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    1988 Toyota P/U sprays oil

    I have a friend who has a 4 cylinder pick-up that is building a tremendous amount of crankcase pressure. we did a compression check and found cylinders 1,2, and 4, had 175 lbs comp, while no. 3 was at 115. would you folks suspect a broke compression ring or cracked piston? this pressure is...
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    a beautiful day on the lake

    took off today and went up to the lake this morning to do a little boating and fishing. It was great, The weekenders were gone and the lake was almost all mine, caught a couple of stripers and did a little wake boarding... my old boat now has about a hundred hours on the re-build and running...
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    mazda 626

    Hey Fellas, someone ran a red light and totaled out my son's 92 S-10, we got 3300 dollars from ins. and bought a 1996 mazda 626 ES costing 3500. Seems like a nice car and it was alot less money than an accord or camry. It does have 120000 miles on it and had a timing belt put on a couple of...
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    I/O units at the top of the page

    Have any of you folks purchased a drive unit from the ad at the top of this page? The cost seems very affordable. I would almost get one just to have as a spare..........
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    nitrogen inflation

    just a quick question, I was driving down the road the other day and saw a tire store that had a billboard out front claiming "nitrogen inflation". Does this mean they inflate the tires with nitrogen gas? If so, why, we have filled tires with air forever? I realize nitrogen is a very dry gas...
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    What paint to use?

    My 30 year old fiberglass sailboat is starting to look a little worse for the wear, so I have decided to give it a paint job on the deck and cabin top (roll and tip method). need some suggestions as to what brand of paint you folks would suggest.. thanks in advance. :cool:
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    2001 gmc pick-up

    hope some of you gm experts can help me on this one.. I have a 5.3 v8 in my pick-up and on cold mornings when I crank it up it will clatter for 15-20 seconds. the dealership says this is normal for this engine and that it is just piston slap..I say JUST piston slap! I'm gettin up in years and i...
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    U-joints on pre alpha

    removed spyder joints today and found them to be somewhat worn. the journals on both u-joints had impressions of the needle bearings worn into them on the torc side of them. gonna get some rockwell joints to replace unless you folks have a better idea... all help is welcomed///////
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    excessive play in upper gear set

    Just brought my outdrive home for routine service(mercrusier pre alpha #1). There seems to be a little play in the upper gears, I can turn the input shaft about 1/8 of an inch before the down shaft starts to turn. is this excessive or normal. thanks in advance....
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    water in pre-alpha outdrive

    thought I would see if any of you good folks had any Ideas on where it came from. the boat is on a trailer and the drive has been in the full down position for over a month and I thought all the water would have been out of it. I took the drive off today and when i separated it from the gimbal...
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    sail boats on watts bar lake, Tenn.

    just wondering if anyone does any sailing on watts bar lake in Tenn. was thinking of moving there some day.
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    crankcase ventilation

    got a 350 chevy that does not have the 2 rubber hoses that connect from the valve coveres to the flame arrestor on the carb.. I do have vented oil caps on both valve covers. is this a problem?
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    Bass in a cage

    I do very little fishing. got a question for all u tournament fishermen. I was at the lake last week and saw a lot of folks fishin in a bass tournament. I heard the grand prize was like $100,000.00, that is a nice piece of change for a couple of days fishing. But i guess what i was wondering is...
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    yamaha mid range stumble

    Hi folks, I generally hang out in the I/O forum and know almost nothing about outboards.. My brother in law has about a 10 year old yamaha 115 that will stall around 3000 rpm. if you start out from idle and slowly advance the throttle, the engine starts to stumble around 3000 rpm if you then...
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    mercruiser engine alignment tool

    just got one yesterday and thought I would check out the alignment. no instructions! why should that suprise me? anyway I would like to know how to use it now that i have it...... any help or any good ideas.............thanks flash.......by the way, this is a pre alpha #1 unit..........
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    a question about exhaust shutters

    I have a 1980 chris craft with a 350 v8 and a mercrusier #1 drive serial # 5472646, and was wondering if this drive has exhaust shutters, and if so, where are they? this drive does not have exhaust bellows, but rather a smooth rubber tube that just fits into the drive when it is down...haven't...
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    yamaha 115

    My Brother just bought a used bass boat with a yamaha 115hp (about a 1985 model) and I was wondering what, if any, inherited problems these engines may have...thanks for any info you can offer.........
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    chris craft woodie 1957

    I was up at the lake yesterday and saw a 18ft chris craft utility for sale. called the man up and he said it runs great (chevy 283), bottom looked good, ribs and planking on inside looked good, decking looks fair, nothing rotted but seems starting to open up and some cupping of the planks is...
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    Yahoo chat site

    tried to get on the chat site yesterday but couldn't load the java applets due to needing an upgrade to microsoft VM. went to microsoft and could not find an update for VM running windows 95. any you other folks use windows 95? guess i just need a new computer...............
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    Boater4life you still around?

    reason i ask, is in the charter section you posted a reply regarding a charter operation called north/south vacations that operate in the virgins, did you do business with them......Thanks Flash
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