't forked over the papers yet. Them wrinkly old Palm Beach women can be strange. I think she goes in and out of senility, pretty much like the rest of us. On a better note, Gary Nicklaus ...

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Unless there's a secret memo somewhere stating that the dissolving effects of ethanol were known ahead of time, your gonna have a hard time proving that fact. The other issue is government mandated use of alternative fuels. Where does the liability issue actually lie? The end result of any lawsuit i...

Bruce

Don't use home heating oil in your good engines. Home heating oil can be a mixture of various petro products including old nasty engine oil. It is one of the least controlled items at the distributor level. Anybody ever look at their burners in the furnace and see how dirty they are? Now imagine you...

Bruce

Pete,
Is Buddy Boy still in Stuart?
I have a friend from Sweden comming over to look at diesel 31's.

Bruce

Mike,
You too?

Bruce

$$$$$$ Very tough now a days in sponsorship. Talk to the folks at " Just Marketing". They do motorsports only. I got to know a few of the cup staff back in 05'. Really nice people. They might be able to help you. Most late model is regional sponsorship. Try all the regional car dealers or large busi...

Bruce

Looks like he's got a good career ahead of him. Top 10 in points last year.

Bruce

That does make a difference. Cause if its props, those motors have been over stressed. Now has anyone pulled the block inspection covers and checked the liners? Other than the black smoke, any white? Not water vapor but white? Make sure nothing other than 30 micron are used in the primary filters. T...

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Pat may be correct that the throttle stop was reset. That is way too much HP for that block and the high cylinder temps will quickly wipe the oil film leading to piston and liner scuffing. Resetting the throttle stop was a common place for the owner after the first 1200/per hole rebuild. The other t...

Bruce

I wish sometimes that we had seasons to make you appreciate things more.

But then again........

Just think with global warming you'll be in the tropics in just a few short years with year round boating.

Of course by then fuel will be 50/gallon.

Bruce

Paul, I find making exhaust out of fiberglass pipe gives me hugh option over hose and pre formed hose. While hose connections are needed I keep them to 6" connectors. This allows me to build turns and directions to anything I want, gets me around obstacles and makes for a clean install. On the last ...

Bruce

You know you guys are getting real good at diagnosing problems.

I think I'll take my chalk and go home..............

Bruce

A good time for watch deals.
A buddy picked up a gold Rolex the other day for 2 grand from an out of work mortgage broker.

Capitalism at its finest. Feeding off the down trodden.

Bruce

Thanks Pete.

Still don't know the exact details and date of the game/luncheon. Will try and find out today.

Bruce

Mike,
I take it your running 2:1 gear boxes, what size props are you turning?
3's or 4?
Thanks.

Bruce

Sean, If you use synthetics, don't need the teflon. But be careful. Some of those teflon treatments have been shown to have solids in them which have lead to clogged oil passage ways and the result is oil starvation to certain parts of the engine. NASA Lewis Research Center did some tests years back...

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Giff, Yes you heard correct. Break an engine in on dino oil. The rings will seat much quicker. Another side note on adding anything to oil. Oil company engineers spend lots of time formulating their oil additive package and have done real good jobs at it. On well running engines its not necessary to...

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maybe like Randall stirring up all the ice with his kayak paddles Now see. Thats the first thing that makes sense. Disrupting the major current flows. Sean, Proline is acceptable. Here's mine after o4 with the neighbors tree resting on it. http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd4/bcwayne/DSCF0066.jpg

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Just a reminder while the actual oil lubricity is important, what's much more important is the additives. And additives break down more quickly than the oil. Without the additives, oil is useless in internal combustion engines and will destroy them. As someone who has pulled just about every kind of...

Bruce

Yes you are correct. Another "extra" that I do on most pilot pump installs is to install ball valves before the pump. That way if the pump fails, the valves can be shut and the pump removed without having the steering down. Last pilot install I did, the pump failed within a year and started leaking ...

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Bob, I'm sure its comming one day also. But when, who knows. Certainly it makes sense that the warming trends will lead to more hurricanes but those trends have been comming for a decade and only 04 and 05 really produced major events. If you follow the logic, 06 and 07 should have been bad years al...

Bruce

make sure you install the pump after the check valve block.

Bruce

Think I'll get one too.

Although I thought the resident alcohol tester was Timmy.

1 Tequila, 2 Tequila, 3 Tequila, floor......................................THUDD

Bruce

After mentioning the transom vents Venture used before redoing the hull, I get a call from Gary Nicklaus about that Sterling he owns. With those Yanmar 315's and Bravo drives he was complaining about low speed.(boats way over weighted for those engines) Seems he talked Mastry into putting Bravo 3's ...

Bruce

Yes, they do. With the price of boats plunging. I've heard more and more scams going on.

Although the upside is that some dealers are liquidating inventory. Pete came by the booth at the PB boat show and said there was a new 37 Dusky with triple Suzuki's going for 96K.

Bruce

Very nice job John.

Bruce

Ain't got nothing on our Florida meat pops.

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Nic, Years ago I had come up with a design for using a 15hp outboard lower unit mounted to a rotating platform driven by hydraulics off a generator pto for an aux drive system on a large single engine trawler. When not in use it lifted behind the transom using outdrive rams out of the way. I instead...

Bruce

It's the result of men who believe money can buy them out of anything.

Even a dead planet.

Bruce

Yes. For a 900 watt micro wave you'll draw 75 amps from the batteries feeding the inverter when its on. How much of a charge the altenator will put out at the same time is dependant on battery amp/hr capacity, condition and type of regulator on the altenator. A simple formula for figuring out curren...

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At those high load outputs yes your belt will stretch and slip. Slipping will heat the belt and make it come apart. Cranking on the belt to keep it from slipping will cause excess rotor bearing wear due to the high side tension and will shear bracket bolts. But unless your running an inverter needin...

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I got one in the shop right now doing a repower with a half tower over the console. House was taken off (burned down) and made into a cuddy cabin.

Bruce

Harv, You may have thought I didn't see, Or that I hadn't heard, Life lessons that you taught to me, But I got every word. Perhaps you thought I missed it all, And that we'd grow apart, But Dad, I picked up everything, It's written on my heart. Without you, Dad, I wouldn't be The man I am today; You...

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And Gore says Global warming is a bad thing.

Bruce

Altenator output capacity is directly related to case size. Numerous times lower amp altenators have been upgraded with larger capacity diodes. More output requires more heat transfer. Small cases allow the altenator to run hotter and give a shorter life. So be carefull how its done. One other thing...

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Ugly economy torpedoing the boating industry Even yacht market struggling with high gas prices, worried consumers Hunter Scott's company made boats from 1973 until last December when he laid off half his staff and switched the business to cabinetry. "I had a lot of fun in the marine industry," he sa...

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Its been reported that the West Marine house brand has more copper than other brand names plus its cheaper.

I have heard no complaints, although I don't get much involved with bottom paints anymore.

Like any painting, preparation is 90% of the work.

Bruce

Rules of the road are great, but so are red lights and people don't pay much attention to those either.

COMMON SENSE should prevail. In this case it didn't.

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