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Kelly, it ought to work.....guess you would have to put it on with a brush, spread it out, then buff it with a solf brush. The coating it leaves is very thin but hard as a rock.

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Plus the Hyena Boats are ugly enough already.

Yo Fren,

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Well, the Max Wax is still under study as no one has seemed to have tried it on our boats running gear. The buzz came from Corrosion X via a press release a few months ago that their biggest customer for the Max Wax, the Port of Auckland, N.Z. had discovered that spraying a 2-3 mil coating of Max Wa...

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Well that's good news for sure. Since you got at least another year (knowing you, I figure 25) get your son (a/k/a Lucky Dumb S**t) and let's go back to Panama. I got room for ya'll. You live, you die...........

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CX tells me today their prices are fixing to go up a good bit the first of the year. I have some inventory that I'll keep the same prices on, so if any of you guys need some, order now. Remember, all my profits will go to this site till the end of the year. Pretty good response so far, some Faithful...

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OK, that makes perfect sense. I do a lot of things cause it's too much PIA to do otherwise. Just wanted to make sure I was not missing some basic engineering logic....

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OK, I know nothing about "winterizing" since I live in the South and AJ stays in the water all year. Guess my dumb question is if you haul the boat and block it up, and have anti freeze in the closed side of the cooling system, why waste money putting anti freeze in the raw water side vs. just drain...

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Congrats Yo Honor......get some sleep.

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Sounds like the guy would have fit in pretty well at Port Eads. We could have bunked him in the Ric & Randall shipping crate........ Sadly those days seem over, we now have to rough it at Pinas Bay........ Last call for UVI 7, have some spots open that I'll have to give up shortly. Email me, VLR@RKK...

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Ditto what Bruce says. The check valves in the Racors will take care of any flowback, but they are probably not even necessary if the fuel system is tight. The Cummins injector pumps are real tight and don't seem to want to flow back. Some other engines need the return line extended down into the ta...

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Russ, glad it got there. Your parts fit my old bowl perfectly, thanks.

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Speaking of TSL, we have a good number of guys going back next June, but not full up, so I'm gonna have to give up the unused spots in a week or so. Those on the fence need to doo doo or get off the pot.....
Email me at the office, VLR@RKKDLAW.COM or gimme a call there 800 260 9908.

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I'm in - I can hambone good, and hum some.

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Indeed a good read. Bet Junior enjoyed being dragged for 40 hours...... Like the pump bottle of CX on the bench at the tackle shop. TSL is the dealer for CX in Panama. Now we know what they do when the lodge is closed in Oct. & Nov........

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I think the top line of the show was one we know introducing a woman as his "second string girl friend". I knew it was gonna be downhill from there, and it was........

Glad I'm old as dirt and went to bed early.

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Capt. Doug - ZF told me a couple of years ago that the 220As are rated for 370 hp, but it was about to go up with some upgrades. At 250 they seem bulletproof, with the rust preventative and maintaince procedures I outlined above. All in all, my experience has been excellent with this gear. If the oi...

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Yeah, surprised me too. New 220As are about 3K, surplus new ones about 2500 and used ones 1-1.5. Make sure you get the 1.53 to one ratios as they cannot be changed I was told.

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Well, on the other hand, we finally got the price of the Flophouse. Me & Tommy were waiting for the elevator - yep, the Flophouse has an elevator - and the Bambooshka comes out a door and Tommy, the consummate real estate broker, asks her if the Flophouse is for sale to him and Uncle Vic. "Ya, ya, i...

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Russ - your pay back for getting the drain for my Racor is on the DHL truck as we speak, thanks again. Geezzz - how little problems can be solved so easy by having good friends all over. Enjoyed being with you and Linda once again.

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Scot - when I became the Steward of AJ in the early 90's I found she had ZF IRM 220A gears behind the Cummins 6BTA 250s. Frankly, I'd never even heard of ZF gears at the time, and was leery. They are made in Italy. After putting a couple thousand hours on them, my observations are: 1. They are very ...

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We crawled all over the 42 FBC at FLL a couple of years ago. 800 hp Man-grenades, asking $1 million. Nice boat.

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Mike, see my report above.

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Returned from FLL yesterday having enjoyed the company of the Faithful. To cut to the chase, none but a few of us would have ever met but for this site. We all know it, but it is just amazing that such a diverse bunch of people could become best friends. Yep, Capt. Patrick put us together. Turns out...

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Eddy - I'd call Lauderdale Speedometer in FLL. They seem to be the gurus on gagues.

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Prof, I've done that a few times too..... When you getting to FLL? I asked Russ to get your favorite scotch, think it's triple malt?

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Cross - how do you like the QSBs? Give us some performance numbers. If the old 6BTA 250s ever go out on AJ that's what I want to put back in. Quiet?

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That's mine, the 4 digit shark - please send it to Andre's house and have the UPS guy put it under his house while we are in FLL. He'll get it out when we get back next week.

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Vince - on AJ the boxes and bulkhead are original and the 6BTAs fit fine. The front of the engines are about 3 or 4 inches from the bulkhead and the belt cover needs to stay off. My 250s have the top mounted aftercooler and with one inch Soundown in the boxes, the top of the aftercooler rubs the und...

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Hal - got 'em today, thanks. I'll wear a UVI shirt to their lunch and smile.....

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The glassed in tag is usually covered by years of dirt and you have to scrub to see it. Take a scrub brush and some Soft Scrub and scrub the area just behind the fuel pickup on the aft top of the tank and it should become visible. If not, I can measure my 222 gal. tank and you can compare, but it's ...

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With all the Cummins 300+ hp B engines the trick is to have them propped where they will exceed rated rpm by 100 rpm at WOT. On the 250s by 50. You sound about right.

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Welcome aboard, very pretty boat. The 1972 and newer B31s came with a 222 gallon tank. Look on top of the fuel tank just behind the fuel pickup fitting and you should see a typed tag glassed in the tank with the capacity and date the tank was made.

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Ric, yep, I have it for Wed and Sunday, assuming me & the Bambooshka communicated, or at least 6 or 8 of her "no problem, no problem" stick. Russ & Linda are bringing the hooch etc on Thursday. Who else is gonna be there Wed? Me, Andre' and Lyman the G Man will be there about 2 on Wed. If ya'll don'...

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Thanks, Hal. I'll send the appropriate CX recip. depending on how bad Timmy embarrasses me....... Hope they have hi-dollar beers.....

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Might look good in gloss white...... The only good varnish job is one that has been painted over. I'ze not a fan of varnish, period.

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I have a 15 hp Honda 4 stroke on an aluminum flatboat that is the cat's meow. Will idle as slow as paddling. Not a featherweight, tho, probably weighs in at 120#. Burns almost no gas.

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Lot of guys here bought shafts from a coonass machine shop in Harvey, La in the N.O. area and got some real good prices, like 500 ea. for AQ 22 shafts. Can't remember the name of the place, and don't think it blew away in Katrina since it was on the west bank. High Pockets used to live down the stre...

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Yeah, I have the 6BTA 250s, CPL 1247 built in Nov. of 1989, guess they are vintage now. Have about 2400 hours. Over that time not one injector has been removed, the valves were adjusted at 1000 hours, and that's about it, other than changing the raw water pumps at 1200 hours or so. Changed both exha...

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Go check out my post on www.rodnreel.com the reports section in reply to some guy that thinks a Hatt 39 is better than a B31.

Ya'll be gentle, now.......

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If you are dripless, are you sure the water line from the engine to the packing is connected and open?

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Doug - yeah, I have the 500s. 900s would be better, but with the Algae X units the 500s do fine. I can usually get a ytear out of an element.

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Russ, that would be great, thanks. Andre - I found the new bowl, but it has a different plastic drain & I want to use a petcock vs. the plastic deal. How about lunch? Capt. Brent was talking about eating cut bait today.

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Sure, I'll take em. Mail to me, 2355 Drusilla Lane, Baton Rouge, LA 70809. I'll send you some CX for them.

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You win, Ole Fart.......still hurtin' my sides laughing. See yo' skinny ass in FLL next week and deliver you the winner's prize.

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Well, the NHC says it ani't one, but they lie. We are having 35 kt winds with gusts to 50, pressures down to 29.44, tides 2-3' above normal all the way from TX to east of the river. SE TX is getting hammered with tornados, etc. Two ships collided in the Miss. River just a while ago around New Orlean...

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Like at the TSL, just get a box of earplugs and forget about it. Hyenas ain't worth the trouble anyway.......

yo Fren'

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Had trouble finding the Finesse without running all over town so got some McGuires #9 Swril Remover and called their tech people. They said it was about the same as Finesse, so gave it a try. By hand it did nothing to the heavier overspray. Used the orbital buffer with a terry pad. Slow, slow, slow ...

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The guy that AJ came from had another B31 with factory 3208 natural Cats that I fished on a lot. It was sold to Dr. Brian Jordan who repowered with 3116 Cats. It's now the Centurion. With the 3208NAs at 210 hp it ran real well, curised about 22 kts and was the best riding B31 I've ever seen in a hea...

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First thing to check is that you are getting 120 vac to the unit, then check the 120 vac fuse, then check to see you are getting dc output. Lotta times the internal 120 vac fuse will blow under a big load, does on mine now & then. Guest makes a good multi-bank charger in various sizes, also check ou...

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OK, your apology is accepted. I'll expect pristine behavior tho. "Yes M'am, No suh". Practice it, and say it slowly. "Yessuh Uncle Vic, may I carefully stir you another Clear?" "No M'am Miss Kathi, I've had enough to drink, may I fix you another Mint Julep and adjust your beach umbrella to keep the ...

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