What did you do today?

[ebinmaine 72,365]

2 hours ago, 8ntruck said:

 

Also interesting to note the lack fo counterbalance springs on the hood hinges of the Baracuda.  Part of the extreme weight saving on that car. I wonder if there are any aluminum body panels on that one.  Rule of thumb - 100 pound weight saving = about .1 second reduction in 1/4 mile elapsed time.

 

@ebinmaine what transmission was in that car - Torqueflite or 4 speed?

 

 

We looked at a ton of cars and I'm not positive but I think it was a stick

[ebinmaine 72,365]

This morning I headed up the Seacoast. I had to go into a little town called Southport. Never been there....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pretty area.  

[adsm08 3,136]

I ripped the crotch out of my pants at work today.

[ebinmaine 72,365]

7 minutes ago, adsm08 said:

I ripped the crotch out of my pants at work today.

 

 

😬

 

😲

[SylvanLakeWH 28,308]

Oakland County (Michigan) Fair...

 

Pretty small tractor area, but decent hit & miss display. No 's...

 

 

Edited Tuesday at 11:34 PM by SylvanLakeWH

[adsm08 3,136]

40 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

 

 

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Eh, I just split the seam, at the lowest point, and it was already mid afternoon. Just got some extra ventilation.

[8ntruck 7,772]

I got Pack Rat, the B-110 out and did some cart work moving items between the house and lake house in preparation for the folks coming for the weekend.

 

I seem to be on a string of bad mechanical luck - water pump on the outboard, the chipper going dead, and now, one of the tires on the cart has developed a leak.  I ended up charging the tank on my pancake compressor and carrying it in the cart.  I'd load the cart, fill the tire, drive the 100 yards to the other house, unload then load the cart, inflate the tire, drive to the other house, etc, etc, etc.

 

The current tires on the cart are cheaper wheelbarrow tires, maybe 6 years old.  The sidewalls are cracking, so it is time for replacement.  I'll go with something heavier for replacements.  I think the cart wheels are 8" by 4" wide.

[8ntruck 7,772]

I pulled the pontoon as close to land as I could get it and dug into the water pump replacement.  It went pretty much as advertised, even though I was working in the water.

 

Here is what I found:

 

 

Which impeller is new, an which is old?  Anyone?  Anyone?

 

This job would be a lot easier with the boat on the trailer and out of the water.  I think maybe, this should be a PM job every 4 seasons or so.

Edited yesterday at 12:52 AM by 8ntruck

[Ed Kennell 41,772]

2 hours ago, 8ntruck said:

PM job every 4 seasons or so.

Maybe every 2 seasons.

[ebinmaine 72,365]

7 hours ago, 8ntruck said:

Which impeller is new, an which is old?  Anyone?  Anyone?

 

Ooooo.   Oooooo!

 

Wait!

 

 

Uuuuhhhhhhh

 

 

The black one?

[SylvanLakeWH 28,308]

8 hours ago, 8ntruck said:

Which impeller is new, an which is old?  Anyone?  Anyone?

So my question to the engineers in the house: why plastic? Why not aluminum or some other non-rusteeseum?

 

We changed our cheap plastic impeller every few years in the old Johnson 60 and it was torn up every time... PITA... 

[ebinmaine 72,365]

8 minutes ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

So my question to the engineers in the house: why plastic? Why not aluminum or some other non-rusteeseum?

 

We changed our cheap plastic impeller every few years in the old Johnson 60 and it was torn up every time... PITA... 

 

 

Is there a need for a sacrificial part? A weak Link in the chain? If the gear rotor was made out of a harder material would the housing become the damaged piece?

[SylvanLakeWH 28,308]

Just now, ebinmaine said:

 

 

Is there a need for a sacrificial part? A weak Link in the chain? If the gear rotor was made out of a harder material would the housing become the damaged piece?

Ahh... makes sense... 

[Ed Kennell 41,772]

4 hours ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

So my question to the engineers in the house: why plastic? Why not aluminum or some other non-rusteeseum?

The impellers in most marine engine pumps are made from a flexible plastic or rubber as the vanes must flex as the impeller rotates in the excentric housing.

Most of the failures are caused by overheating that causes the rubber impeller to become brittle resulting in the fingers breaking off.

Overheating  is caused by  lack of water caused by a plastic bag over the intake, the engine tilted up too high, mud in the intake, and engines left running after the loaded boat is pulled out of the water.

I don't start my engines during long term storage as the fuel system is drained and the cylinders have been fogged.  But I do have the muffs and water on and turn the engines over monthly to flex the impeller fingers to prevent them from taking a permanent set.

 

Edited yesterday at 02:23 PM by Ed Kennell

[Handy Don 13,969]

13 hours ago, 8ntruck said:

Seeing so much material no longer attached to the impeller makes me wonder where that material ended up!

Edited yesterday at 01:55 PM by Handy Don

[8ntruck 7,772]

3 hours ago, Handy Don said:

Seeing so much material no longer attached to the impeller makes me wonder where that material ended up!

  While I was butting it back together, I had that same thought.  I'll assume that the bits and pieces made it through the cooling system and exited through the propeller hub.

[Handy Don 13,969]

8 minutes ago, 8ntruck said:

  While I was butting it back together, I had that same thought.  I'll assume that the bits and pieces made it through the cooling system and exited through the propeller hub.

🤞

[8ntruck 7,772]

14 hours ago, Ed Kennell said:

Maybe every 2 seasons.

Funny thing.  When making arrangements for storage last fall, while talking about oil changes on the engine and lower unit, I did ask about the impeller.  He stated that it was probably OK since the newer impellers last longer now.

 

Guess I get to tell him 'I told you so' this year.

[ML3 1,634]

On 7/15/2025 at 7:34 PM, SylvanLakeWH said:

Oakland County (Michigan) Fair...

 

Pretty small tractor area, but decent hit & miss display. No 's...

 

 

Hit & miss engines are so cool. I got 3.

 

1st one is  Fairbanks Morse Z

 

2nd is Alpha DeLaval

 

3rd Mccormick Deering LB

[squonk 43,710]

Made a headliner retainer out of a piece of Ridgi Wall for my Honda Ridgeline. 

 

[squonk 43,710]

If I had a dollar for every boat water pump impeller I sold at Napa I could buy @Jrblanke a half dozen Shoo Fly pies! 

[ebinmaine 72,365]

2 hours ago, ML3 said:

Hit & miss engines are so cool. I got 3.

 

1st one is  Fairbanks Morse Z

 

 

 

 

 

I had a FM here for awhile. Mine was a Flywheel engine but not a true Hit n miss. Spark cadence was constant. 

 

Love the sound. 

I gave it to a local fella for some project he was fiddlin with.  

 

 

 

[Beap52 1,390]

On 7/15/2025 at 6:50 PM, adsm08 said:

 

Eh, I just split the seam, at the lowest point, and it was already mid afternoon. Just got some extra ventilation.

Apparently, when a fellow reaches a certain age, he is prone to fail in zipping his zipper.  I've reached that age and my wife is quick to point it out.  I just tell her "I'm air cooled." 

 

In another topic was hit and miss engines.   They are almost memorizing watching and listening to them run.  

[ebinmaine 72,365]

1 hour ago, Beap52 said:

Apparently, when a fellow reaches a certain age, he is prone to fail in zipping his zipper.  I've reached that age and my wife is quick to point it out.  I just tell her "I'm air cooled." 

 

In another topic was hit and miss engines.   They are almost memorizing watching and listening to them run.  

 

 

Here's the FM I had. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[953 nut 59,735]

1 hour ago, Beap52 said:

hit and miss engines.   They are almost memorizing watching and listening to them run. 

I'm a bit like a hit and miss engine myself.  When placed under a load I will do my best to accomplish the task at hand, when idling around I may let out a little poooof now and then.