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dingy question - another Porta-Bote fan (in depth review)
Larry wrote:
Ah, the simple pleasure of cranking an old Seagull you can fix yourself in any cove on the planet. With only a hammer DSK |
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dingy question - another Porta-Bote fan (in depth review)
DSK wrote:
Larry wrote: Ah, the simple pleasure of cranking an old Seagull you can fix yourself in any cove on the planet. With only a hammer DSK As long as you're not choking on the 10:1 gas/oil ratio. Can't get the conversion for my 1954 40 Plus Seagull. |
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dingy question
On Sat, 7 Jan 2006 11:16:15 -0800, Armond Perretta wrote
(in article ): Thomas Wentworth wrote: Just looked at a 32' old full keel boat. I really liked the boat, it needs work but it is the usual paint, etc. Then I got to thinking ???? Where would I put my dingy when I go off cruising. I would think that it would be in the way on deck. Many old boats are indeed dingy. A little paint and elbow grease does wonders, but once you've finished fitting her out she won't any longer be dingy, so you won't have to worry. Now where to stow the dingHy is an entirely different issue. Mr. Perretta, A man asked for help. You didn't have to, but you responded. However, instead of offering a helpful response, you smugly mocked a spelling error. You could have responded to his question and then reminded him of the accurate spelling of the word 'dinghy', if his common spelling error really bothered you, but you chose not to. You chose to respond to his post but chose NOT to be helpful. You chose, instead, to be spiteful. I can only speculate as to what emotional or psychological problems drive someone to this type of behavior. You have my sympathy, but I won't waste time reading anything else you post. |
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dingy question - another Porta-Bote fan (in depth review)
Don White wrote in news:mZOxf.154628$Ph4.4714258
@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca: As long as you're not choking on the 10:1 gas/oil ratio. Can't get the conversion for my 1954 40 Plus Seagull. What conversion? Why do you think it's been running since 1954? According to my calculations, by the way, if 2-stroke motors are so dangerous to the lakes and have been running in them for about 100 years....The lakes should be about 3" deep in lube oil, by now. Wonder what happened to all that oil?? |
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dingy question - another Porta-Bote fan (in depth review)
Larry wrote:
Don White wrote in news:mZOxf.154628$Ph4.4714258 @ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca: As long as you're not choking on the 10:1 gas/oil ratio. Can't get the conversion for my 1954 40 Plus Seagull. What conversion? Why do you think it's been running since 1954? According to my calculations, by the way, if 2-stroke motors are so dangerous to the lakes and have been running in them for about 100 years....The lakes should be about 3" deep in lube oil, by now. Wonder what happened to all that oil?? The models that came after mine could be retrofitted with a new carburator part (jet??)that allowed you to use a 25:1 ratio. |
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dingy question - another Porta-Bote fan (in depth review)
Don White wrote in news:rb%xf.155035$Ph4.4723436
@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca: The models that came after mine could be retrofitted with a new carburator part (jet??)that allowed you to use a 25:1 ratio. I've always been convinced the reason "they" want you to run so thin a lube oil is to hit the target of the powerhead wearing out 3 days after the end of the warranty period. Case in point was a 1997 Sea Rayder F16XR2 jetboat I owned. After seeing several recalls of the cheap plastic oil injection system that failed a lot blowing powerheads for lack of oil, even at 50:1, I removed all that and used 25:1 mixture for the rest of the time I owned it, long over 1000 hours. The present owner has another thousand hours on it mixing just that way and the engine is still tight, starts instantly and turns as many RPM as the day it was purchased. Unfortunately, for him, his girlfriend, a beautiful Eurasian in her 20's now, would always ride with me in it to the beach. He, stupidly, scared her and she doesn't like to ride around with him in it, now....(c; I don't believe you can overoil a 2-stroker. It's just a matter of what you find the acceptable life of it to be. Since 1954 sounds like you'd be better off not screwing around with a mixture that works great for 50 years! |
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