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:evilb: I finally decided to join. Always enjoyed the reading material on here but never really found material applying to me and my boat. I'm the proud owner of a 1987 24' Advantage offshore.
I have the king cobra stern drive, thrue hull exhaust and a OMC 460 (ford :mad: ) engine. I got my hands full of grease and oil by replacing the engine twice (I bough the boat with a blown engine cheap price 5500$). After the first one went I decided to try to improve the engine output a little. In stock form the engine is rated at 340HP which isn't enough by my standard. So I got a comp cams 262h marine, put in the magnum roller tips rocker with screw-in studs and played a bit with the carb. I took a look inside the distributor (prestolite :mad: ) and found that the mechanical advance spring were not even the same. One would have been fit to be used for suspension on a ten wheeler.
So a lot of sorting out and tickering around but finally got my first day out yesterday where I won't have to put in corrective maintenance after sea trials.
My goal in joinning here is to discuss some of the issues that I have a hard time to deal with and hopefully fix. Sure hope to get help and make friends around here.
I in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and the Atlantic is now my playground and I can see it becoming addictive.
Have a good time out there everyone.
Josh

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welcome.....

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Congrats on boat and welcome :evilb: :D

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I guess that means you brought the beer???? :D

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:( I wish I could but I can't. The reason I came back last night was that the tiny cooler fitted onboard has been severely depleted (by my passengers of course). :drink: I'll be better prepared for the next time.
Josh

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wecome aboard, i suggest you invest in soap on a rope if you plan on hangin with that stecz guy :evilb:

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Welcome Josh!

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welcome to you new addiction :D ....and try not to forget about your wife...because it does happen

mike

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Wife??? :evilb: :evilb:
Do I really need one? I'm not as lucky as some of you guys do, like getting married, having kids then sometimes Godforbid, going through a nasty divorce and lose all the toys. Haven't met the one for me yet. But on the dockside I've seen a few that'd need some looking into but then the girlfriend might get jealous for no good reason. :( A very wise man told me that women are like engine oil. If you get the good expensive stuff like synthetic, you stick with it, otherwise change it often and regularly. :D lol

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rotflmao welcom josh . :drink:

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1st welcome to the forums/

well im on wife #3


lost many many toys and houses


1st one was from a poor family from western pa ended up suporting her family


2nd was from a rich family from arlington VA nothing was ever good enough for her


3rd ex dancer just a simple pain but can be fun

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:eek: So are you telling me to keep away from the expensive oil?
:rolleyes: I will otherwise I might have to go back to my old homemade 11" with 3.6 HP sears outboard engine, loose my house and move into a cardboard box from the neighbor new washing machine.

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And here all this time I thought the perfect words of wisdom were " If it flys, floats, or f*cks... you rent it.... That stuff is too expensive to own.".......... :D

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Welcome to the board. Have fun.

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very true also remember even though I tried but didnt work....learn from ones mistakes

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[QUOTE=merlyn1965]:eek: So are you telling me to keep away from the expensive oil?
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oh we where talking about oil??????? :D


im still one or two steps above card board box

but am out a couple of hoses I had paid off