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Rawleigh,

Thanks for that mental image that will take weeks of heavy drinking and prescription drugs to get rid of.

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Only in the last few years has Glastech gone with all composite materials.

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Bruce your not from around here, right

If I had been, you wouldn't know cause I would have already blown my brains out years ago.

I thought N.O. was corrupt.
Boston makes N.O. look like a bunch of girl scouts.

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John, As part of the repair coverage you have to state that you know that all the proper maintenance and adjustment has been done. If you don't or can't prove it with a maintenance log they won't cover so they say. They also won't cover any repairs if its done as a preventative measure. You have to ...

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Not all engines in that range will have a problem. Coverage is for repairs or failures. Don't know if you pulled a running survey or if the tell tale sign of valve tapping is present. The preventative repair can be done without head removal by an experienced 6LP tech. Then you won't have to worry at...

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Phil,
Call me today.
561-622-1736

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Ric,
On that VDO tach, the last two digits are 10ths/hundreds.
So the engine has 554 hours.

If you look closely you can see the decimal point on the face.

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John, There is a rod that operates the fuel pump lever off the cam. When you pull the old pump out, it will slide down against the inside of the mounting plate. Make sure you push this back up and rotate the engine by hand to have this rod at its shortest stroke. Makes putting the new pump in that m...

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Dick,
I'm commin by air and land. Not by sea.

Doc says high to the group. Spent part of Friday night having a few cocktails with him.
Still the happiest guy in the world

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I trust you implicitly and completely

One born every minute....................

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Russ, I have removed many oil pans which receive regular oil change maintenance. Some with very high hours do show signs of metal flakes resting on the pan. Most engine show no signs of anything on the pan. Better bearing materials and better casting with less flash really eliminate the need for tha...

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I don't take in that type of extensive damage. Anything in the Miami area will almost require owner to speak spanish. You can try glas tech, but I had trouble with the no habla espanol with office personal and anyone in the yard I ran across had no english speaking capability. All very nice guys, bu...

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Does the oil need to be hot?

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An interesting article pertaining to our discussion. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19650857/site/newsweek/ By Melinda Liu Newsweek International July 16, 2007 issue - Wang Hai's mobile phone keeps buzzing with calls from clients. He's China's most famous crusader against fraudulent, shoddy and dangero...

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Anybody, Anybody.

Bueller, Bueller.

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Everyone who still thinks we're in Iraq to free the people raise your hand....................... Dug, heard a story out of NJ the other day about a guy by the shore who got a permit to install a wind generator. Got it up and the neighbors complained, local goverment yanked his permit after the fact...

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Forget the hose thread. Just slide a 3/8 id hose over the stub above the threads. No need to go inside the tube. The optional oil change kit attaches to the bottom of the pan and is a 3/8 hose same as the tube. Tube is just as fast with a good vane pump without heating oil. My little pump will clear...

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you must feel like a doctor at a cocktail party More of a Proctologyst than a Gynecologist. Timmy, Forget the rolling boat shot. Tried that on a Hatteras motor tub comming back from the Keys on auto pilot with the .357 sig round. Closest I came was just under a wing. Just like trying to hit the hon...

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At least have a start circuit go to the lower station. If you have bad weather and an engine stalls, going out onto the bridge to restart it is not wise.

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I've gotten a few emails reguarding my trip up to the Montauk get together about some technical help on various items. Here's my offer to anyone interested. I'll be up there all day Friday, Sat and Sunday with my own transportation. If some of you want to get together and talk shop for 2 to 4 hours ...

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Got a customer with 250.00 Babb marine 10" subs that didn't last 5 years.

Babb folded in 04 due to hurricane damage so they say.

Looking at a replacement 10" marine sub.

Clarion has a 350 watt 10" sub for less than a Benjamin.

Model is CMSW10.1

Any reviews?

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{rant/on} Dug, They do it by paying wages that in this country wouldn't buy a carton of eggs and a gallon of milk at the end of a 15 hr day/7 day week. You have a government that for centuries has their people being glad that they are allowed to live another day. Living in squalid conditions means n...

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There are two positives on every solenoid. One is the coil the other is the feed for the load. If your going to jump something, jump the feed to the load. This is what is switched by the contacts. Probably no need to mess with the ground if the solenoid is clicking. There is only a ground on the coi...

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If you get a click at the engine when you push the start buttons, then chances are its not the start buttons as they are making connection to operate the solenoid. Solenoids use copper contacts inside on engines. Real good ones are silver or nickle plated but your standard run of the mill solenoid u...

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You got the wrong ratio gear box for the 31 for most of the guys here with those engines. (edit for clarity) It should have been the 2:1. With the 1.5:1 there was no need to go to 1.5" shafts as the prop size doesn't warrant it. I would suspect you'll need to drop down to a 18x18 prop. Edit: The 1.5...

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19x23 or 20x22 4 blade medium cup with a 2:1 gear box.
Every 1" pitch is about 200 rpm.

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Never mind.
Much to easy.

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Ric, Hey livin large has its price. One in a while you have to touch down, check in before the next adventure begins. All right now, here we go ... Now we're gonna tell you a little story About the way we like to party - take ya on a trip! HIT IT! That's right I'm goin' way down south where the big ...

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Jeffrey, Diesel needs 3 things to start and keep running, air, fuel and compression. Sounds like you have the last two. One thing that stuck out in your second post is the engine sometimes not shutting down which points to the fuel valve. Start with that for both problems. Next would be to make sure...

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Someone gonna stuff that fish? Or tonights smoked fish dip?

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Andre,
You probably aren't paying an agent's fee in your premium since your in the biz are you?

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What kind of service work has been done to the engines other than your standard oil/filter changes?

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Ric,
Where you been?
We've been covering valve issues with the 6LP for years when I first reported on the problem.

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Got a call from a customer the other day on a 28 Bertram I repowered a little over a year ago with Marine Power 5.7 MPI's. There was a bad metal sound I needed to check. Well upon arrival at the boat, this is what I found. After checking with my supplier for MP, Jerry's Marine in Ft Lauderdale as to...

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John,
2:1 ZF 63 on all.

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Bob,
That picture is a 2005 of the #25 Hendrick motorsports taken in the cup garage by me. It is present day.

I can see by your install, the side vents won't go. Your install looks very good and I'm sure you'll work out the air intake.

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If your using wet cell batteries I would not.
They need to be in a well ventilated area due to off gassing.

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Unless you want to spend 275.00 for the 3' crimping plyers I use, get the type you strike with a hammer.

All over the net with a google search.

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Anyone here work for or know someone who is in the know with OSHA?
You can contact me 561-622-1736

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Checking the advance under load takes two people. Most dampers have the tdc and before and after degree marks. If it doesn't have them, check flywheel if you have a removable housing cover. If not you will need to get a degree wheel and mark up to 40 degrees on the damper or flywheel, where ever you...

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Bob, I think your trying to reinvent the wheel. Good designed side vents aren't a problem at all. The air is no more humid or salt laden pulling from the side vents, good ones, than the gunnel. But noise is much more present anytime the engine is open to the cockpit. Every boat I've repowered is tes...

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Never said 4000 rpm was fuel efficient. A stock marine engine should stick with the recommended timing and also check the advance under load with a good light. One thing that is over looked on marine engines is the dist. shaft bushings. This can vary timing at higher rpm or make timing irratic. Your...

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On the Diamond there are two solenoids(there are when new). One on the starter is the main solenoid that switches the battery current. Then there is a smaller one that they use to operate the solenoid on the starter. They do this because then they don't have to use a heavy wire in the harnass from t...

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After looking at Buddy Boy I still couldn't remember what was done to correct all the problems I had with them. I'm comming up to Montauk Aug 2 to the 6th. I will have a rental car out of Phila and am picking up Pat at JFK to head up. If your on the way I can stop and take a look and maybe help you ...

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Rawleigh, Running "too" hard won't burn a hole in a piston. If you were told that, they're wrong. You burn a hole in a piston from wrong static timing, bad advance in the distributor or the wrong spark plugs. This will cause either excessive heat or knocking both of which will kill a piston. Very po...

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If they have red buttons then they are circuit breakers not relays.

If they are chattering, look for loose connections on the back.

If not replace them because they are bad internal.

They are the main engine feed.

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JC,
I understand your location. But shaft aglinment is critcal. You need to try and find someone who knows whats going on if possible.

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What ever you do, follow the directions carefully for a shoot thru the hull install.
90% of the owner done units I see, don't work well.

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First thing you want to make sure is that the shaft is true into the coupling and the face of the coupling is true. If the coupling was anything but a very snug fit on the shaft, look at that. If the coupling is cocked on the shaft it will produce an eliptical path. So will a bent shaft. Don't assum...

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