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I'm a little late to the show, but I found one...

P.S. I did order a coil setting ring once, but only once. Don't remember its number either...

580148 580321 580416 (I never ordered a timing bar, so I don't know its part number :-( ) I wish I could clean these things out and make room for new thoughts... ROTFLMAO -W

http://www.westmountainradio.com/pp-cables.php

Like it's all dried out and needs to be re-hydrated (as in the "deep six")... :-) -W

How's 'bout that one instructor in Waukegan (JOhnson service school) that had a foot long allen key in his kangaroo pants pocket. He could mess the points up on a '68 55HP in about three seconds flat (And I can't remember his name)... On those 3-cyl motors you had to pull the flywheel, remove...

Had one of those show up every spring stuck in forward gear... Boss told the guy not to leave it empty in the fall... Gearcase finally grenaded and the owner bitched&moaned to Johnson 'till they got tired of listening him, replaced it, and told him never to come back... (55HP in like '72 or...

Had more than one instance where a bad hub felt just like a bad clutch dog. And, as best I remember, it was on 40HP and less (this being the days before thru-hub exhaust). Might have seen a few bigger motors too (been over 40 years since I made a living doing that), but the rubber in the hub...

Pappy: Slipped hub???(!!!) More likely fwd. gear & dog replacement, but used to occasionally run into a bad prop... -W

Rigid polystyrene (i.e. insulation) won't hold up to being walked on. The polyethylene foam is flexible, so it's like walking on a hard cushion (easier on bare feet). And it doesn't rattle like composite deck boards would on a Sunday afternoon.

Thoughts on polyethylene foam? About $150 to get several 4x4 sheets to fill & cover between middle & rear seat (and if you remember that "Candid Camera" episode with the soft foam under the carpet, you just dated yourself :-)...

Not hard-core enough... http://n952.ooguy.com/tach/#TACHOMETER (There's a 2021 Merc 25 on the boat from which two of the images were taken)

Have a look at 40's and 50's ChrisCraft and Century runabouts. These strike me as an attempt at spray rails from a "Raymond Loewy" wanna-be designer...

Is there anywhere to get timing bars anymore???

Forgot the Lions & Tigers :-) -W