Recent content by Franki

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    Stupidest thing I've heard a person do.

    got this at the end of an email from a friend.<br /><br />Last summer, down on Lake Isabella, <br />located in the high desert, an hour east of Bakersfield, Cal. some folks, new <br />to boating, were having a problem. No matter how hard they tried, they <br />couldn't get their brand new 22 ft...
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    Most mishaps and stupid things done in one trip..

    I'm gonna use my 1000'th post to tell you briefly about my lastest fishing trip..<br /><br />It all started the day before the trip.. I once saw a trailer boat that had a leaf spring snap while driving at 60miles and it wasn't pretty.. so I've always been paranoid about mine.. and always got...
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    Oppps.. put in brake fluid instead of tranny fluid..

    Hi guys, <br /><br />I'm sitting here tonight, 5 days after getting home from my fishing trip, and I just realised I did the dumbest thing I've done this week :-)<br /><br />I just realised that I topped up my tilt trim motor with brake fluid rather then tranny fluid..<br /><br />I can't imagine...
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    Propeller Numbers translated...

    Hi guys, <br /><br />Anyone that read the story of my fishing weekend knows I trashed my propeller..<br /><br />Looking at it, Its a "13 3/4" x "15"<br /><br />This prop came with the motor, and I'm wondering if its the right size for my boat. (don't know for sure cos I never got to try it at...
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    Massive Torque steering.. suggestions?

    Hi guys, <br /><br />I went out fishing last weekend.. and the second half of the trip was an unmitagated disaster..<br /><br />For one thing, its really really hard to turn to port, and really easy to turn to starboard.. and when I go over a certain speed.. the boat hooks hard to starboard...
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    Boat Seat mounting bracket.

    Hi guys, <br /><br />My GF got me a nice shiny new boat seat, pole and floor bracket.. <br /><br />All look great, but I had alittle trouble getting it into the boat. (the bracket requires a hole be drilled into the floor ) Turns out the main stringer is directly under the floor where the pole...
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    Pull starter on Chrysler 6HP.

    Hi guys, <br /><br />I have a Chrysler 6HP (62HG), and last time I used it, I must have been overzealous because the pullstarter rope came out, and started the motor, but didn't retract back in again... <br /><br />I've searched the net for hours in vain for some idea of how this pullstarter...
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    Balancing Prop.

    Hi guys... <br /><br />Last time I was out.. I noticed that my motor was vibrating really quite badly... it is not the motor I think since it is smoothly accelerating up the rev range....<br /><br />There was a chip in the prop awhile back, that was filled in at an engineering shop.. but they...
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    Problems with first trip out with this motor...

    Hi guys..<br /><br />I took my boat out on Friday for the first time in over a year.. and with a different motor/dash/steering/wiring (pretty much everything bar the hull.)<br /><br />Anyway, I made a mental list of the problems I encountered. (Boat is a 17Foot Half cabin with a Johnson 100HP 72...
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    One bank alot hotter then the other.

    Hi guys, <br /><br />My V4 has a problem at the moment.. <br /><br />The Starboard bank is much hotter then the port.. <br />even after only 2 minutes of running.<br /><br />I can keep my hand on the port side more or less indefinately.. but the starboard side I can only keep my hand on for a...
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    What is Marine Tex

    Hi guys, <br /><br />I keep hearing about this Marine Tex..<br /><br />I've not seen anything wiht that name in Australia, so I was wondering what it is???<br /><br />I mean I know from reading here that it is some soft of filler material... but what is it specifically???<br /><br />regards<br...
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    Do Johnson 72 100HP and evin 69 85HP have the same cyl heads?

    Hi guys, <br /><br />For reasons I'd not like to explain, a mate of mine recently trashed the port cyl head.. (ok, I'll explain briefly. He was drilling out a broken water cover bolt and went right through into the combustion chamber..)<br /><br />Anyway, my motor is a 1972 100HP Johnson Xflow...
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    Water Jacket corrosion, a tip and a couple of questions.

    Hi guys,<br /><br />If you have a ten + year old outboard, and its been running in alot of silt or you got it second hand and don't really know where its been or what it was doing.. <br /><br />I have a suggestion.. take off your head water jacket covers and have a look inside.<br /><br />Today...
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    High output OMC stator... I have more info..

    Hi guys,<br /><br />After the conversation the other day about upping the charge voltage, I wrote to many a supplier asking for info on getting it rewound or replaced by a high output version...<br /><br />Here is one such response..<br /><br />#################################<br />Frank,<br...
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    Anyone tried Nycote protectant??

    Hi all, <br /><br />Just looking around the net, and found this site..<br /><br /> http://www.nycote.com.au/ <br /><br />They say this stuff will perfectly protect fiberglass for 2 years without reapplicaion, and 10 years on other surfaces...<br /><br />apparently it was used on the apollo space...
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