Was a silly place for can holders, right in the hot engine compartment. Suitable for coffee, but nothing cold. Sooooooo rigged up some non breakable, injury proof fresh air intakes. My new to me dog, Maggie, straight from an Oklahoma cattle ranch loves the boat. Sunday up here in Mn, temp...
Didnt see this anywhere with a search... A couple grooves cut into a socket sure makes R and R ing a petcock easier. This 3/4 in was a bit big, but it was the only extra I had.;)
Ok, so I didnt have time tio get a rebuild kit, but wanted to take top of carb off to retrieve a piece of debris that possibly had fallen into carb [prev post] I also had fuel trickling down venturi cluster after shutting down engine. This started after using vac cleaner to attempt removal of...
My 1500th post- yippie skippie...:p
ANYHOW...:confused:
Gettn ready to order a carb rebuilt kit. Not 100% sure which accel pump plunger I have. I believe I have the older straight one, bottom fill, [Then I come up w part num 3302-804485] for the kit. But wondering if I possibly the newer one w...
Had flame arrester off for a bit. [Driveway] Got windy. Noticed a speck of debris down the hole in this orifice. Looked about 1/8 in sq at the most. Wasn't able to retrieve it.:eek: Yet. Looked almost like a tiny corner of a license tag??? Greenish, maybe reflective.?
Questions.
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I took the red cloth bag off the Dirt Devil [DD] hand held and ran the intake hose to the Wet Dry [WD] vac into the DD discharge. Almost a perfect fit. Fire both of them ...suckers... up at the same time and I'm picking up dirt !!! The DD has a rotating brush as well. I also had kept the hose...
There seemed to be alot of interest in this topic last year. My season starts next Sat Nov 5th. Saw about a dozen deer, tho no antlers, last Sat while scouting. The crops are down cuz the weather has been dry, so the woods should be full of deer, as there are no corn fields to hide in... Im...
Say it aint so ! Say it aint so! Snow already.:eek::mad::facepalm: Of course we could still see 90 again. As Jeff Foxworthy once said.. If you've ever worn a pair of shorts and a parka in the same day... You MAY be from Minnesota...:p Minnesota and Wisconsin is supposed to have the best fall...
Sun .. 9/11 coincidentally.... I witnesses some scary stuff at a boat ramp on the St Croix River in Mn. There is a really nice ramp i use , but the water level is low and there is only about 1-2 ft of concrete left underwater before the ramp drops of into the abyss created by a bazillion power...
Since Merc has done away with the groove and o-ring on top of the drive shaft. Im wondering if I should even use one anymore . My drive is split now as I am going to replace the upper and lower drive shaft housing oil seals. I will have a new one in my reseal kit that should be here tomo [ From...
I have been chasing gear oil leakage on my 86 Alpha1 gen 1. I was getting some gear oil leaking after using the boat.. Originally coming out of Stbd weep hole, and water intakes on lower unit. . Pressurized, and sprayed some soapy water on it and got bubbles around the water pump. Replaced base...
Couldn't really find any info when i did a search, or goggled this. i am wondering if anyone has noticed any benefit to switching to a... fancier / or upgraded spark plug. Gettn ready to do cap rotor , plugs on my stock 86 4.3 T-Bolt IV ignition. Manual calls for AC-MR43T or Chumpion RV8C...
