I want some
I want some
I want some of whatever old merc is smoking.
It is jus' a natural high there Rodbolt. Maybe the function of the sole brain cell doin' all the heavy liftin'. 
ya must be daft cause it was federally mandated by your guy BOOsh or whoever was in charge in june of 08.
Central Corntrol is Central Corntrol no matter which arse in in charge Rodbolt.
not that it matters I am neither elephant or donkey.
Me neither.
both parties are rather sickining and the flip flopping on both sides makes me a bit seasick.
A big 10-4!!!!
but politics is neither here nor there.
the E junk was simply a vote grabbing knee jerk thing from all parties.
Yup, the inordinate destructive influance of Iowa on both parties fer sure.
I am not knocking green technologies such as E-85 or pure ethanol, nor CNG nor LPG nor bio-diesel.
I'm not knockin' 'em, I just object to the political imposition of Central Corntrol. If it was voluntary the greenies could float thier boats on all sorts of stuff of their choice, n' werk themselves in to a frenzy over the weather. Sigh: sadly it is not voluntary, NOR SANE.
all have a place.
A very small place.
just not in a general mandate for a blanket coverage.
whats killing me is stuff like since 1998 all marine gasoline outboards have to be EPA certified.
Yup CENTRAL CORNTROL, how long do ya think it will be before ya need permission from a faceless Gubmint nit wit before takin a breath of air?
which means if the manufacturer wants to change any of the previously certified components the entire package must be recertified for that new combination of ign,fuel,intake and exhaust controls.
Central Corntrol. Ya gotta have job growth don't ya Rodbolt?
its also why now an electric start 25 hp two stroke short shaft costs 3300 bucks or so.
Yup.
outboards are typically low sales volume for the cost of manufacture vs the investment recouped by units sold.
tends to make units and parts very costly.
I am not an economist but I understand simple things, like GM should be allowed to fall, as chysler and AIG and a few others.
10-4. I dunno about AIG as that would have cratered the whole world's financial system, (look at what Lehman, [far smaller with far less impact that caused massive problems when she blew]), but they should have had a corntrolled BK n' broken it up n' fed it to remainin' private functional entities instead of makin' it the latest cash cow n' scape goat side show fer the Pols.
packrd fell, studebaker fell, nash and cord and a litany of automakers since the late 1800's.
always though some other company saw a profit and stepped in to try to make it.
Yup.
same with AIG, not all of AIG's divisions were in trouble. it should have been allowed to fail, spin off the viable divisions,even at 50 cents on the dollar and things would recover rather quickly.
Yup, I already said that prior to readin' this part.
maybe some of the warrent buffet and rush limbaugh types would have to actually drive their Bently's to the harris teeter and hump their own groceries but as heart wrenching as it sounds its better than some.
so dont bust my chops about any guy.
I actually voted for Mickey Mouse in 08 cause he actually has a business plan.
but going back to the E-10 for the marine industry, I hate the stuff. yes I make a lot of money repairing the damage it causes. but I have boats to and its already caused one of my powerheads to fail and has caused some filter and VST issues on my 07 F150.
I hope the dyno fuel is allowed to come back this summer but if not I will see if Eastern Washington is allowed to burn dyno fuel. I have not researched the State laws that cause this mess yet.
last week I replaced a 2 year old 5.7 MPI volvo that phase seperation seems to have caused some valve failures.
this is going by the white paint looking deposits on the valve faces.
even the volvo factory rep looked at it and agrees.
boat is an 06 bradly custom so old tanks and lines are not the issue.
I have been doing this type work 30 years and have never seen intake and exhaust valve deposits nor fuel system degredation issues like I see now on new stuff.
last 8.1L merc I did a high pressure fuel pump on 2 months after our glorious fuel mandate,august of 08 whoever was in charge then, the pump ran fine just developed no pressure.
I cut the pump open and found the 3 nylon prongs on the armeture end that drive the pump had sheared off. engine had 220 hours.
I also found the nylon was so soft that I could pick off chunks with my finger nail.
Wonderful.
merc would not warrenty it as the motor was 2 months out of warrenty, took me 5 hours to change it and the pump cost 379 dollars.
customer wasnt happy but it wasnt my fault so I billed him.
what can I do, I dont design them and I did not alter the fuel blend they were desined for I just get tasked with trying to make them run again.
about your functional brain cell comment, you may be onto something.
out of the 30 some odd Billion we gave GM ya know what they did last week? they sent 1 Billion to Brazil to upgrade a GM plant there.
I don't have a problem with GM fixin' their plants in Capitalistic Countries fer survival, it is jus' the union pay back quid pro quo with tax dollars our new POTUS that really bugs me. BTW I didn't like it under the previous guard either.
trouble is nothing they build in Brazil can be sold in the US due to impact standards and EPA standards. same as 2 weeks ago GM china anounced a 2 billion dollar profit for GM China plant sales in china and last month GM opened a 300 Million dollar production facility in russia.
almost makes one proud dont it
We are moving to Socialism while China is makin' big money with Capitalism. I wish our POTUS would use his brain n' ponder the stooooooopid direction he has pointed us in.
kinda like merc moving mid range outboard production to their new 30 million dollar chinese facility and closing albemarle and lund and a few other american made hull lines.
Can ya blame 'em?
more things change the more they seem to stay the same huh?
