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    My 84 4winns horizon 195 project.

    My bad, It's HERE. Figure that is a forever link hopefully lol.
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    My 84 4winns horizon 195 project.

    I made a drive link!
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    My 84 4winns horizon 195 project.

    Yeah, so yesterday I didn't do anything. :ROFLMAO: I did have to grind the engine mounts slightly to get them to land on the blocks but I knew that was coming. Otherwise everything seems good to go.
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    Mercury Demand, Demand Linear, Demand Guardian

    That's actually really cool and surprisingly straight forward.
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    My 84 4winns horizon 195 project.

    So, there is an engine in there now. I wasn't going to post this but I played around with the alignment for a while. I'm pretty sure I did it right... I knocked around the gimbal lightly then slid the tool into the coupler. Knocked it around again in the coupler then pulled the tool out. Greased...
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    My 84 4winns horizon 195 project.

    First time in my life, I forgot the plug. But God damn she floats boys. No leaks after I installed it too. :ROFLMAO: engine going in tomorrow and then carpet. I'll be on the water Wednesday!
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    My 84 4winns horizon 195 project.

    Bow hatch in, cleats bedded, blower run, trim and tilt installed... I'm sure I am missing some stuff but.... she's trailer ready. Edit: also learned the bow deck is balsa core.
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    Ram down....uggh

    Does it not have a smart charging system? That voltage, if it does, doesn't really seem out of line to me if it's been running a bit...
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    Ram down....uggh

    It wouldn't surprise me if the 5.3 is phased out in the next gen truck. Especially considering most people buying the thing couldn't even tell you what engine was in it anyway.... I give ford a lot of credit, their stock tuning on all their vehicles is probably in the top end of all OEMs. GM...
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    Ram down....uggh

    My dodge experience wasn't great, truck actually didn't even make it off the lot without dying. :cautious: The happiest day of my ownership was when I got rid of it. We have a bunch of different trucks in the fleet at work. It's basically russian roulette. They all suck about the same. Sadly I...
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    My 84 4winns horizon 195 project.

    So... What do you all think I should use for sealing my new hatch to the deck. Seems there are about 500 different opinions on this matter. It is a Bomar 995 with a plastic frame. Seems Life-caulk may attack the plastic of the frame. So maybe Dow 795? 4000UV? something else?
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    I am not perfect.

    Pretty much all I do. Commonly available and price point.
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    When do you pull your freshwater boat?

    I've pushed through ice on the bay on more than one occasion to pull. The 19 is a trailer boat now and I've been out plenty in jan/feb. If the high is in the 40s I'll be out on something. :LOL: The 33 comes out around thanksgiving depending on the long range. I've pulled week of Christmas if...
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    I am not perfect.

    For batteries I go buy whatever is most convenient to get a hold of when they fail (not if). There are only like 2 or 3 manufacturers of batteries left anyway. Granted they are all built to a specification but still.... I am hard pressed to get more than 5 years of service out of one in any...
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    How do you all like your remote oil filter setups?

    If you're good with a mirror you probably could do the valve installed. Though it would take 10 seconds if the engine is already out. I fought the old oil filter more than anything. This engine for whatever reason always is a pain with removing the filter... Gets really good and stuck with a...
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    How do you all like your remote oil filter setups?

    So I made the confirmation on this yesterday. I didn't accurately measure the bypass pressure but I can say the original installed in the block was lower than the mercruiser one I added. I used a 1/8 drill bit to depress both plungers and the factory one took maybe 1/3 the pressure of the...
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    My 84 4winns horizon 195 project.

    So I've made a drive link with most of the photos from the last month that way you all can see where I've gotten to. Yesterday I finished up my remote oil filter install, I'll update my other thread with more thoughts on that matter. Boat project drive link
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    Getting challenging to find somewhat common items?

    Actually a few have. But in my defense there are 5 within a 15 minute walk from my house so it may be a saturated market! :LOL:
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    Getting challenging to find somewhat common items?

    Due to where I have to mount my remote filter, I have to keep the size to about a PF454 height wise. A good friend dropped off a case of 57099s last night so I'm good there now and that was a "no charge" sit down for a beer purchase... the best kind. I typically used the mobil variant of that...
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    Getting challenging to find somewhat common items?

    Even more confusing... I stopped into an advance this morning just because. (Needed to burn some time) pf454 and pf1218 in stock. Also the cartridge for my 55 was stocked as well... I have more questions than answers now... Again. Figure almost every small and big block chevy used a 454 or 1218...
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