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  1. ziggy

    so why do you hate pwc.

    i got me a boat, & i got me a pwc. had me the pwc first. that was what i could afford. seems like a pwc is perhaps more affordable than a boat. so more blue collor folk(me0 can get into hangin at the beach too. i was at my favorit fishin hole today, counted 15 pwc, and 13 boats. everyone was...
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    motor mount bolt hole repair?

    Hi Folks, <br />heres what i have to work with.<br /><br /> <br /><br />heres what i have found as a possible way of repairing what i have got to work with. about the middle of the page of the link is about what i have. a repair when wood is inaccessable. the wood that is left is not totally...
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    IL6, opinions on what to do with it, w/pic of damage

    hi folks, boat and engine listed below. <br /> history. had a blowed headgasket between 1 & 2. was gonna do valve job and R&R gasket. ended up finding a crack in the #13(front port)headbolt hole. i'm tryin to figure my options. heres what i'm contomplateing. <br />1) have head done, w/hardend...
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    removing a IL6 ?

    hi folks, got me the boat listed below. i'm needin to remove my engine and i have a couple of questions. i have the oem manual, says to remove the exhaust pipe and the water line leading to the t-stat. can i get away w/o removeing them. the pipe is very close to the back of the engine. guess w/o...
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    IL6 block crack at head bolt hole

    hi folks, long story short. and i think i know the answer(a different block), just don't want to hear it. <br />just went out to start cleanin up the block on my il6 chevy 250, 1972... heads off bein repaired. looks like i'm doing things backwards as i just descovered i got a crack on the block...
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    a 2 angle valve job?

    regaurding my 72 IL6, chevy 250cid. i got the head into the headshop guy. says he's gonna R&R the valve seats with some hard ones so i can run unleaded fuel. headshop guy says, just by lookin at how high or low a valve sits in the head he can say that i need new seats hard or not. seems like the...
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    grease around the piston trick

    anybody ever heard of this trick. i am just doing a valve job so the head is off my motor and i want to clean up around the top of the cylinders. all the carbon will fall down on top of the piston. the machineist i took the head to says to bring all the pistons midway in the bore and put a bead...
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    blowen headgasket, il6 165hp

    hi, well, i started workin on my ol skow. decided i had a blowed head gasket between 1 and 2 on my 72 il6, 165hp 250cid chevrolt engine. decided that with a air leak down test. tested cyl. 1 and 2, both those cyl.s had low compression, 90psi. cyl. 3-6 @ abouts 140psi which is spec. air leakdown...
  9. ziggy

    what would you do? il6, merc model1 (too long)

    boat listed below, 72 IL6, 250 cid chevrolt. mercrusier modle 1 drive. the questions???<br /><br />just took it out of winterization today. not to much to it. put the charged batt. back in it. made sure drains were closed. tighted up alt. belt that was loose for winter. turn on stablilized fuel...
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    the right alinement bar ?

    i need a alinement bar. ?. service manual says i need C-91-48247 or C-91-57797A1. will the C-91-57797A3 work as well?(this one i seem to be able to find) i seem to be haveing trouble finding the part numbers that the service manual says i need(C-91-48247 or C-91-57797A1)for my 72 mercrusier 165...
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    what to do with some boating education

    hey folk, <br />i been in the power squadron for a few years now. been takein classes and am up to, hopefully passin my advanced piloting class. just wondered how many others were interesed in futhering there recreational boatin skills and what ya've done with those skills? whether aquired thru...
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    computer backup

    what do you back your compter up to?<br />write now i am backing up my info on a cd-rw and a flash drive stick. <br />i see magster, i think haveing the computer blues. so wondered what everyone did to protect there info. i would be in a real bad way if i lost my computer info. if anyones got a...
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    computer backup

    what do you back your compter up to?<br />write now i am backing up my info on a cd-rw and a flash drive stick. <br />i see magster, i think haveing the computer blues. so wondered what everyone did to protect there info. i would be in a real bad way if i lost my computer info. if anyones got a...
  14. ziggy

    shelby ind., made in usa

    i just want to write a thankyou to shelby indudtries, for the public to see. they are the mfg. of my winch on my old boat trailer. a rolco trailer i think(from reminents of a sticker on trailer). oem with my 72 trisonic speedboat. <br />i had a cam piece on my winch that broke last summer. left...
  15. ziggy

    what ?'s to ask an ebay seller

    hi folks. a fella on ebay is sellin his outdrive. i'm wondering what questions i should ask him about the drive. i can only think of 2 or 3.<br />1. when was the lub changed last and what was it like. new?, milky? metal shaveings?<br />2. has it been pressure tested?<br />3. is this a modle 1...
  16. ziggy

    what kind of board to use?

    i had a hole in my vynal on one of my side trim pads in my boat. listed below. guess it let water into the hole and rotted out my board. got it off and am wondering if there is any special type of wood i should use to repair it. my guess is that it won't really matter as something else will...
  17. ziggy

    why my screename, why yours?

    posted by limited-time. "Screen name ziggystardust.....and no mention of David Bowie (sp) just don't seem right???"<br /><br />ok, so the cat's out of the bag. i'm not perticualarly into david bowie (sp) :D <br />ziggystardust was the name of my cat. he just died this last jan. ziggys name was...
  18. ziggy

    main? is, model 1 to alpha 1

    i got me this boat. listed below, avatar. i like it. it handles well and suits my wants. i'd rather spend 10k on this boat than get on a new one. it has sentametal value to me too, 1st boat i couldn't stop slomn skin. to me it has three main issues. drive is questionable. holds 8 or so psi...
  19. ziggy

    draining riser ?

    '72 chevy 250 IL6. I drained the block, manifold and riser today as it's gonna freeze here a couple of nights in a row. question is. i got no water to drain out of the riser. used a poker tool to make sure it wasn't plugged. is it normal not to have water drain out of the riser. i got a lot of...
  20. ziggy

    just missed that bouy

    hi folks. i been boatin for years on lakes. but rivers are still new to me and are much more exciting. (dangerous that is) while boatin yesterday on the missouri i was just floating and enjoying the day. ya sure do have to watch where yer going even then i find. i'm floating twards a bouy...
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