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    Blown head gasket...need help please

    Re: Blown head gasket...need help please Got the head off. Above are 3 pictures telling the tale. Please remember that we had to drive at idle for nearly an hour, so that cylinder is mighty clean. Overall there's very little carbon at all. One of the photos above is a close up of the valves...
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    Blown head gasket...need help please

    Re: Blown head gasket...need help please I was correct. The gasket did blow out. It was clear as could be once the manifold was off. I didn't pull the head off yet because I saw bruceb58's post about the leak down test. I can do that, but I'm curious as to what good that will do for me at...
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    Blown head gasket...need help please

    Was out with the family the other day enjoying the nice weather. Had driven the boat about 20 miles without even a misfire. Returning to the launch (at about 25mph @ 3200 rpm- nowhere near WOT), all of a sudden the engine started to diesel (rattling sound like bad gas), and it started to feel...
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    Stupid trailer trick

    Every year I trailer my uncle's 2007 Sea Ray Deck Boat (24" or so) to launch and retrieve. It's our spring and fall ritual since he doesn't have a vehicle capable of towing that kind of weight. The cottage community he lives in has 3 roads out. All going up hill to the same main road. 2 of the...
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    Another Gas Opinion Thread

    Hi everyone- I have a 1956 Evinrude 7.5 Fleetwin. I bought the motor and tank at an estate sale a number of years ago. Both were brand new still in their original packaging. I replaced the coils, water pump impeller, and dual tube fuel line before using it. It runs like a champ. Last year I...
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    Dry vs. Wet Pour Concrete For Pole Barn

    I'm in the process of hiring a company to put up my pole barn. I've had 5 estimates done with lots of similar prices. All the companies except one set the posts with dry concrete dumped in the hole. Price is not a major concern. I'm old-school and feel that a wet pour is much better than a dry...
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    New Tractor Blues

    Here's the story in a nutshell: July 15th I bought a new lawn tractor from TSC. It's a Husky with a 20hp Kohler. In early September I was using it and it started knocking really badly and started to seize. I shut it down and checked the oil- it was dry. I ran and grabbed a quart of oil and put...
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    Boomarang boat- what to do

    Here's the story in a nutshell. I bought a boat from my friend about 8 years ago (1974 Glastron). Paid $500 at that time. I fully restored the boat and used it for 5 years. I ended up buying a new boat and he bought it back from me for $2000. He's used it for the last 3 years, but now he and his...
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    Boat Prices

    I went to drop off my boat at the dealer last night for winterization. While there I browsed the showroom looking at the 22-24 footers. Wile browsing, I noticed that the 2009 model of my boat (a 2008 Glastron GT 185) was about $3000 more MSRP than the 2008 models (pretty much the exact same...
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    Boat Advertising

    As a subscriber to a couple of boating magazines and collector of boat brochures, I've noticed a trend over the last few years: In about 50% of boat manufacturer ads and about 65% of manufacturer brochures (purely unscientific numbers) you'll notice that a woman is driving the boat they're...
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    Pretty funny

    I like the raft ones the best: http://www.broadcaster.com/clip/1057
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    Another boat naming question

    My neighbor at the lake just bought a used 'toon. The boat has a little plaque on the console with the boat's name (PO's wife I think) and also the life ring has the name printed on it. My neighbor's superstitious and is afraid to remove the two items without a proper ceremony. I contend that...
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    Could have been very nasty!

    Hi all, I thought someone in here might find this interesting. Last week I cut down a small 3" diameter pine tree in my yard. I left about 4 feet of trunk sticking up so I could use it as a lever to rip the stump out with my truck. I attached a chain to the tree up high and attached a tow...
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    Dumb question (maybe)

    I'm getting ready to launch this weekend and have been reading this forum to make myself more knowledgable. One thing I've been trying to figure out and have yet to see it mentioned is this: I have a 2008 Glastron GT 185 with the 3.0 VP I/O setup. The water impeller is mounted in the engine...
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    Handheld GPS opinions

    Hi to all, I'm in the market for a new GPS. I only want it for fishing. Basically marking hot spots and tracking trends with the fish. I would like it to have uploadable map ability. I really want a color screen and don't want to spend more than $300.00. I've been looking at Garmin Venture...
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