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  1. tpenfield

    New Tow Vehicle for the Admiral's Daily Car

    OK, here are some daylight pictures just to be sure 'it happened' :D. We drove to the summer house and brought back the 2004 Explorer so that we could get its annual inspection sticker done, as it expires in a few days. The New Ride . . . The old ride . . . surprisingly it passed...
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    New Tow Vehicle for the Admiral's Daily Car

    The 2004 Escalade has/had 144,000 miles on it . Here is a picture we took just before trading it in. 6.0L V8 360 HP, 9,000 lb. towing rating 6.0L V8 360 HP, 9,000 lb. towing rating. Our 2004 Explorer has a 4.6L V8 249 HP, 7,000 lb. towing rating. The new Explorer is 3.5L V6 290 HP...
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    New Tow Vehicle for the Admiral's Daily Car

    Here is a picture I took last night when we arrived home. :) The Admiral is driving it for the first time this morning - icy roads - black ice, etc :eek: I should be able to get some better ones this weekend. We are going to the summer house to get the 2004 Ford Explorer, as it has been...
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    New Tow Vehicle for the Admiral's Daily Car

    A bit of a story about our primary towing vehicle . . . The Admiral uses our 2004 Cadillac Escalade as her daily car. Last Friday morning the water pump crapped out, spewed AF all over the place in the engine compartment and shorted things out in the electrical system, trashing the battery, all...
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    Ordered a new MacBook Pro Laptop . . .

    After over 8 years of use, my 'mid-2009' Macbook Pro is reaching 'end of life'. So, the Admiral said "you should get a new computer" . . . say no more. :D I did a bit of armchair shopping and then ordered a custom configured MacBook Pro 13 i7 Processor 16 GB RAM 512 GD SSD Thunderbolt 3...
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    My Winter Hobby

    Looking good . . . You may need to trim each 'paddle' slightly as shown, depending on how tight a fit you have to the housing. It would be interesting to know how much better performance/throwing distance you get with the impeller mod.
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    My Winter Hobby

    Here are a couple of scope images from the charging system on my Briggs 305cc Raw output Diode (half wave) rectified It wasn't what I wanted, but it was good enough to go.
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    My Winter Hobby

    Yes, did just that (painting) a couple of weeks ago. (Impeller picture is from a few years ago) :) The machine, with a new shaft bearing, painting, and a new 212cc engine is like new. Throws snow very well for a small machine. I think many of the brands (like MTD) have gone with the plastic...
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    My Winter Hobby

    The impeller mod is well worth it, especially on the MTD family of machine (i.e. Troy-Bilt) there is about 5/8" clearance between the edge of the impeller blade and the housing on the Troy-bilt machines, which robs the ability to throw slush significantly, but also reduces the dry throwing...
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    My Winter Hobby

    I thought that I would test out the new iBoats Forum Site with a post about my winter hobby/sport . . . Snowblowers :D For the past few years I have been expanding my 'fleet' of snow blowers . . . I've had a 1988 Toro 521 for quite sometime. Got from a family member who could seem to get it to...
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    First boat help

    Looks like you got a project on your hands . . . Wiring looks rough . . . so maybe see if you can buy a pre-wired connector. The good news is that Chris Craft is one of the better builders of boats and the stringers do not look too bad. In order to check you could drill a few test holes into...
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    99 Larson 186 SEI Ski-n-Fish Re-Deck Project

    An interesting find . . . If this cut-out was already there, then it is reasonable to assume that a previous owner has already been investigating and perhaps trying to remedy the water retention issue.
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    Winterization - Fuel Storage - Empty Tank Approach

    Prepping to take my brother's Grady-white with twin Yamaha 350's out for the season and get it tucked away for winter. I was surprised to read this in the Yamaha service manual . . . Conditioning and stabilizing gasoline When preparing to store a boat for extended periods (2 months or longer)...
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    O'Day Mariner Sailboat Restoration

    A quick look at some of the 'cap' details . . . Here are some pictures of the backing plates and other details of the deck/cockpit assembly (aka 'cap'). this is typical of the backing plates for the cleats and other fixtures. 41 year old plywood which is pretty much deteriorated. There is...
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    O'Day Mariner Sailboat Restoration

    A few more pics . . . . I plan on replacing all of the hardware backing plates, since the original ones are wood and deteriorating . . . probably will get some new cleats as well. . I think that I can use the mast (which is 25 feet long) to make a 'tent' out of the tarp to keep the weather...
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    O'Day Mariner Sailboat Restoration

    Update: Today, I brought the sailboat into the garage to 'lift' the top portion (deck and cockpit) off of the hull. This will give me good access to the hull and related structure to essentially rebuild the boat. I tried to lift the 'cap' with straps and a chain hoist, but the straps were...
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    Infrared Camera Inspection of Boat Hull . . .

    The more that I am looking at this picture, the more I am thinking I should check out the stringer(s) in the forward part of the boat. This would be along the starboard side under and just in front of the head compartment.
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    Infrared Camera Inspection of Boat Hull . . .

    I have my boat out of the water and up on blocks/stands for the winter. While the nights are cool, but the days are still fairly warm, I took this opportunity to do an 'inspection' of the hull of my boat with my FLIR One IR Camera. Here are a few photos #1) This was a 'cold' area in the...
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    Storing Boat at home

    Boat Stands . . . Brownell is one of the more popular brands of stands. You really need 6 stands if you do bottom paint or any type of major cleaning on the hull bottom, as you will want to move both the keel blocks and the stands. I found some boat stands on Craigslist locally for about $50...
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    Poor Man's Outdrive Stands . . .

    There have been some posts in the past about outdrive stands of various configurations, some quite elaborate. Well there was someone on the Formula Boats that pieced together an outdrive stand using some dimensional lumber and a mover's dolly. This gave me the inspiration to do a similar thing...
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