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    Prop Advice: Rev4 XP on 383 Stroker

    Couple of things... First do you know for sure the tachometer is accurate? 15% slip at WOT for a 4 blade seems kind of high. Second, what are the cam specs? That is going to dictate to an extent where your WOT RPM should be. Ideally a dyno would tell you exactly where it is but if you're not...
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    My boat needs to run real good on the 4th of July. FIX IT !!

    Sunday breakfast is before 9 if I go out. (Nice and quiet) when I am at work, you can actually watch system demand tick up around 8 and 10... about when people would get ready for mass and when it ends. Coincidentally that is the same time I get the absolute most irate of customer calls.
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    My boat needs to run real good on the 4th of July. FIX IT !!

    With the way people drive around here, hell no... sadly. Last time I went out on a holiday was about 5 years ago and the river was sustained washing machine from idiots. I'd have to try but I could've capsized a 21' on that day. The average bloke wouldn't have had to try. Actually every year it...
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    My boat needs to run real good on the 4th of July. FIX IT !!

    The 4th is one of 3 days of the year, no matter how nice out it is, that the boats stay at the house/dock.
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    cooking

    Its basically just a rolled egg crepe no?
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    UUUUGGGHHH

    If I could keep my house at 68 year round I would. Very difficult in the summer. The Air BNB we stayed at was regulated to 75 and I woke up in a pool (looked like I wet the bed) of sweat. That was sleeping with no cover too. My girlfriend calls me the furnace since I run very, very hot. :LOL:
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    cooking

    Not sure, but I do my lasagna with little hand rolled meatballs instead of a meat sauce. Being a middle of the road guy, the best lasagna sounds good enough.
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    UUUUGGGHHH

    The family business is pools funny enough. (I do it on the side for extra cash, my full time job is water adjacent) We actually got a new heater hence the replumb. (was pretty far down the list to get going) And yeah, truck said 101 backing into the driveway. And I'm about to suite up in a tyvek...
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    UUUUGGGHHH

    I had about 104 with a feel like of 111. How do I know that? Instead of swimming in the pool I was replumbing it so we could open it. :LOL: In about 15 hours... I'll be floating tonight.
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    All the winter project boats ready to go for the 4th of July ?

    I've been too busy to finish up the odds and ends on mine. I'm off until friday and hope to have it 90% complete by then though
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    Replacing bow seat foam

    Carving knife or the hacksaw blade. Works great. The thin stuff cuts fine with a good utility knife.
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    helm wiring, should be simple, i'm not too bright.

    My whole facility ran modbus up until a year or two ago. There are consoles with electronics dating back to the 70s. We say a little prayer anytime someone works on one as there is both no documents on how they're wired and no one knows how to fix them if something goes wrong.
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    1993 Mercruiser 350 Ski Magnum carbed oil type

    Years ago there were a series of tests run that were coordinated with comp cams to trend flat tappet wear. They used a bunch of off the shelf oils to measure wear on the lobes in microns and from what I recall, the diesel oils always tended to perform worse. Now was it enough to cause alarm? No...
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    Mercruiser Exhaust Tube vs Exhaust Bellows Opinions, and Part # for Tube.

    On the V6 and V8 it isnt that bad. My 3.0l was loud already and it was loud loud with the tube only. :LOL: to put it another way, you could always tell when I was coming or going. Cons, its a bit louder. Pros? No messing with exhaust bellows. Its easy to install. Did I mention no messing with...
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    Tonneau Cover

    I have the regular truxedo and that thing has gone through car washes (i use a pressure washer a lot), down pours, off roading, you name it. The only water and dust that gets in is from the gaps around the tailgate. They're all nice and all can be broken into in a matter of seconds in most...
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    cooking

    I use feet for my chicken ramen. Easy and tasty. Not cheating!
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    1985 Starcraft porpoising issue. Prop??

    Depends. Sometimes its engineered it to correct a bad hull design. But in most all cases it can be fixed... but how much time and or money do you want to spend on it?
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    When I pulled the sterndrive today, the whole u joint was rusted. I think I forgot the Oring. Please Read.

    On mine when they failed, it was enough to force water up through the shift cable onto the valve cover and into the bilge when pressurized by the exhaust passthrough... so I'd say yes....
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    Loosing Faith in Humanity . . .

    I hit them back woth one of the auto replies it suggests. :LOL:
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    Loosing Faith in Humanity . . .

    I've sold a few things on market place. Lots of interest but few hits. Got 2k for my old 3.0l within a week of listing. But had a set of wheels and tires listed forever. I had a guy dicking me around for nearly a year... next guy who messaged I said I'll leave them out, take them. I don't even...
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