Posts by Don Paul

Hose and ss clamps to replace the cable ties on the fuel hose.

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Fuel pumps and carb reseal is complete, hoses installed. Carbs were real clean inside. I found a salvage SS binnacle to rise the compass for a better view. Sanded it with 220 then wrinkle painted it.(it needs a little more cure time).

At this point I have all the battery cables, motor harness and fuel line in rigging tube.

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Really nice fish mate.

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Pulled the starter so I could R+R the fuel hose with Gates fuel injection hose. I going to also do the carb fuel pumps. While I was in there I made up some new ground straps for the switch pack.

Hose specs:
Modern Fuels Require Modern Fuel Hose.

Installing Barricade protects the system against the aggressive fuel mixtures of today's modern fuels, which can degrade basic rubber hose and result in customer comebacks. Plus, with Barricade, you can be assured that you are complying with permeation laws, and providing your customers with the best hose available - all while being environmentally-friendly.

225 psi working pressure rating (best-in-class).
Aramid reinforcement spiral braid for superior burst strength.
Exceeds SAE J3OR14T2 as well as low-permeation requirements for CARB.
Approved for use with Gasoline, Ethanol/Gasoline blends (gasohol) such as E10, E15 or E85, Diesel, Biodiesel including soybean methyl ester (SME), rapeseed methyl ester (RME), palm methyl ester (PME), Biodiesel/Diesel blends such as B20, and 100% Methanol.

Temperature: -40 Deg. F to 257 Deg. F (-40 Deg. C to 125 Deg. C) continuous, up to 302 Deg. F (150 Deg. C) intermittent.

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Welcome to Spearfishing World.

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Fleck this ! Back to the the fireplace, whisky and cat tonight,;)

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I only shoot wire rope when absolutely necessary.

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2.
a disc or wheel mounted eccentrically on a revolving shaft in order to transform rotation into backward-and-forward motion, e.g., a cam in an internal combustion engine.

Origin
late Middle English (as a noun denoting a circle or orbit not having the earth precisely at its center): via late Latin from Greek ekkentros, from ek ‘out of’ + kentron ‘center.’
Translate eccentrics to
Use over time for: eccentrics

I believe he's refering to def # 2.

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The geese are happy.

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Hard rain again, mounted a short rubber FM antenna and routed more wire tubes. Added a couple more switches to the helm.;)

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Quote from hank

I never carry fish around. I gut them and go straight to the boat.
I'm heading to Thailand for two years in about....a week or so.

I'm packing and man, with this new job....responsibility, new place.....let see...they have Dogtooth Tuna....so floatline, floater, slip tip....haha.

Looking forward to a new adventure.

and.....Crying Tiger.

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Southern Calf is finally get days of rain. This creek behind my place is usually just a trickle, today it is roaring.

Getting my GPS and secondary Vhf antennas cleaned up for arch mock up. Spent the night stuffing more cables and wires into rigging tubes. These will be joined to rubber connection unions after arch is finished.

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Welcome to Spearfishing World Mark. Nice intro mate.

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What a great picture Real nice fish... but hearing about that Pig got me thinking of Carnitas.

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The original cowl hand hold inside cover was plastic, cracked and usable. so after some research i found a 1986 part was metal but was a different shape. Here is what I did to make it work.;)

Cut of the cowl center post attachment.
Slightly oversized the outer mount holes.
Filed the outer corners of the new part to fit.
Cut off the new parts center mount.
Screwed on the new part with SS screws.

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Welcome to Spearfishing World.

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Better motivation tonight.;)

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After being outside in the rain half the day, came home, had some spicy pho and drove to the boat. Turned on my work lights, change into work clothes, stared at the last completed work. Looked at the cold rain falling. changed back into my street clothes and headed home to my whisky, cats and fireplace. Motivation tonight is - 10...major slacker tonight. Weekend is suppose to be nice.

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Awesome image, Thanks.

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Wow.

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