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phatsat67
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Tim will take Arts place some day when he retires to old people land (ie Florida). haha
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boat dr
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Swatkinz
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I always wondered about these boats. From an interior and comfort standpoint, do they feel alot smaller than a regular Ski Nautique of the same era? I'd bet they feel just as roomy as the previous generations.
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Steve
2011 Sport/Air 200 Excalibur 343 2017 Boatmate Tandem Axle Trailer Former CC owner (77, 80, 95, 88, all SNs) Former Malibu owner (07, 09) |
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TRBenj
Grand Poobah Joined: June-29-2005 Location: NWCT Status: Offline Points: 21169 |
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They're definitely smaller but don't feel 2' smaller! They're just as wide as the 19'6" boats, so that helps. Cc really pushed the dash as far forward as possible so that helps too. Pretty cool little rigs.
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Frankenotter
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Now the problem is I don't want to be at work. I'd rather be working on my boat and this "job" thing really gets in the way.
Anyone figure out a solution to that? |
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Gary S
Grand Poobah Joined: November-30-2006 Location: Illinois Status: Offline Points: 14096 |
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I have Chris,but everything is backward.You should be retired when your young and work when when your older. My knees and back can't keep up with what my head thinks they can do
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75 Tique
Grand Poobah Joined: August-12-2004 Location: Seven Lakes, NC Status: Offline Points: 6123 |
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Billy, Jody, Zach, Eric....There must be others I am forgetting about. Not always able to work on their boats, but working on others is still more fun than what I do 40 hrs a week. |
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“So, how was your weekend?” “Well, let me see…sun burn, stiff neck, screwed up back, assorted aches and pains….yup, my weekend was great, thanks for asking.” |
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john b
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Wow, do I hear you Gary! I have no idea how I used to find the time to work, or how I accomplished anything else when I did. |
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boat dr
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Quit your paying job,open up a boat repair shop, and call it The Boat Doctor.Long hours, low pay,but no BOSS .......... |
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Kristof
Grand Poobah Joined: October-08-2007 Location: Bree, Belgium Status: Offline Points: 3397 |
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Yep, I can confirm Billy has made a nice career move... Saw him smile everyday when he got into his shop while I was staying there (and so did I) That is, when he made it into his shop... Cause the rest of the time he was on the phone |
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- Gun control means: using BOTH hands!
- Money doesn't make one happy, but when it rains cats and dogs, it's still better to cry in a Porsche than on a bicycle... |
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Frankenotter
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Do you have to gap the autolight spark plugs these days?
It's been a while. |
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TRBenj
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Its a good idea to check them... gap recommendations will vary with the type of ignition system you have. They usually come pretty close to .045 out of the box, IIRC... but some will be off. Worth the $0.99 for the gap tool.
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Frankenotter
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Thanks benj.
I have a gapping tool but I'm not really sure what ignition system I have. Ill take a picture in a bit but its all corroded. |
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SNobsessed
Grand Poobah Joined: October-21-2007 Location: IA Status: Offline Points: 7102 |
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Chris - The coil will dictate the spark plug gap. See if you can ID that. Your dizzy looked like a Mallory to me.
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“Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.”
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quinner
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I would think about waiting (perhaps your plan anyways) until you fire it up before installing the new plugs, in case there is a bunch of fogging oil or whatnot in the cylinders.
Did you get get the other tune up parts also?? |
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Frankenotter
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I got the old fuel drained today, got the wrong oil filter, and checked all the gaps for the new plugs. Looks like it was .044.
Draining the fuel was not fun and I can't siphon the last inch out of the tank. I tried draining through the fuel filter hose until I realized the pickup actually wraps around the top of the tank. No surprise nothing came out. I was trying to use an old garden hose that I cut up for the siphon but it was too ridged to touch the bottom. Ill grab a 1/2" flex hose tomorrow to try to get the rest. Quinner, I think I'm all set for a start attempt on sat. I have to return the oil filter and ill probably run to ........cough(west marine) to find a replacement. |
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phatsat67
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Mil is probably a 2 day ride from me to you UPS.
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Frankenotter
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Zack are you talking about an oil filter? I have a list of stuff I need to order from you here in the next few weeks and that will e one of them. I plan to change the oil and tranny fluid again after it runs for and hour or so.
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phatsat67
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Just get your big list together. Today is the last day of the 15% Feb discount on tune up/service parts. After it will just be the normal 10% CCF.com. I'm pretty stocked up currently so I should have anything you need.
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Frankenotter
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Side if the distributor has this in the plaque:
Marine SAE-j1171 E5JL-12100-CA Drestolite 7020s 9 J7 I don't see gap info anywhere. |
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Frankenotter
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I also just noticed a HUUUUGE mistake.
On page 1 of this thread I wrote the model number of the engine wrong. It dropped a letter. It's a PLDPRR12PP. When I wrote it down I was looking at a picture and there was a scratch through the "d". I just put autolight 764 plugs in. Are they still going to work? |
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TRBenj
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Nope! Youve got the non-HO engine (240-255hp) that doesnt have GT40 heads... so you want the Autolite 24's. As you learned, that 3rd digit is the operative one in regards to model/hp. D = standard 351w P = HO 351w |
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Frankenotter
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Thanks man. I was afraid of that. Now I have a winter project for next year : )
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storm34
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Learning quickly! I'd love to see a carb'd 351 SN176 with a H/C/I and maybe dual exhaust if you're getting crazy! |
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AAM196
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Zach, Fedex Ground hits MILW next day out of you PITT too as we know! |
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Frankenotter
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Well that was an interesting day of work. Pretty much nothing but setbacks, nevertheless, I'm back on track.
I foraged the entire city to find a proper oil filter and got it. Drove the other side of town to return 764's. Went to the third side of town to get the 24's. Drained as much of the cloudy, red-ish/orange, 2 year old fuel as I could. I think I also stumbled upon another little problem. While I was rutting around in the fuel tank, I found this little guy. After a lot of chasing I've come to the conclusion that this is a ram air line for the pitot (speedo) tube. I don't think it's going to read very accurately in this condition. As far as I can they’ll the other side is fine. I'll do a search for speedo tubing replacement but if someone wants to surmise it, I would listen |
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GlassSeeker
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I would just reconnect it, you might scoot the nut back about a 1/2 inch and just trim off the deformed end, then push all the way on back on and finger tighten the nut down...then it should work
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SNobsessed
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Chris - What oil filter does your boat take? I am surprised it doesn't take the Std Ford V8 filter.
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“Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.”
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Frankenotter
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I will see if I can reconnect the pitot tomorrow. I think the other half of that line fell behind the fuel tank and the tubbing inside the nut looks like its in rough shape. I'm very surprised CC used rubber tubbing for this.
Chris, the one that was on there was a "Marine 18-7878" which I was able to find at west. I went to auto zone the first time and they gave me the "standard" 351 oil filter and the threads were waaaay too big. I didn't want to waste anymore time today chasing parts so I just went with what I knew would work for now until I can figure it out. |
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8122pbrainard
Grand Poobah Joined: September-14-2006 Location: Three Lakes Wi. Status: Offline Points: 41045 |
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Auto Zone was a BIG mistake! Sorry but problems with that so called auto supply have come up several times. |
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