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  1. ziggy

    rain. aft curtain to hardtop seal?

    lately i been having to boat in the rain, a lot. darn rain just won't go away. anyways, my question is.... is there anything a fella can do to keep the water from flowing down the hardtop and then being stopped by the small dam created by attaching the aft curtain, and then water running in...
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    where's your bilge pump

    so my bilge pump don't look to original equipment to me. it's a rule 500gph job. when i got my boat it was loose in the very back of the bilge. i siliconed it in place. fine and dandy till now. guess i have some epoxy smeared around at the very back of the boat (why, i don't know, not sure i...
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    3 or 4 hours at the lake today

    ha, i did it, went boating today with a 70% chance of rain and all. procrastinated yesterday through a weather forecast like that. it didn't rain. and i didn't go out do to the forecast...:( well, today was the same forecast. i went anyways... got heavy rained on on the way out. hit every stop...
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    new starter bolts?

    for my set up. '75, 165 L6. how important is it for me to replace the starter bolts with new? i've read about them having knurling on them. i ordered them from my local merc. dealer. however, he didn't order them (why, i don't know), but had one in stock. the long one. so i still don't...
  5. ziggy

    mercruiser engine removal?

    For those of you that have pulled a mercruiser (120,140, 165, 470, mines a 165) engine from their Nineteen. When you pulled the engine. did you pull the manifold 1st? Or can you leave the manifold in place and still gain enough clearance (top of riser is under the cap and is only a 1/2'' or so...
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    is this L6 pan serviceable

    is this L6 pan serviceable? no idea what that spluge is... probably the least of it's problems. the other pics are the worst areas. looks pretty pitted. will gasket sealer seal that? i'm not real hopeful of the comments to come. if it were not nla, i wouldn't even think about...
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    165hp L6 oil leak?

    my '75 165hp L6 seems to have a oil leak. i've been chasing it for a while, but recently it's been getting worse of course... initially i thought it was the drain plug so replaced the seal on the drain plug to no avail. still leaks. now i think i have an even worse problem. i think it's a...
  8. ziggy

    sailboaters close pass question

    so i'm out at the lake last weekend. not a big lake. 2k sq acre. there were at least 5 boats on the lake, maybe 6. ya get the idea. not many and plenty of room to go where ever ya want. so i'm just floating about and this fella in a sailboat passes me within 20 feet. maybe 15. close enough for...
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    in case ya missed this on the bbc in 1970

    i did, unfortunately. but i'm hip now thanks to the www. i thought maybe others may enjoy these clips. i've watched this several times and have really enjoyed it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1Ku6LqFrio http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPvOTVVbMko&feature=related...
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    mc-1 trim ram question

    well, i put my drive back on today. went on easy as pie 1st try. couldn't ask for any more. only thing i found odd was the trim rams. pretty sure i left them fully retracted at winterization. maybe gave it a little bump off full in and then left it. over the winter both rams extended. by...
  11. ziggy

    AristoCraft polo shirt

    well i just received my prize from AristoCraft. a new polo shirt. man, am i gonna be to cool when i wear this. the envy of everyone at the boat ramp that don't have a shirt with their boat logo on it i'm sure. i would suggest that anyone that like's their AristoCraft as much as i do get one...
  12. ziggy

    cavitation burns bum me out

    i've never ask any prop questions since the first prop i tried seems to fill the bill. but after last season. my props got some cavitation burns in it. engine and drive in sig. prop, best i know is a mercruiser flo-torqueII aluminum 19P prop. part # 48 832830A45 19P viewing cavitation burns...
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    show your aristocraft pics

    this idea was suggested by another aristocraft owner. seems like a good idea to me so i'm gonna start it... so, post up pics of your aristocraft. don't matter the condition. they are all cool.. if ya got a brief description of what were looking at, that'd be cool too. at my local watering...
  14. ziggy

    dual batt. ? for a nineteen

    do you have 2 batteries on board your nineteen? i assume the best and only place to put it would be under the aft starboard seat. any other possibilities? where did you put your batt. selector at too? any comments or pics on how it worked out for you... i'm obviously considering adding a 2nd batt.
  15. ziggy

    vent/drain plug seal?

    anyone know what the deal is. i get individual replacement vent/drain seals from my mercruiser dealer. they're always a hard blue fiber kind of seal. these are what i've usually seen. now, 2 years in a row. my mercruiser impeller replacement kit has come with the yellow ones. certainly of...
  16. ziggy

    weird boating related dreams

    hi folks, just wondering. last couple of nights i've had some weird boating dreams. first one i was dreaming i had an overheat of my engine, but the temp gauge was in the green, when i turned off the engine it went to pegged overheat. then after that my boat was on the trailer and it was...
  17. ziggy

    nineteen, 165hp L6 drain plug removal?

    so has anyone removed their oil drain plug from a nineteen w/ the 165hp L6 engine in it? mine leaks and just looking at it, it looks like the drain plug don't have enough clearance from the inner liner to be removed so i can put a new seal on it w/o lifting the ft. of the engine. anyone with...
  18. ziggy

    what a great 18 hrs.

    man, boating sure is fun. all this in 18 hours. -101*F at 6pm on sat. with 50% humidity. high winds, 10-20 gusts to 35 -broke the hose connection off my muffs. -wonderful night on the lake till midnight. 71* for a low, diminishing winds -got to watch 2 fellas drag there sunk, plastic 2 man...
  19. ziggy

    on the hose overheat question

    i've not had any overheat issues at all this year. temp has been real good. new impeller and housing over the winter. 3 year old manifold and riser, aftermarket. flushed after ea. use. water hose between the bellhousing and gimble housing is new and not kinked. yesterday however. i was doing a...
  20. ziggy

    how to get some web exposure

    wondering if anyone knows how to go about getting my biz on the www? it's a small biz and i'm sick and tired of giving the yellow pages 1k a month for advertising. i was thinking of perhaps a web page or the likes. but i have no idea how to go about doing this... anyone have a ideas?
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