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    trolling around once more...

    Hello I-boaters! Hard to belive its been seven years since I was here doing our Seaking. We still use the boat all the time but mostly for fishing now and its getting smaller the older I get.. but I tuff it out! heres a fish from last weekend! Anyway, I scored a new boat off my brother in...
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    '83 Beachcraft 180s this time..

    Hello I-boaters! I scored this boat off my brother in law for $600 in a divorce sale. he traded the PO his father in-laws Kawi hog clone for it. He's not a boat guy.. [/URL First issue was the PO had tried to do a wakeboard style interior in it with OSB cheap 2x4's and drywall screws (3...
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    Is the alcohol keeping my motor clean?

    MY '60 Evinrude big twin seems to have almost no carbon build up when doing de-carb. This is the first new (as in fully rebuilt ) motor I have ever run, but I am used to seeing the carbon coming out the back and at least some black on the sheet of plywood I use as a deflector to keep the water...
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    long term maintinance

    we have really been racking up the hours on our 1960 40 horse. (400+ hours this year) Does anyone have any info for long term maintenance? I am looking to find the lifespan of such items as reeds, bearings, rings and seals, that sort of thing as I am unsure what needs replacing when and don't...
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    60' Lark 40hp stumbling at WOT

    the motor was running great since a full rebuild last winter, then last week I had to change the filter bowl gasket on the water because the methanol in our gas out here ate it. Then I did the de-carb over the weekend. Now it will only make 4000rpm at WOT and starts stumbling when the cruise...
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    trolling probs with a 1960 lark

    I have a 1960 40hp with a model-C carb, problem is when it gets down to trolling speed (tach starts at 500r, so a bit below that) it will cough every once in a while, maybe every 2 minutes maybe sometimes. I think I have the mixture as good as you can get it since i've spent countless hours...
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    ia there any difference between trolling motor props?

    I just scored a minn kita endura-40 on craigslist, but it needs a prop. can you get different pitches? does a power prop make you go faster or slower?? I'm switching from a 28lb motor so I was hoping to gain some speed. I am searching on this one, so any info about trolling motor props in...
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    is there a difference between trooling motor props?

    I just scored a minn kita endura-40 on craigslist, but it needs a prop. can you get different pitches? does a power prop make you go faster or slower?? I'm switching from a 28lb motor so I was hoping to gain some speed. I am searching on this one, so any info about trolling motor props in...
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    airguide tach help.....again

    OK so I finally got the module for my old tach and it is working.... but on the module it has a blue wire that connects to either.. th red wire for 2cyl, or the brown wire for 4 cyl. trouble is brown and red are both tan now. I have it hooked up to what I think is the red wire, and it shows...
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    best Tequila?

    I was a Don Julio anejo guy for a long time, but last week in Cabo I started in on The Cazadores reposado, and from what I can remember, It might be the best! anyone know what tha best cactus juice is?
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    norcal anglers?

    just wondering if any anyone else is bassin norcal on these boards? we've been doin OK at Berryessa, but a change of scenery is always nice.. :rolleyes:
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    growing a tree to make a staff

    my kid is crazyy about midievil anything. now he wants a true staff, has anyone ever grown a tree as a staff to get the cool twisteded burl at the end? I have seen real ones, and I doubt they grow that way naturaly.there has to be some bonzai or something going on there. I could dremel out...
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    sirometer for propping?

    has anyone ever used one of these vibration tachs to prop with? they say they are accurate within 1-2%.
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    lack of feul on holeshot

    1960 big twin 40hp.<br /><br />evrytime I slap the stick to WOT from idle to get outa the hole it gets almost to a plane and then dies out. if you come up a little slower, or have someone pump the primer bulb, it does fine.<br /><br />I am geussing the vaccum goes to low to make the pump...
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    big ear vs. little ear

    I am looking for a new prop for my 1960 J/E 40 horse. I can get a new small ear style for $80. I can get a NOS big ear style for $40. whats the difference in the ear size. same dia and pitch, no cup to either. <br /><br /> its for a 14' shallow V=hull. ski-med load. how does it effect...
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    airguide tachometer help needed.

    I secured an old Airguide tach off e-bay. the seller said it was for a 2 cyl. 2 stroke. I hooked it up to the kill switch wire, but it reads 3000rpm at idle? What does this 2 lead tach connect to? On the face it says for models 653 or 654. In yellow paint on the back, it says 9FA. A little...
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    Type C carb help

    looking at the starboard side of the carb, there is teh linkage for the manual choke. it appears to have two small spring bosses to tie the linkage together, although my cheap@$$ clymer manual shows no spring... Does this require a small spring? any idea how beefy? is it an open-closed deal or...
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    cold flooding

    my 1960 40 horse floods when starting dead cold, no choke or throttle and it still has to crank out some gas before it gets going. after a minute or so of sputtering and gassing up the launch area, it finally catches and runs great.once its been running, it starts up first crank, unless its been...
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    dash mounted magneto tach?

    I am trying to find a dash mounted "needle style" tach for my 1660 evinrude 40hp. it has no power, so I need the kind that hooks to teh kill switch wire. <br /><br />I have looked all over but can't seem to find one that fits.. thanx in advance!
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    1960 lark-40 ... what do I want my WOT RPM to be?

    I have been searching around for an hour, but i still can't find what RPM I am shooting or at WOT on my old '60 big twin.. TIA!!
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