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  1. kd4pbs

    5.7 Gi engine alignment woes

    No. That would have put the spline way too high. I did figure it out. It was my own ignorance. Of course! :) I have aligned drives countless times and now that I think about it, never had to massively realign one, but I’ve never had to align one after replacing a gimbal bearing or in this case...
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    5.7 Gi engine alignment woes

    I just cracked up a beer and thought about the problem. I do believe stupid me probably just reefed the nylock rear mount bolts on down until I was able to put a good amount of elbow torque on those. The problem is, if you look at the picture on the eBay of those mounts, this would compress the...
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    5.7 Gi engine alignment woes

    I've got a yoke from a Mercruiser. It will fit too. Problem is, no amount of adjustable pitch change to the angle between the transom inner plate and the flywheel housing will allow concentricity to the gimbal bearing. It is basically as if the up-down pivot point is exactly in line with the...
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    New Stuff on Vehicles likes/dislikes

    The BMW we just got rid of had a HUD too. Problem for me was that unless it's raining or at night, I wear polarized sunglasses. The first mate loved it though. She thought it was some seriously high-tech stuff. Only thing I liked about that vehicle was the go-fast pedal made it go. Fast...
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    1990 Force 120HP no spark NEW stator tests 0.5V between sets open resistance this is crazy HELP

    Both are 20A. I'd think your charging system would be capable of more, wouldn't it? Since you're forward biasing the diode, you won't need to worry about the voltage rating. That being written, you'd be hard pressed to find a silicon diode with a peak inverse voltage greater than what you'll...
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    Best rust loosening material

    Likewise. And I've recovered wood from 18th century structures - never seen anything but contiguous length truss lumber.
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    5.7 Gi engine alignment woes

    The whole swing through from full down to full up on the front adjusters, the alignment bar contacts the top face of the coupler spline. That's a great idea though - your way would have at least helped me more quickly reach the conclusion that there's no amount of bolt adjusting on the normal...
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    5.7 Gi engine alignment woes

    Good morning, I've finally reached a point in the total rebuild of the engine and repaint of the outdrive and transom shield that I need to align the engine. This boat (a 2003 Regal 2400LSR) was used by Florida Man in Florida salt water, and I've had to deal with lots of wacky stuff that really...
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    1990 Force 120HP no spark NEW stator tests 0.5V between sets open resistance this is crazy HELP

    A bridge rectifier is four diodes total. Look at a schematic of one and you'll see that it's simply two strings of two, connected anode to cathode. If you have the + output at top, - at bottom, and the two AC inputs on both sides, the two anodes of the "bottom" diodes in the two strings/sides...
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    Best rust loosening material

    I donno - every truss I've ever seen uses contiguous lengths of wood, not shorter pieces scabbed together with used nails.
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    Fuel pump issue

    Trash blocking the anti-siphon valve on the tank outlet?
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    Best rust loosening material

    It's amazing what some people can do with old pallets. The wife loves pallet wood too. Even she draws the line at reusing nails. I pray I'm never so hard up I can't buy a box of new nails and a contiguous length of varying sizes of wood at least 8' long. Making roof trusses from nailing...
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    1990 Force 120HP no spark NEW stator tests 0.5V between sets open resistance this is crazy HELP

    I'd make it simple and add enough high current diodes between the charging system's output and the system to drop the voltage to whatever level the system wants. Each diode will typically give you around .6 or so volts dropped. If you use half of a full-wave bridge rectifier, that would allow...
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    Best rust loosening material

    Indeed. I don't even reuse stuck and rusted fasteners which break free using Kroil. Do people do that? If so - great reminder, dingbat. I knew a guy who would re-use nails. Silliest thing.
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    Best rust loosening material

    Cutting is a last resort, but if the bolt or nut can be heated orange hot without damaging stuff around it, it will usually break free. On a similar vein, I used to scoff at steak cooked medium-rare. Well done was all I'd tolerate. Then I tried it and realized what I had been missing my whole...
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    Best rust loosening material

    Yeah. Back in the day I had to mail order it. Now there's that site that people go to to purchase everything online. And yeah, Joe, it isn't the least expensive stuff, but it's worth every penny when it is the only thing that will work in some cases. Put it this way... Other penetrants may...
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    Best rust loosening material

    Kroil. Whatever they put in that stuff, it works wonders. Smells nice too!
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    DESPERATE situation

    I believe most of us are trying to figure out what a top vent hole is. If it just goes into the engine cowling, wouldn't it be simple to remove the engine cowling and remove the foreign object?
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    Fuel Pressure Regulator 885174 - Repair/Replace

    I just looked up what it looks like. Looks to be hermetically sealed. When I read things like "Hermetically sealed. No user-serviceable parts." I take it as a challenge ;)
  20. kd4pbs

    Fuel Pressure Regulator 885174 - Repair/Replace

    Maybe some O-rings and springs live farther inside. If it is indeed broken, what would you have to lose if you dove in deep?
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