I pulled my cowling yesterday on my Merc 40 OB to change my fuel filter.
Filter was fine, but several places did not have hose clamps. I ran to NAPA
for some. They come ten in a box. Guy asked me if I wanted a box. Sure.
I'll have some extras. Between everything, I used nine of them. Now to
take it out on a run and see if it solves the high speed cutout. (Well,
just under 30 MPH FEELS high speed)

Steve

On Thu, 4 Jun 2009 08:10:04 -0600, "SteveB"
wrote:

I pulled my cowling yesterday on my Merc 40 OB to change my fuel filter.
Filter was fine, but several places did not have hose clamps. I ran to NAPA
for some. They come ten in a box. Guy asked me if I wanted a box. Sure.
I'll have some extras. Between everything, I used nine of them. Now to
take it out on a run and see if it solves the high speed cutout. (Well,
just under 30 MPH FEELS high speed)

Among sailboats that is high speed. Thirty eight foot daysailors, 1850
pound A scows, can go that fast and so can some high tech catamarans.
My three grand 22 foot cuddy fish/ski can't be much faster than that
with a 226 inch four, 170 hp. I fish and just run about Spirit Lake
the largest natural lake in Iowa. . Anywhere is four miles at most
from the dock. The larger artificial lakes are full of stump fields
that are sometimes barely covered. I was in the cuddy getting a beer,
on one, when the driver ran us into the hidden trees. He wanted to
snuggle up to a bouy to read the print that said keep back 300 feet in
2 inch letters. I will buy a good stainless steel prop and carry the
dinged aluminum for a spare. They say that to boat the artificial
lakes you need three props. One mounted, a spare, and one in the shop.

Casady

"Richard Casady" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 4 Jun 2009 08:10:04 -0600, "SteveB"
wrote:

I pulled my cowling yesterday on my Merc 40 OB to change my fuel filter.
Filter was fine, but several places did not have hose clamps. I ran to
NAPA
for some. They come ten in a box. Guy asked me if I wanted a box. Sure.
I'll have some extras. Between everything, I used nine of them. Now to
take it out on a run and see if it solves the high speed cutout. (Well,
just under 30 MPH FEELS high speed)

Among sailboats that is high speed. Thirty eight foot daysailors, 1850
pound A scows, can go that fast and so can some high tech catamarans.
My three grand 22 foot cuddy fish/ski can't be much faster than that
with a 226 inch four, 170 hp. I fish and just run about Spirit Lake
the largest natural lake in Iowa. . Anywhere is four miles at most
from the dock. The larger artificial lakes are full of stump fields
that are sometimes barely covered. I was in the cuddy getting a beer,
on one, when the driver ran us into the hidden trees. He wanted to
snuggle up to a bouy to read the print that said keep back 300 feet in
2 inch letters. I will buy a good stainless steel prop and carry the
dinged aluminum for a spare. They say that to boat the artificial
lakes you need three props. One mounted, a spare, and one in the shop.

Casady

In the Louisiana swamps, the boat of choice for the local crawfishermen was
a custom welded flat bottom 16' boat with a 50 hp. Merc hand tiller. I have
seen at least two dozen of them sheared off at half shaft from hitting
SOMETHING. You can't see squat in that muddy water.

Steve

On Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:07:47 -0500, Richard Casady
wrote:

They say that to boat the artificial
lakes you need three props. One mounted, a spare, and one in the shop.

LOL!!

That's almost true for any kind of body of water. :)

By the way, 35 mph seems a little slow to me. :)

On Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:20:07 -0400, Wizard of Woodstock
wrote:

On Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:07:47 -0500, Richard Casady
wrote:

They say that to boat the artificial
lakes you need three props. One mounted, a spare, and one in the shop.

LOL!!

That's almost true for any kind of body of water. :)

By the way, 35 mph seems a little slow to me. :)

If you can always have it in the lift in less than ten minutes then
whatever is fast enough to avoid thunderstorms. In our area the major
hazard is being run down by a drunk, or killed at anchor by cops, who
tried to blame the victim.

Casady

Richard Casady wrote:
On Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:20:07 -0400, Wizard of Woodstock
wrote:

On Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:07:47 -0500, Richard Casady
wrote:

They say that to boat the artificial
lakes you need three props. One mounted, a spare, and one in the shop.
LOL!!

That's almost true for any kind of body of water. :)

By the way, 35 mph seems a little slow to me. :)

If you can always have it in the lift in less than ten minutes then
whatever is fast enough to avoid thunderstorms. In our area the major
hazard is being run down by a drunk, or killed at anchor by cops, who
tried to blame the victim.

Casady


My gauge is the GPH-O-Meter. When I'm cruising around in my Parker, I
like to see it reading 5 to 6 or so GPH. I don't see a reason in the
world to hand over more money than "necessary" to the pig oil companies.

On Jun 5, 10:57*am, HK wrote:
Richard Casady wrote:
On Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:20:07 -0400, Wizard of Woodstock
wrote:

On Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:07:47 -0500, Richard Casady
wrote:

They say that to boat the artificial
lakes you need three props. One mounted, a spare, and one in the shop..
LOL!!

That's almost true for any kind of body of water. *:)

By the way, 35 mph seems a little slow to me. *:)

If you can always have it in the lift in less than ten minutes then
whatever is fast enough to avoid thunderstorms. In our area the major
hazard is being run down by a drunk, or killed at anchor by cops, *who
tried to blame the victim.

Casady

My gauge is the GPH-O-Meter. When I'm cruising around in my Parker, I
like to see it reading 5 to 6 or so GPH. I don't see a reason in the
world to hand over more money than "necessary" to the pig oil companies.- Hide quoted text -

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Then why have a boat?

HK wrote:
Richard Casady wrote:
On Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:20:07 -0400, Wizard of Woodstock
wrote:

On Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:07:47 -0500, Richard Casady
wrote:

They say that to boat the artificial
lakes you need three props. One mounted, a spare, and one in the shop.
LOL!!

That's almost true for any kind of body of water. :)

By the way, 35 mph seems a little slow to me. :)

If you can always have it in the lift in less than ten minutes then
whatever is fast enough to avoid thunderstorms. In our area the major
hazard is being run down by a drunk, or killed at anchor by cops, who
tried to blame the victim.

Casady


My gauge is the GPH-O-Meter. When I'm cruising around in my Parker, I
like to see it reading 5 to 6 or so GPH. I don't see a reason in the
world to hand over more money than "necessary" to the pig oil companies.

So you are admitting you have no idea about the correlation between GPH
and MPG, WAFA? Sell your Yamaha and get a 9.9 four stroke, idiot. You
will be thrilled with you gallons per hour consumption!

On Jun 5, 8:45*pm, D K wrote:
HK wrote:
Richard Casady wrote:
On Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:20:07 -0400, Wizard of Woodstock
wrote:

On Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:07:47 -0500, Richard Casady
wrote:

They say that to boat the artificial
lakes you need three props. One mounted, a spare, and one in the shop.
LOL!!

That's almost true for any kind of body of water. *:)

By the way, 35 mph seems a little slow to me. *:)

If you can always have it in the lift in less than ten minutes then
whatever is fast enough to avoid thunderstorms. In our area the major
hazard is being run down by a drunk, or killed at anchor by cops, *who
tried to blame the victim.

Casady

My gauge is the GPH-O-Meter. When I'm cruising around in my Parker, I
like to see it reading 5 to 6 or so GPH. I don't see a reason in the
world to hand over more money than "necessary" to the pig oil companies..

So you are admitting you have no idea about the correlation between GPH
and MPG, WAFA? *Sell your Yamaha and get a 9.9 four stroke, idiot. *You
will be thrilled with you gallons per hour consumption!- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

And the idiot claimed at one time to have a mechanical engineering
degree!