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Well, if we're posting pictures of pickup trucks, here's mine: Sorry about the background clutter.

They're hooked to your bank account. It's required to move the decimal for boat bucks: But seriously, are you sure they don't say IGN, as in ignition, to shut off the charger while the alternators are charging the battery?

Somebody finally figured out how to get a pop-out camper to float: More details here: http://www.wider-yachts.com/en/project I'm not sure if this idea really has practical application. Would it make a good trolling platform? You could certainly get a lot of spread on the ouriggers. Can we...

A Land "Liner" I came across this in one of the automotive trade publications and thought it was interesting. The history and restoration of one of these unique vehicles done by a guy who photo-documents like yachtsmanbill. Make sure you've got a few hours to kill: www.futurliner.com

If you're still awake... Part 6: The Final Chapter So the only adjustment that needs to be set on the test bench is the maximum RPM or high idle. BTW this is not true of most injection pumps. Other pumps are calibrated almost entirely on the test bench. The high idle needs to be set on the...

What Are We Up To? Part 5 It gets easier from here. After the levers are set the individual pumps are installed and now we set the full load stop. This is the collective maximum rack = maximum fuel delivery setting which determines engine power output. CAT has an interesting system that uses a...

Part IV The camshaft goes in, then the gear pump goes together on the front of that. Once that's in the new drive sleeve is installed and the lifters get installed in their bores. On the back end the governor springs and levers go in place and get linked to the fuel control racks: Here's...

Tres Now we've arrived at the original problem that got this whole mess started. The stbd engine had a wild barking surge at idle. It also had a tendency towards unlimited RPM at the top end. Of course it's my luck to have what may be the only broken governor weight in 3208 history but it does...

Part Deux There's not a lot of end-loading on these but it's still steel against iron lubricated only by diesel fuel. CAT later added a bronze thrust washer to the design. So it's off to the Bridgeport to set up and machine a pocket in the housing to accept the washer. It sounds easy, but...

Why I'm Not Going To The Airshow This Weekend. Well, since everybody else seems to have cool boating projects going on I thought I'd resurrect this thread to prove that I still work on my own boat. I never seem to get to use it, but I do seem to work on it a lot. I guess I probably should...

Hey Capten, I know you're out there somewhere. Happy B-day!

I posted this across the hall hoping for some knowledgeable advice, but those guys just keep jerking my chain (no pun intended). Last night we went fishing near a bridge and had to anchor in some fast current in order to get our correct position near the bridge. It took several tries to get...

Looks like another American legend may be headed for the scrapper. With all the $$$ our government pisses away every minute you'd think they could spend a few shekels on preserving a historical icon. Oh wait, I forgot, American history is something to be ashamed of in a P.C. world. :rolleyes...

Does anybody else have this divider in their forward locker? It doesn't look original, but I'm not sure if it supports the A/C evaporator. So I thought I'd see if it belongs there before I rip it out and have the air handler fall into the bilge.

I know a lot of HOF members are posting pictures using photobucket to get around the file size limits and resizing issues on this site by using an embedding link; . Another site I belong to (also using vBulletin) enables members to do the same with youtube; code after "=" in youtube url . By...

I just saw this on another site. The crew was rescued by another tournament boat. No explanations yet for the fire. Sad and scary. :eek: http://www.sportfishermen.com/board/f272/2009-bisbees-black-blue-marlin-jackpot-tournament-photos-updates-277608-3.html

A friend of my family has this boat in the yard next to where mine is. He needs it gone in a hurry. I'm not intimately familiar with the boat, but the stbd engine ate a valve and seized. There's some soft spots in the aft cockpit deck and it needs a little cosmetics, but is otherwise a nice...

A sign of the times; I was talking to one of my customers who is a local Cummins dealer here and he said the marine business is dead slow. He mentioned that he has has a new pair of 450Cs in stock that he's looking to liquidate at cost. So I thought I'd mention it here. If anybody's looking...

I've come to the conclusion that I'm my own worst enemy when it comes to getting my boat back in shape. Well, second to someone who did some real hack work on the engines. But, we'll say no more about this. :mad: I wasted most of today making a part. Any person with the IQ of a squirrel would...

I came across these work lights in Heavy Duty Trucking Magazine. They look like they would be perfect replacements for those Stewart-Warner (also re-branded as Jabsco and probably a few others) 12V deck lights. Draws only .8 amps. Stainless housing, glass lens, spot, flood or trapeziod beam...