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    Wakeboard crash video I made

    I get together with the members of a website made to connect local riders called MaumeeWake.com and do a video shoot for the web site every year. This year we did a crash competition and awarded the winner a real nice bud light cooler as a trophy so I put a video together of the crashes, I...
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    Home made wakeskate

    So i tried wakeskating this year and loved it, but didnt have the cash to buy a new one. I did a little reserch and found they are pretty easy to make so this is what i came up with. I used 5mm thick ply and laminated 4 layers together putting a layer of fiberglass cloth between each layer to...
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    Alpha one shift cable issues need some ideas

    So i have been having a great boating season until my last outing and i am trying to salvage the rest of my season. My last outing ended in a tow back to the ramp, due to a complete lose of spark, tested the coil on the water and got nothing. I wasn't to worried about it since i had another...
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    Oil flow problem with 4.3l Merc...and other?

    1987 4.3L 205 I am having an issue with the oil flow through my 4.3l. The issues is that there is no oil flow to the top of the engine via the push rods while the engine is runing, but i am keeping proper oil preasure. 45-50psi Now if I run the oil pump with the drill and the remains of a...
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    Setting timing on 205 4.3l

    I am haveing an little issue figuring out the timing on a 4.3l. My issue is the manual has a drawing of the tab and markings to set the timing but they don't correlate to what's on the engine. The manual shows a tab that is above the balancer that has hash marks and a flat face, but the tab on...
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    Hey anyone from the Phoenix/Tempe/Mesa area out there?

    I just found out this week that the solar company I work for hear in Ohio is opening our second US based manufacturing plant in Mesa Arizona, and I will have the chance to transfer there and even maybe get a higher position if I am lucky, so I was wonding what the area is like as far as schools...
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    Mercruiser 4.3L question

    Can any ony tell me what the differance is between the differant generations of the Mercruiser 4.3L. I am doing reserch on the engine and see it is split into several groups by year. I am most intrested in the differances between 1980-1989, 1990-1995 and 1996-1999. Now the reason, my brother...
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    post your Pics and vids of the big snow storm

    Well I made a little video of the week of snow as i am calling it. Enjoy and post your pics and stuff, it would be cool to see how everyone got through! I know yesterday our weather men were calling for 3-5inches....they grossly under estimated that one, I got and additional 8 on top of what the...
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    The best hockey goal horn ever!!

    I had to post this, all the Great Lake boaters and hockey fans will love it. The Toledo Walleye my ECHL team got a new goal horn. It was the steam horn from the S.S. Willis B. Boyer. The Boyer is a museum that sits in the Maumee River in Toledo now and is 100yrs old now. It one of the few ships...
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    I got to touch the Stanley Cup

    My local ECHL Hockey team is the affiliate of the BlackHawks and the Wings. So The BlackHawks brought the Stanley Cup to the Toledo Walleye game last night and I got to get my picture taken with it and got to touch it. I have to wait to the 15th to get the picture of me with it, but got a few of...
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    Engine alarm system questions

    In doing a repower, if I replace an engine without any alarm system with a new engine that has an alarm system is there a module i could buy that would have the warning lights and sounds in it that would be "plug and play" or would I have to build one from scratch, considering my helm as is isnt...
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    The best use yet for OMC parts!

    Well I got board and decided to tear into my brothers boat that he blew the motor in last year and see what I could use from it, its trashed now way past saving so i figured what the hell. Its a 1988 Bayliner with a OMC Cobra. I ripped the outdrive trim cylinders off along with the motor for it...
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    Motor mounts frames

    I have had a new 4.3L fall into my lap!:D So I will be replacing my 3.7L....yes the one I just rebuilt last winter (for anyone who remembers) I have yet to decide weather to strip the 3.7 and sell as parts as a hole package......but anyways the reason I am posting is I am trying to find the...
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    Wakeboarding video

    Well I eneded my season of riding with a bunch of loacal riders one of witch I met through Iboat and started his own wakeboard web site. anyway we gathered a bunch of guys up and went out along with a few video cameras. The attached link is the resault. It took about 3 weeks to get through the...
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    Very easy, cheap altinator set-up for 3.7l/470

    I picked up a cheap one wire self exciting altinator or $68 on line and picked up a good chrome altinator slip braket for just over $20 at my local O'Rilleys and this is what I came up with. It works very well. The braket The first step was to relocate the coil. I mounted it with a bolt for...
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    great idea !

    Ok, iboats needs a mobile version of the site. Just shopping and the forums! Its possible to use the site with the proper phone ( I am on my blackberry now) but its not formatted for it! I don't know about you guys but I am not always around a computer when I really need a question answered. I...
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    dont get between this women and her nuggets

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVH_Gm4fXtg OOOOOH my god! This chick really wanted those nuggets! Only more proof that fast food is killing society.:D All joking aside.....it make me feel shameful i grew up in Toledo!
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    Maumee River Smallies!

    I got on the smallies today. I bagged a 16 and 15 inch, also got a 13 inch white bass and a 13 inch smallie, 3 out of 4 keepers! Good enough for lunch!
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    Water Temp sender 3.7L

    Does anyone know what the thread size is for the water temp sender on the 3.7L Mercruiser is. I need to get a new one for the new gauges, but cant find what the thread size is for hole in the manifold. I need a type "D" for the new gauge and they come in 1/4, 1/2 and 3/8. Thanks guys
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    Fuel pump operation ???

    I have been chasing a fuel issue since i rebuild my 3.7L Merc. I believe i have found it but need to verify my understanding of mechanical fuel pumps. I have the pump removed and noticed that when you manually pump it you get suction and air flow threw the sight tube outlet.........that means...
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