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  1. redneck joe

    needs a choke to keep going

    Mostly. 1984 75 Rude. Had a flat spot getting on plane early last season - i could feather thru it but got to the point where I had to kick the choke to get going. Had the criminals that operate the boat shop I used to give money to for carb rebuilds. Ran great rest of the season. Same...
  2. redneck joe

    Worth the frying pan

    If i get caught that is. Got a brother in law with a couple barns that would love to be a partner in crime. https://nashville.craigslist.org/boa/d/reduced-again1986-mirro-craft/6366218379.html
  3. redneck joe

    Seafoam inside truck in carpet

    My gallon jug sprung a leak. I'm blotting best i can. other ideas? About 2 qts
  4. redneck joe

    Kidde fire extinguisher recall notice for plastic handle and push-button Pindicator types

    Kidde fire extinguisher recall notice for plastic handle and push-button Pindicator types Just sent this to a few hundred people at work and asked to pass on. Please do the same Over 37 million Kidde extinguishers which are probably what most of us have; Wally World, Home Depot, Lowes...
  5. redneck joe

    water intrusion on house

    I found it a few years back and thought the window was the location thought at the time; just around the window but it traveled a bit on the sill plate / rim joist so wasn't sure. Tried patching all visible mortar spots, used a high dollar sealant on the front of the house which I thought fixed...
  6. redneck joe

    Gimble bearing - what does it sound like....

    right before and right after a gimble bearing goes south while on a nice morning run? Could the engine run/sound fine at hull speed but not under heavy load? When putting on the trailer and I turn hard (both ways) I would hear a 'rumble'?
  7. redneck joe

    Smart Home

    I remember seeing Bob Villa do one years ago and of course the technology is way better and I'm guessing 'arrived'. Things will change of course and there will be something newer and better all the time. Has anyone done it or at least heavily researched it?
  8. redneck joe

    Nickajack or Percy Priest

    Wife in Dallas this week. I can work form the boat. Anyone going to play hooky this week? For sure have scheduled time off last two weekends in Oct and first of Nov - 4 day weekends and when the weather is right I WILL be on Nickajack to Chattanooga.
  9. redneck joe

    Indy

    going to Indy for the weekend, not sure what part of town but other than the Irish Fest this week anything fun? We have a local hostess and another couple but always up for suggestions that may work into existing plans.
  10. redneck joe

    Shift Interrupt Switch?

    New Delco ignition system, plug wires, batteries, lots of stuff. New carb on. Runs great, unless.... Not getting spark at the plug cap or the distributor. My buddy put his meter on the interrupter switch and got nothing 'on the back side' I had a thought and shifted in and out of gear a...
  11. redneck joe

    batteries, the bane of my existence

    I was sold (didn't catch) a deep cycle the other day for starting the 75 Rude. Brand new battery started fine day on the water last week. Carver's batteries prob 5 years old, prob need replaced as evidenced during last weekend trip had to charge to get the electronic ignition to work. Started...
  12. redneck joe

    refresh the database?

    might be time. When you are here http://forums.iboats.com/ it shows GA boater last post on eclipse thread In 'my recent posts list' it shows GA boaters avatar on me In the actual thread is show me last post with GA boaters avatar http://forums.iboats.com/forum/other/dockside-chat kinda...
  13. redneck joe

    fish finder / GPS / depth / Speed

    I have a Garmin 531S that of course is several years old now and with my recent battle with the floating 2 x 8 I lost a warrior; my transducer. New one will be ~$75 plus a day worth of work to unhook and install new. So if I'm going to spend a day of work should I get a newer toy? Anything...
  14. redneck joe

    was not, now is...... dead, 1985 'rude 75 hp

    Ran fine last year when i put her to bed, fist time out, today out of the barn and new battery and first couple cranks were sloooooooow but cranking and the bendix then stuck up in the flywheel. Tapped that down and now nada. Not even a click. I replaced the starter last year. Plenty of battery...
  15. redneck joe

    my morning

    coming on plane out of the no wake zone. So hard I pulled the engine cover to check for incoming water.
  16. redneck joe

    dually v single tongue wieght

    When I rebuilt the trailer a few years back I had a 1 tom Dodge single rear axle. Never felt funny towing. Now on my dually Ram i feel a bit 'off'. Would the feel be form a reduced downward force on the hitch due to the extra wheels? I can slip the bow stop forward about 4" really easily.
  17. redneck joe

    ​Eclipse 2017

    Keep seeing ‘once in a lifetime’ event for this. Well, in 1979 I lived in Portland OR and saw a full eclipse so this is kinda cool to be able to do it again at 51 years old. Technically the last coast to coast eclipse was in 1918 so yeah once in a lifetime. I’m going to run...
  18. redneck joe

    photobucket

    looks like they are holding me hostage. I've been hot linking for years. I guess they changed the TOS to extort money. Lots of chatter on the web about it. Sucks that all my pics from the last 10 years on all my boat forums will now be blocked. Any ideas on where to put pics now? We...
  19. redneck joe

    what are you doing for the 4th?

    This is where my little sister lives and we fly out tomorrow. Why are Danes celebrating the Fourth of July? To celebrate American independence, thousands of Danes have gathered annually at a scenic national park on a slope in Jutland ? for more than 100 years. And it's not just expats who...
  20. redneck joe

    plumbers

    not sure what they are called, but all of my sinks have the vent under the cabinet, nothing thru the roof. the toilet was not flushing and it was not from a turd. I was thinking maybe the entrance to the septic tank was clogged again; it happened a couple years ago. Ran a bunch of water in the...
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