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  1. Lou C

    Omc outdrive knocking noise while cruising.

    Were they trying to wire it like a Mercruiser so as to avoid buying a new ESA?
  2. Lou C

    350 mag rocker cover hose

    That and water's been getting in somehow. I used to think those plastic covers were silly, but I have found a few times, water on top of the flame arrestor, so I bought one for my old 4bbl V6 Cobra. water can leak in around the swim platform over the engine and run back and drip right onto the...
  3. Lou C

    1/48 scale USS Nimitz RC ship with operational aircraft

    Just amazing!
  4. Lou C

    Cigarettes, shocked!

    I never smoked, my dad was a smoker....he used to send me out to get him his cigs, I recall paying something like $12 for a carton in '72 or so, also you could buy a pack from a vending machine outside the local diner for .75! Back in the old days where we lived we had a Metro North RR line...
  5. Lou C

    Switching from Volvo TBI to Carb on a 1996 5.7 GI

    I thought of replacing my old Prestolite Points distributor with an EST, the only thing holding me back is the advance curve, I know the 4.3 cannot take as much advance as the V8s can, so I guess I'd have to set the timing by using Total Timing Advance, and then the idle timing will be whatever...
  6. Lou C

    My safety tip of the day is...

    For those like me near LI Sound we used to have a weather station based at the Univ of Conn that listed wind speeds and wave heights across LI Sound they had like 3-4 weather buoys, IIRC. Haven't seen it on-line in a long time but it was actually very helpful because it was real-time reporting...
  7. Lou C

    Switching from Volvo TBI to Carb on a 1996 5.7 GI

    If you have a stand alone Delco EST why not just use that?
  8. Lou C

    My safety tip of the day is...

    I think there were 20' waves on LI Sound during Hurricane Sandy. The Great Lakes are really inland seas.
  9. Lou C

    1990 bayliner trophy 24 foot walkaround

    There's no way I'd be out in LI Sound with a transom that low. I'd make a splashguard and make sure any hatches (is there one right behind the engine) are totally well sealed.
  10. Lou C

    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    I like inline 6s too, especially AMC/Jeep ones. I want to restore my old '98 Grand Cherokee because the new ones just ain't the same. Inline 6, not a powerhouse but reliable and very easy to work on. shift it yourself transfer case, no wiring, no actuators no fault codes, plus on the Selec-Trac...
  11. Lou C

    1990 bayliner trophy 24 foot walkaround

    Why not just re do the splash guard that was there? Better drains?
  12. Lou C

    I have had enough winter and snow in N J.

    I don’t think Canada is much different than Europe in that respect (health care). Certainly our healthcare system needs improvements. I can say one thing, I do like the bike lanes all over Montreal! Wish I had them here in the US! Extensive poverty? We have had a “war in poverty” since the...
  13. Lou C

    I have had enough winter and snow in N J.

    Well lets see if anyone recognizes this abbreviation : MS 13. These illegals committed at least 5 murders if not more across Long Island, one of the wealthiest areas of NYS. This group of illegals is on par with the old school Mafia, with even less morals (because they routinely kill minor...
  14. Lou C

    I have had enough winter and snow in N J.

    Well I've only been to Cali out that way but the way you were talking I would have thought you were in the South Bronx, South Jamaica Queens, East New York Brooklyn or some such locale. All very scary neighborhoods some of which I worked in back in the '70s. Used to ride the subways then and was...
  15. Lou C

    There will be a shortage of parts in areas that had freezing temperatures for the first sustained times.

    lol! No good deed goes unpunished
  16. Lou C

    I have had enough winter and snow in N J.

    Where did you go to in the US? I have been to Canada many times all for the F1 Race in Montreal, always had a good time there, people were always friendly even though my French is pretty limited.
  17. Lou C

    I have had enough winter and snow in N J.

    I have lived here for about 44 years, before that Westchester county for about 12 and before that Brooklyn as a child (1958-1968). Long Island's peak IMO was in the late 60s early 70s when Grumman and Republic still had a lot of high paying jobs and taxes (real estate) were not out of control...
  18. Lou C

    There will be a shortage of parts in areas that had freezing temperatures for the first sustained times.

    You know the other reason I got those was because of the sandy slimy boat ramp at my local beach assn. Don't want to be sliding there. Even tho the boat's not big it is quite heavy. I found that rather than using snow tires like I used to, either the GW Duratrac or General Grabber AT work very...
  19. Lou C

    Volvo Penta engine coupler runout … aka wobble

    I wonder if the rubber got tweaked by the force of the driveshaft getting violently yanked out. Or, could even be that the boat was run with bad alignment for years, who knows.
  20. Lou C

    maybe changing from 4.3 liter cobra to 175 Suzuki outboard on a Starcraft Islander Islander.

    Look at Ted's conversion thread, he did a lot of these calculations.... regardless of what people say I do not like open transoms especially on smaller boats, if I ever did a conversion to OB on a formerly I/O boat I'd want a closed transom, nice scuppers for drains and a bracket. The issue...
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