Forum: Exhaust System
12-06-2020, 05:11 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,614
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Forum: Exhaust System
12-05-2020, 02:47 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,614
Exhaust hose bad or not?
The flexible exhaust hose from the waterlift muffler to the transom on my Pearson 35 (18' long!) shows small cracks all over, and has been pretty much like that since we've owned the boat (12 years)....
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Forum: Ignition System
10-24-2013, 07:54 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 4,177
Thanks all
Thanks to all for the helpful suggestions. Good to know the valve assignments, I found them nearly impossible to deduce from what manuals I have. Great idea to mark the accessory drive! Now I'm...
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Forum: Ignition System
10-23-2013, 11:28 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 4,177
Finding TDC from valve close in #1?
Last week I removed the distributor from an engine that's been running relatively well all season to do a little maintenance (and check the advance mechanism -- top end seemed a little low) but...
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Forum: Ignition System
10-18-2010, 01:04 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 7,695
Abrupt hard failures in electronic ignitions?
I have been wary of putting an electronic ignition into my A4 because I had an electronic ignition module fail hard, abruptly, at 50 mph on the highway some years ago, without warning. I like that...
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Forum: Troubleshooting
10-18-2010, 12:41 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 4,323
One other interesting point to come out of all...
One other interesting point to come out of all this. I ran the primary ignition bypass test as Don and many here have suggested as part of the troubleshooting along the way. (negative of course.) ...
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Forum: Troubleshooting
10-18-2010, 12:30 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 4,323
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Forum: Troubleshooting
09-27-2010, 04:45 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 4,323
Random RPM dip
My A4 was running fine, then began showing brief dips (a fews seconds) in rpm almost to stalling, but never did really stall, at random intervals around 10-30 secs. Knew we had a slight leak from...
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Forum: Troubleshooting
09-07-2010, 01:36 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 22,269
Fuel starvation?
Your symptom sure sounds to me as though your engine is being starved for fuel. There's enough trickling through in idle, but not nearly enough when under load. In gear it takes a little while to...
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Forum: Reversing Gear
08-29-2006, 06:41 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 6,886
Thanks, Don.
I'm guessing that there was...
Thanks, Don.
I'm guessing that there was enough friction in the long heavy-duty cable and mechanism to hold the pressure plate in when we had no forward detent. :confused:
Yes, barnacles on...
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Forum: Reversing Gear
08-26-2006, 09:38 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 6,886
Adjusting forward detent halves boat speed?
I haven't seen this problem mentioned here or in Don's manual, which I've read and re-read, so thought I'd ask.
Pearson 30 w/ a late model Atomic 4 w/ the heavy duty Edson pedestal shifter...
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