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    Ram Pickup Owners

    I used to have Dodge Van at work, nearly died in it, It was certainly plain, but the powertrain was bulletproof
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    Ever see one of these

    Here is a chopper
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    Cold starting at 2C - brrr

    Some steep grades between Hope and where the toll booths used to be. I remember there used to be a Brake and Radiator shop just outside of Hope, I think he had a booming Business going. In 1986, the first time I drove the Coke, there were cars, trucks, and semis all along the shoulders, smoke...
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    Newb drags 74 CrestLiner Nordic 17' 135hp from MI to FL. Could use a new prop.

    Rakers are excellent props, Ran one for over 7 yrs, until Merc introduced the Enertia. I'm not sure if there are Rakers for the V4s. Stiletto makes a good 3 blade SS that's quite close to the Raker Running a 20 3blade Stilleto
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    Prop pitch suggestions

    If you want great acceleration and higher top speed, consider a Mercury Enertia prop. I have been running one for ten years. It will make the boat feel like a whole different boat. It will raise the entire boat, not just the bow, out of the water. The pics below show it's not over trimmed
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    Cracked head?

    Welcome to iboats Well first of all your engine doesn't have a cylinder head to leak, or even remove for that matter. What you are seeing, is a water jacket cover leak. It might be a bad gasket, but it often is a warped cover, and a new gasket will not seal well and the leak will come back. The...
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    Merc 115 v. Evinrude 110? Mako 17?

    I had a 1984 115hp for 14 yrs. I thought it was a good engine. It burnt less gas than my 82 Evinrude 140 hp on the same boat and was faster too boot. It wasn't trouble free, 84 was the first year for the integral power trim and mine decided to have a water cooled armature, and major...
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    Funny/Unsafe boat towing picture thread

    But It's not a Manure Wagon. I was wrong on the weight, I thought the reading on the scale was 1900 kg, I found the pic of the scale and it was 1580kg which is about 3475, which is below the Buicks tow rating of 5000lb My favorite Caddie, I wish they still made them
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    Funny/Unsafe boat towing picture thread

    Not quite as big as yours but 4100lb New tow vehicle just needs hitch. This one has the factory tow option for 7000 lbs
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    Enertia, Vensura, or MW? Where to go from here?

    it's a 3
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    OMC V8 225HP - Changing Manifold from Roundlog to Center Riser

    It looks like you are trying to use a thermostat housing that does not match the original equipment. Do the original manifold have two hoses coming off of the front of each of them?
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    25 hp johnstone air lok in water pump

    Looking at your pictures a few concerns; the anti ventilation plate looks like it has some modification done to it, the water intake above the anti ventilation plate looks like it has had a couple of extra holes drilled as well as being incorrectly installed, the cylinder head is not the...
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    Funny/Unsafe boat towing picture thread

    Kind of speaks for itself
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    Mercury Enertia Props - Experience with them?

    My boat is an 18 1/2 ft Glastron. It came with a VP 5.7 litre with a 21in VP Aluminiun prop. I had been running a 20in Raker on my 18 ft with a 150 Johnson. I had the prop rerubbed so it would fit on the VP. I used that for 4 yrs. When the Enertia came out, I borrowed one from my dealer(his...
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    1994 omc 5.0 ho 2 to 4 bbl swap

    2 1/2 inch drop? Do you mean the carb is sitting 2 1/2 inches higher than when it was on the stock intake? Float is easy. Take the fuel bowl off, remove any baffle around the needle and seat. Invert the bowl and adjust the float so what is now the bottom of the float is parallel to the float bowl
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    Engine Tuner vrs Carbon Guard

    Carbon Guard was introduced to reduce the hard carbon buildup that started to appear in the first Ficht engines, Engine tuner was designed to soften carbon and burn/expel it. Using engine tuner on a Ficht, or other DFI engine can create problems. Non DFI engines were supplying fresh gas and oil...
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    VRO or no?

    If there is a monstrosity similar to this mounted behind the air silencer then you have VRO
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    Johnson pressure tank question

    pressure tank- found pic on google
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    What is does this ring do?

    From a 1968 brochure.
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    Original Holley carb on 1983 ski centurion PCM 351w ???

    That line you currently have running to the 'air cleaner', you say it goes to the fuel pump. Correct? Is it going to a barb type fitting? Marine engines don't have an air cleaner, they are required to have a flame arrestor, something that will quench or cool a flame so it can't ignite any gas...
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