Chris-Craft Throttle Question

I'm thinkin' there was a conversation years ago that went something like this

DPO       Grant, how do you think we can fix this leak?

Grant      Let's pound a piece of wood in that hole. You hold the wood and I'll hammer it in.

DPO       Great idea, why didn't I think of that

Grant      Because you're not a "retired expert" like me

So anyways, Hi Grant, how's things?, the Skier running nice and cool?

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To give the DPO the benefit of the doubt, I can say first hand that sometimes we make an emergency repair with the materials that are at hand, with the intention of fixing it right asap. The repair then works so well that you forget to fix it right and 5 years later when it fails, the next guy thinks you were being a hack, which really isn't the case.

KENO wrote: I figure the PO is for previous owner and the D is for dumb or any other of a variety of not exactly flattering words that begin with D.

We agree again!   

OK, I give - what does DPO exactly stand for?

Top hit in wiki was Dame of the Pontifical Order of Pius IX, I guessing that is not it.

holy smokes...I gotta drive that boat Greg...



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GMacLaren wrote: Greg and Pete. Because I'm right-handed, I was thinking of setting the long lever at 2 o'clock and having it increase when turned clockwise. We,ll see. Right now, I don't have the "ball joints" for the thwartship rod, nor the carb connector.

That seems a little un-natural to me Grant. Mine is set to 4 idle and about 1 is full throttle. I think it would feel odd to pull down to go faster but to each his own.

Also I didn't have any of the linkage when I put my throttle together so I attached a standard throttle cable to the lever at the bottom of the steering gearbox. had to get a little creative with attaching it but it works nice and smooth. You would just need to fabricate a cable clamp for each end.

I have mine set at ~3

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Chris,
I've known the boat (and its previous owner) since 1953 -- and have now owned it since fall of 2016.
Photos are available on my website, -- then click on 1950 Chris Craft.

grantmaclaren.com

BTW,
1) MacSkier is at the lake, ready to tow, and
2) one former Chris dealer says the idle position is at 10 o'clock.

-=Grant=-

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