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  1. Boomyal

    Keeping my fingers crossed! THE SAGA CONTINUES!

    This morning I am going to change the plugs in my resto motor, change the oil, fill with coolant and clean up the tools that are filling the boat....<br /><br />...and then I'm gonna try to START IT!! Whoppee!!<br /><br />I spent most of this week correcting various problems. The original 30...
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    Question for KaGee

    Getting ready to hang on the outdrive. May have mixed up the trunion caps and that is a no no. Those caps are installed then line bored to make them square and round.<br /><br />I did mark them but don't know whether I referenced from inside the boat or out. Yeah, I know, port is always port...
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    Thought this might reinforce and...

    ... add some juice to what I've been saying ever since I came to this forum. I just happened to be reading an old American Heritage (July 1992), an article about Harry Truman. The paragraph below is quoted verbatim from an inset by Truman's co-biographer Thomas Fleming.<br /><br /> Truman was...
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    Had to chuckle-Briton with 3 wives

    The guy has a tripple by-pass and all three wives show up at the hospital to visit him. They were each unaware of the others.<br /><br />The Brits took it kinda hard an arrested him for bigamy.<br /><br />What's wrong with them, Don't they know it's just another choice?? I thought GB was run...
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    Tach question for gaugeguy or anyone!!

    I posted this over in EEEEEElectronics but thought it might not get seen.<br /><br /> I'm going to be installing an MSD capacitive discharge ignition system in my boat. Speculation is that my Teleflex tach will not work with the ignition. MSD has a seperate tach lead that puts out a 12 volt...
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    Tach question for gaugeguy

    I'm going to be installing an MSD capacitive discharge ignition system in my boat. Speculation is that my Teleflex tach will not work with the ignition. MSD has a seperate tach lead that puts out a 12 volt square wave signal with a 20% duty cycle. My current Teleflex tach is a apparently a...
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    Window sizing revisited!

    The other day I tiled my windows vertically to have two copies of an ebay auction open and visible at one time. When I was done I just closed the tiled windows and did not use the undo tile function in the task bar.<br /><br />Now every time I open a new window (except for the main browser) it...
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    Look as I may, Look as I might....

    ....I can't find one of these:<br /><br /> <br /><br />Everything I find is the straight thru type blower and they will simply not fit without a lot of work and even then it would be in the way.<br /><br />This one still runs but the shaft had siezed up and I had to oil her down. Still can't...
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    JH19! A mech shift converter for you.

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/OMC-STRINGER-STERNDRIVE-SHIFT-BOX-UNIT-PLATE_W0QQitemZ4566363295QQcategoryZ50442QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem <br /><br />If your interested I verify the application with the seller. What I know for sure it's not the same as a hydro-mech converter.
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    OMC True Course steering shaft components???

    Both the Seloc manual and an OMC parts catalogue refered to an oring to be installed with all the various washers, tension washers, bushings, clips yada yada yada.<br /><br />The oring is not pictured in the Seloc manual, I don't remember in the OMC parts breakdown where it went and I don't...
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    V-belt fitment?

    How low in the pulley should a V-belt sit? Today I went to NAPA to replace my water pump/alternator belt. Somehow between the time I took it off the motor and the time I went to reinstall it, it became way too long???????<br /><br />The original belt was a Goodyear and the back of it fit flush...
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    Question regarding printers.

    Why doesn't a print job quit printing when you 'cancel' the job in the printer' queue?<br /><br />It is aggravating as all get out. Every now and again I print something off of the internet and the printer spits out page after page of a line or part of a line of gibberish. If I cancel the...
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    Removing Super Glue from a vinyl dash?

    Any ideas about removing the residue of Super Glue from a vinyl dashboard? My daughter just bought a cute little 2003 Mitsubishi Lancer ES. It is very clean but has an inch square spot of super glue in the middle of the dash where the previous owner hand anchored his favorite pet bobble head...
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    Recommendations for Electronic ignitions

    Any recommendations for the above? My 'new' 302 has a set a late OEM Autolite Platimum plugs with a huge gap (probably .054) and I don't think my Pertronix II with 40K volt coil will drive them. I'd like to use them because they are basically 100k mile plugs, at least in an late model auto...
  15. Boomyal

    New pup

    After having put our dear sweet 3 1/2 Lab down we had a great void which we just filled with this little critter.<br /><br />Can anyone guess what it might be?<br /><br />
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    Gulfstream Update-THE CHAMPAGNE BOTTLE HAS BEEN BROKEN!

    The ol' Gulfstream is finally looking like a boat. Today I undertook and finished installing the Nautolex Flooring. Some have tried it and don't care for it but my original Nautolex wore so well that I couldn't see any reason to not reuse it. It has great no skid properties (very hard on the...
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    Mini news flash re 3m 4200

    FWIIW, 4200 claims to be paintable. A week after it's application I oversprayed it with Interlux Brightsides. Two weeks later the paint on that area is just a wet as it was shortly after shooting it. If you touch it, white comes off on your finger.<br /><br />What do you suppose gives?
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    Results of my Mold fabrication-Sucessfull

    This little project took an inordinate amount of time but it will be well worth it. Due to the complex shape of this deflector, I basically had to do each layer in three seperate applications. There are a total of about 8 layers of 10 oz glass. At each step I would put the part in the oven to...
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    Wally World Tires??

    Any opinions on tires from above? I need to get a couple of inexpensive 13" commuter tires for my son's '87 Sunbird. I don't see any point in going premium, they'll hardly get heated up for the trips that car will take.
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    Any opinions on Ford Contour???

    My dear daughter just rear ended a car on the freeway. It was a beautiful little '88 VW Fox with 80k mi, 5 spd, factory alloys and air conditioning. She did not carry comprehensive insurance on it and I think it is totaled. It took out the welded in front cross member that the front motor mount...
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