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  1. Texasmark

    Corroded terminals

    Was filling up the livewell day B4 yesterday and started getting some real intermittent operation out of the fill pump. Didn't know if the switch was going bad or the motor. Checked it out yesterday. Problem solved: shot the spade terminals on the switch with WD-40 and moved them back and...
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    Mr. JB Moderator, Sir

    Does the anti-inflammatory requirement for posting include comments about the management of this site, i.e. associated commercials? Need your answer before I make inflammatory remarks about nuisance advertising that has gotten out of control on here. The comments won't be concerned about...
  3. Texasmark

    Hey Silvertip

    NGK BP8H-N-10 plugs still running good. Light tan insulator and piston has uniform coloring across it. Was out yesterday (running my 21P prop rather than the 24) and it turned out 6400 @ 48 and kept a purring. Mark
  4. Texasmark

    One more time: Bad Gas

    Well, the skeptic gets whacked one more time. You guys have posted about bad gas many times and I just blew it off.....as I usually do, till I've had an encounter. Well, yesterday I got my 2 cycle tiller out, which hasn't been run for a long time, maybe a year. Tried to start it and it did...
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    News for you "I don't know which prop I need"

    Was surfing over in the iboats motors, props, and things and ran across a "Rite Prop Exchange" program. Couple of conditions: Solas props only (no biggie), V6 Mercs, and no damage. If your first guess is wrong send it back with a $10 bill plus round trip postage and you can guess...
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    Hitting the engine efficiency thing again cause I'm (was) a skeptic

    The first good cold front hit N. Texas today and you can't farm in the rain. Cows are fed and all the equipment is "temporarily" fixed, so nothing to do in the shop. So back to the house, get on the puter and talk about boats. Today I happened to be on the Boston Whaler web site and looked...
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    Now I'm Really Confused

    Had a response I made to a V6 temp problem questioned. I started back tracking to verify what I said and pulled out my 3 cyl 90 hp service manual. It covers '94 thru '98 and supposedly above but I don't know how long that was. Anyway I start differentiating between the use of tan and tan/lt...
  8. Texasmark

    Heron Bass Fishing (Like in Great Blue Heron)

    This is my first time here in the fishin section so howdy all. This is long but I think it will be informative reading for you and I hope you enjoy and are enlightened by it. ---------------------- I have a farm and on it is a 2 acre pond/lake/pool/tank or whatever you choose to call it. The...
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    Fat 50 Johnnyrude vs 50 hp looper

    Mind was wandering the other day and got to wondering if anyone had compared the performance of a late '50's 4 cyl 50 hp with a later loop charged 2 cylinder. Just thought it would be interesting to know the results. Several huge differences: Cubes were 70 on the fat as I recall; don't know...
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    I don't know about you but.................

    I can certainly do without the blinking commercials in the right margin. If anything it is a deterrent to making the purchase and is extremely annoying!!!!!!! Mark
  11. Texasmark

    Quicksilver Tach Problem Update

    Well, weather was bad again so yesterday I dissected the Quicksilver Tach....Merc P/N 825282.....just a basic 8k rpm tach for 2 and 4 cycle engines. The heart of the thing is a "Cherry Semiconductor" CS 289 "20ma Air Core Tach Drive Circuit". Another absolute marvel of the technical industry...
  12. Texasmark

    Happy Fr Day Tasha's Dad and all you Dads

    See my tach thread..............to keep this legal. Grin
  13. Texasmark

    Hot 4 Stroke Exhaust

    This is about props, but primarily the engine exhaust that props have to deal with so it's here. Was reading yesterday about 4 stroke exhaust being hotter than comparable 2 stroke and this is the reason for going away from rubber hubs to plastic. Is the exhaust hotter and if so, why? Both...
  14. Texasmark

    Do All 4 Strokes Make Oil.......

    Or does it depend on how you use them and the climate? Anybody remember the Homelite of the '60's? Did they "make oil too"? Thanks, Mark
  15. Texasmark

    Laddies, Comments please on "Dock Buster"

    This is a separate thread as I am addressing the engine design, not the shifter as in the Dock Buster thread........and I'm specifically looking for Laddies comments. Laddies, sir............ Having stated that you worked on 1000's of the 40 cu in 4 cyls, I guess you also had your fill of...
  16. Texasmark

    Leaking Rims with Tubeless Tires

    Anyone ever heard of or used chassis grease for sealing the bead to rim interface on a tubeless tire? I was at a tire store yesterday and the guy wirebrushed the rim then greased it up real good where the tire seats, installed the tire and washed it off. Seems like it would seal OK, my problem...
  17. Texasmark

    Prop Porting for Performance

    Don't hear much about it on here but we're always talking about having one gearbox on our rigs and it has to cover hole, mid-cruising, and top end. Don't overlook the palsey ports for down shifting. If you don't know what they are just look at the side of a prop that's ported and there will be...
  18. Texasmark

    Lights for Skiing?

    One of these commercials that are on the right (not the boat cover one that keeps blinking at you) shows a boat towing a skier and it has a bow type bracket across the top with two round looking things. Are these lights......for skiing? In Texas it is against the law to ski after dark. Mark
  19. Texasmark

    Silvertip

    Checked the plugs and pistons again yesterday. Plugs are dry and tan, real clean, and piston tops are all uniform and clean as a whistle. Looks like you nailed it on the plugs and Sea Foam is always in my gas doing it's job. I have enough time on them now to forget about it. If I was going...
  20. Texasmark

    Got Another Avatar

    Well, when they changed software, which seems to be coming along nicely, my Avatar disappeared. So I took my POS Merc and tin lizzie out and shot another. I like the way they (iboats) have their software setup where you can select your source (your computer) and download it directly from the...
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