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duanehydro

Active member
Looks like we havn't seen cold yet.......supposed to be 22 here tomorrow night....26 the next....
Gotta wrap some plumbing and plants tonight.....
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Don't know what those north guys are gonna do.... :smile20:
 

oldbuck40

Active member
Duanehydro said:
Looks like we havn't seen cold yet.......supposed to be 22 here tomorrow night....26 the next....
Gotta wrap some plumbing and plants tonight.....
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Don't know what those north guys are gonna do.... :smile20:
This is normal for us North guys! Ya'll are the one's that had better get the water out of the boat engines if ya havent already! These are the temps that WILL,,,YA HEAR ME I SAID WILL break a block,,so i would suggest getting off your arse and get them drained! Or you will be back on here in a few days :smile18:
 

Crusader

Moderator
Duanehydro said:
Looks like we havn't seen cold yet.......supposed to be 22 here tomorrow night....26 the next....
Gotta wrap some plumbing and plants tonight.....
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Don't know what those north guys are gonna do.... :smile20:

Find us a good woman and snuggle up with her...that will keep ya warm!!

We're supposed to have thunderstorms tonight, sleet, freezing rain and snow tomorrow with temps going down to 11 degrees in Mckinney on Wednesday night. Supposed to be one crappy day here in North Dallas tomorrow....

Might have to THB from home instead of work. Lol.
 

Crusader

Moderator
Oldbuck has a good point, our boats have been winterized since the beginning of December or earlier.....y'all need to get it in gear! lol...

Us North fellers are a purdy smart bunch!
 

Wakemaker

Member
I've been working on mine the last couple of days since it's been so nice, I was kind of hoping to get a couple of more days of work in.  Now I'm reduced to gathering stuff up and covering her back up!  :smile18:
 

Devilman

Well-known member
Whatcha doin to the boat Clayton?

Kinda glad I focused on yard work this weekend rather than the boat. Be time to turn the lights back on come tomorrow evenin I guess... :tongue:
 

Wakemaker

Member
Well, it's like this......I went to pull the cover off her earlier this week just to see what she looked like again, and I thought what the hell I might as well try to bump it over since it has been since last September since I've been that far with it.  Hit the button starter clicked but wouldn't turn over a bit.  :smile15:  Spent the rest of the day checking voltages everywhere and pulling the starter out to take it to Napa to get checked out.  When I got to Napa I told the guy that what I wanted him to tell me was that my starter was no good (after installing the headers in the boat it did not make it any easier to get to the starter let me tell you, as if it wasn't bad enough already!).  The guy went to the back to check it and I could here it spinning away, Dammit!  He said that it spun so hard the first time that it almost knocked it out of his hand.  Also before I took the starter off I thought I might as well try to turn the key on and see if the fuel pump comes on at least, took me about 30 minutes, some WD-40, and some white silicone grease to even get the key to turn, and of course once it did...........wait for it............Nothing!  :smile15:  By the time I got back from Napa I had just about enough working on the boat in a sand pit covered by a barn.  Finally got around to pulling the Holley blue fuel pump off after checking it running straight to the battery with no luck, and commenced to taking the damn thing apart, I hear that they are rebuild-able so maybe it won't cost me over a hundred dollars to get it going again.  I figured I must have had a short somewhere and burned it up, so I took the top off where the wires go in first, sure enough it was melted and burned up in there, plus it wouldn't even turn.  So I started working with it and got it freed up, and started feeling a little better.........then I got on the internet to find a rebuild kit for it.  I couldn't find the top part with the wires so I figured if all else fails download the directions.  crazy.gif  Turns out they do not want you to take the top part off because you have to have a special tool to put it back together (at least that is what they claim anyway, I don't think they want you to be able to rebuild the brushes so you will have to buy another one)  So anyway I've got about at least another 3 days worth of work to do on my boat just to get it to turn over, and now the cold front is supposed to come in!!! Some days it just doesn't pay to get up in the morning! think.gif 
 

Devilman

Well-known member
I've had some days like that. Shit gets frustrating real damn quick.

On that fuel pump, you thought about puttin a manual fuel pump on it & ditching the electric? Bound to be cheaper than a rebuild kit... probably less hassle too.
 

oldbuck40

Active member
Must be a good storm brewing! Just heard the NWS break in on the radio,,they took the watch out and replaced it with a warning now lol
 

duanehydro

Active member
man, almost 80 degrees right now....... :rolleyes:


This week is gonna suck...... :smile20:

Greg's got me nervous, gonna pull the block drains on the Sanger tonight, let the spiders out. :smile16:
 

WFO

New member
Crusader said:
Oldbuck has a good point, our boats have been winterized since the beginning of December or earlier.....y'all need to get it in gear! lol...

Us North fellers are a purdy smart bunch!

Us south peeps are smarter than you think. Didn't you see HPJ lesson on winterizing. clap.gif jump.gif
 

Cookieman

New member
Yep it's gona get cold here the next few days. I guess it's the Texas way of welcoming our guest to the superbowl.  I know they are wondering how did Jerry pull this one off.... cold weather with ice and snow.
 

Wakemaker

Member
Devilman said:
I've had some days like that. Shit gets frustrating real damn quick.

On that fuel pump, you thought about puttin a manual fuel pump on it & ditching the electric? Bound to be cheaper than a rebuild kit... probably less hassle too.

For right now I'm going to use the Mr. Gasket fuel pump that I've been carrying for a spare the last couple of years.  :smile30:
 

HellinnFrnt

New member
Plus his block is of the newer vintage that doesn't have the fuel pump rod hole cut thru and the cam probably doesn't have the bump on it so it's your choice .... electric or electric ...........  :smile18:
 
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