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    trolling around once more...

    Hello I-boaters! Hard to belive its been seven years since I was here doing our Seaking. We still use the boat all the time but mostly for fishing now and its getting smaller the older I get.. but I tuff it out! heres a fish from last weekend! Anyway, I scored a new boat off my brother in...
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    '83 Beachcraft 180s this time..

    Hello I-boaters! I scored this boat off my brother in law for $600 in a divorce sale. he traded the PO his father in-laws Kawi hog clone for it. He's not a boat guy.. [/URL First issue was the PO had tried to do a wakeboard style interior in it with OSB cheap 2x4's and drywall screws (3...
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    Is the alcohol keeping my motor clean?

    MY '60 Evinrude big twin seems to have almost no carbon build up when doing de-carb. This is the first new (as in fully rebuilt ) motor I have ever run, but I am used to seeing the carbon coming out the back and at least some black on the sheet of plywood I use as a deflector to keep the water...
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    long term maintinance

    we have really been racking up the hours on our 1960 40 horse. (400+ hours this year) Does anyone have any info for long term maintenance? I am looking to find the lifespan of such items as reeds, bearings, rings and seals, that sort of thing as I am unsure what needs replacing when and don't...
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    60' Lark 40hp stumbling at WOT

    the motor was running great since a full rebuild last winter, then last week I had to change the filter bowl gasket on the water because the methanol in our gas out here ate it. Then I did the de-carb over the weekend. Now it will only make 4000rpm at WOT and starts stumbling when the cruise...
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    trolling probs with a 1960 lark

    I have a 1960 40hp with a model-C carb, problem is when it gets down to trolling speed (tach starts at 500r, so a bit below that) it will cough every once in a while, maybe every 2 minutes maybe sometimes. I think I have the mixture as good as you can get it since i've spent countless hours...
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    ia there any difference between trolling motor props?

    I just scored a minn kita endura-40 on craigslist, but it needs a prop. can you get different pitches? does a power prop make you go faster or slower?? I'm switching from a 28lb motor so I was hoping to gain some speed. I am searching on this one, so any info about trolling motor props in...
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    is there a difference between trooling motor props?

    I just scored a minn kita endura-40 on craigslist, but it needs a prop. can you get different pitches? does a power prop make you go faster or slower?? I'm switching from a 28lb motor so I was hoping to gain some speed. I am searching on this one, so any info about trolling motor props in...
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    airguide tach help.....again

    OK so I finally got the module for my old tach and it is working.... but on the module it has a blue wire that connects to either.. th red wire for 2cyl, or the brown wire for 4 cyl. trouble is brown and red are both tan now. I have it hooked up to what I think is the red wire, and it shows...
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    best Tequila?

    I was a Don Julio anejo guy for a long time, but last week in Cabo I started in on The Cazadores reposado, and from what I can remember, It might be the best! anyone know what tha best cactus juice is?
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    norcal anglers?

    just wondering if any anyone else is bassin norcal on these boards? we've been doin OK at Berryessa, but a change of scenery is always nice.. :rolleyes:
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    growing a tree to make a staff

    my kid is crazyy about midievil anything. now he wants a true staff, has anyone ever grown a tree as a staff to get the cool twisteded burl at the end? I have seen real ones, and I doubt they grow that way naturaly.there has to be some bonzai or something going on there. I could dremel out...
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    sirometer for propping?

    has anyone ever used one of these vibration tachs to prop with? they say they are accurate within 1-2%.
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    lack of feul on holeshot

    1960 big twin 40hp.<br /><br />evrytime I slap the stick to WOT from idle to get outa the hole it gets almost to a plane and then dies out. if you come up a little slower, or have someone pump the primer bulb, it does fine.<br /><br />I am geussing the vaccum goes to low to make the pump...
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    big ear vs. little ear

    I am looking for a new prop for my 1960 J/E 40 horse. I can get a new small ear style for $80. I can get a NOS big ear style for $40. whats the difference in the ear size. same dia and pitch, no cup to either. <br /><br /> its for a 14' shallow V=hull. ski-med load. how does it effect...
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