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21 August 2010, 09:43
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I like the Bimini top in the first photo 
Good one Stephen  looking good mate!
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21 August 2010, 15:59
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Looks really good hope you have a lot of fun with your new toy
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21 August 2010, 15:59
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Height shouldn't be a major issue anyway as it is coming on the MOD ro-ro ship and I already have a quote for freight, they said not to worry about taking the aerial down.
Odd - Hightower's missing post has appeared now as well - though it could have stayed missing with the opening comment 
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21 August 2010, 17:07
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Quote:
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Height shouldn't be a major issue anyway as it is coming on the MOD ro-ro ship and I already have a quote for freight, they said not to worry about taking the aerial down.
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Thought you might have employed some anti-piss taking program to your thread 
Glad it's appeared now
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21 August 2010, 17:52
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Thought you might have employed some anti-piss taking program to your thread |
Down with That Sort of Thing! 
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21 August 2010, 17:52
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Nice to see them running in the engine gently for you, Stephen.
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21 August 2010, 17:58
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Etec's apparently aren't supposed to need running in - but Roy did say they were mostly just running round at more reasonable speeds to make sure all was ok. No other way to decide on the props before despatch, and it's a long way to send them back for a swap 
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21 August 2010, 18:07
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Etecs automatically add an extra dollop of 2 stroke during their run-in period and then reduce this at the appropriate juncture. Most new boats get a quick zip at higher revs during the sea trials, they just don't overdo it.
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21 August 2010, 18:09
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Yeh well, metal rubbing on metal is metal rubbing on metal in my book. IMVHO
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21 August 2010, 18:16
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Etecs automatically add an extra dollop of 2 stroke during their run-in period and then reduce this at the appropriate juncture. Most new boats get a quick zip at higher revs during the sea trails, they just don't overdo it.
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Yeh, well, that'll lubricate the the lower unit gears won't it... not.
Running in conditions the metal surfaces by allowing low stress contact not by preventing surface contact. A slug of extra oil will be more a security for the manufacturer against rough use than being an ideal way to break in the rubbing surfaces. IMHO of course.
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21 August 2010, 18:26
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Nice to see them running in the engine gently for you, Stephen.
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No break-in period,You go flat-out, right out of the box, thanks to our boron-nitrate cylinder bores. It’s your time on the water.
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Yeah, well, a couple of wee scoots up a lake probably won't make too much difference so... 
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21 August 2010, 20:40
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I'll certainly not be caning it hard for the first few hours anyway, I'm not sure what the run-in period is on a normal outboard - what do the four stroke makers recommend?
I think I'll be changing the lower unit oil fairly early on as well, maybe 20hrs, certainly won't do any harm and as an ex Johnson owner I happen to have a couple of bottles of Ultra HPF under the bench in my garage which I forgot to give away with the old boat
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21 August 2010, 20:50
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Etecs over-oil for the 10hrs of 'run-in'.
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22 August 2010, 00:31
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No break-in period,You go flat-out, right out of the box, thanks to our boron-nitrate cylinder bores. It’s your time on the water.
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If cylinders and pistons were the only wearing parts in an engine you might be right, but they aren't so I beg to differ.
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22 August 2010, 09:58
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I took it easy on mine for the first 20hrs.
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22 August 2010, 11:02
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We cherished ours so much that we had it on display for a whole year before even turning it over!
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22 August 2010, 14:53
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I've believe the fair sex appreciate a sensitive man...
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22 August 2010, 16:27
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Sorry but Ian M holds the record for a cherished showroom Etec. Was years
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22 August 2010, 19:58
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Ours was on the road going to all the boat shows for a year before it was even started, at the time it was the top model in the range and I would love to know how many people had seen it on a stand and drooled over it like I still do now I'll grant you Ian's does take the biscuit, I never really understood why it took him so long to get it finished but some of the little details he spent loads of time on have really made the boat superb
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Collected Seawolf this morning, happily it all arrived OK and in good condition, so after a bit of tinkering I went off for a couple of hours this afternoon
Bloody great, love the E-TEC, talk about get up and go, with the 19" Viper prop on it absolutely flies, I think the passenger may have been gibbering a little by the time he got off
Most immediate difference was that there is less sensation of speed due to the engine being so quiet, I started thinking that it was quite a choppy ride compared to the Humber but then I realised how fast I was actually going which was somewhere around the top speed of the Destroyer on flat water  reining in the ponies a bit it all got a lot more comfortable
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