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Actually cut way back on the consumption.

Im thinking of growing corn to distill into my next batch of boat fuel.

I will second the what engine are you thinking swapping from a 3.0 to a 4.3 or 5.0 or 5.7 can be done. however needs to have a bunch of other parts swapped as well. heading to a junk yard to buy any run-of-the-mill motor wont work. it has to be a marinized motor.

Welding and Planting are two things where penetration is critical

its like cooking an egg...... once you start, no undoing it.

Stainless + aluminum + copper alloy (brass) is a recipe for galvanic corrosion.

Did you ever get the 2-pieces of the hull separated?

I say practice a minute or two before hand. You have this

Inspect them However at 26 years, you're well past design and service life

You visually inspect the gaskets and gasket surface between the two, and you fill the manifold with acetone (seeps thru smaller cracks) However if you boat in salt water, expect about 5-7 years max on the life of a manifold

Was about 10 years ago. Palm tree dies, so I thought WTH..... Since I have saw in hand, let's make a Tiki..... Fell the tree leaving 6' of trunk.....About an hour into carving on it the saw just goes "THWAAK!!!!!" And that was all it had. Finished it up with the electric saw

Unless you are carving a Tiki from a palm tree carcass in 95 degree heat. BTDT

If Manatees are going that far North, that means the water is warming up.

Fuel Burn is 0.5# of fuel per HP per hour.

Close

Ted, it's a boat..... Fuel economy is never a consideration

cheap 12 volt tach plus a cheep buck-boost. https://www.amazon.com/DROK-5-5-30V-Adjustable-Regulator-Converter/dp/B07VNDGFT6?th=1

With the puller putting tension on it. Add heat quickly, then a bit of percussive persuasion with a 5# maul

I think you have a manifold to riser leak on this side. there should be NO rust in the port.

Its not vapor lock empty the contents of the fuel filter into a clear container and check the quality of the fuel. is there is separation line between two fluids? (get a new fuel filter) check fuel pressure. do you have it? what is the pressure if no fuel pressure, hot-wire the pump by...