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I ❤ red bands!!! Same engine on my boat.

What size lift?

Lol, right after I commented was when you mentioned RFI.

This might be an old video already, but I've been watching a bunch of electrical videos again. One channel I enjoy is a lineman here in Canada called Bobsdecline. I think he's talked about this a few times. I seem to remember someone else saying that these faults throw off a HUGE amount of RFI/EMI!

I commented on your open neutral video a few years back. I remember one time I put my ladder on a pole, and was part way up to the telco lines when I started seeing sparks. I raced back down and backed away. I might still have it on video. What happened was the same style of bare secondaries were sagging down so loosely that they hit each other. A neighbor came out and said the fire dept was there the night before for the same thing. I guess when the power company responded, they didn't do much at the time, maybe due to heavy rain or wind. So just the action of me putting my ladder on the pole and shaking it caused them to touch again. I'm pretty sure the power company came out again while I was there, and the guy called it a "splash" ?? Anyway, more recently I got a call for a melted coax drop. Nearly the entire drop was melted! Customer said it was smoking the night before! I didn't even touch it and called the power company on behalf of the customer, fearing an open neutral. Lineman came 15-20 min later, proved it to the meter and said it was fine. I asked if I could cut the old drop while he was onsite, just in case. Of course nothing happened. I felt like an idiot, but he seemed nonchalant about the whole thing and didn't say much except he's never seen a drop melt that bad. I'm guessing the fault cleared itself after heating up somewhere between the meter and panel?? I told the customer if it melts again, call an electrician ASAP. I should check in again and see if it happened again or if they had a house fire.

What size lift is that?

I meant to say doe skin tan sorry

What color is the main color on that truck it is beautiful I have an 85 Chevy K10 that has the gold sand metallic and those can tan two tone but yours looks a little bit more orange

The truck sits real level, nice.

Now that's a truck!

help! i can not get the lower unit back on. left it in fwd and tried spinning the drive shaft, but it will not go the last inch or so to seat itself. any tips or tricks?

Sweet ride!

Do you happen to know what gear ratio you're running?

Rusty, It's been a year since this Impeller Video. Can you do this again and NO Fast Forward, please? AND do close-up slow, one part at a time. The close-up is what helps. I had to find out how to stop video and expand fuzzy pictures. But, you nailed it for me doing my 1978 Thunderbolt 80hp 800, and found that the kit I had came with the wrong new bottom pump housing, so I reused the original.

Can you tell me about the fuel pump. I have an 80 hp. Thanks

Sounds so healthy😊hope you decided to keep it in the family for years to come brother ❤

That Holsclaw Trailer is a great trailer.

You ever got the interior video made?

She’s a beauty

How is the fuel economy on these old motors. Is the 800 a 3 cyl or 4 cyl motor? Thanks

Beautiful place! thanks. 🙂

Great video by the way-question don’t you have to disconnect the shift linkage to remove the lower unit ?

Greatly appreciate this detailed video! Any chance you’ve replaced the starter/solenoid? My grandfather handed down his 69 StarCraft super sport and 80hp merc800el. Unfortunately, after not being able use it during the record hot summer, it did not start today. Figured it was battery so replaced it, but no action. Took off the engine cover to get a better look and it seems the starter does not engage the fly wheel when the key is turned. Does this sound like anything you’ve dealt with? Will definitely be subscribing to save this video!

Wow that is beautiful. I’ve got the 2wd 1/2 version of that truck. Same colors too. My grandpa bought it new. It’s been a great truck. I still drive it almost daily after 20+ years.

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what a nice looking boat you've got there get yourself a transom saver for howling with that allow you to haul the lock the engine in place and get one for your little engine tol cause a lot make your transom go badn you're traveling with I have one for my $115 horse Merc and my boat 47 years when I'm pulling mine I make sure my transom savers on my motor and locking into place.

I just was gifted a 1974 glastron 16’ with the exact 69 thunderbolt your videos give me hope 👍

Thanks for the video! I've got a model200 20hp. Having trouble finding parts for it. Any suggestions for a web site?

Nice truck. Nice tires. Nice barns! What town you in? Missouri? Illinois?

Enjoyed your video! We really have fun in our 68 StarCraft.

Beautiful - perfect bed-and-box combination - love old school trucks like that……..👍 Funny how a vehicle that you literally saw everywhere as a kid becomes so collectible after a relatively short period of time!

You should put some mudd flaps on it

What hitch receiver are you using? What are the drop specs on it?

Thanks I have that same engine and was wondering where all the attachment bolts are, Muck thanks, need to get a long 3/8” Allen ti reach that trim tab, I can’t see in there to see the type of bolt! Much thanks! Very good video job!

That's neat. I never knew hard hats were actually for that purpose :)

I hope you notified the customer.. Risking burning up a lot of shit!!

0:28 Wouldn't the primary of that transformer be at whatever-kV, even though it's not connected? After all, a transformer works both directions, here acting as a step-up.

So that’s a 50+ year old motor? GEEZUS

I worked for the telephone company for 41 years as a cable splicer I have seen this three different times.

That seems safe

I some times check nine volt batteries with my tongue 👅.

Terrestrial cable in a rural area? Nice.

I would not take a cheap meter such as that to any job.

I haven't seen such a setup for many years -- they used to be very common. This one will probably stay in place until it fails. I remember getting told in school, all distribution wires would be buried by year 2000. We found out over time, burial makes repair much more difficult.

This is blatant gross negligence on whoever did this and could have shorted out a modem and TV's and dtv boxes whatever is on the coax line

It’s why EVERYONE that climbs up poles and mid spans only use fiberglass ladders (cable & telephony). You could lose your life with a metal ladder.

This happened to me about 25 yrs ago as a cable install/repaiir. Came in as no picture drop looked clean and using amp clamp got no readings. Installed a new aerial drop landed at the ground block, when attaching to tap a blue arc appeared and I then knew it was an open neutral. Needless to say there were a few items in the customers house that no longer worked. Happy to be alive and nobody got hurt.

as a fiber tech, when it comes to electricity, we usually have to deal with induced voltage caused by high power lines running parallel with our transport. I've never personally dealt with induced voltage in high enough numbers to be deadly, but I had a co-worker who was shocked into a stroke that doctors compared to being struck by lightning.

I used to run an old car wash, and one day I noticed that when a vacuum would come on, the pole light above it would get really dim for a second and some of the others would get really bright. I knew there was an issue with the common but I couldn't find a problem in the wiring, so I got on the roof and tested for power at a splice where it went to the city and read about 20 volts, surged to 60 when someone started a vac. I called the city (It was on their side of the meter) but they claimed there was nothing wrong. I got a few feet of really heavy solid copper wire, cut a dozen 1 foot pieces, and used hose clamps to bridge the splice. Problem solved, and my "repair" is still there almost 30 years later.

When the poles have bad grounds, they’ve been removed for scrap metal. A lot of time you’ll get induced voltage from the AC on to the phone and cable lines.