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That sounds great. April 30th here comes the "Cooder".

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104 but rumor has it the end is in sight....:drink:

If you went another 276 days you'd beat my record....:drink:

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106 days now.

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Check my post, "The verdict is in". :evilb:

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I'll bet you I get the Formula back before the Donzi, even though I took the Donzi in in January. That's how my count got so high. I was waiting to get it back then take the 302 there. :mad: :(

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So what's wrong with the rigging????

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Oh yeah, I'm glad it turned out to be the starter part. I suspected that too, just didn't sound like it was hydrolocked. :drink: :drink:

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Nothing really. Even before I brought him the boat, he said he was interested in seeing what original 1986 rigging looked like. He wants to move around all the pumps and stuff, to make it much more clean looking. It will all depend on the money I want to spend.

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One thing I'd changing for sure is the bilge pump. It has the original, and I have it jury rigged to work.

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My bilge pump is located in what I consider an odd place. Mine is forward of the motors underneath the very end of the fuel tank. On my 242 it was much farther rearwood, almost to the back of the boat.

I suppose the location it's presently in would keep it from clicking on and off too much. Think I've seen two boats in my life that did not accumulate some water in the bilge during the course of a full day out on the water. Usually I pull the plug at the ramp and it streams out for about four seconds. I think it weep's in around the K-Planes. The caulking on those K-Planes is horrendous. Whoever did it was blind and must have used their big toe. I'm going to pull as much of it out as I can and redo it with 4200. (NOT 5200)

Can't understand how people do not understand that a good caulk job is one: it seals, and two: it isn't noticiable. Go figure.....:rolleyes:

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That pump location drives me NUTS ....like you said ..there can be ALOT of water in there before the pump comes on ...and then when it shuts down it leaves water in the Bilge ....I usually use a shopvac to get it all out ...I hate leaving ANY water in there to make Humid condtions ....
AND speaking of 5200 ....you should see all the fittings for my Silent Thunder after they put it back on .....I think they used a whole tube per U-Bolt .. Idiots ....

Russ ...if you do have water seeping in from around the Kplanes ... Better get it checked out.....might cause Rot in the Transom

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Ya man if you are leaking around your K-planes get them fixed yesterday!!! Does not take long for water to get in there and it can take for EVER to get it out. Man if it took you a year to change your oil filters I can only imagine how long it will take for you to fix your transom :eek: :eek: Like I should talk..... :drink: :drink:

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Ouch! That's going to leave a mark.

And there's a perfect example of the pot calling the kettle black. :D

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Was screwing around in the bilge tonight getting ready to clean it and decided to check things out. After pulling half the muscles in my back, I got catywampused into a position with a mag lite and a mirror and checked around the K-Planes and saw no sign whatsoever of any water seeping in. I had only pulled that hunk of caulk out about three times out ago, should have razor knifed it out but I just saw this little piece and yanked on it and more came out than I figured.

I'm interested to see if I got my two center exhaust hoses leaks stopped. It was leaking where it clamps to the tips, so I repositioned the clamps, tightened them down with a hand socket driver, then got out the old three eights ratchet and really cranked those suckers down.

Now Jon, it only took me three weeks to get the oil filters swapped out. It just took twelve more months to do the rest of it. Still can't believe those four SS couplings cost me $ 210.00. That mark is STILL there....:rolleyes:

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Amost forgot. 108 days....:drink:

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111 loooooong days......:D

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114 days. He says it's almost ready.

Last time I said that it was six more months. :eek:

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I'm supposed to pick it up tomorrow. I may go ahead and splash it even without a sundeck just to kill the count! :D

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We'll need uncontested, indisputable proof......:D :D

Debbie's word will do.....:drink: :drink:

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Well must be 115 days now as I have heard nothing about no Formula about being on any water.......:D

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Boat is ready, but my checkbook ain't. They don't take credit cards. I called a couple of my gc's and told them I needed money this week. I'm getting one big check Thursday, which will enable me to make payroll this week, and I'm sending Debbie to Tampa tomorrow to pick up a couple smaller checks from another gc that will pay for the boat. I told him it would be Friday before I had the money, but I may call him tomorrow and tell him I should have it on Wednesday. Timmy, the guy working on it, wants to go seatrial it with me when I pick it up.

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That's cool the guy wants to sea trial it with you. That seems not to happen too much these days.

Can't wait to see those new shifters in place. Post a pix soon as you can.

congrats...:drink: :drink:

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Timmy is JC Perf's brother.

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That Perf family is a bunch of good eggs.

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Day 117 and still counting.....:D

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It is with great honor I humbly close this count. The offical tally was 117 days.

I congratulate "the Cooder" on having his boat back. It's got to feel great.


CONGRATULATONS COODERMAN.....:drink: :drink: :drink: :drink:

I also noticed this was the highest viewed Thread in the Formula Forum. I had fun with it and I know Cuda did too.

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I know you had more fun with it than I did! :drink:

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Yeah, but you had a little, go ahead, you can admit it. Your secret will be safe, just between you and me. :D :D