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Signs of deck rattle could also be vibration from the running gear or questionable alignment or engine mounts transferring and making anything loose vibrate. Might be worth an inspection.

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Peter, Had the same issue with a few customers over the years. For the ones who came and went from the same point, I used a gin pole with a chair and electric winch Once up, the pole could be rotated over the boat and the chair lowered. For the one guy who wanted portable, we put the pole on the boa...

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Another couple of years and I'll move to Colorado to be near Liz and the kids and this nonsense will be a distant memory.

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And the panic has begun. Didn't take long for the media to drive the sheeple into a frenzie at the box stores. Every news outlet has THEIR STORM TEAMS on constant diarrhea of the mouth. Tropical storm status and they already talking evacuation plans. http://jasoneppink.com/wp-content/gallery/total-c...

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OH NO, WE'RE IN THE CONE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Do you have the 5 pin module?

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Brother Bob, Toss the LE rounds. Done ballistic tests on all that stuff and they suck. Very under performing so the average cop can qualify. Go with Cor Bon if you want good ballistics and stopping power. Better yet throw that pea shooting 40 out and hitch your saddle to a hot loaded 10mm for some f...

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Nice dump job. Boat wasn't that bad that it shouldn't have been on blocks and unloaded properly.
I wonder if the insurance company checked for the load being secured, which it was not, and whether that effects coverage.

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Rawleigh, Not enough info to make a determination but I saw quite a few mismatched 4lha engines in boats when diesel repowers became popular. One of the first was a 28 Bert that a guy repowered and brought to me after the sea trial empty went fine. After he loaded up couldn't get on plane. Installer...

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From what i'm hearing down here, kids weren't supposed to go out the inlet. Parents are just in defense mode about their kids hoping to get them back. Another case of kids disobeying the rules only this time with apparent deadly consequences. While they were very experienced by all the comments appa...

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I see heavy duty ratchet straps on the tower but see none on the boat to trailer.

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My guess its a heat issue. Since its water proof it has no cooling fan and cools thru the case.4&8 d batteries can extend charge times when low possibly damaging chargeri n the manufacturer s eyes. Make sure charger is well ventilated and the batteries kept up. Given the crap quality of Chinese elec...

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On carb engines I always set neutral idle at 750. In gear shouldn't drop more than 50 rpm for 700 with the prop size spun on 31's. One thing I found with a 700 rpm in gear was the props bit just that much more for manuvering at dock without having to finger the throttles. Don't set rpm using dash ta...

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Stephen,
A pair of 375hp engines in the 28 is a bit on the excess side considering they turn another 1000 rpm.
A pair of 275 to 310 works real good in the 5.7 liter.

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Isn't that one of those Trojan/Chris Craft new Italian import models?

Too much fishin gear and lighter shade of blue to be Zero Cavity.

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Bruce Some how you missed the NY Italian lingo. It's Joey Bag of Donuts and if Vinny shows up, he is keeping the loot. I dink..BRuce is from JerzY- day touk funny dare... dingzz r diff-rent, if ya know what I mean... Oh that's just mean, jersey? Grew up in south philly, then north philly, then phil...

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Tony,
No worries on the chrome issue with my financial institution.
Vinny bag of donuts picks up my vig every Friday in person. Computers make him nervous.

Windows 7 is supposed to be good. Those who have it don't want to upgrade.

A very wise man once said, the enemy of good is better.

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Frank,
Something changed with Firefox. Used to use them exclusively but started have issues with it back in feb especially in windows 8.1, a dog of an operating system.
Switched to chrome and issues went away even though I hate everything google.

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In march i replaced batteries for a friend on his 50 grand banks with a date code of 2004. They were gell sonnnenschein. While at 5 bills a piece, prorated over 11 years not bad. I always got good life out of these and prevailer. I use these with my solar panels. Deka were, and may still be good bat...

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Right on Scot. Bertrams AMF years are just on the horizon.

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Baglietto builds 100' and above luxury yachts. Apples and oranges.

Will be interesting just what comes out of this.

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The 9 mil gloves worked fine for greasy crap.

Russ, I hear ya but if I walked into the shop with playtex gloves I would loose my old man kool status among the young guns there. Once its gone, theres no getting it back. I'm to old to start over in another town.

Bruce

If your talking the sealand system with the plastic tank, the duck bill ck valves in the pump and the diaphram at the vac switch on the end of the tank were the two most common leak points.
The bowl seal can be tested by placing water in the bowl and if it goes away, the bowl seal is bad.

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Thanks for the replies.

My hands are so banged up, the man card has no fear of leaving.

It takes me 45 minutes a night to clean the grease and grime off my hands. And then there still is a Michael Jackson shade of dark left over.

I ordered some 9 mil. Will try those.

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The typical mechanics gloves don't do well with oil and greases. They also don't allow working with parts that require a fine touch. They are mostly for just preventing your hands from being banged up. Then they are the 9 mil surgical type gloves which are better for above but offer no bang or tear ...

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Other than the lingering holding tank smell using permeable materials, the smell when you flush using salt water is the micro organisms in the water that get in the holes at the bowl rim. They dry out and rot. When you flush it brings the material and smell out into the bowl. It varies with the cont...

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Bob,
Made contact with Chick, Mark will call later. I'll try and help them out.
Thanks.

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Sorry but some things just don't need to be broken down.

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In shipbuilding, the Gavio Group operates through two well-established brands: Baglietto, a long-standing luxury yacht builder, and Cerri Cantieri Navali. (From their web site) I wonder if the Bertram brand manufacturing will be moved to an established euro plant. Having long purged any european anc...

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A woman used to getting everything she wanted from her husband told him her birthday was tomorrow and she wanted a fast sports car in the driveway in the morning. He said but there isn't enough time. She said she didn't care and that there better be something that goes from 0 to 200 in under 8 secon...

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That theory works only when you don't have VC investors or stock holders yelling for higher dividends. Then the command to the engineers becomes design and build it with what your given or we will find ones who can. A perfect example of this was the Indian motorcycle company revived in the late 90's...

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You have any of the old cartridge fuses still in?

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If it bleeds, you can kill it!

Okay You've all read it. Kevin has declared open season on ex wives!

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The 3/8 sea star hoses are 3/8 OD which makes the inside even smaller and with that volume head a minimum of 1/2 or 5/8 ID line is required. I would change the head if they agree. Don't forget to make sure if you change the head it has the right size pressure relief valve assy in the system for that...

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At his age if sitting next to a pretty girl is distracting enough to cause a serious accident, the dude has serious mental issues since most of us got over that by the 8th grade.

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Jimmy,
Do you have a seperate valve body or is it built into the body of the tank? Is it new or used?

What is the inside diameter of your hose or tubing and is the valve a 950 or 500 psi?

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You don't drive into a large size sea wall in the bright of day at speed and call it an accident.

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Another good use for bolt cutters medically is cutting off a ring on someones finger. As a kid on vacaation on our boat, my new brother in law jumped off the deck onto the dock but held onto the teak railing, the teak had worn enough over the years and he held his hand just right that the corner of ...

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Either one should do especially if going for the neck vertebrae shot to drop on the spot like that video I posted. If I was going for the shoulder or both shoulder shot I might lean towards the barnes slightly.

Stay safe and have fun.

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Bob,
I fuuly expect from you quality boar hunting such as this.
http://fishgame.com/2015/03/german-hunt ... oars-video

That .35 W is a great round.

Good shooting and be carefull. Them things are nastier than Liquida finding out her baby daddy cheated on her.

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Thanks Joseph, that pic is like someone telling you your ex wife is dead then saying April Fools.

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Sitting in Austin airport for my flight to Lauderdale yesterday, its announced the equipment is late out of Boston. 45 minutes late it arrives at the gate. As it rounds the corner I see the Jet Blue tail is painted green and then see NY Jets plastered along the fuselage. Great. Friday the 13th flyin...

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The 12 minute mark is my favorite part. Sweet music to my ears and one reason my hearing these days sucks.

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gotta love when those boys from VA. bring in these incredible CSA. antiques that only have "lookers" elsewhere.

That's because the rest of us know they are over priced forgeries or reproductions.

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Bob,
Won't comment on "special privledges" for NYPD other than during the 80's and 90's I worked on a bunch of boats for millionaire NYPD detectives who retired in Florida at an early age. I believe they were mostly from the narcotics division.
They sure do pay well up there.

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Tony, Depending on the county and if he still retains a residence in NY and was issued a life time permit from certain counties, it may be valid although in 13' new law made all pistol licenses valid for max of 5 years. Any inquiries may lead to a conflict on it being valid. There is a federal retir...

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I used a bunch of marine power engines over the years with little issues. I preferred them over Crusader actually being a dealer for both.

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