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One of the facetube groups I am on for the 1957-1955 GM trucks recently had a poster use AI on removing the tailgate hinges.
Those trucks use two carriage bolts to hold the hinges. Accessible from inside the stake pocket. Yet the two AI answers that were posted both were made up with 20% of...
You can't just dingleberry hone cylinders. You need to bore the block, then hone it.
Not sure where you are at, but there should be a good machine shop within an hour or two
Yes, a few weeks back. Posted on Bloomberg. A good friend of mine is a supplier to West Marine.
They owe about $800M to their suppliers.
Tony has to write off about $2M due to Worst Marine
Ted, if it really bothers you, scuff the extension, mix up some gel paste, and spot fill the low points with a putty spreader. Then hit the extension with 330 grit, then 400, then 600 then 800. Then polish
Most of the imperfections should disappear
with ANY I/O boat engine except the old OMC's
pull the drive (you should be doing this for yearly maintenance)
disconnect the battery and the ground cable to the back of the block
unplug the large harness plug
disconnect the throttle and shift linkages
disconnect and plug the fuel lines...
do you have the reservoir installed? and filled?
the oildyne 108 is a very very simple pump.
however if water sat in the pump for a long period of time, the check valves could have rusted. the pump can be pulled apart and rebuilt if needed. I see that the cost has skyrocketed in the last 15...
generally the center was the ski locker or ski locker and a floor cooler.
any limber holes cut in the stringers or bulkheads for water drainage should have the edges addressed with resin and cloth to ensure full encapsulation. (remember, the factory did nothing and it lasted 20+ years)
a bit...