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Re: weather - losing my sanity
You are lucky. 1000 Lightening strikes per hour in some parts of the UK today.
dalek
5
Re: Happy Fathers Day
We didn’t go out on the boat on Father’s Day but we had a blast flying a kite on the beach.
aero3113
6
Re: Joke of the Day
My wife and I were sitting at a table at her high school reunion, and she kept staring at a drunken man swigging his drink as he sat alone at a nearby table.
I asked her, "Do you know him?"
"Yes", she sighed. "He's my old boyfriend. I understand he took to drinking right after we split up those many years ago, and I hear he hasn't been sober since."
"My God!" I said, "Who would think a person could go on celebrating that long?"
And then the fight started..
I asked her, "Do you know him?"
"Yes", she sighed. "He's my old boyfriend. I understand he took to drinking right after we split up those many years ago, and I hear he hasn't been sober since."
"My God!" I said, "Who would think a person could go on celebrating that long?"
And then the fight started..
randy56
5
Re: Replacement engine for 2001 Captiva 272 with 454 Mercury engine
Why not rebuild the motor you have now? A full quality rebuild is usually around 2,000-2,500. Of coarse this is if no cracks. FYI 600 is a normal core credit.
Alswagg
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Re: Replacement engine for 2001 Captiva 272 with 454 Mercury engine
I purchased a 282 Captiva w/8.1 Volvo Penta knowing the engine was frozen as a mechanics special. I have 2 full service auto repair shops so even if we had to pull the engine and put in a reman I would come out ok $$ wise doing all the labor myself with some help from my mechanics. For 3 weeks we worked off/on trying to unfreeze the motor with no luck plus it had a spark plug broken off flush with the block. Pulled it out with my son-in-law forklift and got a cylinder head off only to discover it was trashed actually grit inside the cylinders due to exhaust manifolds/risers that had not been flushed out and were rusted so bad the engine sucked crap back in the cylinders. Yes is was a salt water boat.....I had already priced a reman from Tri State Engines at $4800 (long block) and was about ready to order it when I found a local engine rebuild shop that rebuilds these engines (8.1 GM) for a nationally know rental and does them weekly. They quoted me $2600-$3000 so I went with them. Was supposed to be 3 weeks but ended up taking almost 3 months! They determined my old engine was so bad they didn't even want fool with it. So they started with another block (they have them in stock), bored it .030, and rebuilt it with stock components. I considered putting it high performance (after research determined that 5-8 extra MPH and increased fuel consumption wasn't worth it) with more compression/bigger cam/ etc but decided to just go stock despite the extra parts involved they still kept me at $3000. Finally the engine is in and it sounds great still having some teething problems getting it to idle right and take throttle properly but mechanically the engine is sound. I'll post when I get it broke in how it does. The GPS is stuck at 49.3 max speed from previous owner so I hope it will do 50.
