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  1. harringtondav

    Boat Insurance Reference Point

    ...thanks. We have a $1M blanket in addition to the other insurance. At their 40% commission, the PI parasite lawyers will make you doubt your coverage....at any amount. Good news is Nationwide and the others have lawyers too. And they'll fight like hell to protect their $1.5M.
  2. harringtondav

    Boat Insurance Reference Point

    I just bought insurance for our new boat & trailer. The insurance is 'bundled' under our Nationwide homeowners/auto policy. - $38.7K replacement cost. $500 deductible both comprehensive and collision. - $500K bodily injury and property damage-combined. - $5K medical payments. - $5K personal...
  3. harringtondav

    Keel Guard Question

    The more I think on your answers, I figure higher is better. I've bumped docks with my bow more than a few times when offloading passengers on the fly. (the 'Reverse!' command came a bit late). A high keel guard will help protect the gel up there.
  4. harringtondav

    Keel Guard Question

    Yea. I Googled the instructions after I posted. ....6-9" above the water line. I will comply.
  5. harringtondav

    Keel Guard Question

    I'm prepping to buy a keel guard for my new boat. Most I see are installed starting high on the bow close to the eye. I'm installing one due to sand and gravel stress on the keel from beaching. On my previous boat this damage started lower, at the intersection of the bow and straight keel and...
  6. harringtondav

    Alternate Radon Mitigation Method (?)

    I'm getting close to drywall in my river house basement finish project. Six years ago I did several things to dry up a wet corner, including installing a sump pit and pump. Apparently the combined improvements worked. Everything has been bone dry, including the sump. Before I drywall over the...
  7. harringtondav

    Are VP Flush Muffs the Same as Merc?

    My new VP SX drive boat is getting closer. It will be late Summer, so I want everything ready. Will my Alpha II muffs work?
  8. harringtondav

    Are Adhesive Keel Guards Effective?

    New boat coming mid Aug...I hope. We boat on the upper Mississippi river. So sand bank/beach stops are frequent. Previous Larson boat had it's gel coat ground off to pink glass and roving at the front of the keel. (I patched B4 selling). New boat, new car: Pucker until that first door ding. But...
  9. harringtondav

    ....stocking up for Corona virus

    That's why I tuck a mask in my pocket. ....I'll go with the flow even though I'm clean. Yesterday I was in Menard's and Lowes. They both dropped their mask req't, and very few customers were wearing them. But over half the staff were.
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    ....stocking up for Corona virus

    This post has been dormant for over one year. So...things are loosening up. Vaccines seem to be turning the worm. Iowa, like other states, is following CDC recommendations on masking requirements for fully vaccinated. Mandatory mask requirements are dropping fast at my regular stores. I'm fully...
  11. harringtondav

    Material Availability for DIY/Home Improvement Projects?

    Same. I just came back from Menard's. I drove into the warehouse to pick up eight 2x4 studs. These, plywood, everything else wood was stacked 20' high or more. The studs were $12.59 ea. Two months ago they were $7.40 which was painful enough. No supply shortage at Menard's. The prices won't drop...
  12. harringtondav

    Material Availability for DIY/Home Improvement Projects?

    I see 'Hiring Now' signs regularly. ...I don't understand the hold up.
  13. harringtondav

    Material Availability for DIY/Home Improvement Projects?

    I'm getting into the short rows in my river house basement finish project. I went to Menard's today to pick up some stuff including a three gang electrical box. I grabbed the last one in the store. The j box shelves were almost empty. ....been watching them wither over the last several months...
  14. harringtondav

    Shift shaft backwards?

    Something is off by a mile. Make sure the yoke is pointing to the left per @Bt Doctur. Also it is tricky getting the prop shaft assembly properly assembled with the notch on the shift spool engaging the yoke. You'll know when you get it correct if the assembly won't pull out. Properly engaged it...
  15. harringtondav

    Shift shaft backwards?

    The splines on the shift shaft are coarse. If you get the shaft engaged in the yoke one spline off the shift linkage won't work. The foot on the shift shaft should point 12 o'clock forward in FWD, about 11 o'clock in N, 10 o'clock in REV. So when you get the lower reassembled check the shift...
  16. harringtondav

    Intake Valve Coking on Direct Injected Gas Engines: Fact or Myth?

    Thanks @dingbat. Good read. My take: Change oil sooner than later with spec oil. .....also give the engine a good "cobweb cleaning" occasionally. ....probably more important with my Ranger. Boat engines.....happens naturally.
  17. harringtondav

    Intake Valve Coking on Direct Injected Gas Engines: Fact or Myth?

    Thanks @Bondo. Below is GM's info page on the engine in my new boat. Reading this I got the notion it is high pressure direct injected into the cyls. I believe previous SBC engines were multiport injection into the intake manifold at the intake valves. What's your read? Doesn't matter now. I...
  18. harringtondav

    Intake Valve Coking on Direct Injected Gas Engines: Fact or Myth?

    If my new boat ever arrives it will have a VP240SX. 4.3 GM V6 With direct fuel injection. I also belong to a G5 Ford Ranger forum. Rangers and other Fords also have direct injection. A recent thread on that forum had a lot of discussion and hand wringing about intake valve 'coking'. The theory...
  19. harringtondav

    Generic drugs are a good buy

    .....been boatless since last Aug, and will be until this Aug. So I don't have any boat stories/issues to share. So, eye doc prescribed Lumigen drops for my pre-glaucoma. $230 for 2.5 ml after insurance kicked in $40. I whined to the ophthalmologist, asking for a generic. He prescribed...
  20. harringtondav

    Attention Delta Faucet Owners

    ...I looked up the 17T Scott. Nice features. ...but I've always preferred manual transmissions, etc. I put a Sharpie mark on the base Delta shower valve where the water temp is perfect. ...my wife's mark is considerably more counterclockwise. ;)
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