The Hijack Zone - Zombies Welcome

[CheapboatKev]

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Hey Kev, Hope you and the family had a happy new year, Hx, Px think Im gonna post a Billy Bob nomenclature Thread LOL Man that would just mess everyone up lol

Here is a pic of the drive, I have to really take a look at it when I get her home. It looks like well the only way I know how to describe it is intergrandular corrosion ( aircraft days, here I go again lol ) seeing it was a fresh water boat, I have no other reason for the housing degrading.
The port side of the drive is where I really saw damage looks like it corroded right through it. I turned the prop by hand and I really didn't feel any backlash hinting the the gears were fine.

I believe its an Alpha gen I , here on iboats I can get an aftermarket for $1300 or a alpha rebuilt for $2300 to buy just a lower case its $950 which makes absolutely no sense to me, 400 more for a complete upper and lower??
Any thoughts????????

Hey Hvac...

Right back @ ya..heres to 2010!
Sorry I havent visited this thread (or that many others lately)
That is one FUGLY drive...almost as ugly as whats bolted behind my tub at the moment!
Hands down go with the SEI drive with a warranty! I have heard nothing but good things about em and you can go to the Merc/Volvo/I/O forum and search "SEI" there are lots of happy endings..(No VPM, NOT that kind)
If I had the coin I'd go that route without any hesitation what-so-ever!

 

[BWR1953]

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HIJACK!

Went hunting for a few hours this afternoon. NICE day even though it's been colder than normal around here. Low this morning was 20 degrees and it was right around 50 while I was hunting.

Here were my views, at my eye level:

 

[thrillhouse700]

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Hijack. So I wanted to post up pics of a new girl in my life.

Glock 17 RTF. Came with 4 mags. First thing I will most likely do is polish the barrel, get extended slide release, and extended mag release. I also could probably use a safe.

 

[HVAC Cruiser]

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Hi Kev, Yep I'm going to go with the SEI drive, I did some research on them on the Merc forum here and everyone loves them. They are on sale right now for $1195 right now, you can't beat that price with a stick.

Hey BWR, nice hunting spot, did you see any? I did that repair never did get to his boat it was almost dark by the time we got finished. He did invite me to go tuna fishing this summer .
While working on the system out there I saw more deer than I did all hunting season, it was unreal. One yearling almost walked right up to us on the lawn.

Hey Thril- Like your new girl, bet you can't wait to get her hot lol.

 

[BWR1953]

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Hi Kev, Yep I'm going to go with the SEI drive, I did some research on them on the Merc forum here and everyone loves them. They are on sale right now for $1195 right now, you can't beat that price with a stick.

Hey BWR, nice hunting spot, did you see any? I did that repair never did get to his boat it was almost dark by the time we got finished. He did invite me to go tuna fishing this summer .
While working on the system out there I saw more deer than I did all hunting season, it was unreal. One yearling almost walked right up to us on the lawn.

Hey Thril- Like your new girl, bet you can't wait to get her hot lol.

Didn't see any, but am going out again after I finish breakfast. Supposed to be a huge weather change this afternoon and I'm hoping that'll move 'em around some.

I just about shot cereal outta my nose when I read that "hot" Glock comment!

 

[HVAC Cruiser]

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I just about shot cereal outta my nose when I read that "hot" Glock comment!

I thought about that one after I posted it, hoping it wasn't to off color

Well good luck hunting, looking at the pics looks like you could use a tree stand for a little better vantage point

 

[Bob_VT]

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Hijack. So I wanted to post up pics of a new girl in my life.

Glock 17 RTF. Came with 4 mags. First thing I will most likely do is polish the barrel, get extended slide release, and extended mag release. I also could probably use a safe.

Very nice. That's the latest generation Gen 4. Isn't the slide release on thoe new ones ambidextrous? And... what's the deal with the "new" backstrap?

Good luck with it.

 

[thrillhouse700]

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this is the RTF, or rough textured frame, the grip feels like sand paper, the slide release is still only on the left hand side of the gun (right thumb). The milling on the slide really does have better grip than the straight milling.

 

[BWR1953]

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I thought about that one after I posted it, hoping it wasn't to off color

Well good luck hunting, looking at the pics looks like you could use a tree stand for a little better vantage point

Well, I did go out for a couple hours this morning/afternoon. Per the ranger that happened by..."nothing happening anywhere in here today." Guess the weather just had the animals all bedding down and staying put. After the wind shifted, temps dropped and it started raining. That was 2 1/4 hours after I set up at "my" spot. Didn't feel like sitting there freezin' my butt off and getting wet with nothing going by.

I've pretty much lost confidence in my preferred location. No new sign there for several days and it's within 150 yards of a road. Methinks the critters just don't like being that close, in spite of the sign that I'd seen previously. Either that, or they've gone nocturnal in their habits or have already been harvested.

Haven't had a chance to check other locations in detail. I bought this 2-man tree stand prior to the holidays, but never had a chance to get it set up. It's still sitting in the box in my living room. Plus, I'd not had enough time to do any serious scouting. Found lots of fresh sign at "my" location when I first found it and a little more fresh sign after a couple of visits there. But, nothing in the last few days for sure.

I did talk with a custodian when I signed in this morning. He said there were about 30 guys total in the Wildlife Management Area (WMA) when I arrived, which yields about 1,300 acres per person. However, they obviously weren't spread evenly throughout the WMA. He further said that typical weekday usage was about 70 hunters by end of day, with weekends pushing 150-200 in the woods total for the day.

Dunno if I'll be able to make it back out by season's end on Sunday.

 

[thrillhouse700]

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i'm meeting my buddies out on the lake
we're headin out to a special place
we love that just a few folks know
there's no signing up, no monthly dues
take your johnson, your mercury or your evinrude and fire it up
meet us out at party cove
come on in' the waters fine
just idle on over and toss us a LIME

basstrackers, bayliners and a party barge,
strung together like a floating trailer park anchored out and gettin loud
all summer long side by side there's five houseboat front porches astroturf,
lawn chairs and tiki torches
regular joes rocking the boat that's us
the redneck yacht club

bermuda's' flip-flops and a tank top tan
popped his first top at ten a.m., thats bob
he's our president
we're checking out the girls on the upper deck rubbin' in 15 spf, its hot
everybody's jumpin' in
later on when the sun goes down
we'll pull out the jar and the old guitar
and pass'em around



Possible Iboats theme song? Even tho I'm from So Cal my family were turkey farmers so I can count as a redneck

 

[BWR1953]

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i'm meeting my buddies out on the lake
we're headin out to a special place
we love that just a few folks know
there's no signing up, no monthly dues
take your johnson, your mercury or your evinrude and fire it up
meet us out at party cove
come on in' the waters fine
just idle on over and toss us a LIME

basstrackers, bayliners and a party barge,
strung together like a floating trailer park anchored out and gettin loud
all summer long side by side there's five houseboat front porches astroturf,
lawn chairs and tiki torches
regular joes rocking the boat that's us
the redneck yacht club

bermuda's' flip-flops and a tank top tan
popped his first top at ten a.m., thats bob
he's our president
we're checking out the girls on the upper deck rubbin' in 15 spf, its hot
everybody's jumpin' in
later on when the sun goes down
we'll pull out the jar and the old guitar
and pass'em around



Possible Iboats theme song? Even tho I'm from So Cal my family were turkey farmers so I can count as a redneck

Redneck Yacht Club! Great song! I like Craig Morgan. Love "International Harvester" too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI7Ghu1FpnQ

 

[CheapboatKev]

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Glocks are great...
I actually have a serious infatuation over this girl...

 

[vegasphotoman]

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cheapboat-Kev you still coming out to Vegas?

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Bob-vt and Kev...those glocks sure are pretty in a matte finish black sort of way!

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Man BWR the forest is overrun!!!!!!!!!!

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Hey Miller High life is doing a promotion where you get points in the 12 pack / 30 pack cases etc...I went online thinking "Im gonna get the cool shirt!" you need to drink like 345,000 beers in a year to get it!!!!!!! I wouldnt fit in the large after that many beers!!!!!!!!

 

[CheapboatKev]

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Hey VPM..
No, the Sahara put that project on hold for the moment..$$$$ is tight for the casinos, if you can believe it or not..I wont accept the price point they wanna pay my customer...Ya gotta know when to walk away, bad biz is bad biz..ya know..
I will be there in a few months for my industry's largest tradeshow in the US, Lightfair 2010.

 

[HVAC Cruiser]

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Redneck Yacht Club! Great song! I like Craig Morgan. Love "International Harvester" too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI7Ghu1FpnQ

I say we have a vote It sure works for me

Maybe someone should start a poll to elect the song.
I have 3 threads going right now, my votes for thrill to start another one LOL seeing he suggested it

Heck, I'm sure even my 4yo daughter would vote for it lol. I took a video of her tonight playing with the Pickup I made her sayin " Look daddy I'm driving on 2 wheels. Look out Dukes of Hazard Here comes Caity LOL
Man "O" man its a good thing daddy has lots of guns, thinkin I might need them for this one to keep the wolfs away

 

[vegasphotoman]

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Bummer Kev on the Sahara acct deal, heck they aint hurting THAT bad, the casinos are still jammed with people, they're just being extra cheapo....

Good deal on Lightfair 2010... Ill look into it, sounds like a cool convention! see ya out here then for sure.

That is one FUGLY drive...almost as ugly as whats bolted behind my tub at the moment!
Hands down go with the SEI drive with a warranty! I have heard nothing but good things about em and you can go to the Merc/Volvo/I/O forum and search "SEI" there are lots of happy endings..(No VPM, NOT that kind)

TOO FUNNY! and yes there are over 300 happy ending places here in Vegas..... wow that drive unit was pretty jacked up looking
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Bill.....have you started a new thread on thet NEW boat ya got? Ive been kinda busy and havnt been on the threads too much in the last week or so.......

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Heck this thread is kinda like a FACEBOOK for Iboaters!

 

[HVAC Cruiser]

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TOO FUNNY! and yes there are over 300 happy ending places here in Vegas..... wow that drive unit was pretty jacked up looking
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Bill.....have you started a new thread on thet NEW boat ya got? Ive been kinda busy and havnt been on the threads too much in the last week or so.......

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Heck this thread is kinda like a FACEBOOK for Iboaters!

Hey Vegas,
Hope all is well

Yep I started a new thread on her its The R?surrection of the SeaGem

It is isn't it, maybe we should have called it The Wall instead LOL
Hey man when you get a chance check out the video I put on my fb page of my nephews Christmas song I know holidays are over but its a rip the kid is just to funny Its called a Krampus Carol

 

[BWR1953]

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HIJACK!

Well, deer season ended here yesterday. I went up this morning to the Chassahowitzka Wildlife Management Area, a 39,000+ acre WMA to see what the total take was, but the "scoreboard" had already been taken down. The last time I saw it, on 8 Jan 2010, the TOTAL number of deer taken was 67, which broke down to 8 does and 59 bucks. There had only been 11 hogs taken during the whole time.

Those numbers were for all three seasons combined... archery, black powder and finally general gun season, for a total of 102 days hunting. That's only 1 deer every day and a half. Weekdays saw about 70 hunters in the WMA and weekends pushed 150-200 in there by the end of the day.

Pretty slim pickings actually.

 

[HVAC Cruiser]

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Hey BWR Wow I guess I'm not the only one that had a bad hunting season those are really poor #'s. I have been hearing that all over though. Not many I know got anything this year.

On another note:
HIJACK
I did the dumbest thing possible today, and yes it cost me. So dum I almost started a new thread here just to pick on myself!

Ok, picture this, 2 customers both named Bob, both have Ht Prod. Munchkin boilers, both have same problem in the past. Being a service rep for the Manufacturer they get the initial calls send me the parts I go and play B mechanic and swap the parts. Bob #1's boiler I worked on before Christmas, Bob #2's boiler I worked on just last week.
So I get a call friday, I answer, ITS BOB he tells me the boiler started acting up again, I think to myself ok, it a gas valve problem, no biggie go there with my combustion analyzer, and manometer, adjust her up Its all good.
Got there today, his wife answered the door says Bob didn't tell me you were coming today, no big deal you know where it is. I go set up, start working on recalibrating and checking the entire boiler, Igniter, rectification probe fan RPM's etc.
Spent 3 hrs re-configuring the system and going through the motions. Then I get a call...
I Was Servicing The Wrong Customers Boiler Grrrrrrrr!!! WRONG BOB :redface:


I am such a JERK some times

 

[HopeSheFloats]

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Don't feel to bad HVAC, I used to do roofing with my bro-in law {his co.} We tore off half the shingles and decking on a home before the homeowner came home for lunch and informed us we were at the wrong house...B.I.L. didn't realize there was a East AND a West prefix to the street name...lol no one upset except B.I.L.....at himself