Saving Old Seagulls

I'm reading of a tidal flood that might be smashing into the east coast a little north of most of the guys here, and hoping that the warnings were heeded and that you and yours found high ground before the waters came in. I think it's right about now. 4:00am by me is your 9:00am, right? Take care, a...

OkiDoke Time for a little sharing of knowledge on polyamory. The concept of having many partners. Interesting a concept derived from pre christian beliefs ie Celtic etc. One has a primary partner and many secondaries. In an ideal situation all partners have knowledge of each other but in reality us...

You guys are begging for a "How much is my Seagull worth" onslaught.

Hose clamps are nice and all, but I can't see having a jubilee for them.

We're getting closer and closer to the new house. The wife asked me this morning, "What are you most looking forward to? A bigger yard? Our own pool? The neighborhood?" Honestly, it's the workbench. Where I am now, I have to do all my tinkering out on a picnic table. Yep, it's the workbenc...

Okay, let's make sure I have this right. My memory is failing me right now, and the outboard is up at my cabin- 100 miles from here. it's definitely a WSPCL. No question about that. The rest, I'll have to do from memory. I have the run on video right in front of me, with no way to upload. I'll have ...

Cat... Well...it's probably not the "drive leg". I got cute, using a term I was not familiar with. It's the smaller of the two tubes. Up near the block, there are two holes there, one on top of the other...it's almost certainly intended to have something come out of it, and I assume that w...

Just wondering...I know how I found it. Wikipedia! Yep. Johnny is listed as an 'external source', and I lucked into a veritable mine of information. Luckily, no pickaxes or hardhats with lanterns attached are needed. It's not that kind of mine. Really. :roll: (Incidentally...if your answer is, "...

I think I broke my monitor while trying to read the wording of the decal. :lol: (Note: By 'monitor', I mean the screen portion of my workplace computer. This post should not be taken to mean that any large lizards were harmed while reading. I do not have direct access to that type of monitor, to my ...

Well, I'm certainly glad to be one of the "colonials" who doesn't consider paraffin to be kerosene! Nope! Not me! I'm one of the sharp ones who knows that it's actually a type of wax . Etymology? I thought you'd never ask!! The name is derived from the Latin parum (= "barely") an...

Finally, almost two years to the day I literally pulled her out of a scrap metal heap, the Seagull was mounted to a boat and taken out on a freshwater lake in Sullivan County, NY. For posterity, my wife was shooting it on video. (She pretended to understand why I wanted it taped, but her bemused cou...

Sounds good to me. Thanks.

You can also look for gear oils that are ISO 460 which is the equivalent of SAE 140 under the newer viscosity rating scale. Grainger carries it, at least in their online catalog: Mobil 634 which does have EP additives but 1B copper corrosion test results. There are two choices there, Rik. The first...

In the absence of a supply of SAE 140 could a concoction of say EP90 and a slug of grease to thicken it up do the job? In the last week, I've had three people tell me to use the 90 and add some Lucas to it. I'm going to stick to spec, but it's interesting...the Lucas wouldn't necessarily thicken an...

TCW - it might be worth checking your compression to see if your rings need work - my FP runs on 10:1 and barely smokes....I wonder why you are getting so much?? Rings are clean, compression is strong. I haven't had it in the water yet!! I'm just reading up before I go, trying to live the experienc...