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  1. ScottinAZ

    marketplace/Craigslist pet peeves.....

    am I the only one who peruses the Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist looking at/for old boats in need of some love...... I find it annoying though when there are incomplete/incorrect details posted with the boats..... No length, No mention of engine, No mention of paperwork (AZ is simple, its...
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    What ever happened to Dangar Stu?

    still subbed to his channel. Loved watching him go through that Trawler, and get it running again. One of his last videos, he was out of the country working elsewhere, so I think he has moved on from the channel. Too bad, he has an interesting perspective on many things.
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    Replacement Oil Filters

    at the end of the day, the engine is automotive based, so it gets an "automotive" filter.... much higher volume of sales, better "selection" of brands if your preferred isnt in stock, and likely one of them makes the Mercrusier and Sierra filters.....
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    No compression with rocker arms torqued

    sounds to me as if you found your issue. From the factory, evidently they used shims to adjust the valves, and when you did the cam job, the rockers didnt go back into the exact same positions they were removed from. Looks like there is enough variation in height in the pedestals to cause at...
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    Bad engine coupler or spun prop hub?

    being honest, I woulda done that before ponying up for a coupler swap......
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    anyone seen this set up before for an alpha 1 gen II system

    depending on RPM, it could do both. If the impeller is pumping more water than the engine driven pump can move, it will shoot water, if the engine driven pump is moving more, it will suck air. Depending on your operating regime, and the water you boat on, you may want to just cap it off. Being...
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    Need Advice on Towing Performance

    ill echo what a few others here have said. For the "one week" you may want to drop a pitch on the prop. just as a tow vehicle works better with different gears than one that just cruises, you need to change pitch some for towing. Its either that, or get all your passengers, and yourself to lay...
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    anyone seen this set up before for an alpha 1 gen II system

    looks "user added" to me, and while it wont keep the impeller from cooking, it could be just as a flush point if the boat was salt water used.
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    ugh, domestic plumbing......

    Where’s the fun in that???
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    ugh, domestic plumbing......

    so, our house is fairly old, built in 1955, and the plumbing system likely dates to that timeframe, all galvanized steel.... We had been dealing with a loss of flow from the kitchen sink since we moved in about 3 years ago now. I figured it was the pipes themselves, and would eventually need to...
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    Dog gps trackers

    If I spent $1500 on a tracking device for the dogs, they would be found with my body, probably implanted in a posterior orifice..... but one would see how well the trackers worked......
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    Project unknown

    your best bet is going to be taking the HIN, located on the right side of the transom and running it through one of the many HIN decoders online. That will at least get you a MFG and a year....
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    Am I just nuts???????

    well, the consensus is, I am probably nuts.... Next question though, Tri-hulls obviously are an "acquired taste"..... 120-130 hp mercs are a dime a dozen as well.... what about boats with a factory V-8? inherently more "desireable" or does it depend on the hull MFG as well..... There is a...
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    Should I replace my wood transom or epoxy old one( with pictures)?

    that transom is in too good a shape to be an original from the 1980's. that said, since you appear to have it out, I would replace it with new as preventative maintenance. well over half the work is done in getting it out....
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    Another prop slipping thread

    yes, if you see metal chunks in the oil, its not a good thing. IF the dogs or gears are failing, that metal has to go somewhere, and into the oil as chunks is where it usually goes. I have magnetic drain plugs on my outdrive, top and bottom. Makes it easy to do a quick health check on the drive...
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    Am I just nuts???????

    the ultimate goal is to get a "project car".... however the price goes up exponentially when you start working on cars...... boats are still relatively "cheap" as far as fiberglass goes. Get into an engine, and the stuff hits the fan fast. Boats also seem to be a faster turnaround than a...
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    OMC 140 3.0l drive compatibility

    keeping the original gauges is going to depend on whether you can wire in the senders on the new motor to the gauges. If they are not compatible, and the old senders from the old motor do not fit (different ports, different threads, etc) then you are stuck with new gauges. Some, such as the tach...
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    Am I just nuts???????

    No attachment to this (or any other hull) honestly, its more to keep me from boredom.... its a passtime that can be done for relatively little money (per payday) and net something of (limited) value to somebody. I gotta have something to tinker with, and I dont believe many hobbies out there...
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    Am I just nuts???????

    I dont disagree that its not a cheap endeavor to redo a boat, but 5k seems a bit extreme as a DIY. I dont have 5k in any two of my boats I have done...... a quick search on US Composites nets about $500 in supplies to do a decent job of decking a boat (not superb, but at least as good, if not...
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    Am I just nuts???????

    the boat is likely a gut job. as stated, it appears to be a deck-over refloor. Truly mostly interested in it as a cheap source of increasingly rare parts for my other boat, so thats the way it may go. It all depends on what the hull looks like if/when I pull the trigger on it. My first boat was...
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