Rumor of Ethanol causing older outboard engines to 'blow up'?
 

"HK" wrote in message
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Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 10:16:50 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Is your marina well protected from nor'easters? We're just starting
to get the first big gusts down here on the outer banks of NC.
You must be getting pushed around a little about now huh?

We're docked in a nice snug little cove right by the bridge to Nags
Head so were not getting any seas to speak of, but the wind is howling
tonight and the boat is being buffeted around. Hopefully we'll be
heading south again in a week, waiting for tranny repairs right now.


We've got gusts to 21 knots right now, and the forecast is calling for 35
knot winds later tonight.


I guess we'll have to take one for 'the Gipper'.
Good thing my Yukon is high & dry in my back yard, 160 feet above sea level
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia...2/noel-ns.html

Rumor of Ethanol causing older outboard engines to 'blow up'?
 

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 20:24:58 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 10:16:50 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Is your marina well protected from nor'easters? We're just starting
to get the first big gusts down here on the outer banks of NC.
You must be getting pushed around a little about now huh?
We're docked in a nice snug little cove right by the bridge to Nags
Head so were not getting any seas to speak of, but the wind is howling
tonight and the boat is being buffeted around. Hopefully we'll be
heading south again in a week, waiting for tranny repairs right now.

Good - gotta be better than tying up between two deadmen in a channel
huh? :)

Tranny repairs suck.


Transmission by...eTec? :}

Rumor of Ethanol causing older outboard engines to 'blow up'?
 

On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 01:06:57 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Good - gotta be better than tying up between two deadmen in a channel
huh? :)


For sure.

Tranny repairs suck.

Yes but this is a good place to get work done. Some of the biggest
builders of custom sportfish are just a few miles south of here - lots
of good people and lots of resources.

It's also an interesting area to poke around in. Kitty Hawk and the
Wright Brothers Museum are a few miles north, Cape Hatteras and
Ocracoke about 60 miles south. There are miles and miles of deserted
beaches, big dunes, interesting wildlife, etc.

It took two guys a day and a half just to get the tranny out. It's
built like a battleship but probably needs a few dollars worth of
hydraulic seals which will take about 8 man days of labor to replace.

Rumor of Ethanol causing older outboard engines to 'blow up'?
 

Wayne.B wrote:
On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 01:06:57 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Good - gotta be better than tying up between two deadmen in a channel
huh? :)


For sure.

Tranny repairs suck.

Yes but this is a good place to get work done. Some of the biggest
builders of custom sportfish are just a few miles south of here - lots
of good people and lots of resources.

It's also an interesting area to poke around in. Kitty Hawk and the
Wright Brothers Museum are a few miles north, Cape Hatteras and
Ocracoke about 60 miles south. There are miles and miles of deserted
beaches, big dunes, interesting wildlife, etc.

It took two guys a day and a half just to get the tranny out. It's
built like a battleship but probably needs a few dollars worth of
hydraulic seals which will take about 8 man days of labor to replace.


Maybe you can scan the bill when it arrivesand post it for our reading
pleasure. Two and a half days to get it out, eight man days to fix, and
what, another two days to reinstall it?

$7500-$10000?

Rumor of Ethanol causing older outboard engines to 'blow up'?
 

On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:22:39 -0400, HK wrote:

Maybe you can scan the bill when it arrivesand post it for our reading
pleasure. Two and a half days to get it out, eight man days to fix, and
what, another two days to reinstall it?

$7500-$10000?

Anything less than 6 will be a bargain. We could have made it back to
Florida but this is a good place to get work done, and we'd never had
an opportunity to spend much time here before.

Getting serious work done in SWFL leaves a lot to be desired.
Lauderdale is good but it's hard to sort out who's who, and it's
expensive. Here in North Carolina reputations travel far and fast.

Rumor of Ethanol causing older outboard engines to 'blow up'?
 

On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:11:15 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 01:06:57 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Good - gotta be better than tying up between two deadmen in a channel
huh? :)


For sure.

Tranny repairs suck.

Yes but this is a good place to get work done. Some of the biggest
builders of custom sportfish are just a few miles south of here - lots
of good people and lots of resources.

It's also an interesting area to poke around in. Kitty Hawk and the
Wright Brothers Museum are a few miles north, Cape Hatteras and
Ocracoke about 60 miles south. There are miles and miles of deserted
beaches, big dunes, interesting wildlife, etc.

It took two guys a day and a half just to get the tranny out. It's
built like a battleship but probably needs a few dollars worth of
hydraulic seals which will take about 8 man days of labor to replace.

Eessshhhh...

Rumor of Ethanol causing older outboard engines to 'blow up'?
 

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:11:15 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 01:06:57 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Good - gotta be better than tying up between two deadmen in a channel
huh? :)

For sure.

Tranny repairs suck.
Yes but this is a good place to get work done. Some of the biggest
builders of custom sportfish are just a few miles south of here - lots
of good people and lots of resources.

It's also an interesting area to poke around in. Kitty Hawk and the
Wright Brothers Museum are a few miles north, Cape Hatteras and
Ocracoke about 60 miles south. There are miles and miles of deserted
beaches, big dunes, interesting wildlife, etc.

It took two guys a day and a half just to get the tranny out. It's
built like a battleship but probably needs a few dollars worth of
hydraulic seals which will take about 8 man days of labor to replace.

Eessshhhh...


I think the bill, if he posts it here, will cause a few giggles. I'm
guessing $7500-$10000 if his labor estimates are correct.

Rumor of Ethanol causing older outboard engines to 'blow up'?
 

"HK" wrote in message
. ..

I think the bill, if he posts it here, will cause a few giggles. I'm
guessing $7500-$10000 if his labor estimates are correct.


No worry, his fishing clients will be paying for that this winter.

Rumor of Ethanol causing older outboard engines to 'blow up'?
 

On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 09:29:20 -0400, HK wrote:

I think the bill, if he posts it here, will cause a few giggles. I'm
guessing $7500-$10000 if his labor estimates are correct.

It's possible but my time estimate may be high. Better to be
surprised on the low side than the other way around. I had a tranny
done on my old Bertram 33 and it ran about $3500. That was a much
easier job from a labor standpoint but the parts were very pricey. The
manufacturer is suggesting that this one just needs new hydraulic
seals. The expensive thing is getting it in and out.

Rumor of Ethanol causing older outboard engines to 'blow up'?
 

JimH wrote:
"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 01:06:57 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Good - gotta be better than tying up between two deadmen in a channel
huh? :)

For sure.

Tranny repairs suck.
Yes but this is a good place to get work done. Some of the biggest
builders of custom sportfish are just a few miles south of here - lots
of good people and lots of resources.

It's also an interesting area to poke around in. Kitty Hawk and the
Wright Brothers Museum are a few miles north, Cape Hatteras and
Ocracoke about 60 miles south. There are miles and miles of deserted
beaches, big dunes, interesting wildlife, etc.


We have rented houses on the Outer Banks several times, including in Duck,
Corolla and Kitty Hawk. It is a nice place to vacation.




So have we...hmmm. I like Hilton Head, too.