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  • IanIan Member Posts: 3,057 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I got to take her for a shake down run - and went well.

    Regards,

    Ian

    The Third “B”

    Ravena Coeymans Yacht Club

    https://www.rcyachtclub.com/

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  • PickleRickPickleRick Member Posts: 4,327 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Lined up a 1990 ish 5.7 block and some newly reworked vortec heads with stainkess valves...just in case.  
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  • rinker270nbrinker270nb Member Posts: 207 ✭✭✭
    I use a tablet to run Vesselview and Bluetooth music to the stereo.  I finally secured it to my helm.
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  • Cableguy GregCableguy Greg Member Posts: 5,077 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Replaced my refrigerator door. 


    2008 280 Express Cruiser, 6.2MPI, B3, Pittsburgh, PA "Blue Ayes" (Sold)
    2022 Cherokee 294GEBG Black Label land yacht. 
    Go Steelers!!!
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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,759 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks great , @Cableguy Greg . I guess you finally received it!
    2008 330EC
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  • Cableguy GregCableguy Greg Member Posts: 5,077 ✭✭✭✭✭
    aero3113 said:
    Looks great , @Cableguy Greg . I guess you finally received it!
    Yes, showed up yesterday. One minor issue is that it hits the light switch and makes it a little difficult to open. 
    2008 280 Express Cruiser, 6.2MPI, B3, Pittsburgh, PA "Blue Ayes" (Sold)
    2022 Cherokee 294GEBG Black Label land yacht. 
    Go Steelers!!!
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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,759 ✭✭✭✭✭
    @rinker270nb , looks good. I got an anti glare screen protector for my ipad , it really helps.
    2008 330EC
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  • rinker270nbrinker270nb Member Posts: 207 ✭✭✭
    @aero3113 great recommendation on anti glare.  I will try it out.
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  • PickleRickPickleRick Member Posts: 4,327 ✭✭✭✭✭
    getting her up to temp. Fingers crossed all is good.  
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  • PickleRickPickleRick Member Posts: 4,327 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ran through 3 or 4 heat cycles on muffs and did compression test.

    160 to 170 on all cylinders.  Im sure with the age of my motor (88 model) i have some oil burn that is assisting with higher compression numbers but with all these so close across the boats im happy.

    If have been happy with 145 to 150 across the board with this factory low compression engine. 
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Cableguy Greg said:
    Replaced my refrigerator door. 


    Did you order thru Dometic directly? They referred me to some random company. 
    2008 350 EC on Georgian Bay
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  • PickleRickPickleRick Member Posts: 4,327 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Get a little water in the crank case and it takes forever to get out.  With all power killed i flushed with 2 cycle mixed fuel, then with atf.  Stopped for lunch.  

    Will change oil and filter then run for good 20 min on muffs then change again.  Should be good to go after that.
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  • J3ffJ3ff Member Posts: 4,224 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Willhound said:
    Finally in! New gimbal bearing and seal. No more chug chug noise. Have to stand the antenna and all round light up, install new tv antenna. Cushions and mattress go in Friday.

    How long did you run on the chug chug and what did the bad one look like?

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  • PickleRickPickleRick Member Posts: 4,327 ✭✭✭✭✭
    He's in Canada, his boating season is 3 weeks long compared to yours in the keys, he could go years on chug chug chug 😅😅😅😅
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  • WillhoundWillhound Member Posts: 4,240 ✭✭✭✭✭
    @J3ff I ran it like that 2/3d's of last season. About 60 hours run time and almost all at speed.I didn't see the bearing out, looking at it in place with the drive off it looked fine.
    Much quieter now. First real run out of the marina will be Monday.
    "Knot Quite Shore" - 2000 FV270 (Sold)
    2018 Cherokee 39RL Land Yacht (Sorry...)
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  • Aqua_AuraAqua_Aura Member Posts: 2,702 ✭✭✭✭✭
    60 hours in a Canadian boating season is a ton of time!!!!
    1997 Bayliner 3988
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  • PickleRickPickleRick Member Posts: 4,327 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 2020
    Hey @J3ff if you want to borrow my alignment bar ill bring it with me on our keys trip, you can keep it for the week we are down there. Ship it back to me if you need it longer.

    We can socially distance and i can leave it on my bumper.  Or man up and meet us for a beer or three.
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  • J3ffJ3ff Member Posts: 4,224 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Mine isn't making any noise in gear... still haven't gotten the part, took it 30 miles today... no new noise, going to do it again tomorrow... hope it makes it just fine :)
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  • PickleRickPickleRick Member Posts: 4,327 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You have less than a month to let me know!
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  • Cableguy GregCableguy Greg Member Posts: 5,077 ✭✭✭✭✭
    YYZRC said:
    Cableguy Greg said:
    Replaced my refrigerator door. 


    Did you order thru Dometic directly? They referred me to some random company. 

    Cruiseair out of Annapolis is who I ordered through.
    2008 280 Express Cruiser, 6.2MPI, B3, Pittsburgh, PA "Blue Ayes" (Sold)
    2022 Cherokee 294GEBG Black Label land yacht. 
    Go Steelers!!!
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks!!
    2008 350 EC on Georgian Bay
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  • PickleRickPickleRick Member Posts: 4,327 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Trouble free day on the lake!!!
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  • SpyderwebSpyderweb Member Posts: 955 ✭✭✭
    My storage marina has finally opened to let boat owners work on their boats, but only during off hours.  Went to boat Sunday (100 mile drive) and buffed and waxed starboard black, and installed two "new" 22P bravo 3 props, so I now have 22P all around, instead of a mismatched set of 22P and 20P.  Also began prepping drives for primer in corroded areas. 

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  • WillhoundWillhound Member Posts: 4,240 ✭✭✭✭✭
     Nice work!
    "Knot Quite Shore" - 2000 FV270 (Sold)
    2018 Cherokee 39RL Land Yacht (Sorry...)
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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,759 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My wife bought a portable crib for the baby. I was tired of bringing the playpen we have at the house back and forth!


    2008 330EC
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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,759 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This is what we were using.


    2008 330EC
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  • rasburyrasbury Member Posts: 8,925 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I wish my boat was big enough to put a play pen in...as it is, it is a play pen!
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  • PickleRickPickleRick Member Posts: 4,327 ✭✭✭✭✭
    @rasbury...your 270 is a yacht compared to my 235....id have room for a diaper bag!  
    Its easy to feel the need for a bigger boat on this fourm
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  • TonyG13TonyG13 Member Posts: 1,438 ✭✭✭✭
    Ahhh, the good old pack-n-play! I remember those times well.
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  • Aqua_AuraAqua_Aura Member Posts: 2,702 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My wife and I just did away with having kids all together so we can avoid these dilemmas 😆
    1997 Bayliner 3988
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