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  1. JustJason

    Fuel pressure testing question. (warning, long)

    Not sure if this needs to be in nonboat tech section but since the original post was in here i'll post this in here. 2 weeks ago I edited Don's "how to test your boats fuel system" and added some pictures of my own. (it's in the FAQ section here if you need to reference it...
  2. JustJason

    HOW TO: Testing your boats fuel system.

    Note, this was originally posted courtesy of Don S. Minor edits and pictures added by CaptJason A lot of you folks out there seem to be tearing into carbs quite a bit. Before you choose to open up a carb, you really need to look at what's feeding the carb first, and that is the boats fuel...
  3. JustJason

    HOW TO: Testing your boats fuel system.

    Note, this was originally posted courtesy of Don S. Minor edits and pictures added by CaptJason A lot of you folks out there seem to be tearing into carbs quite a bit. Before you choose to open up a carb, you really need to look at what's feeding the carb first, and that is the boats fuel...
  4. JustJason

    Sad story... but seriously... WTH are people thinking??? What are your GUN views???

    Okay Iboaters.... i'm from new england... and i do consider myself fairly liberal. But i also consider myself having common sense. Which leads me to my question.... and later a link to the story. What are you views on firearms? Is it a right to own? or a priveledge? Where do you folks draw the...
  5. JustJason

    Am I allowed to??????????

    Hey mods.... am I allowed to put a tool up for sale on here? EDIT: Sorry, Nope. JB Heya TD.... any news on my name change? Didn't want to bug you with it.
  6. JustJason

    Any VW guys here?

    Got the girlfriends car that has an issue. 05 Beetle 2.5. Don't want to get to deep unless there's some one here thats a VDub mechanic. Thanks!
  7. JustJason

    New bailout question.

    I'm not much of an economist... So I thought i'd ask. Does anybody think that the bailout is going to drive up the price of oil, for us? Doesn't adding to the already rediculous deficit, essentially make every dollar worth less on the open market? I mean, the fed is essentially printing up 700B...
  8. JustJason

    My 700 billion dollar plan.

    the time is now 5:14pm.... lets see how fast this one get's locked My 700B plan Have Ole george borrow 700 billion from china, Divide it up equally between 300 million americans, and cut me a check for 2300 bucks, mine and everybody elses personal tax on this plan. The 2300 bucks doesn't come...
  9. JustJason

    Getting Paid.

    Hey guys, I have one I thought I'd bounce off you all. I runa mobile marine business. Most every customer, new or old, there isn't a problem in getting paid. I even deal with a few small business's, serviceing their boats, and there's not a problem. But i've seem to come into a glitch with 1 of...
  10. JustJason

    I love......

    Smuttynose IPA. It's so good in my tummy. :D I know i'm gods gift to woman :rolleyes: And thankfully, Smuttynose is God's gift to me :p im so happy right now....
  11. JustJason

    OMC hard shifting....

    This has been done a million times before I know, but I've searched the archives and can't come up with a schematic or TS chart. Anybody have one? :) 1990 OMC 4.3 cobra with a clutch dog... Goes into gear with 2 fingers... doesn't want to come back into neutral easily... engine idle is 575 in...
  12. JustJason

    can anybody tell me what this is........

    http://www.iboats.com/mall/partfinder/?*******=389113983&category_id=268720&gd_grid_id=668&gd_poid=111676&gd_row=7&**********=567061011 that little metal tab on the bottom. It looks as its to reinforce the copper "spring" in the points set. Old point set didn't have that... If it try to...
  13. JustJason

    Holley carb manual....

    Figured i'd ask here.... Anybody got one? I need one for a 2 barrel.... More specifically it's on a 1990 OMC 4.3..... Don.... rodbolt..... Bondo??? :) I won't care if its stuck in the middle of a VP manual... but i've went through my Merc manuals (which if anyone needs pm me) and can't come up...
  14. JustJason

    2006 Beetle (any VDub mech's here?)

    GF's car was bucking and shifting by itself yesterday on her way to work. When she went to leave, car would crank but not start. Went to pick her up and I brought my somewhat inexpensive scan tool with me. Got a code P0864 "TCM communications circuit range/performance" She stated that on her way...
  15. JustJason

    Any toyota guys here??

    Trying to help out the folks here..... Got a 00 Avalon. 3.0L 1MZ-FE engine. 112K on the clock. Heavily neglected. Runs like a dog. Had a MIL on. Borrowed a buddys lower end scan tool. Got a P0179 code. "bank 1 lean". Thing is never maintained. (not my car). Figure I'd start off with plugs...
  16. JustJason

    Gas prices abroad....

    just curious... What is your price for regular unleaded (87 octane) where you live????? And is your 87 actually 10% ethonal???? In the last 7 years how much has it gone up? To our Canadian neighbors and our european friends and so on.... how has your infation been? I don't know, so i'm...
  17. JustJason

    Has anyone noticed gas....

    Prices at Exxon/mobils? Here in Northern MA/southern NH I just payed 3.539 a gallon at a cumberland farms. When I drive around I notice Gulf, sunoco, lukoil, and others are all around 3.51-3.53ish. Every exxon mobil i see (and i noticed it 2 weeks ago so i keep an eye out) is 3.59-3.62ish. Why...
  18. JustJason

    95 Cutlass Ciera fuel pump relay....

    95 (09/94 date of manufacture) Olds Gutlass Ciera.... My youngest brothers car. It has a sticking fuel pump relay. I can't for the life of me find the relay. Car runs fine/normal. But every now and then when you shut it off you can still hear the fuel pump run a little. I don't have a factory...
  19. JustJason

    Anybody here good with pressure washers???

    I have a Karcher with a honda 5hp. Motor runs great but it's not pumping water so well. When I pull the trigger i may or may not get full blast. I'll usually end up getting a piddle. The feed hose to the pump isn't kinked. And the output hose isn't kinked. I reversed the output hose and same...
  20. JustJason

    boat mechanics pay plans....

    I'd love to know... what do you guys make out there... as in the total compensation package. Are you guys hourly only. Hourly plus bonus. Flate rate only? A commission as in a percentage of the overall bill???? I personally think that marine mechanics are underpaid. I see the average labor...
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