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  1. matt167

    Hybrid Vehicles

    Hybrid vs full electric is apples and oranges. You’re not using grid power with a hybrid. It uses a small battery pack and operates the engine with a generator as needed. Remove the battery, and now you have locomotive technology.. range extended electric is different as they can use grid power...
  2. matt167

    Outdrive Pressure test Question

    You could try a little vacuum to test the seals the other way. You wouldn’t want much but a mighty vac would work.
  3. matt167

    Starcraft chieftain i/o to outboard conversion

    You don’t want steel. Use aluminum and wood. Build knees that bolt or rivit to the stringers and build a support system. You can buy ready made pods designed by marine architects
  4. matt167

    Starcraft chieftain i/o to outboard conversion

    If you want cheaper. Chopping out the transom keyhole larger and sliding in a donor boats 3.0l mercruiser would be the quickest, cheapest way. StarCraft used a 4x4 for the front mount when they setup mercruiser 2.5 and 3.0. For a pod, it ties into the transom structure for support and then it...
  5. matt167

    Hybrid Vehicles

    Yup. Really you don’t ‘need’ the special gloves or Cat 4 DVOM. Prius and probably other hybrids are just a little over 200v per cell. So even a cheap DVOM that is cat 3 will work. I just looked up the price of the cheapest rebuilt pack and it’s about $800, so a pretty darn good deal as long as...
  6. matt167

    Hybrid Vehicles

    Yes buying complete good batteries is expensive. But the cells don’t all go bad to cause error codes. You just need to find the bad cell packs and replace them for about $30-50 each. They say you can’t because of the voltages involved. Your supposed to have the special gloves and use a Cat 4...
  7. matt167

    Just a reminder that summer will be here soon...

    My wife loves winter. Got upset when we were sitting on the step last night and I noted that the grass is turning green and it was going to be time for the lawn mowing soon
  8. matt167

    Hybrid Vehicles

    Before I bought my ‘13 Mazda 2 I was hoping to find an older Prius that needed a battery as they can be rebuilt very cheap, and are a $500 car with the battery CEL My coworker has one as his work car. Paid very little, rebuilt the battery pack. And drives it every day with 50 mpg.
  9. matt167

    Replacing ignition on old 165hp GM inline-6

    That’s not coast guard approved
  10. matt167

    Stringer install

    Short strand fiberglass filler. Aka kitty hair is an automotive filler. Talc is the thickener used which absorbs water.
  11. matt167

    1975 Aristocraft w/ 120 no start

    Would you drive a car with a rotted frame? The likelihood of it sinking is there, but not as likely with a. I/O unit the transom seal breaks anyway. The lack of structure can also twist and crack the glass. My parts boat/ engine donor is a 1986 4 winns that someone actually ran and horsed...
  12. matt167

    Whats the deal with "High Milage" conventional and synthetic motor oils???/

    When it first came out it was a semi synthetic. Then later high mileage synthetic came out. It doesn’t hurt anything. My daily beater has 180k on it and I use it if that’s what’s available. The biggest thing is I change oil at 4k miles
  13. matt167

    Chrysler Canopy

    If you have the hoops, then your local canvas shop. If you don’t have the hoops, than your local canvas shop that can fabricate them
  14. matt167

    2850 Bayliner B command Bridge question

    Distributor in the back is Chevy. Distributor in the front is Ford. OMC used some of both in those years. What condition is the boat in?
  15. matt167

    1975 Aristocraft w/ 120 no start

    Also have to have a GOOD set of points. A decade ago I had a ‘65 rambler American that used a similar Delco distributor to the marine engines. I thought $5 green box point’s would be okay. I ended up buying a few sets online.. those cheap points not only did not even adjust the same because they...
  16. matt167

    Making a pressure tester for Mercruiser outdrive

    When I built my tester. I took a $10 bike pump. Pulled the scrader end off the hose. Installed the oil fitting from a $6 gear lube pump. They are both barbed fittings with the same hose size . Easy cheap tester
  17. matt167

    Just a reminder that summer will be here soon...

    60* here too. Checked the webcam for the closest lake and there is still a little bit of ice in the water. Otherwise I would have grabbed the boat this weekend but its also supposed to be 55* and rainy
  18. matt167

    My 84 4winns horizon 195 project.

    Don’t bother with marine plywood. Buy CDX or better and make sure it is marked Exposure 1. Common marine grade plywood is just AAX plywood. Once you get into Ocume plywood and Meranti imported stuff, it is mahogany based but you’re going to fall over with the price. Your boat was manufactured...
  19. matt167

    Wellcraft hulls

    Yes. In that time period 95% of glass boats were wood structured. wellcraft had a reputation at the time for quality. 40+ years later with probable rot, that means nothing. Current condition is everything. How the glass itself is laid will be better than a lesser brand while the issues will be...
  20. matt167

    projects other than boats

    I been welding on my scratch built cab. Finishing welding that was never finished. Got a nifty new MiG welder for all of $150 with tax. Welds not pretty because of me. Getting used to the trigger on this one. Different than my old one. But they get ground down anyway
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