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  1. ziggy

    bond line?

    well, i was gonna do me some bond line work. wanted to replace the seal as it looked a bit cracked. i was gonna use 3m 5200 or 3m 4200....... my gap to fill is anywhere from 1/8th- 3/8''. the 3/8 gap is pretty deep too. inch deep maybe.......i guess i'd use the 5200 except for the screws that...
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    just named my boat ?

    well, i been thinkin about what to name my boat. i decided..... stuck my stickers on her tonight.... this boat was never named best i can tell before. so it's her first name. question is should i be sayin some words over her before launchin tomorrow....i don't want to get Posiden mad at me...
  3. ziggy

    handleing question

    my 75 aristocraft seems very weight sensitive....my usuall load is me and the gf and a cooler. i always lean a bit to port. fuel tank is on aft port. gf don't weight to much, she's on port side. cooler and me on starboard side. weight is pretty even distributed. though i'd guess the fuel and her...
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    what a weekend

    hope yers was as good. got out three days in a row. doing it around the rain too... sat. was great. 50-50 sun and clouds. sun. was more clouds. mon. i did my first solo launch with the aristocraft. uneventful launch. conked my head on the hardtop retreiveing + lost a ft. bumper. but was...
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    eventful day

    well, mothers day 2007 was eventful for me. got my mom happy in the morning havein her over to my house and sittin in my back yard drinking coffee and puttin her onto some coffee cake. had a nice talk and feel she enjoyed the visit. this afternoon was the eventful part. ya know the boatin...
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    hardtops, so what happend to them?

    hey folks. so i got this aristocrat speedboat. it has a slideing hardtop + it's removeable too. havn't removed it yet, but i might. so anyways. i've only had this boat for a fall and a spring. so far. i'm real hip as to the better environment that i'm boat in. ie. under cover from my hardtop. so...
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    1975 carter fuel pumps

    my question is how do you tell the difference between an automotive carter fuel pump and the marine version? other than if it leaks, the automoitive version will leak into the bilge. and mine did, but that's a hard way to find out. so if these L6 marine carter fuel pumps were not supposed to...
  8. ziggy

    lower removal, alpha1gen2

    2000 alpha 1 gen. 2. i don't see in service manual 14 that it says anything abuot ya needin to be in fwd to remove the lower. is that true. ya don't need to be in fwd to remove the lower?
  9. ziggy

    a leak

    any ideas what would be a good product to seal this with. this is on my aristocraft. it has a verticaly slideing center panal window. it slides down into a pocket under the bow. i've been havein problems with finding water in my bow area. i thought it was the drain tube comeing from the...
  10. ziggy

    new circut ?

    hi folks, i'm just wondering if anyone has any insight as to addin a new circut properly to a boat. i don't want to violate the uscg or put myself in danger. i don't want to add a breaker or fuse panel. i really don't have the room. i do need pwr to a cd player, and vhf. future is a ciggerett...
  11. ziggy

    finaly, havin some fun

    hey folks. well, i finally did my first mod on my boat. i'm a pretty poor boater, so mods don't come to fast. it's pretty much if i can have the funds to keep her runing i'm doing good. so today i feel pretty good. R&Red my 8 track player with a used after market panasoic cd player out of my...
  12. ziggy

    should i, or shouldn't i, wind speeds, boat ride

    i'm wantin to spash it. tomorrows forcast is 77*F, wind speeds from beaufont fresh breeze to near gale. it's only a 1800 sq acre lake, but at near gale force winds it turns white with white caps. can bounce ya around pretty good. it'd be the first dip of the season for me. seems like i'm hip...
  13. ziggy

    drive inspection?

    which way to go. should i pull my drive and have a look + split the halfs and inspect the impeller? engine and drive listed below. i just got the boat last fall. the dealer i got the boat from in SD said he replaced the impeller prior to sale. had no over heat issues and feel i can 'probably'...
  14. ziggy

    L6 fuel pump

    boat listed below. just R&Red the diaphram in my fuel pump. it was leaking. couldn't find fuel pump bolt torqe specs. in service manual #C-90-71707, found em in a clymers. ? surly i can read. what page is that info on in the oem manual? nore did i find in either manual the torque spec. on the...
  15. ziggy

    boat owners politics point blank

    ok, this is easy. are ya a republican, or a democrat. my guess is boat owners will predomiantly be rebubican... lets see. please, no hate and discontent. it's just a question out of couriousty.......
  16. ziggy

    omaha boat show

    just went to the show. not to bad. was interesting, i didn't see one volvo drive. :( alpha 1s, bravo ones, maybe one bravo 3, one or two x's on bahas. they had all the major mfgs. there. none really impressed me. they all looked the same except, for a criss craft. very nice looking boat...
  17. ziggy

    another steering question, R&P

    i'm gonna need to do something with my steering too. it aint broke, yet. i do feel the gears while turning though (the gears in the r&p i think). got me a det-mar rack & pinion system. think it's a det-mar 500, though i'd have to go look again to be sure of that statement. wondering if i got...
  18. ziggy

    quickbooks pro?

    hi folks, hope everyone is havein happy holidays. i've been usein quikbooks pro (for window 95) for managing my small business. it works real well. even though intuit (mfg of quikbooks) said it wouldn't work with my newer computers xp. anyways. i am thinkin of gettin the new quikbooks pro for...
  19. ziggy

    shoutcast radio, anybody else hip?

    anybody else hip to this? i like the blues type music. i live in a pretty librale city, but still can't find my genre all the time. shoutcast radio cures this for me. i'd thik about serious or whatever but when i get my type of muzic for free, what do i care. seems pretty good quality too. i...
  20. ziggy

    binos & a coil

    :) well, my first post for the sht. at least its something different for a sht.... lost my crappy binos last spring. been lookin for them for 3/4 year. missed them on the lake even though they is nothin special as binos go. but, any binos is better than no binos. anyways, got me a nice day...
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