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    Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

    Hockey is the sport where they have to have thick plexiglass between the players and spectators!
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    4.3 crankshaft/housing oil leak - next steps?

    I remember that, the pan defect was putting pressure on the plastic timing cover, but metal can flex, the plastic can but eventually cracks. I don't like this trend on modern engines, plastic valve covers (warping, they get brittle and leak) nor oil pans, same thing, then when the leak they are...
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    4.3 crankshaft/housing oil leak - next steps?

    some parts should be metal!
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    was thinking of changing over to a Delco EST system from points....

    Another thing that concerned me, the steepness of the EST advance curve. For the total timing advance to not be too high; for the V6, it can only take about 18-20* of total timing advance. From what I've seen that means you wind up having to set the base timing pretty retarded, like 2* ATDC, vs...
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    was thinking of changing over to a Delco EST system from points....

    Getting lazy in my old age lol.
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    was thinking of changing over to a Delco EST system from points....

    True, changing over would have taken away some of my Luddite pleasure.
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    was thinking of changing over to a Delco EST system from points....

    that's my conclusion! I have spare OEM advance springs for the Prestolite and a couple of sets of points and condensers. Also have a complete spare Prestolite! They were decent units, very simple mechanical advance distributors.
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    was thinking of changing over to a Delco EST system from points....

    And I saw Michigan Motorz selling the complete kit described as https://michiganmotorz.com/4-3l-delco-voyager-est-marine-electronic-distributor-kit/ I asked them is this genuine GM or aftermarket, they did respond quickly and said it is Sierra aftermarket....so....seeing as how some aftermarket...
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    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    We have natural gas, I do like it for that reason, but still sniff round the basement all the same lol. BTW I was surprised how fast PSEG Long Island got people back on line after the storm. At the height there were 18,000 families affected but by the next day it was way down, to a few thousand...
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    SNOW Common Sense

    I think extra weight from a static load (boat sitting with snow on the cover) is way different than a dynamic load (boat bouncing down the road). You can add rollers to spread the load if you feel you must use a roller trailer. Here they are preferred over bunk trailers due to wide tidal swings...
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    Electronic steering

    Agreed. I still haven’t given up my points ignition lol. Luddite-ism is hard to shake! I thought of getting the Delco EST and then had thoughts “what if the original modules go NLA and then all we have is parts store junk!”…. However I am willing to swap My old Quadrajet for an Edelbrock 1409...
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    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    If I wind up staying here and not moving south a few things I’m going to add: Whole house generator to run off natural gas; I currently have a B&S 5,000 watt unit that will run essentials but have to have enough gas in hand in case of an outage. I could probably convert the Briggs to run on Nat...
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    99 Volvo 5.0GL

    Did you pull out the fuel pick up tube and see if there's a clogged screen on the end of it? What can happen is this: some of these pick up tubes have a screen on the end and some don't (if you look closely at mine above you can see it doesn't have the screen). If you don't pull out the pick up...
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    SNOW Common Sense

    Was that a '76 Olds? We had the same car, one year older, same color! Except that ours had round headlamps instead of the rectangles. Great car loved it. 5.7 Olds & Quadrajet carb and Turbo 375 (IIRC) auto trans. We got around in snow with Firestone Town & Country studded snow tires on the...
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    Electronic steering

    Also, if you're used to the bargain basement prices for keeping old style I/Os running (inexpensive GM/Chevrolet parts, Edelbrock carbs, Carter fuel pumps, etc) just look at what 4 stroke outboard parts cost. They are sky high expensive. Yes they don't need much work for the use you get from...
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