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Citrus County Ride

blackpowderscout

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Well, I just got back from Swampjet's place. I met up with him and the Mrs. along with A1Mudpuppy and his pal, Dave on Saturday morning.

We planned on riding around Lake Hernando area but I had trouble getting my eninge running...well I didn't have trouble getting running because it ended up not running at all. I think it's a MAG issue, but I don't know. We troubleshot it all day but no luck. I'll put it in the shop on Monday and see what we can find out.

Anyhow, Mudpuppy was kind enough to give me and Nicole and Walker a ride on his boat so I could calm down a bit and it was fun. He has a very nice running boat that was as smooth as a baby's butt. Of course at that point any boat that ran was better than the one I left sitting at the ramp....

His new prop is pretty imprssive and my wife said she really like riding on his boat...I told her not to get used to it 'cause I aint going to go caddy no time soon!!! :p

Thanks, again Bob, Janice, Bill and Dave for all your help. Nobody can say we didn't try that's for sure!! I still had a good time and hopefully when we meet again in a few weeks there won't be any surprises like this time.

Adam
 
Anytime Adam, I was hoping that we could have gotten that nice looking airboat of yours running but like I said I'm no A/C guy. Look forward to running with you Oct

I think I need to put some more pitch in tha Master Blaster 2.3 and get it down under 4300 rpm and save some more on the fuel cost.

Ya now is sounds like Nicole is leaning toward the darkside :twisted: you just as well follow her and get that Car motor :wink:

Hats of to Swampjet and his better half Janice for letting us hang out with them.
As alway a good time.

Thanks Bill
 
a1mudpuppy":3hsohslo said:
Ya now is sounds like Nicole is leaning toward the darkside :twisted: you just as well follow her and get that Car motor :wink:

Ha!! You know I was actually considering a car motor for my next powerplant but then I just remember how good looking Nicole told me I was with that Continental sitting back behind me..... :p

Good times!!!

Adam
 
OK you got me there. I don't think Nicole will tell me how good looking I am with that pretty Caddy motor behind me.

JUST get it running by Oct 6
 
Adam, that problem came up too fast to be a mag problem ..... I'd look for a bad switch or open connection somewhere. Mags usually get a little rough and crummy actin before they quit altogether.

One of the good things about a day like you had yesterday is that it makes you appreciate good friends :wink: .

olf
 
Well, she's getting fuel and she has good compression as far as I can tell. We checked the switches and they seem to be ok. When I pulled the back covers off the Mags to clean the points, water came out...:shock: !!! I'll be up and running by the 6th though, no worries.

I do know that I got one hell of a starter!!!! :p

Adam
 
I would venture a guess that water in the mags will messem up everytime. BPS you gonna need to get a cove rfor that thing if you leave it out in the rain LOL. Nice to talk to you saturday wish I could have been more help.
 
It was a good day even though the deckover was cantankerous :twisted: . The ride thru the marsh was good and the water has come up about 6" lately which made for good low speed cruise (It's not easy to go slow :lol: ). After the ride we came back to the house and grilled up some burgers and dogs and enjoyed good friends. Finally one more run before dark as we took BPS to the "Grove". Dark set in as did the skeeters so it was off again to the house (we had left the women folk home to talk about us).

Mudpuppys boat runs great and is no slug and is as good looking as his ruddergal. He can sure lite it up with four 130 watt lights on the cage. I turned around once to see if he was following and it looked like a UFO coming at us. SWEET!!

We'll do it again,

Bob
 
Just got the word that Jr Jurnigan fixed the problem...he replaced both condensors and 2 points. It seems I've only been running on 1 Mag this whole time anyhow.

Maybe I'll get a chance to take her out and test her this weekend.

Adam
 
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