Guys didn't run the Miller boat (flatty only) Josh couldn't make it up and the lake was blown out Saturday were gonna try for later this week .Re "the budget' I'm right around 6k but most overage was elective not neccesary (just cant leave anything alone) Rebel I down loaded the free "dvd conversion" again and My desktop crashed again !! Same thing happened last week on a different I-softer "ripper" not sure if its related ?? I'll find out tommorow from the PC doc Soooo. I dragged out my Old "ME" from the guest room and I'm back up for now I'm gonna try something different! Rhonda's on a camera forum thats saying there big problems trying to to convert Sony mini disc  VOB files to MPEG etc  Youtube and photobucket don't support VOB (sucks) Tom

Tom-

This is the software I DL'd for my mom's Sony cam

skip

http://www.yasasoft.com/

Thanks Skip ,I'm a little "spooked' right now ,don't Know if it was coincidence but in the middle of the DL today the CPU just shut off ...

Bob, thats San Antonio...  the litttle Three fitty' ran 'flawless"  that was about 80+@5400 Had a great time Friday ,bailed Saturday about noon

Still great at "North shore " ,camping by the water is the "Bomb" We have a Cabin at Nac but i'd rather shore camp at S/A   Tom

Rob re the Vids I'm about to give up I tried loading sftwr to the ME but the processor is to Old Finaly took my new HP back yesterday and they found a "problem" in a corrupted registry ...soooo I'll try again when I gaet it back .Love Sony quality over the years but wouldn't have bought the cam if I had realized the problems with the video conversion. Re the Flatty . it ran flawless josh and I are going to get some seatime in the Miller later this week hopefully. Re weather its been 85 last couple days .nice for October ,prolly isn't helping the fire effort Tom

GRRR??? whats the problem on the intake ? can I help? Theres some easy pointers for removal Tom

If the bilge is very clean (so'as not to catch fire ) put a 4x4 block on a floor jack under the intake after all the bolts are out then put some of the weight of the hull on the jack , then pass a "rosebud torch" round and round the intake flange to "warm' the epoxy ,then "ask it " to come out by Gently prying here and there It should fall out ... Tip if your in the boat it will drop suddenly (sometimes) 

Didn't go too fast (40 mph "fishin" lake) but like Brad says a day jet boatin" beats a day working ,period"  We put some time on the Miller ,never turned a wrench on it today just drove it and had fun,shot some pics and Vids (probably pissed the rangers off) Heres some sights and sounds at Lake Santa Margarita Enjoy! Tom and Josh

Seriously . Great work guys .

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Thanks everyone ,that lake is only abouy 3 miles long,theres almost never anyone there , but they don't like us to even come there ,We used to take Joshs boat there for test and tune ,we'd go out and sit in a cove for awhile till we could spot the rangers leave the make a couple 1/4 mile blasts! We've been "swarmed" by three Park officials a couple times , I swear you would have thought we were frikken "terrorists" (funny sh*t) I just found the Vids on mini VHS I'll try to convert today for your guys entertainment (and mine) 

We used to take Joshs boat there for test and tune ,we'd go out and sit in a cove for awhile till we could spot the rangers leave the make a couple 1/4 mile blasts! We've been "swarmed" by three Park officials a couple times , I swear you would have thought we were frikken "terrorists" (funny sh*t)

I heard Jets were the BOMB, but thats funny 

I just found the Vids on mini VHS I'll try to convert today for your guys entertainment (and mine) 

I read that if you load the Sony VOB movie file onto the harddrive and then go back after it's loaded, change the file extention, .vob to .mpeg
this might be an easy fix for your movie problems, if your still having any then convert to any format you like with software 

Rob

Haven't got up on it yet Nate ,rides sweet ,breaks water right at the motor,turns bitchen ,runs35 @3k ,and will plane at just over 2500 its got a AA Impeller the motors got an a$$ load of mid range and top end torque (434 stroker 396 w/454 crank) The speed limits at Santa margarita is 40 or so we'll get it out to Nac in the next couple weeks and let you know Tom

That thing looks bitchen! You guys did great. Rebel is right about changing the extension from VOB to MPG... Kinda rough doing it that way so you might want to compress it afterwards, but it will work for your immediate enjoyment!