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  1. TwoBallScrewBall

    Rod Holder Project....

    My boat had no rod holders, now it has seven. The rear panel (original) was completely rotted away to nothing, pretty much only vinyl and foam left. Junked it, cut a new panel, and cut holes for the 4 rod holders in it. Also room for a pair of downriggers at the ends of the panel, won't have...
  2. TwoBallScrewBall

    Rod Holder Project....

    My boat had no rod holders, now it has seven. The rear panel (original) was completely rotted away to nothing, pretty much only vinyl and foam left. Junked it, cut a new panel, and cut holes for the 4 rod holders in it. Also room for a pair of downriggers at the ends of the panel, won't have...
  3. TwoBallScrewBall

    Just how bad is the Merc 470??

    I'm still going back and forth on this boat I have available to me to buy. It's a 1987 Regal 21 foot cuddy cabin with a Merc 470 (I think). The sticker on the engine clearly says 190HP, I thought that the 470's were 170hp? <br /><br />Buying it would mean selling my 1988 Bayliner Capri 1950...
  4. TwoBallScrewBall

    Bayliner Fuel Tank

    Hi,<br /><br />Everything I've read about the 1988 capri says it has a 25 or 27 gallon tank. However, I actually looked at the tank plate while cleaning up the fuel guage sender yesterday and it's a 33 gallon tank. Date on it is 1987 so it's original. What gives? This makes my fuel guage...
  5. TwoBallScrewBall

    Completed OMC 3.0 Points to Delco EST Conversion

    Well, a nice iboats member sold me a delco EST ignition he opted not to use. Something failed in my points ignition a few weeks ago (don't know what exactly because I jsut replaced everything all at once to fix it) and resulted in me getting towed in at 2:00am, so I really wanted an electronic...
  6. TwoBallScrewBall

    Opinions Please - "new" boat.

    I have the opportunity to pick up a 1988 Regal 21 Cuddy Cabin with a Merc 3.7L (470). <br /><br />It is my father in-law's boat. It has been used very sparingly lately, twice last year and not yet at all this year due to personal problems and simply no time. Before then probably from 2-10...
  7. TwoBallScrewBall

    Question about my lower shift cable

    On my boat, the lower shift cable comes through the transom inside a hose, like a 3/4 rubber heater-hose type hose. At the end of that hose is a boot that looks like a CV-joint boot, and the red cable comes out of this to the engine shift bracket. My question is what is supposed to seal this...
  8. TwoBallScrewBall

    Blew up my pressure washer.

    So I hooked up the hose to my pressure washer and started it up. Warmed up for a second or two then I squeezed the trigger. Nothing. It then dawned on me that I never tunred on the water. I shut it down, turned on the water, and started it back up, and it's toast. It sprays, but about 1/2...
  9. TwoBallScrewBall

    New Canvas

    I want to get new canvas for my boat. I have a Bayliner bowrider with separate front and back covers. I have the original covers, but they are missing a bunch of snaps and are stained bad from water sitting in them. If I take these to a canvas shop, can they use them as templates, and just...
  10. TwoBallScrewBall

    Gas Tank Pressure Question.

    88 Bayliner with an aluminum tank....<br /><br />If I remove the fuel line going from my tank to the fuel pump at the pump, and apply slight pressure to the line, should the tank vent this pressure? I'm asking because when I did this, even with the filler cap off the transom, it seemed to...
  11. TwoBallScrewBall

    Got towed in Friday Night

    Went out fishing Friday night. Me and two buddies. We started off about 1 mile out from the ramp and a hot spot, killed the blues, and I also caught a 9 pound striper which I kept. Decided to head across the bay and see what was going on over there. Stopped about 3/4 of the way across where...
  12. TwoBallScrewBall

    Message for Bondo

    Hi, Bondo. I sent you an email. Please let me know if you can help me out. <br /><br />Thanks.
  13. TwoBallScrewBall

    Quick Sanity Check Here - Pinging

    Hi.<br /><br />I've got a new 3.0 in my boat. Runs great, except for some strange behavior at WOT. If I run wide open for about a minute, I start to get a little pinging. If I back the throttle off the tiniest bit it stops. WOT with me alone is 4500, if I back down to like 4400 (really) it...
  14. TwoBallScrewBall

    My SIG Pic!!

    Hey, how come my sig pic is gone? How can I get it back?
  15. TwoBallScrewBall

    Scared Myself

    OK so I'm out fishing today, and it's the fourth time I've been out on the same tank of gas. Gas guage does not work right, has read almost full when I have pumped 12 gallons into the 25 gallon tank. Anyway, I got done fishing (did good too, 3 good stripers, a blue, and a skate in about an...
  16. TwoBallScrewBall

    Tilt vs tilt/trim

    Can someone please explain to me what the difference between tilt and tilt/trim is? As far as I know I've never had a boat with tilt/trim, but have always used the tilt function at speed to tweak the ride out. <br /><br />Now I've seen outboards that have hydraulics that "tilt" quickly to a...
  17. TwoBallScrewBall

    Cobra Exhaust Water

    I just realized that when running on muffs, the exhaust water on my 1988 Cobra 3.0 does not exit the propeller, but dumps out through the pivot housing. Is my exhaust bellow shot or is this normal?
  18. TwoBallScrewBall

    20 Questions

    You guys shoudl check this out....<br /><br /> http://y.20q.net:8095/btest <br /><br />It's 20 questions. Just think of something, anything, answer the questions correctly, and the computer guesses it. It's kinda scary how good it is. You don't have to enter any info on the first page, just...
  19. TwoBallScrewBall

    Propeller Question

    Hi,<br /><br />I have a 14X19 prop on my boat and the WOT is perfect with it. However, my holeshot sucks. Would going to a 15X17 (14X17 had great holeshot but over-revved at WOT) keep my WOT Rpm's about the same?<br /><br />OMC Cobra 3.0, 1988.<br /><br />Thanks!
  20. TwoBallScrewBall

    OMC Cobra Shift Shaft Adjustment

    Can this be done without separating the outdrive halves? Of course I found the spec in the manual after I had the drive on the boat. I did the "count the turns" trick but it's not right. It is centered more toward forward instead of Neutral and is affecting the operation of my ESA coming out...
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