Carnivalride
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Chevy2184 said:
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That crap will still be there days later if you leave it. :smile30:
Brazos River Rat ( Billy's ) Update
- Thread starter 73 Sanger Flat
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That crap will still be there days later if you leave it. :smile30:
Carnivalride
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Brazos River Rat ( Billy ) said:
Jack that puppy up and get after it Billy. lol :smile30:
BTW you know if you replace all that and take all the slop out it won't be nearly as exciting to drive. lol crazy.gif
73 Sanger Flat
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that what I am hoping for Loren.Hoping this will help me get the boat to take a set better .. Can't hurt anything .. .A few of them are pretty loose and this should help..I could move the plates up and down a lot .. I have to pull the boat outside to be able to adjust the plates , Do not have enough room in the shed to get my 3 foot straight edge under and out the back of the boat where it sits .. Maybe this week I can get the hardware on and then this weekend try and adjust the plates ..
73 Sanger Flat
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Update: 1:New Cavitation Hardware installed . 2: Steering wheel installed .. 3: New LED lights on Trailer ... 4: Fired engine .. Need to set timing up from 28* to 30 for test run and then go to 32*..Engine sounds good , maybe rolled over one turn after we got fuel and oil pressure and then she fired up when I hit the ingition switch .. Oh yeah .. :smile28: .. 5: Received SDBA membership in the mail .. Boat number is ME 601 s
Can't wait to try this engine that Galen built .. I am getting excited now .. Hoping for a test run in 3-4 weeks .. jump.gif
Can't wait to try this engine that Galen built .. I am getting excited now .. Hoping for a test run in 3-4 weeks .. jump.gif
73 Sanger Flat
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Maybe this weekend I can get the plates set again .. JJ I may need to pick your brain on how we did it last time ..
Carnivalride
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Alright it sounds like you made good progress Billy. clap.gif
73 Sanger Flat
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I am a little more motivated now after I heard it fire off last night .. I just do not like adjusting the plates .. I might try it a little different method this time .Difficult to do by myself . I am going to try and clamp the straight edge to the plate and watch for the measurement on the underside of the boat .. I think it should work the same that way .. That way I do not have to hold the straight edge up with one hand and try and adjust with the other hand .I have a straight line marked on the bottom side of the boat .
73 Sanger Flat
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Maybe this weekend I will video the engine running .Maybe today ?? . I will have to post it on Facebook though ..I do not have an account on you-tube yet and not sure how to do that and post it here ..
73 Sanger Flat
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Thanks
Knotty Girl
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Get-R-Done buddy, we are going to have fun this year jump.gif
73 Sanger Flat
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Well it is alive .. It sounds nasty ..There are a couple of Videos on my facebook page .. They are too big to send by text or email .. Sorry I do not know how to get them on here .. I adjusted the plates the best that I could by myself yesterday , so may need to adjust them after the first test run .. Just need a few minor things to be ready to go to the river .. Need my seat back , install paddle and fire extinguisher and then just get all the life jackets and stuff back in the boat .. I had one minor water leak and I think it is fixed now .. hoping the seat will be back in a few more weeks .. If not i will put the passenger seat in driver spot and go for a test run .. .. Then I need to get a rope deflector made and put the numbers and decals on the boat for SDBA
customtouch
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Congrats Billy!! clap.gif
73 Sanger Flat
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Did not get any pics .. Just Video ..
73 Sanger Flat
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Thanks Cliff
customtouch
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I tried to look at the video on FB but it said that I wasn't authorized or it wasn't available to me. think.gif