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Don't be
a drip, keep your fuel out of the bilge - Cake
pans are not just for cake! I put these nifty little pans under my carburetor
and under the fuel filter. The benefits are immediate and obvious - no runs,
drips or errors from the carburetor and nary a drop of gas into the bilge when
you change the fuel filter. Two small brass screws keep the pan in place under
the carb. Gravity is sufficient to keep the pan in place under the fuel
filter.
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A poor man's
timing mark - Why Chris Smith didn't put a timing
mark on this engine I will never know. So, I tuned the engine by ear, put an
orange sticky dot on the flywheel, "found" it with my
voltage independent timing light, put a small
piece of bailing wire on a horseshoe magnet and aligned it with the
"sweet" spot. |
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Cooling
water flow control - I don't have a thermostat
so I decided that I could keep the engine a wee bit warmer by restricting the
cooling water flow as it leaves the block with a 1/4 turn ball valve. Don't go
over 15 psi at 2200 rpm or your head gasket might leak. You can get a ball
valve from the hardware store. |
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A new jacket
water temperature gauge for EWE - I got tired of
removing the capillary tube from the bilge to fix a leak that wouldn't stay
fixed so I replaced the capillary tube temperature gauge with an electric
sensor & gauge. The sensor and gauge are from
NAPA auto. I used the capillary tube as the wire to the dash. After removing
the mechanical guts from the gauge, I put the guts from the electric gauge in
the old housing and used the original face and pointer. I calibrated the gauge
with a hot cup of water, a 9 volt radio battery and an electric thermometer. It
works! |
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Smooth
running with a resilient coupling - DO NOT THINK
FOR ONE MINUTE THAT THIS IS A REPLACEMENT FOR PROPER ENGINE ALIGNMENT. Align
your engine & drive coupling to +/- .001", install a
Drivesaver and enjoy a smooth quiet ride.
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Want better performance
- change your springs! - What springs you ask?
Those two little springs on the centrifugal
advance buried deep within your distributor. After I replaced mine I witnessed
the best performance of this boat that I have seen in 26 years. While you are
in there, clean out the distributor, lubricate it and install new
points. |
| Stuff & Sources |
| Voltage Indep. Timing Light |
J. C. Whitney (312-431-6102) |
| Temperature Gauge & Sensor
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NAPA Auto Parts (Anywhere in the
US!) |
| DRIVESAVER |
Freeport Marine Supply
(800-645-2565) |
| Distributor Springs |
Earl Sheehan (508-851-2656) |
