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Engine Mechanical / Electrical / Re: Running pump water line straight to the engine?????
« on: May 02, 2011, 09:39:12 PM »
with my logs preheating i had to close my gate valve a lot to get to 160-180 temps.  full open the motor barely even got warm enough to move the needle. 

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The No Wake Zone / Re: What are these boats worth?
« on: May 02, 2011, 02:16:44 PM »
avg boats are going for like 5's.  NICE boats are between 5-10 depending on whats in em and the shape.  your hull looks awesome and your interior looks nice and clean as well as the motor.  give that pump some love to make it look as new as the diverter and it'd look pretty spotless. 

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Projects / Re: 78 tahiti project...
« on: May 02, 2011, 02:11:19 PM »
more fuel hose and AN fittings showed up today...  at least now my fuel system is all done up right.


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Boats For Sale / Re: nordic 4 sale
« on: May 02, 2011, 11:29:18 AM »
Quote from: Ralph Brunt on May 02, 2011, 11:13:05 AM
Well i got cold feet and backed out.
glass cutter recomended someone he came to look at it and said he would take it on thursday, well after sleeping on it i just cant sell it

why'd u post it up in the first place?  dont use it as much?  there will always be another boat.  =)  building em is the fun part. 

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The No Wake Zone / Re: Osama Bin Laden
« on: May 01, 2011, 10:43:44 PM »
am i the only one who thinks its bad the amount of publicity his death is getting?  he was a bad person, dont give him any recognition or a moment.  if anything put his head on a stick and place it in front of the white house. 

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Projects / Re: 78 tahiti project...
« on: April 30, 2011, 12:22:28 AM »
little progress tonight...




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Projects / Re: 81 Bahner Mini-Daycruiser
« on: April 29, 2011, 02:32:40 PM »
that looks way different than this pic... is it painted white or something?


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The No Wake Zone / polishing shop suggestions?
« on: April 29, 2011, 12:07:31 PM »
want to get my exhaust pipes polished up.  316 stainless.  should be pretty straightforward... i hope.  maybe guesstimate at what this would cost me?



theres no bungs or brackets, etc or anything in the way. 

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The No Wake Zone / Re: tapping 1/2" NPT threads
« on: April 29, 2011, 11:10:15 AM »
Quote from: lbhsbz on April 29, 2011, 11:08:10 AM
Dude, bring them by. 

1/2 pipe is not the thread size, it's the thread that is used on 1/2" ID pipe.  I've got the tap to do 'em.  Bring beer.  Guiness.

pm me a # and a time.  ill be there.  =) 

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The No Wake Zone / tapping 1/2" NPT threads
« on: April 29, 2011, 10:57:24 AM »
i have water inlets that are too small, i need to tap them to fit my 1/2" npt to AN fittings.  ive found a few 1/2" -14 taps but they look REALLY small in comparison to this elbow fitting i have.  any suggestions? 

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Projects / Re: 81 Bahner Mini-Daycruiser
« on: April 29, 2011, 10:18:31 AM »
that motor looks spotless.  what kind of paint did u use on it?  it almost looks like aluminum. 

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WarZone / Re: Royal Wedding
« on: April 29, 2011, 02:49:18 AM »
my cat ate a ton of easter basket stuffing crap and puked all over the floor




so now my gf is up and watching the royal wedding on tv. 

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Projects / Re: 78 tahiti project...
« on: April 28, 2011, 02:51:46 PM »
stupid expensive hardin marine transom rings and gaskets.  the holes arent even the same number between em.  time to go poke holes into my $130 new transom rings.  ugh




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The No Wake Zone / Re: SCJB is back ONLINE
« on: April 28, 2011, 01:54:42 PM »
Quote from: Brad @ SCJB on April 28, 2011, 01:05:12 PM
haha ralph, welcome to my world.

I know very little about nagios....and cacti for that matter.

Can you install nagios on a server that monitors itself? I dont have another server to monitor it from. someone told me thats one of its limitations.

im runnin centos 5.6 with apache, mysql, php, etc on a hosted vps thats managed with cpanel

of course!  but if it goes offline dont expect to get a message about it.  heh.


yum install nagios 

=)

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The No Wake Zone / Re: SCJB is back ONLINE
« on: April 28, 2011, 12:41:37 PM »
Quote from: Brad @ SCJB on April 28, 2011, 12:26:54 PM
thats one that I am looking into, but I think I am leaning more towards Cacti. Any words of advice for either?

cacti is nice but kinda limited to what u can do with it.  nagios u can monitor pretty much everything and get realtime results.  its straightforward to configure and theres a TON of plugins for almost anything these days or u can add custom scripts in bash, batch, perl, etc to get data. cpu, mem, website loading times, or if the page is loading expected results... not just a blank page, db performance, queries per second, minute, router info, switches, etc.  plus you can always add in nagiosgraph or other rrdtool graph solutions into it.  theres also android apps for nagios like nagroid that will alert you rather than depending on email/sms. 





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The No Wake Zone / Re: SCJB is back ONLINE
« on: April 28, 2011, 12:24:31 PM »
i use nagios to monitor all my goodies. 

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Engine Mechanical / Electrical / Re: feul filter
« on: April 25, 2011, 09:34:52 PM »
hate to interrupt the chemistry session but mouzer has a pair of tanks for $150. 

http://www.performanceboats.com/parts-sale/85330-fuel-tanks-shovel-hydro-%24150.html


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Interior / Re: Interior transformation
« on: April 25, 2011, 03:03:08 PM »
btw what was the timeframe on this project?  seems like 2 weeks you had this all said and done. 

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Interior / Re: Interior transformation
« on: April 25, 2011, 01:33:17 PM »
Quote from: NORDIC454 on April 25, 2011, 11:33:16 AM
You could also paint them, or carpet them

yeah ive been messing with teh idea of pulling em out, carpeting under and behind em, and then just hitting em up with some sandpaper in one direction and make kind of a brushed look and then clear em.  then i think "wtf thats a lot of work for some gas tanks..."

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Interior / Re: Interior transformation
« on: April 25, 2011, 11:10:16 AM »
i like how u carried the panels all the way to the back.  ive been wondering if i should pull my tanks out and clean em up since u can see em or cover em in panels.

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Hulls / Re: Leak.....
« on: April 24, 2011, 08:35:42 PM »
heres what i did.  i started out with a dremel, figuring it was pretty easy to handle... but it just didnt have the balls to cut through the fiberglass to release the floor.  so i switched up to a 4" angle grinder.



cut out the floor, pulled all of the rotten foam and wood, cleaned it all up.  cleaned up all the edges, corners, and about 4" outwards with a sander where the new wood floor would sit so new glass would stick.



cut new floor from i think it was 5/8" plywood.  i made sure to cut it VERY snug.  then i pulled em all out and coated them all in a thin coat of resin to waterproof em.  put down some epoxy into the channel where they sit in the hull and dropped em into place, put a bunch of heavy stuff on top of em.  lastly i mixed up some resin with a little hardener, enough to give me some time to work with it.  put down some glass mat and glassed down the entire floor, and outwards to the hull 4".  then once i got everything coated i whipped up a hot batch of resin and layed it down quickly.  it kicked VERY fast and the floor is SOLID.  slapped down some carpet and good to go for a few more seasons.

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Engine Mechanical / Electrical / Re: newb carb question****** PICS UP
« on: April 24, 2011, 07:10:09 PM »
Quote from: Duke on April 24, 2011, 06:42:03 PM
one more of the "butterflys that wont go down"

the choke horn is bent.  i would just unbolt the choke mechanism on the side, and remove the shaft/blade.  then take a pair of channel locks and bend the horn back straight.  chokes are pretty useless around here. 

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Hulls / Re: Leak.....
« on: April 24, 2011, 05:23:24 PM »
Quote from: 79charger on April 24, 2011, 04:42:40 PM
Problem is i have a sub floor , and I wont be able to see where the leak is coming without pulling that out and the foam in between the stringers...... dammit !!!!

chances are if you have a subfloor with foam under it, its already rotten if theres a hole in the hull...  have u tried tapping around with a hammer and listening for dull spots?

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Engine Mechanical / Electrical / Re: newb carb question
« on: April 24, 2011, 02:48:47 PM »
Quote from: Duke on April 24, 2011, 04:10:52 AM
so i started looking around online and ended up going to my local auto parts place who forwareded me to http://www.carbsonly.com/ carlos there said the main body is no good, and also the primary fuel bowl. showed me another main body he had laying around for $60, said the rebuild kit was around $35.

 sounds fair to me at this point. but then i asked him if i could just clean the carb with carb cleaner and a toothbrush or something he said i would run into problems ( the carbs been sitting under a tarp and boat cover for about 4-5 years now) 

I asked what he would suggest and he said they do a hot tank drop and shake the dirt/grim off, which would run around $80 ( i'll have picture of it up on monday my brothers going to loan me his camera). so that brings me to about $175. i asked how much he would charge to rebuild it with the hot tank wash treatment and he quoted me $230.

im think i want to rebuild it myself so that way i can tune it out on the lake etc etc


about the single choke butterfly being removed, i also live in southern california, can i really run the carb with out it?
about the primary fuel bowl being bad, it has a leak on the top screw, it was nicked pretty bad but i think a new screw and washer would get me on the water for now.

once again thanks for the help i really do appreciate it, you guys are helping me get back on the water!!!!!

i think getting a new double pump is out of my price range. i'm happy with the 53mph gps i'v seen on it on elsinore way back when it was actually running :D

for that price id just find one thats in working order and not deal with it.

you're in socal, i urge you to check out the high performance swapmeet here in long beach.  theres guys who have rebuilt carbs ready to go, both with and without chokes/horns. 

http://www.toppingevents.com/ecology_meet.asp

i purchased my 650 demon for $150 and it was spotless and works great! 

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Projects / Re: 1974 18 FT CHANGER JET DRIVE BOAT W/455 OLDS,JACUZZI JET
« on: April 24, 2011, 02:23:52 PM »
Quote from: stoolie on April 24, 2011, 12:02:54 PM
Hi just bought my first jet boat and im not new to boats but new to the whole jet pump thing. My boat is a 1974 18 FT CHANGER JET DRIVE BOAT W/455 OLDS,JACUZZI JET. I lost oil psi and think I spun a bearing so need to pull my motor for repair. Im good with motors but not familer with these jet drives or what exactly I must do to dissconect motor from jet so i can pull it out of boat. Any help would be greatly appreciated. It has a 455 olds and jacuzzi jet. Thanks, Josh

aside from disconnecting the mounts (either 4 or 3 point) theres a driveline that hooks to a splined shaft on the pump. 



if its a 3 point the bellhousing sits on the pump itself and theres a little bracket that bolts up underneath to clamp it to the pump.  you can either reach thru the access hole and undo the 4 bolts that mount the driveline to the crank/PTO or just lift the motor out and push it a few inches forward and slide the driveshaft off the spline.  i found its easier to put the motor in/out with the driveline hooked up and just lining up the splines.  some do it thru the access hole in the bellhousing. 

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