One of my tandom axles is slightly bent, enough to see it visably on the tire, slight toe in. <br /><br />Can this be straightened well enough at a body shop with some frame equipment or is it not worth trying.
First some background. <br /><br />Bought a Baja boat with a recent (25 hours) rebuilt 454, fairly high compression (11.5:1 or so) and after a few runs it burned/blew the head gasket on the starboard side. Turned out that the head gaskets were really cheap and I had them both replaced with some...
As a follow up to a previous thread I finally received a straight answer from a manufacturer and I just thought I would share this information on the use of "automotive spark plug wires"<br /><br />-------------------------------------------<br /><br />Thank you for the e-mail regarding...
The gear oil reservoir leaks constantly, I've taken it apart and check the plastic bottle and it looked fine. I checked the o-ring at the bottom and even added a little non hardening gasket sealer for good measure. I removed the plastic hose clamp and replaced that with a stainless worm gear...
The Seloc manual says that the WOT is 4200 to 4600 on a 7.4L Bravo.<br /><br />However this spec.........<br /> http://www.marinemechanic.com/specs/mc-454SC.htm <br />says it is 4800 to 5200<br /><br />Holy bat dung Bat Man that is a huge difference in WOT. :confused: <br /><br />I was running...
454 BBC in the boat listed below, pretty much mercruiser stock rebuilt engine with 10.5:1 compression ratio or so. First bought the boat and was told it had 25 hours or so on the engine which was believable. At first the engine would only turn 4K at WOT with a 27 pitch prop.<br /><br />Well a...
Just went through the brakes system on the used trailer/boat I bought recently and found out that the brake lines were cleverly attached to nothing at the drums. <br /><br />I'm not sure of the total weight of the boat but my question for now is at what weight are brakes actually needed or required?
Bought a Baja Force 235 recently and it has some painted graphics on top of the gel on the sides with clear coat on top of that. I want to repaint the graphics and re-coat with clear. <br /><br />What is the best method for removing the clear coat without damaging the gel, seeing as the gel is...
I installed my new Rapture stainless prop and the trim tab was hitting the prop. I know this must be a common problem when switching over to a stainless prop. <br /><br />I thought about removing the trim tab but I like having it there as an anode if nothing else so I cut the trim tab about a...
I have one of those little Merc inline 4 cyl engines (ford block) 200 and something CI wit a single 2 barrel carb. <br /><br />The only thing I have done to it was to convert the ignition to electronic. I want to get more horses out of the little thing but cannot find any upgrades anywhere. <br...
I have a 78 Sleekcraft mini day cruiser that I am in the process of restoring. <br /><br />The transom on this boat is interesting in that the center section that supports the jet does not have any wood that I can see at all. It is just very thick glass indented into the boat so that the jet is...
