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  1. matt167

    The End

    Literally my season hasn’t started yet. I’ll hit the lake with the little outboard runabout next weekend. I’ll run it till November
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    Boat outboard input

    Tin StarCraft would be my suggestion. You’ll go as fast as the powers that be want you to. Hp limits have to do with shore line erosion
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    Mercruiser 120 Coil and Resistance With Points

    Oddly enough you can go to Napa and ask for a coil for a 1965 Chevy II with 153 cid 4cyl and you will get the right one
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    Mercruiser 120 Coil and Resistance With Points

    Same as off. It’s a resistance wire so it’ll be under 12v. It should be at least 6v iirc. That won’t tell you much tbh. A test light is accurate enough to verify the circuit for spark
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    Mercruiser 120 Coil and Resistance With Points

    Coil needs to have resistance. If it reads 0 ohm something wrong. 1.5 ohm is what you need.. ohm measured across the terminals with ignition off
  6. matt167

    Stuck Transom Wood

    I’m actually referring to where you specifically said not to grind ( prep ) the fiberglass, which will cause a failed repair. If you do manage to do one stringer at a time. Let’s not forget that, you need to prep the entire area, and the surrounding wood and foam could/ would cause moisture...
  7. matt167

    2013 - 2016 V8 Mustang vs Camaro? Same prices, I love them both

    I’m no GM fan, although I work at a GM dealer in the service department. The trucks aren’t that good. 6.6L gas is about the best engine they produce now. The new Traverse is a game changer. I nearly bought a Traverse ZR2, but $55k I decided it wasn’t a good idea. Wife loved it tho
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    Stuck Transom Wood

    Actually. I did suggest that removing the transom skin, as he did, while not generally regarded as the best way to do it, it is done enough to know that it does work. The biggest failure in the way you suggest is not prepping the old fiberglass for adhesion. And probable issues with moisture...
  9. matt167

    Stuck Transom Wood

    I think going forward with this boat with the transom already cut off. The safest way would be to cut it the rest of the way off and just build back with new. Leave a tab of what is left for the plywood to ‘catch’. The inner transom skin is what is usually removed vs the outer skin. Removing the...
  10. matt167

    Stuck Transom Wood

    WOG was a beginner when he did it. Friscoboater was a beginner when he did it. I was a beginner when I did it ( only reason that boat never floated is it was destroyed due to a building collapse mid resto ). I don’t have the itch anymore and stick with tin. Quit giving bad false information...
  11. matt167

    Stuck Transom Wood

    This is bad/ incorrect advice. Stringers need to be cut out, transom out. Fiberglass needs ground out for adhesion purposes to the new fiberglass.. shape of the boat kept with a cradle on the bottom. Top of the boat is less important than the structure on the bottom. But structure on the top...
  12. matt167

    Stuck Transom Wood

    Was hard to see what I was looking at, but now that I see what I see, I’d call the boat scrap. The reason that your transom isn’t coming out great is because you’re trying to do it from the backside cutting the transom skin off, and you haven’t removed the cap. You need to cut/ remove the cap...
  13. matt167

    Distributor alternatives

    Issue with EFI rears its ugly head with the marine side. Need to get an O2 sensor in it for learning. They don’t like water. It has been done but lots of hurdles. The Holley EFI is as good as any but you won’t be without more headaches than carb
  14. matt167

    03 Chaparral 263 Center Windshield Glass Broke out

    Center windshield isn’t flat? I have a good local glass shop that has been in business forever, and I know they have done boat windows out of acrylic.
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    Gamefisher 7.5 coils

    If it’s one of the Tecumseh power heads, than the coils for a tech 2 stroke will work. The problem is, said coils are hard to find/ NOS/ used only
  16. matt167

    Boat age vs financing.

    Well. Wife and I are looking at having a local marine shop go through the offshore over winter to work the bugs out and tidy up a little bit of what’s done. The islander I found was just about perfect for what I want but I ended up backing out because things went sour
  17. matt167

    Toyota/Lexus Timing Belt Change Thoughts

    Napa just private labels the same stuff that other places get. But I’ll venture a guess that the one you had before was A1 Cardone as they have a high failure rate.
  18. matt167

    Carvana

    I’ve looked into them. I’ve had customers come in with Carvana cars and they are so-so but Carvana actually pays to fix things. I was very close to buying a Ford Fiesta ( 5spd ) from them until I found my Mazda 2 My buddy sold his WRX to them for about $4k more than any other dealer.
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    Ford 302 distributor

    Distributors for marine applications are what is called ignition protected. You will find the alternator and starter are also ignition protected as well as the ventilation blowers. J1171 certifies that there cannot be a spark to cause ignition in the bilge.. Remember that gas vapors collect in...
  20. matt167

    1977 Ford 302 Rebuild Tips and Advice

    What I would do, and only if your manifolds are still good Is buy a crate 347 stroker and put that in or build yours into one. Keeps everything the same. Longer stroke will help your economy as it will make torque at a lower hp. If your manifolds are bad or anything else. Switch to GM with...
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