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    Torque Roll?

    Lol. I can think of one potential rider I'm not sure I'd want to take, for that reason. It'd prob be fine though. I don't really like people sitting in the bow while I'm underway; blocks my vision. And I'm tall enough in the body that I look over the windshield. Kinda shoots down the...
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    Nasty Cooling System - '93 Chevy Caprice

    The heater barely works in that car too. I was down to thinking it was the blend door (I've done the feel-the-hoses-at-the-firewall test, and things seemed correct like it was flowing through the core), but I'm 2nd guessing that just a little. I dread tearing the dash apart (though maybe I can...
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    New boat owner!

    And the guests that get taken on the first outing get in on the "fun".
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    I can relate to this!

    I spent most of my workout time one morning a couple months ago picking up the screws from my sheet metal/wood screws tote that I kicked off the table while I was stretching. That stuff's a liability sometimes... Awful nice when you have something you need though. The sure way to need it real...
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    Nasty Cooling System - '93 Chevy Caprice

    Lol. I've certainly done my share of that, but I think this bad boy was rusty/dirty when I got a hold of it. It's only the 5.0L anyway, sigh. With 2.56:1 gears yet. And whoever thinks that was a good idea in a car that size has little use for acceleration. Gets about 25mpg on the hwy...
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    Boat Ramp Etiquette

    I'd say there was maybe 4' between me and the next trailer (which went in at the middle spot) after I was already backed in on Saturday. I thought it was a little close, but I was OK with it. I was out before they got their boat on there. There is enough room for 3 if everyone plans it right...
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    Nasty Cooling System - '93 Chevy Caprice

    It had some iffy maintenance from PO - NO air filter, rear brakes weren't done right (instead of a F and R shoe on each side, there was 2 fronts on one side and 2 rears on the other), etc., so antifreeze mixing might've gotten done somewhere along the line. I didn't know it was a prob, and...
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    Do you use non ethanol gas ?

    I was thinking about the premium leaded gas that my first car ran on, that wasn't available that much longer if I remember right. '70 Pontiac with a 455. Didn't have it but a year or two so availability of that didn't affect me. The ones after that took regular or unleaded, even though one of...
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    Nasty Cooling System - '93 Chevy Caprice

    Lol. Yeah, I started that process yesterday and the running temp was perfectly fine today. I'm gonna have to do it several times though. Idk for sure if the radiator's the source of built up gunk, but I've ordered another one since I'm pretty sure now it's got a new leak anyway. Just never...
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    Nasty Cooling System - '93 Chevy Caprice

    This is a car I bought for the engine several years ago, but ended up just adding to my collection and driving it. I put a water pump on it early on and remember that the coolant was kind of dirty, brown stains in the overflow tank and that. I flushed the radiator several months ago, and had...
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    Boat Ramp Etiquette

    I have learned to avoid the busy times. I woulda stayed longer today, but told myself, I gotta get outta here before it gets busy (about 1030). I made a shot at the downwind side of the dock and missed (my shift action is a little iffy and I sorta voluntarily limit myself on changing gears a...
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    Do you use non ethanol gas ?

    Somebody tell me why we got it. The gov't isn't in the business of cleaning out or deicing or whatever everybody's fuel systems, as far as I'm aware. If 10% is good, why isn't 15% better, hmmm? My first experience with it was when I worked for a farmer a few summers in the mid-80s, and there...
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    Hard Starting after Anchoring 30min+

    Kenny: Question re the wiring thing: if it was that, wouldn't that manifest immediately upon trying to restart hot? It fires right up if it doesn't sit too long, like after dunking the trailer and getting the boat at the dock for retrieval, etc. I got the issue to repeat today, but I was...
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    Hard Starting after Anchoring 30min+

    No, I put 100% gas in it (if the pump labels are to be believed). I thought about trying to prime it w/a little pure gas next time it doesn't fire right off under those conditions, but I'll visually check that instead, first, thanks. I ran it on the hose several times after the first run of...
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    Thinking about moving to Galveston, TX -

    Galveston, Ooh Gal-ve-ston! I can see your sea birds flying... Etc. Had that one going through my head recent after a blue heron passed slowly over the boat at low altitude, heading in the same direction. Had me sweating a bomb attack for a sec. Do they still have the Lone Star Flight...
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    80s dirt bike help

    Try gsresources. Seems like they had a non-GS section.
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    Hard Starting after Anchoring 30min+

    Between 120 and 180 on the lake; settles in just a little over halfway between them. I've never had the t-stat out. There's even a few inches of gap at the rear of the engine cover due to a long padded piece not being in place (like for heat to escape). What about the ignition coil? I've got...
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    1980 3.0L strange overheat issue

    Ah the wonderful "What's it gonna do this time?" world of driving old boats. Sorry I can't help. Just commiserating a little.
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    In dash GPS speedo?

    There's no telling what they have now, but back in the day, the more angle off between you and the radar gun, the lower the reading. So the further off the side of the road the cop was if he was parked, the better that might work for you, heh. I'd imagine there's stuff now to take care of that...
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    Hard Starting after Anchoring 30min+

    1986/88 Cobra, 4.3L w/2bbl. Points. Boat fires right up when cold, or if it only sits for 15 or 20min at a time. Otherwise runs great too. I had this prob when I first took it out this year, and attributed it to the battery (3 or 4 years old) not being fully charged. I don't really think...
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