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Tom- I read that from someone in the area and I convoluted it into having been in the article. But in fact it wasn't in the article, and probably wasn't true. The captain appears to have been a fairly well known charter guy from the area. No worries, I thought I missed somethind and wondered if the...

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Another owner with a pocket full of money but yet not a decent brain cell to be found. What was the first clue? 4 - 300hp engines on the back of a 39' boat. Hey look at me I go fast........right into the side of a building because I couldn't see due to fog because my instruments lag behind because I...

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I'll ask you the same question I asked everyone who came to me for a refit or repower, what is your budget if you have one? That is going to direct your course and save asking a ton of inconsequential questions and pinpoint what to look for in power. You can PM me if you don't want to post the amount.

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2 speed gear boxes are for slugs who have issues getting up on plane due to turbo lag/rpm issues on mechanical engines. Thats why zf came out with them to my understanding. I don't think the ratio difference on those boxes will allow full use of the hp. Every install I saw over the years was for thi...

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Does this help?
http://whatelsemichelle.com/fabric-shopping-divisoria/

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I think the term your looking for Carl is "all show and no go".

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I heard it was so cold up there the politicians have their hands in their own pockets.

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Gavio says he has a passion for boats and the sea and a lot of respect for history and tradition. Bertram and Baglietto are steeped in both. More than one guy who had a passion for boats lost his ass in boat building. With the dollar being strong and the euro in question in many countries this will...

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A broker trying to sell it as a 31.

I'm sure it was a mistake as brokers are completly honest in nature don't you know.

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Corey,
Never a dumb question. Ever.

Boats and harbors publication is a good source.

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Any shop I've ever had work on, tweak or anything otherwise on a prop always kept a record of end size whether the props were reworked numerous times even if I did not keep a record. The 1.5:1 ratio you use is not a common power boat Yanmar ratio. All my info is for 2:1 ratios. Other than a slight d...

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Basics. Unlike gasoline which uses fuel, air and spark to ignite the cylinder charge, diesel uses fuel and air. The diesel charge is compressed at at much higher rate 20:1(varies diesel) vs 8:1(varies gasoline) and that creates heat that leads to combustion. On carb engines the gas mixes with air in...

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Pete,
Dragging my feet. I got about 15 projects going at once. Need to get stuff done by March I'm heading out to see Pat.

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Remember one thing. Money doesn't buy ability and skill. If one doesn't have the basic skills to shoot consistently out to range or on target, buying a high end gun won't help that. In 25 years of teaching I can't tell you how many times the student couldn't shoot for crap and said the gun was a POS...

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IRGuy wrote:I'm not sure what language you guys are communicating in.. I think it a sub dialect of English because I recognize some of the words, but I'm not sure. In any event.. the engine really looks pretty!

We also have a secret hand shake.

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Bob That is sweet. Brings back memories when I used to work at my fathers place. Used to tear down and rebuild engines all the time. Oh to be 16 again. Its never too late. I'm in the midst of my second teenage life cycle. I feel like a dodge. They run great right before they blow up. Nice job Bob. ...

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You all know that once registered, its real easy to pass more legislation to outlaw them and then they know exactly where they are. Just ask a Californian who this happened to. Or if one is concluded to be mentally unstable by the very people who themselves have proven to be mentally unstable by pro...

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Wrong time of year for a road trip. The purpose of winter is to head South, not North, otherwise it would be in my driveway.

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Like that 20. Too bad its 1800 miles away.

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Given your a NY resident, sticking with a ranch model mini 14 with no mods would be best. I don't think the collapsible stock is allowed in NY. You will be limited to 5 round magazines in your state also, there is no 7 rounds for the 14 although you may be able to get a large cap magazine and perman...

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"The Army is looking for a metal-framed, modular, .45 ACP pistol that is capable of being fired accurately and controllably by the widest number of soldiers possible". Sorry, but if your soldiers can't shoot a 9mm accurately and controllably, they sure as hell ain't gonna be shootin a .45acp even us...

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Question as I heard this story on a main news outlet.

Is it not prohibited to allow cats to run free in this local or was the news report wrong?

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You can call them up and tell them to stop with the solicitations. You can also turn down the paper version of a magazine and do the online version if you want, it saves them more money which eases up the solicitations. A word of caution on the NRA political score cards and such of politicians. The ...

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If you use a set screw or set bolt that is cupped on the end like a hollow point bullet, you don't need to drill a pocket or file a flat otherwise its best to do so.

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Love the ad, can be cosmetically correct in a month of Sunday's.

Yea, and obama will become a libertarian.

Good center console project.

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There was a service bulletin in 04 on the drive plates and upgrading. If I remember those vulcan plates are about $400 and up. Nobody will admit it(of course) but depending on your prop, shaft length and a bunch of other variables it was very possible to set up torsional issues that ate non driving ...

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Hey John,
How are you doin?

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Those engines are raw water cooled. Take em to salt water and they'll start to deteriorate quickly. 454 has a thin wall in the head that salt water loves to munch on.
Throw a freshwater cooling system on em if you want em to last.

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Can't figure why toyo would allow a system glitch on low voltage without shutting it down first unless its just another idiot lite function like the oil lite to tell the driver to pull over, your engine is about to self combust.

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Rocky, The microprocessor based systems operate off 5v for the most part and the input voltage either 110v in the case of something plugged into a wall outlet, or 12, 24 v in the case of batteries all have regulated power supplies in any modern designed electronics that for the most part shut down w...

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Fully computerized systems don't have throttle arms or anything like that to hang a return spring on. Most are position sensors or very small servo's. On a common rail system, there is no injection pump and the injectors are fired electronically. Everything is electrical. On a system where the injec...

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About 50% of those control systems were as you describe Rocky and where most diesels are today. All of those systems have a default on low voltage that shuts down somewhere in the 11.5 vdc. None of them default to a WOT condition that was suggested on some forums. Like you say if the computer is not...

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I think this is that Scully from this thread. Came into The Ways while working on a boat. I notice on the bridge helm where the controls would be that it looks like a saw cut out around them and took them off intact and mounted. Tried to google and find out was the finding was but nothing came up. T...

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Todays funny.... Anyone who uses their phone to text has experienced this. Sometimes in funny and not so funny results depending how the SC corrected the message: A man received the following text from his neighbor: I am so sorry Bob...... I've been riddled with guilt and I have to confess. I have b...

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Flange I believe is supposed to be an interference fit, but not tight enough apparently that an oring groove is cut into the flange to ride against the snout to prevent oil seepage between the flang and snout. It came off fairly snug like most crank snout dampers or flanges with a puller. I did thin...

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Mating piece looks the same. As far as the repair, not sure. owner busted an alt bracket over in the bahamas in august and wrapped the belts around the pulleys and flange. Repair guy didn't say he took that apart but if he did it only has enough time to run from the Bahamas to Palm Beach. Supposed t...

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This is the snout of a crank from a diesel engine. The pulleys were running out of round so I removed the pulleys and on the crank was a flange that the pulleys bolted to. When I removed the flange to check face run out I saw this distortion on the snout. It looks like electrolysis to me but that do...

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Jimmy, If you go to 12' X 9", surly you don't need 3 rams per tab???? I hope thats not the case. Never saw anything like that on that size tab. If thats what they recomended, i'd ditch the hydraulic for either electric/screw drive or Q tabs. I replaced a bunch of broken pins on their cylinders from...

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seriously buy it and forget price just make payments.

Ask those who lost their homes in this last round of a housing bust how that ideology worked out.

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Charlie,
I think the 4LH 230 engine is a great engine built for durability. They and the 6LY series engine up to 350hp were good also.

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I would say neither!... Any sensible pilot would know that doing this and incurring ANY variable (e.g. a gust of wind, a slight change in ground features etc) could cause a fiery crash (his death)... You could say the same thing about the flying formations and maneuvers of the Blue Angels, or any o...

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The 440's have a factory rpm WOT rpm of 4000 according to their manual. So 200 off the top is not that all bad. Might be able to prop that if you all know engine functions are working correctly. One major issue I found with older gas was timing issues. On rebuilds many times the distributor is over ...

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Never saw a 6LP with glazing issues, but it does need to be run out from time to time. 3900 top rpm loaded makes a great 3400 to 3600 top cruise rpm. If you don't need that speed all the time, its okay though. Someone is more apt to develop carbon issues before they develop glazing given modern ring...

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I don't see it as either. I see it as an ultimate confidence he has in himself of his ability. That's what makes a serious racer, a test pilot, an astronaut, a pylon racing pilot, a sky diver, a Navy carrier pilot doing night landings on a choppy sea or anyone who chooses to get up out of the lazy b...

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Pete,
You just ain't playing golf right.

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The 31 likes weight if its distributed properly. Most times it is not.

Its clear Jimmy nailed the refit. Awesome, awesome job.

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In the south our distinct flavors come from whether or not someone put antifreeze in Jeds radiator at the dirt track on the weekend when it was used during the week as a condenser for the still.

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Russ,
Here's 3 pics from CL from last year to tide you over till you get down.

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Bruce, what are you thoughts on leaving a bit of extra wire coiled up at the end (when rewiring) so as to allow for future cutting?!... If your using tinned wire with tinned lugs that incorporate heat shrink, no need to leave extra wire. There always seems to be enough slack for at least one lug re...

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In 30 years of boat electrical work, only a handful of times have I ever needed a wiring diagram. And then only if I suspected a break in the wire or it changed color along the way. Less than 1% of the time it would be a cut wire. The other would be 70% a bad ground, the other a bad feed. A couple o...

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