Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:10:12 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:44:37 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing penned the
following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

|On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:28:39 -0700, JR North
wrote:
|
|. Now I get to pull the heads......
|Oh well, the engine is 18 years old, has 495 Hrs on it, and with all
|that down time, a seized valve is not unusual.
|
|Triple ****.
|
|Oh - whoops. :)
|
|Well, hey, look at it this way - as long as you have the heads off,
|look around for cylinder scoring, slop, etc.
|
|Hell, might be time for a new engine. :)
|
|(At least that's what I'd be telling SWMBO) :)

Goal: Plausible Deniability.......

Damn straight.

That's how I got my ETEC. :)

A little fudging here, a little truth twisting there - bingo.

New engine. :)


I thought that eTec was fifth prize in a beauty contest. First prize was
a weekend in Philly.