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  1. ziggy

    what kinda flares to get

    Merry Chrsitmas folks, got me some expired flares for Christmas. handheld ones, uscg approved they say. they came from wally world, :rolleyes:.... anyways. i was wondering, since i gots to take them back anyway, what kinda flare do you have onboard for your vessel for inland boating? a flare...
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    alignment question

    been workin on my drive and gimble assy. on alignment. i've got it down to being able to put the alignment bar in nice and smooth till it hits(bottoms out in the coupler) the coupler at 0*, 90*, 180*, but at 270* i feel resistance as the alignment bar is hiting i think at the 11 o'clock...
  3. ziggy

    perfect seal

    so does yer can of perfect seal seperate into globs at the bottom of the can when not used for, say a month or two at the most? mine mixes back up ok but i'm wondering if that's normal, i've only seen one can of perfect seal so have nothing to compare it to......
  4. ziggy

    quicksilver special lubricant 101

    i'm gettin ready to put my drive gear and brg. assy. back into my 1 drive. assuming i get it back in the hole. think i read that i'm supposed to use perfect seal on the retainer nut. then i read in manual #6 that ya are supposed to use this quicksilver special lubricant 101. i did replace my...
  5. ziggy

    u-joint grease

    thinking about puting me some ujoints together here soon and got a question. got me some new quiksilver ujoints. question is to me. should i grease them. looks like there's grease in em now. but which kind? can i assume quicksilver ujoints use merc ujoint and gimble brgs grease? i see that...
  6. ziggy

    high security boat storage

    a new meaning to the words high security..........missouri river end july 07...
  7. ziggy

    bearing replacement, shimming

    regaurding the upper. i'm gonna replace the bearings in my 1 drive for the drive shaft. the ones on my drive gear yoke. i understand that i will have to shim the drive gear. question to me is. will i need to shim the upper drive shaft? do i need to check the rolling torque of the upper drive...
  8. ziggy

    drive shaft housing parts inspection

    a continuation of the my other thread... http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=228998 well, parts don't look real good to me... the wear pattern looks ok to me, but i'm concered about the rust specks ya can see...pitting? also in the upper pic i'm concerend about the black ring which...
  9. ziggy

    drive shaft houseing

    ok, so i'm gettin ready to look at replaceing my ujoints + need to inspect the oil seal in the brg. assy. 1st question of many i'm sure. i don't wanna mess this up.. is it nessessary to seperate the lower from the upper? is it nessessary to remove the top cover? (slightly ahead of myself...
  10. ziggy

    nineteen review

    gonna try to sum up a nineteens handleing. i've never seen a review of any 1975 boats so thought i'd start...... mine is a great slow cruisein boat. 1k rpm to 1900 is sub planeing. 1k to 1400 is great for just looking about. it does wander as any v hull. but if ya let go of the helm. it wanders...
  11. ziggy

    merc specialty tools

    hi, gettin ready to do me up some ujoints....guess i need some more special tools......i was gonna get the serria version of c-91-38378 bearing retainer wrench and the ujoint adaptor for starts.....thems special tools are pretty expensive.....is the quality satisfactory of these tools.....got...
  12. ziggy

    Happy Thanksgiving

    just to say Happy Thanksgiving to all on "the" fourm......... Have a Great Day......
  13. ziggy

    alignment question

    so having never done an alignment i figured i'd run my bar into the gimble brg. prior to disassembly.....much to my surpirse it went in a little tight. i didn't think i had any alignment issues. no vibration, no howling no nothing. i did feel it was out of alingment though. the brg. did have...
  14. ziggy

    water hose, whats the trick

    so puttin my 1 drive bellhouseing back on today. new rubber. that water hose. man what a fXXXXn bummer.......is there some trick to gettin that sun of a gun on. i just plain wore myself out pushin and tryin. i did not get it on as far as i would have liked. if i'm lucky the clamp is on the...
  15. ziggy

    adhesives

    i'm in the middle of doin some bellows and stuff. one note i'd say. perfect seal adheiseve seperates, stir it up. i used a screwdriver, after the clumps were gone, i shook it up. it was much better. the serria brand bellows adheiseve i got was in a tube, it seemed seperated too. was clear for...
  16. ziggy

    wow!!, a USA product

    doing me a little work in my 1 drive and needed to torque down some clamps so i needed to get me some 3/8 drive screwdriver tips....off to the searsman store. got just what i needed......a set for $28 or so. so i just checked them out... MADE IN USA. Forever Full Warranty........Now that's...
  17. ziggy

    shift shaft seal, 1 drive

    morning folks. and i hope it's a good one for ya. my question is about the bellhouseing shift shaft seal. the new style one that pertrudes into the exhust cavity of the bellhouseing. for reassembly, per the service manual, the shift shaft seal (old style) is 1st thing to go back into the...
  18. ziggy

    a jetboat game

    hope this is allowed...... a jetboat docking game....... "http://www.hamiltonjet.co.nz/jetboat_game" i so far aint got by level 2.......:( but i will.... it works backwards. i as of last year i had a pwc and could spin it on a dime....frusterateing.......
  19. ziggy

    gimble brg. removal

    i'm wonderin if i just put the cart before the horse. i need to do a gimble brg on my 1 drive. i ain't got nothing to pull it or drive it with, yet. i see the proper tools uses the bell hoseing as a support for plates so i can use screwthreads to pull it out. my bell houseing is off all ready...
  20. ziggy

    rusty u-joints

    well, i been havein fun the last two days. winterizin....most depressing.....all was going well till i decided to remove the drive to lub up the ujoints and drive shaft and the likes.... well, here's what was stareing me in the face. rusty ujoints...... and i suppose rusty grease on the...
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