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  1. harringtondav

    Say goodbye to Glastron as you know it

    It was for a five month season & +- 25 hrs/year. But we the have river house with a marine rail lift. The house without a boat is like a cocktail without the booze. The whole expensive works is for our pleasure for hopefully 15 more good years. Then our two adult kids get to sort it.
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    Say goodbye to Glastron as you know it

    Seems we struck when the iron was hot. Our Regal 19.5' came in just over $42K. ....I did a $3.5K upgrade buying my own Shoreland'r trailer vs the Heritage packaged with the boat. With the $7.5K I got directly selling our previous boat we're at $37K Regal dropped that 1900 ES, now 20' is as...
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    Driveshaft/pinion gear removal issues

    ....likely too little, too late since you've purchased new parts. This occurred to me this morning. Shown is an Alpha 1 Gen II drive shaft in a std. bearing separator. The separator had threaded holes that can be used to jack the shaft up against the housing, and hopefully off the pinion. Bite...
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    lower unit oil seeping out of water intake

    The space above the seals in the water pump seal carrier should only be water and exhaust. No gear oil. Dual prop drive shaft seals in the upper and lower housings (this seal carrier) contain lube in each housing. I believe oil coming through the exhaust may be leaking from the pair of prop...
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    1998 Crownline 202br engine compartment access

    ...good friend said "Boating is not for the meek of wallet. Truth.
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    1998 Crownline 202br engine compartment access

    I seriously considered an O/B BR for our current boat. But $/hp was a real penalty. And max O/B hp vs I/O hp was 190 hp vs 250. ...so I drank the Kool aid and bought another I/O. ...I won't be whining in public.
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    1998 Crownline 202br engine compartment access

    Our '96 Larson 176 SEI BR had great engine access under the sun deck. No side partitions, only removable nets. I could sit on either side of the engine. My wife's family bought a '98 Crownline 18' BR. Side partitions so close you couldn't squeeze you arm in to touch the plug wires. Fast forward...
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    Need to add trailer brakes

    I've purchased the factory/OEM manual for each of the last eight vehicles I purchased. The last three were CDs. Approx $100 per, and easily paid off with the first repair. The last three may have been a waste of money. My wrenching days are nearing an end. I saved enough pennies over the last 29...
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    Need to add trailer brakes

    Most embarrassing was I was in my '50s and had done the job many times before. Seems I forgot the rule for drum brakes: Pull both drums, but do one side at a time, using the other side as a guide. ...being a bit dyslexic didn't help the RH - LH confusion.
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    Need to add trailer brakes

    ....it takes a real man to admit his mistakes: I replaced the rear drum brake shoes on our old Caravan. When I replaced the adjuster I put it in backwards. Things were fine until the retracting adjuster allowed the wheel cylinder pistons to over extend and leak. ...long ride home with the...
  11. harringtondav

    Need to add trailer brakes

    ...don't recall if mine had adjusters. The actuator was a long lever with the magnet facing the inside of the brake drum. The lever drove the spreading cam on the shoes. I always figured the shoes would be metal on metal before the lever ran out of travel. I sold the boat trailer after 12 yrs of...
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    Need to add trailer brakes

    I added electric brakes to my first trailer. Required an under dash controller which hooked up easily on my '99 Durango. ....wires were labeled and accessible, and wired to the seven pin hitch connector. Brake kit included a new backing plates with magnet actuators, shoes and bearing hub/ drum...
  13. harringtondav

    Driveshaft/pinion gear removal issues

    This is a final Hail Mary: If you can find the below tie rod separator, and fit it into your bullet hsg, and drop the pinion/shaft to the bottom of the hsg. The notch would go around the shaft and over the pinion. The pusher lever on the end of the shaft. Don't know if you have the room. The...
  14. harringtondav

    Driveshaft/pinion gear removal issues

    I've never worked on your O/B, but I had a similar problem with my previous Alpha 1 Gen II outdrive with a stuck pinion. I put the lock nut back on with just a few threads engaged to protect the threads, but left clearance with the pinion. I had the perfect long chisel that worked as a wedge. I...
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    looks like a new crop of freeze busted I/Os being grown

    Our current VP powered 4.3L I/O is 'half' closed. That's why I chose the VP over Merc 4.5L. Simpler winterization. But it still requires a raw side flush with the pink juice. The VP single point drain appears to be completely drain the raw side. Follow with a two gallon antifreeze flush, final...
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    looks like a new crop of freeze busted I/Os being grown

    Main home is in Cedar Falls IA, river house is south of Dubuque IA. Pipes are at least 42" deep. The heavy snow cover helps keep the ground frost level higher. River house plumbing is now bone dry empty, but the well pump check valve keeps the outside supply line full. Rubber supply pipe can...
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    looks like a new crop of freeze busted I/Os being grown

    Many Texans own boats. All Texans have water supply lines to their homes, and these lines aren't buried 42" deep like up north. ..Marine shops and plumbers will have a hay day.
  18. harringtondav

    looks like a new crop of freeze busted I/Os being grown

    There is still time to winterize, but not much. Add the time to learn how to do it, and there's less time.
  19. harringtondav

    Tad bit windy today ...

    Our river place is on the upper Mississippi by Dubuque IA. The last 4-5 yrs the river level has been close to 2' below normal through the summer. Many boat ramps and private docks were close to useless. So I don't mind the snow. It will hopefully raise the water back to normal.
  20. harringtondav

    Tad bit windy today ...

    Off topic a bit here. We installed a heat pump at our river house. Works great down to the 24 degree balance point where it can't keep up w/o the electric heat coil kicking on. But when the temp gets in the low 30's, I switch to back up electric heat only. Else the unit spends as much time in...
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