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    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    Is there a loophole where it's fine as long as the boat and trailer is attached to a vehicle?
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    I have a leak.

    The one following the curve from about 5-4? Bit of grease that just came off with my finger. Thought I found my smoking gun. :(
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    I have a leak.

    Just for the heck of it, I went out to double check the o-ring. Maybe I should've stuck to grease like I normally use but I'm not seeing damage. I did find a thread a little while ago where Don said it had happened once or twice and it was the shift shaft bushing with exhaust gas. Maybe I am...
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    Got a new toy to test out eventually...

    Yeah. I figured the tiny one would clear most but I guess not all. I knocked it down flat with a file for now.
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    I have a leak.

    Drive bellows are dry. And new but I can check again more thoroughly when i get home from work... Only water was in the shift cavity between the gasket. I even wiped U-joint bellows out with a rag and they were bone dry/clean best as I could tell. Boat off in water no drip. Boat running and...
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    Got a new toy to test out eventually...

    I did a little more testing. The boat is definitely "twitchy" with the enertia. Any little ripple is darting the bow all over the place which is uncomfortable after a while constanly correcting the boat. It doesn't really seem to be any further up out of the water than with the mirage either. I...
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    I have a leak.

    So I've been getting some water in my bilge since the rebuild. I've narrowed it down to what I believe are two unrelated leaks... one is the water pump bolt, which I know how to address. The other, is the shift cable. And I've never seen it but that doesn't mean it isn't possible. What is...
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    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    I just forcefully took over my aunt's garage. Storage unit probably would've had more room to work and I wouldn't have had to drive a half an hour every time I wanted to work on it. However the perks of having a roll off dumpster in the yard to dispose of everything made the drive and free 99...
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    My 84 4winns horizon 195 project.

    Looks Like I have 2 leaks. 1 is my brand new water pump. :rolleyes: And the other is water coming out of the shift cable end on the linkage. Seems the shift shaft seal failed causing this... Will have to investigate further.
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    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    Could you make a cradle and push it in?
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    Winterize My 2009 Tahoe Q5i 4.3 V6

    I usually fog the engine, drain the block/manifolds then fill via the thermostat housing with antifreeze as I don't trust that the thermostat will actually open on a raw water cooled system should I just run it through the muffs... On a closed cooling system, running on the muffs is probably...
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    cooking

    I do rolling shift work so I typically don't get too much time off and I need to do something to feel productive. I'd rather be on the boat honestly.
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    cooking

    It's only worth it to make a bunch. Raining nasty weather, why not just to kill time. Threw on a movie and went to town.
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    cooking

    I made some homemade pierogies. (Don't grill me on the paper plate. I didn't want to do anymore dishes)
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    Manifolds (Trying to figure out what I am looking at)

    Mine popped out easy enough with just threading a bolt into it. It would suck to try and tap in the new one installed though. I've done much worse.
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    Manifolds (Trying to figure out what I am looking at)

    I swapped the bypass valve when I installed mine. It was a lower pressure bypass. I actually have to update the other thread now that photos are back.
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    Manifolds (Trying to figure out what I am looking at)

    Warm setup, had the cold setup when this happened but per a post from bondo and having a GEN I drive I went to a warm setup. Everything seems to run about the same, block is 160 manifolds 170 elbows get the mixing so they stay cooler. Those temps were in 75 degree water after running 3800 RPM...
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    Manifolds (Trying to figure out what I am looking at)

    Haven't pulled the manifolds yet. But so far so good. Been monitoring temps and am seeing ~175F on the manifold and 155F on the elbow. I will probably swap to the 143F thermostat as that is probably pushing it temp wise. But otherwise seems good.
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    2017 Mustang GT oil catch can?

    Ford had an OE one on the track oriented ones on some years if memory serves. Drained right back into the sump too. Personally I don't care for them and feel they're just more parts to cause a headache... but I'm probably in the minority on that one.
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    My 84 4winns horizon 195 project.

    So I haven't pulled the plug since my first launch. There is a puddle in the bilge and it's salty. Nothing major, maybe a cup but annoying none the less... Looks like I have some investigating to do. I am assuming it is from the engine at this moment in time.
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