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    drilling for money

    anyone see on the news where a 16 year old boy and another boy drilled into a ammonia pipe line in tampa Fl in search of a rumor of hiddin money?? the boy got seriously burned and it killed about 1000 fish in the river and evacuated loads of people for around 2 days to get it repaired,had to fly...
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    ever had one of those days?

    Hi all,have to tell you about how good my day was going friday,75% done with my route,pull up to a curb,this curb was about 16' tall and about 10 ft long,straight ahead was a drive to the exit of the plaza, I was sitting in the car,wife was servicing a machine,she gets done,gets back into the...
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    Question about posting tools

    how do I enable or use the smilies on the right side of the posting box? and how do I upload pictures on to the post?
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    rehub or rebuy??

    Hi people.. running a 13x19 stainless cupped on a 79 rude 140, would like to get feed back on which would be better & cheaper, rehub my stainless prop or purchase a aluminum prop of same size and cupped also,I do fish flats and fish in the gulf also... and any suggestions of a place to buy a...
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    darn seagulls

    I was fishing in the gulf close to shore and these pesky seagulls kept hanging around, I had bought 2 dozen of jumbo shrimp,cost me $12.00 a dozen and had to order them the day before so they would hold them for me. we were fishing for speckled trout, hopeing to catch bigger trout useing bigger...
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    can I get title?

    can't find my original post,sorry if this is a double.. I found a hull that is free to haul away,but no title,is there a way to get a legal title for it ,such as a abandoned title? do not want a homemade title,and owner wants nothing to do with any paperwork or hassle,just wants it hauled off..
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    safe max rpm

    I have been told a few different ranges for the MAX SAFE WOT rpm, like to see what you guys say 1979 rude 140 16 hrs on rebuild , bored .044.. I was told that 5000 was max WOT for this motor... like to run it once in a while,but don't want to blow it..:)
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    Towing With Explorer

    did some major surfing to find this info I needed for pulling with my boat with my explorer, the 1991 I have is the early model that come with the A4LD transmission,this year also come with a very high gear ratio rear end. the transmissions are not tow worthy,they overheat easily,which destroys...
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    prop questions

    have a 17ft tri hull, when I reach 42 mph @5400rpm (still climbing)the engine revs up and I back off,I marked the hub & prop and it did not slip,I noticed that the cavi tation plate is 1' above the bottom of the boat, Im running a 13x19 S.S. cupped,looks like I have 1' left bettween the...
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    not going into reverse

    79 rude 140,goes into forward gear great,tried adjusting the cable,goes into reverse good on the trailer,in the water it trys to go in but never catches,just keeps clattering,I have had the lower unit off to replace the water inlet screen and water pump, I heard that the shift rod has to be...
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    engine height?

    79 rude 140 took it out today and bay was running 2 ft waves, 25 mph, worse if faster,bow comes back down prop looses traction, engine revs up, had it in a smoother section and at wot it was 42 mph at 5300rpm's,still climbing and prop looses traction again, this is with trim all way down,if up...
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    prop nut torque??

    any one know what the proper torque specs are for the prop nut on a 79 rude 140 the clymer shop manuel says to torque the prop nut to 50 ft lbs, this does not sound right to me,theres a what looks like a fiber washer behind the nut,does not look like it could stand 50 lb of torque,does any one...
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    timing tool

    where can I purchase the piston stop tool to set timing on 79 rude 140? and how much are they? went to the iboats marine store and to tools,they are not showing that tool..
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    Gear Ratio ??

    have a 1979 rude 140, (by the model #) went to replace the water inlet screen,purchased the part last week, and the new screen is around a 1/4 in. more narrow ,but the same Length and thickness, I called the shop I got it from and he looked in the book and said it is a 1974 gearcase on it,due to...
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    inlet screen replacement

    would like to get all the saltwater cats in a row.. 1979 rude 140, want to replace the inlet screen in the lower unit,you guys explained to me already the steps,would like to know before I pull the unit,how long of pair of needle nose pliers I need to remove and install??
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