Sorry about that, completely missed the email somehow.




In this one, the bracket laying on the floor, yeah gets bolted to a cable plate that mounts under the carburetor. But it doesn't look like that engine ever had that set up. The brackets on your engine, above, look to me like a traditional throttle linkage/kickdown set up from a car or truck. The third link KA0tyk posted is what that other bracket bolts to, either above or below the plate depending on push or pull setup. The bracket on the cable there must be for on your throttle pedal.


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Well I tapped around with a hammer and got a nice solid sound, no thuds. So I decided to just fill the holes with some resin and glass over them. When I pulled up the carpet I noticed some of the glass for the bulkhead was separating from the hull so that was also re- glassed wile I was down there. I don't know why it was separating / cracking, I checked the passenger side and it was just fine. After everything was dry I drilled some pilot holes and re-threaded the holes. I added some caulking to the screws and re installed the pedal mount. Feels nice and strong now, hopefully it will hold up.  Now I know to check "all" the screws before going out on the water.

One other thing to check, is ALL the hose clamps and AN fittings.............I thought it was only me, but apparently, it's a pretty universal thing to miss......... Just an FYI. 

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Just dawned on me. Anybody realize there's been more dogs for sale/adoption on here than boats? 

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The gf should go down for being an accessory!

Glad you did the right thing and got the cops involved. This guy meeds to burn!

X2! Probably gonna kill the owners business as well, which is fine by me, I doubt he's innocent either.......

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I run Autolite 26's. Cheap, never seen one foul, and to be honest, gonna run the same on the blown, injected, E85 motor.

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This is prolly not gonna end pretty..........

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I wouldn't assume it's a member, but yeah, the member map IS visible to lurkers and anyone else. Maybe that's something to be looked into, maybe not. It's a very useful tool for me when I find something somewhere and know who to start PMing, so I'd hate to see it go away or noone using it. I also know I get nervous selling anything on CL because it seems everyones "shoppng my garage" when a deal goes down. Everyone I've ever dealt with from this site is straight up, honest and generous, and I've tried to be the same with them, and would HATE to think that any feature or anything on this site facilitated this scenario. But it is possible, I suppose.

Personally, and as I said, I get more nervous making CL deals. Particularly when they're shopping my $hit at the same time. The guys (Several) who were supposed to come look at Pickle, had my address, never called again, never showed, make me nervous since it's in the driveway now. 2 hitch coupling locks, a big ass chain and lock through the wheels and another chain and lock holding the tongue jack down. Still could dissapear in the night. Since this, I'm revisiting my idea of hammer drilling the concrete in the driveway and installing pull up hooks I can lock the trailers down from underneath with. 

My advice, if it was insured, just leave it go. Sell off what you can, save what you wanna save, and buy another boat. You got a decent trailer there that can bring some change, maybe interior, fuel tanks, etc. Not worth any legal issues to settle a personal vendetta. On the other hand, if you just HAPPEN to find out who was involved and no one is looking, well, there's a LOT of bodies buried out in the desert up there............I'll bring a shovel............

Ray

I'd also add, the crew that did this, wasn't one guy, this ain't their first rodeo doing it..........

I wasn't trying to be a smartass, but IMHO, I'd be looking closely as to WHY that bracket was made and figure what I had to do to get your F/R lever back where it's apparently supposed to be. Interior change? busted up 'glass where it went originally? You can also change the cable mounting point, maybe easier, but I'm all about figuring out WHY first. Could be a VERY simple solution.

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There is nothing sweeter than a classic boat like that, AND you throw in the old school hot-rodded Nailhead? Whomever owns that need to be VERY pround! 

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Beautiful machine! I wouldn't fix nuttin that don't need fixin'..........Just me..........Enjoy it! 

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That piece of crap is back on the shelf where it belongs! It was a big waste of time! I am back to the turbo project.

What happened?

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We had a friends boat in here last year, he worked on it himself, with the cam 45* out....and running!  Bent every intake pushrod. I replaced them and away he went, still running today....compression is fine. Unbelievable, 'member that one Ray?

Yeah, That one was one for the record books!  How it ran before, or after and had no bent valves we'll never know........and how you just happened to have a set of correct length 3/8 pushrods for those rockers........Jay must be Irish..........I was just telling that story to a guy that bought a cam and timing set the other day! 

Two old farts, with reading glasses on, bickering like "Grumpy Old Men" in 105* heat (Was the 4th of July, if I remember right) for about 3-4 hours until we figured out what was up. I think Rivermamma was about to kick both of us square in the nuts if she heard 1 more F-Bomb...........

Good to hear that one is still running good, Tdawg!

Bebo, Pat'll figure it out PDQ. Sounds like he might find exactly what happened with that other boat, and hopefully just as good of luck! 

A more common mistake from what I'm gathering than I would have thought, and just as an FYI. I'm sure Pat will post it if this is the issue, but it's a pretty common mistake to align the keyways on a BBC as timing marks from what I've learned. The crank keyway should actually be at about the 1:30 position and use the almost invisible, tiny, timing marks stamped near or on the teeth of the gears themselves.    Happens to the best, and only on the Chebbie as far as I know. Terry and I had to go then online and download Comps instructions for the timing set to know for sure what mark was what on the crank gear when resetting it (There's three of them, and we had to have 2 other guys ID the marks we couldn't see).

Then the arguements started over how to set the lash...............fun day............But we were all on the water the next morning! 

Ray