Recent content by nsjames

I picked up a 50 gallon belly tank. It's mounted just behind the cuddy wall and I'm ready to put the deck down. I forget what the filler neck was, but I put it in the port side. Flip up one with the vent built in. Perko IIRC. It's winter and the boat is outside and under cover, so no photos...

Lithium ion batteries are a fire hazard, in fact pretty much every lithium battery has that capability. Just the nature of using a highly volatile element in battery construction. nominal lithium ion/lipo cell voltage is 3.7V. fully charged will be 4.2 LiFE is 3.3/3.6 completely dead is...

well I did get it dragged to my house and into the driveway. Had to get some projects gone first. some mouse nest in the back some melted foam from fuel spillage owing to the relocated fuel tank the trash run so that's where I'm at. I have also removed most of the "extra"...

yeah, I'm on the hunt for a 20 hp or so kicker motor to put back on the rear. having two motors on lake erie seems a good idea.

structurally it's in good shape though. The header boards that are covered in vinyl are rotted, but intact enough to make templates from. cuddy wall is solid. Floor is solid. It just needs love, a fair amount of new upholstery and carpet.

now I know that some people use duplex outlets, fine, but at least put them in a box cause some drywall screws with the terminals shoved up against wood just isn't cool. at least the ones in the gunwale are in boxes.

The wiring. oof. This is under the helm Not a single gauge functions. I assume that the power is not getting to the panel. To be honest I'm not even going to bother troubleshooting this. I'm just planning building a new harness for all of that. None of the switched accessories work...

moving on to the interior. Got the tank tag exposed. bigger than I thought. 30 Gallons yes, that's a PVC tank vent. it runs from there, through the cuddy wall into the cabin area Up, along the cieling and then straight out the side of the lower windshield side. It's all going to go away...

well. winterized the powerhead today. Tank is full, so I sloshed it full of stabil and ran it for about 10 minutes. Put it back to high idle and fogged it until it slowed down for about 10 seconds, then killed it with the fog. Pulled the plugs and squirted some in there. Tops of the pistons...

top I think ten people is a bit optimistic. goofy surge brake shock absorber thingy. Got a chance to look it over a bit more. Floors are solid. Wont need to tear them out as long as the foam underneath is in good shape. Stuff that appeared rotten based on the vinyl covering it is not...

so again, you have no argument other than "it's just ten dollars" ten dollars here, ten dollars there what happens when they decide to raise that to 50 dollars, or 100? Your view is very myopic.

no, "most" states do not, and I live in one that doesn't. So if I drive through your state should I have to pay your state to inspect my car? What if I was simply towing a vehicle on a trailer? Should that also get inspected? Should every brand new car on a commercial car hauler that passes...

cheap skates unite!

I do, but it's pretty much summed up with shove RV stuff in a box truck, drive it. https://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/tow-rigs-trailers/969976-another-uhaul-toter-thread.html dirt simple, dirt cheap, for sale with all of the parts to do a studio sleeper style box+flatbed to fund boat project.

obviously you fail to see the larger picture. This isn't about what it costs or what it's for, but is about the fact that a state has decided that they can force you to pay a private company for any reason, merely by being in that state, and on a federal road. again, what if they decided that...