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Reminder the Cocoa Beach boat parade is December 15th. Several of us are going to gather at Harbour Town and do shrimp boil, pre party etc then head out. anyone wanting to gather up let us know J's Dream are you in?

In prior posts i have discussed recent trouble with one of our crusader model 350's. we had the carb rebuilt, i pulled intake and installed new lifters, got all adjusted well and ran her. ran fine except it would not turn more than 3700, did not race up and die or sputter or anything else...

I just called the Cocoa Beach Boating Club and verified the christmass boat parade will be 12/15/07. Anyone interested in joining up with Wild Bill, Boatsb and me, let us know. We can gather at Harbor Town Marina and do shrimp boil etc. Saturday afternoon then head out to join the parade...

I found that in FL and most likely other states, all underground gasoline storage tanks have water in them. State of FL allows up to 2" of water. WHat happens when ethanol gasoline is introduced. Guessing forced phase separation, then if the pickup tube is above the water/ethanol mix then the...

Drove by Cape Marina, Cocoa FL, saw 3 vintage 34' in the yard all in a row 34 Sedan, 34 Sport Cruiser (trunk cabin) and a 34c. the 34c was getting roll and tip job, boat looked nice from the road, also had lifting rails on it.

we had problem posed a while back. 454 crusaders. one engine kept dying back from 2800 and would not run past 2300. wasnt timing and everything else seemed fine. we suspected the carburator, Rochester quadrajet. pulled it and sent off for rebuild. while off we pulled intake and pulled the...

Maynard, what plugs do you use. Make and Model. Champion rv8c is what manuel says. i like NGK. x ref on ngk shows YR, however when you put in the engine make and model it comes up with BPR6FS, 6 being a colder plug.

Well as I anticipated, my Father who has been our main benefactor on the boat project is pulling the plug and putting Her up for sale. Dad got re married a few years ago after mom died and has been spending himself silly on her and her shitty family. they are a bunch of beggers and loosers...

Crusader model 350's. Took off the intake and valve covers, removed all push rods and lifters. ws cleaning lifters with brake parts cleaner. inserted the tube in the end hole and was able to ge a very strong stream out the side hole on 3 of the 16 lifters, no flow on some and very little on...

I was searching the net and found this, what do you think. with the larger fuel tanks, i would guess the top could be cut open and the inside coated with this stuff http://www.ftrs.com.au/fueltanks/red_kote.php

our trouble with our crusader 454's model 350's came back. ran fine on way off shore but would not run on way back. speeds under 2300 rpms are fine. give it the juice and it runs up then dies back. port engine hits 3500 rpms and starboard hits 2800 then dies back to about 2300. checked...

I read this and it sounds like a marketing hoax from GM. Thought diesels got power and economy because of extra potential engergy in diesel fuel. GM unveils diesel-like gasoline engines Drivable concept versions of General Motors cars that use efficient new engines with HCCI technology...

model 350's, book says they hold 7q oil. port engine is full when 7q added at oil change but starboard shows way over fill. both have exactly the same remote oil filter and exactly the same pan. Any ideas why the different levels in the pan? could it be how the dip stick tube is...

Moving this to the tech side. I know very little about DD engines but was quite impressed with the 12v71 N that worked in Freebird. I know it is approx 485 hp but how much torque does this thing have? From seeing the innards(redneck term) of the other one i have a better understanding of how...

what is the record number of views on one thread, the bird threads have always been popular but this most recent one is over 6k views and suspect that it will gain much more as his journey/saga continues.

I talked to the bird today. he is now saying he has to move Freebird from Palmeto fl(tampa area) to TN, his insurance co will now insure it in fl. the marina where it is gave him until sunday to get the boat out. No all of you know what the problems are. He has one engine that has not been...

I have always heated an engine up before changing oil, is there any real reason to do this? would seem better to do it cold since all old oil would have drained to the pan.

Ok that is not true but it is more believable than west marine having a good price on something. However I found today that they had the best price on a Jabsco Macerator, 12v. 129.00. So is guess it is possible that Osama will surrender and pledge his life to his true love, Michael Jackson.

Rumor has that an 80+ lb dolphin was cought of of florida coast between daytona and cape canaveral over the last weekend. Has anyone herd this? Would like to see photo of that thing.

we discussed the value of synthetic motor oils in the past but I though i would bring it up again. I have a 15year old honda walk behind lawn mower that finaly had to go, engine ran perfect but the rest of it was not worth to fix. so I dismantled the engine so i could see what it looked like...