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Recent content by tweeter225

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    What did i get myself into?

    I'm sure we will be out on the water, thinking of hitting the lake tonight to cool off, these hot days are killing me! lol. Problem child, That sucks! hope you didn't hurt it too bad, if you need a hand let me know, i'm just a hop skip and a jump away.
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    What did i get myself into?

    OH damn! I got caught, lol. that video is awesome!! it sounds great out of the boat! we hav been out on the water almost every weekend now, so far this has been a great season with little problems! hope to see you out again!
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    New Member from the Great Lakes

    Nice looking boat! il'l be looking for you out on holloway, we hang out on zemmer park side with a few friends and even seen problem child a few times, always a good time to be had!
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    What did i get myself into?

    LMAO! should be more of the stubborn headed award, i hate giving up on things. Come on up! holloway is a blast to run on, pretty good size lake on the south end, and we always beach over on the north end across from the channel. bring cold beer, lol:cheers:
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    What did i get myself into?

    I'm sure we will be out on the water that weekend! Just need the weather to warm up a little! See you out on the water soon!! :banana:
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    What did i get myself into?

    It's been a while since i updated this thread. End of last season i got the fuel issues sorted out on the last run of the year. kept my fingers crossed when i pulled the boat out for the first time this year and you'll never guess it but NO ISSUES!!!! boat ran great first time out! What a...
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    What did i get myself into?

    Here's a video of us running back to the docks https://youtu.be/DYRfpWurGNU And here is a good pic of us enjoying a quiet day on the water.
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    What did i get myself into?

    We might try and hit the water this weekend, we got a lot going on though, between woodward and nascar the weekend gets shot pretty quick! lol
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    What did i get myself into?

    it's been a while since i last posted, first off i'd like to give a shout out to Problem child, Great seeing you this past weekend! and once again, Sharp looking boat! now on to the fun, i finally got mine up and running good! the overheating issue was a stupid issue. easy to over look! the raw...
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    Fresh water cooling leak at transom HELP!

    never mind, i figured it out, had to pull the outdrive to find that the o ring was of center and crushed causing it to leak into the drive bellow.
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    Fresh water cooling leak at transom HELP!

    https://youtu.be/MpXkZPdCZnQ Here is a link to a video i took of it, you can see with it running that it just spits water out that hole next to the raw water neck on the transom. i talked to a guy today and he said it is a breather hole for the bellows, and that my bellows must have been...
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    Fresh water cooling leak at transom HELP!

    I hooked up the hose this afternoon and fired it up, i got water coming in on the inside of the transom just to the right of the water line that runs down to the oil cooler. it's about a 1/2 in hole and it is just spitting water out of it. what the hell is causing this?
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    What did i get myself into?

    well update on the progress. had a few set backs but mostly mother nature dumping rain on us here in michigan, but i did get the motor in, still got an over heating issue going on. 20 min on the house in the driveway and shes getting hot. took it out last week and put it in the lake to make sure...
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    What did i get myself into?

    Good thing my wife knew i was nuts when she married me... :rof: Got the drive shower ordered and all the rest of the parts to put it back together. only thing left to buy is carpet. but before that i'm going to dump it in the lake without the floor just to make sure i have no other leaks, i...
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    What did i get myself into?

    Motor is done, 365HP at 5300 rpm, with 370ft lbs of torque at 5250 rpm. dropping it in the week and dumping it in the water BEFORE i put the floor and foam in to check for any leaks in the hull. a good two or three hour soak while i drink some beers to ease the pain of the bill i got with the...
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