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    Voting for 2023 Splash of the Year!

    Turned out to be a good competition.
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    '65 Lyn Craft Seabreeze 1500 Sport Runabout

    Rock the boat!! You're doing a bang up job. You just need to get in a rhythm.
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    '65 Lyn Craft Seabreeze 1500 Sport Runabout

    Sorry you had such a bad go-around with mechanics. I've almost always done my own repairs, which meant learning many new skills and buying many tools. The few times that I DID pay a mechanic, it was disappointing to say the least. I don't know if they had bad luck, or just couldn't back up...
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    Rehab SportCraft 222 1983 deep V hull cuddy walkaround

    Uhhhhh.... I must've missed something. My condolences on your loss, @kcassells
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    Building a '93 Caravelle 1750 Classic Bowrider

    I have a new fuel gauge and a new tilt/trim sensor to install. I was going to get started on those Saturday afternoon, but I am glad I got lazy, because my niece drove 15 hours for a surprise visit. Since I hadn't torn anything apart, the boat was ready for action! We were able to hit the...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    To be clear, I normally used 4043 on the extrusions that I was fabricating with, but I ran out and substituted 5356, which led to the delayed failure. That's where the failure occurred; in the heat affected zone. Where the weld stopped and the parent metal remained. It was a clean separation...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Here's why I asked: I remember using some 5356 on soft extrusion once because we ran out of 4043. The welds were pretty, with pre-heat and good penetration. However, a couple of days later, those parts literally fell apart at the fusion line. Material mis-match caused some sort of...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    What wire are you using?
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    Rehab SportCraft 222 1983 deep V hull cuddy walkaround

    There is an adjustment dial on the back of the gauge where you can stick a small screwdriver, lightly press in and turn. Usually six numbers to choose from. Also, usually a listing on the back of which setting for the number of cylinders OR the number of alternator pulses for your engine...
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    Rehab SportCraft 222 1983 deep V hull cuddy walkaround

    That does not sound like 3,000. Check the setting on the back of the tach. Try a different number of pulses.
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    Building a '93 Caravelle 1750 Classic Bowrider

    I hooked up my inductive tach on the boat Saturday and I could not get it to give me a proper reading. Maybe it was the short spark plug wires in close proximity, but it was indicating 6500 when it should have been around 1100. I tried it on my truck and the meter was fine. So, I went to the...
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    Building a '93 Caravelle 1750 Classic Bowrider

    According to that calculator, the engine is turning around 4750 RPMs. Either that, or the final drive ratio is 1.28:1 LOL Earlier in the build I turned the input shaft and counted the revolutions of the output shaft and estimated 1.88:1 That was based on a 17 spline output shaft rotating...
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    Building a '93 Caravelle 1750 Classic Bowrider

    I also have one of these on the lower unit. I don't think it's necessary. I wonder how much drag that creates?
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    Building a '93 Caravelle 1750 Classic Bowrider

    The highest I recall was 34 on the gauge. 33 on GPS. Here is a screen shot from the video. Looks like just over 33MPH on the gauge at 3,250 RPM The video is posted up above in a previous post. It SOUNDS about right for that reading.
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    Building a '93 Caravelle 1750 Classic Bowrider

    I agree. It's fast enough for the small lakes in my state. I just don't want it lugging. Yes, I finished the crack repair with the Lock-n-stitch. It worked out well. That adapter plate is interesting. Too bad it goes the wrong way for my situation. But it has me wondering about the "High...
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    Building a '93 Caravelle 1750 Classic Bowrider

    That's what I have, the 1.84:1 There may also be a power (engine) issue, but I don't want to get ahead of myself. You see, it is a 1982 block and head (large ports on the head) with a '93 manifold. (Smaller ports) There is a bad mismatch that surely interferes with flow, but to what degree, I...
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    Building a '93 Caravelle 1750 Classic Bowrider

    It should be around 4,400 or so, as you say. Without knowing the HP and torque graph for the GM 3.0, I can only assume that I am running on torque at this point. I expect the HP to increase beyond torque at some point and get me past this plateau if I can get the RPMs up. It is a '93 OMC Cobra...
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    Building a '93 Caravelle 1750 Classic Bowrider

    So it seems that the boat runs at around 33-35mph with a few different props; 19P, 17P and 15P a slightly different diameters. The only thing that seems to change is the rpm. This last time out, I stepped down to the 15P and it gave me 34MPH at around 3,500 RPM. My next prop to try is a 13P...
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    '65 Lyn Craft Seabreeze 1500 Sport Runabout

    I'm getting excited!
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    88 Capri Restoration (Splashed 08/2022)

    I got out once before the heat got bad. So many 100° days this summer. BUT, she's running great, and I have two more props to experiment with. Planning to run right on through November. Hoping to get a few more outings in before the long three weeks of winter hit.
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