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    Rant: Can't catch a break with weekend weather...

    It's 92F. This is the first day I've had off in 2 months. I'm going out. :)
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    Inspiration.

    Dad was doing alright until the fusions in his back. Granted he's young but the men in our family don't make it much into their 70s. I try to not totally kill myself and hope the degenerative disk stuff crops up later on. He was around 35 when he really needed it and made it to 56 before they...
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    View of unloaded trailer with pickups

    Tacoma is a mostly redesign. Colorado is the fullsize drive train under an updated 2nd gen chassis. Frontier is a full face-lift truck on the same platform that Nissan has used for nearly 2 decades. Ridgeline is nice too. I like my 19 Colorado but the rear vision with the long bed is bad.
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    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    Less payload for beer if you do both
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    cooking

    As long as it's on it the slight warp is all good. Induction is imo the best with cast.
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    cooking

    Gotcha. I regularly use both. For stove top I prefer the gas unless it's electric induction... those are absolutely amazing and I actually prefer them for their low temperature control. Ovens I go either way. I like the gas since I'm more used to it and they seem to heat quicker but the...
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    cooking

    You have electric now or gas now?
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    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    You're nice. I cut the 9 pin off my 3.0l 2 decades ago and sold it without it and the shifter linkage. :ROFLMAO:
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    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    Well at least you didn't fly spirit. :LOL:
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    Tinkering on the 4.3l this winter...

    The horsepower per mph also changes the faster you go... figure drag. Oddly, the alpha 4v was rated 225. Per service manual 18 mine would actually be 210 HP with the 4bbl. Using one of those online calculations I cone up that 215 hp is about right. Obviously some wiggle room on those but I've...
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    Boats from work.

    While not a cobalt guy, I will admit their color palette is fantastic. That cocoa interior looks great. You know the story on that damage? Seems like an odd place. Came down on something?
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    Tinkering on the 4.3l this winter...

    So I figured I will bring this one back. I got to the initial testing with the 4 barrel and intake swap last year. I still need to hone in the jetting some but it was at a serviceable place. The testing was done on similar weather days, about 80F light chop. I abandoned all other modifications...
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    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    Thinking about it... I haven't had a beer on my boat since before the restoration... sounds like a problem.
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    PSA for inboard gas owners.....

    We have a GMI unit and some handhelds with LEL sensors in them. I spend more than 20$ in calibration gases for them a month. I think the $20 unit is a no brainer for piece of mind.
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    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    Send it south. We need some rain!
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    PSA for inboard gas owners.....

    The call for us usually is a fill up via the rod holder.
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    3.0L mercruiser compression

    There is a flapper in the exhaust near the rubber boot after the elbow to help prevent water from back flowing. They sometimes break off and clog the lower exhaust. While I have seen good compression with high leakdown tests... that doesn't sound like what is going on here. You can test the...
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    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    I could fit a kegerator there. 🤔
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    Mercruiser 888 Unexpected Prop behavior?

    The 1.50 isn't that much of an oddball. The 1.32 is. The 1.65 from a 165 is pretty odd as it has the short input yoke. Only other odd thing, and it is no longer an issue, was on the old drives with the 1.65 you had to mark the gear mesh when resealing the upper as it was the same tooth count so...
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    Boats from work.

    Period correct though.
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