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Post Icon Posted: Nov. 28 2004,2:45 pm Post # 1 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Well I finally did it. I decided to re plumb my lines to hard wall stainless. Boy was that a pain in the ass. What I thought would take a few hours took the better part of the weekend. But it is done now.

Oh art you will be happy to know that the engine cover still fits with the new lines  :D

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Post Icon Posted: Nov. 28 2004,2:48 pm Post # 4 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Looks great Miller! :good

And it's a good thing the cover still fits because you may want more than 1 child. :D





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Post Icon Posted: Nov. 28 2004,4:35 pm Post # 5 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Quote (Havasu Doug @ Nov. 28 2004,3:48 pm)
And it's a good thing the cover still fits because you may want more than 1 child. :D

Wifey already has one with Miller, and with the baby that will be 2... how many more headaches can she possibly handle???   :rotflmao  :rotflmao  :beer  :jumpie

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Post Icon Posted: Nov. 28 2004,5:07 pm Post # 6 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Is that billet PVC?? :D

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Post Icon Posted: Nov. 28 2004,5:53 pm Post # 7 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Nice work Brad, a few more details on how you did it please :bowdown  :bowdown

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Hey is that my PVC pipe holding up your hatch :laugh I have a patent on that :D

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Quote (Sleek-Jet @ Nov. 28 2004,6:07 pm)
Is that billet PVC?? :D


Now theres a hot idea,  :jumpie A billet prop rod :good

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Post Icon Posted: Nov. 29 2004,7:13 am Post # 10 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
WOW that looks great Miller :good.

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Quote (miller19j @ Nov. 28 2004,3:45 pm)
Well I finally did it. I decided to re plumb my lines to hard wall stainless. Boy was that a pain in the ass. What I thought would take a few hours took the better part of the weekend. But it is done now.

Oh art you will be happy to know that the engine cover still fits with the new lines  :D

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Very cool!. :good Too bad nobody will see it with the  :rainbow  cover over it!.. :D  :bebe  :laugh
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Yep but I know its there….. Besides I have to keep the engine cover because you guys all hate it  :D

What a pain in the ass I hope that it doesn’t leak when I run water through it. I fixed my exhaust leaks at the same time. At least I think I did. I pulled the gaskets out and ran a very very light coat of high temp rtv on the logs and the heads and bolted them together directly. I hope that fixes it because the ticking was starting to get to me!

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Post Icon Posted: Nov. 30 2004,5:04 am Post # 13 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Yeah we hate the fact that we can't see it!. :laugh

Shouldn't have any leaks as long as you didn't do any double flares, that don't work with stainless!...

The silicone should work as long as the logs aren't warped, a problem when using gaskets!. When mounting them directly, both surfaces must be straight and clean, all it takes is a piece of carbon and they won't seal, can be very annoying!.. :)
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Post Icon Posted: Dec. 01 2004,6:52 pm Post # 14 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
The logs were strait so I should be Ok. The problem that I was having was that the gaskets didn’t match the logs very well and were causing the leak. So I cleaned all the carbon off both surfaces and put a little rtv, just a thin coat to fill any imperfections. Hopefully that problem will be solved.

I think that I found my oil leak. When I bought my new pan it needed a new dip stick tube. So I bought a new one to go with it. It appeared to be Teflon but looking at it now I think that it was just plastic because it melted where it goes into the pan. I’m thinking that oil was probably running out the hole in the pan when I was running. Not a lot but just enough to have a little film on the bottom of the bilge. So I think that I am going to replace it with an aluminum tube.

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Yeah gaskets are not meant to be used with those just like factory cast iron manifolds, no gaskets.. If the logs are perfectly straight and the head surface is clean you can use silicone to fill the imperfections (scratches), just don't put a bead around the ports, just smear some across the surface with your finger to fill the imperfections and you'll be good to go!.. :good
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