Re: [OMC-Boats] oh happy day

yeah, there's willamette park ramp which is pretty nice. right off
macadam blvd. i launch there a lot.

On Jul 14, 2010, at 5:43 PM, Scott Veazie wrote:

>
> B.C.,
>
> I'm going to try this procedure tomorrow and see if it works. I
> hope it does. I'm just going to put one of those flourecent
> curleycue bulbs into my drop light and go from there, I do have two
> tachs but I did find the little adjustment screw dead center in the
> back.
>
> As far as meeting up, maybe up at Lake Merwin in Washington, or
> perhaps downtown on the Willamette? Anywhere works for me, I've
> never launched on the Willamette though, isnt' there a launch near
> downtown?
>
> Scott
> Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:54:12 -0500
> From: bchowk@...
> To: jdood@...
> CC: scottveazie@...; omc-boats@...
> Subject: Re: Re: [OMC-Boats] oh happy day
>
> Yeah, sometimes I wonder about my tach as well (although not wildly
> off like ya'll). One of these days I'll get around to that HEI
> conversion too but after hearing about JD's maybe I need to research
> a little more about this Tach issue.
>
> I came accross this test that I have been meaning to try with my
> flouresent drop light. But then say your off just a little and it's
> clearly not a matter of connecting to the 6 cylinder lug on the back
> of the tach, what then?
>
> http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f54/tachometer-calibration-1763.html
>
> Maybe it'd be worth a call to this guy out in forest grove (For the
> Pacific Northwesters) He may be able to give you some tips about how
> to calibrate the stock tach. perhaps they could take the internals
> of a modern tack and put it inside your stock case?
>
> http://abbottinstrumentrestoration.com/
> Glad to hear ya'll are both out there enjoying your boats. I've had
> mine out once thus far due to a trailer bearing break down (long
> story and is my own darn fault for not doing the maintenance). Think
> I have that sorted but have been waiting to find time to give it a
> thorough test before posting anything about it.
>
> Anyway, for those here in the PNW (Pacific Northwest) perhaps we
> should consider meeting up on the river and comparing notes. My
> summer appears to be booking up fast, thinking sometime mid August?
>
> Cheers,
> B.C.
>
> Jul 13, 2010 06:09:05 PM, jdood@... wrote:
> >ahh so you sound like you are having the same tach prob as me. Yeah,
> >i'm going by sound also - but i'd prefer not to. I put a new tach
> >in
> >my last year, maybe it has some sort of calibration adjust screw in
> >the back. but then I have to know where to adjust it to anyway. If
> >it does, I may just get it to where it says about 900 at idle - close
> >enough to get by with for awhile.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >On Jul 13, 2010, at 1:41 PM, Scott Veazie wrote:
> >
> >> Good to hear J.D.! I've been out twice, once I had the original
> >> coil fail, the second time was fine except for one tiny stumble.
> >> Probably time to clean the tank's filter. I also had my single-
> >> lever control's switch fail in the driveway, glad it happened
> >> there. Needless to say, it would not shift anymore so I went back
> >> to the original push buttons. Might just leave it that way.
> >>
> >> As far as tachs go, mine too reads high, around 1500 at idle and I
> >> KNOW it's not there. Redlines at cruise but I know what over 5000
> >
> >> sounds like. Can these be re-calibrated?
> >>
> >> ~Scott
> >>
> >> > From: jdood@...
> >> > To: omc-boats@...
> >> > Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:12:32 -0700
> >> > Subject: [OMC-Boats] oh happy day
> >> >
> >> > well for anyone who has been following or remembers my boat saga,
> >i
> >> > think i finally have a happy ending.....(said with extreme
> >> > anxiety) The latest prob for this season was that even though it
> >> > started last year, this year i was somehow not getting any
> >> > spark. Long story shortened, It seemed to have been my
> >> > pertronix kit on my distributor. Faulty ground wire. That was
> >> > pretty much the only thing left to trace it to. In the
> researching
> >> > around process I also found out that I don't have a 155 odd fire,
> >I
> >> > actually have a 231 even fire. Won't go into that now. So I
> >> > happened to have an extra HEI on hand, It fit under the cowling,
> >> > and she started up immediately and ran smooth right off the
> bat. So
> >> > I have ditched the coil and ballast resister now. I've had her
> >out
> >> > twice and both times have been w/o any running issues. The only
> >> > issue is that my tach is inaccurately showing really high RPMs.
> >> > It didn't before with the previous distributor. But now with this
> >
> >> HEI
> >> > it is - yet the engine doesn't seem to be running faster. For
> >> > example, at 1/2 throttle going about 15-20mph the tach reads
> >> > 5500-6000. But doesn't sound like 5500-6000. Same prop as before
> >> > the HEI. It just seems to be a gauge reading thing. I have the
> >> > HEI connection right, grey wire right to the cap where it's
> labeled
> >> > "tach" - hard to get wrong. Any theories on that are welcome.
> >> > So other than this RPM/tach thing, she seems to be running great!
> >> >
> >> > A huge thanks to BC Howk from this list who helped me ton
> throughout
> >> > this latest phase of problem chasing. Thanks BC!
> >> >
> >> > Jeff
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Received on Thursday, 15 July 2010