Recent content by santeerangerman

Precisely! Summers here in SC ain't exactly cool either. I've seen the plastic ones swell up so much, you'd swear it was gonna rupture any second...

Was helping a buddy clean out his granddad's old shed, and came across a metal, OMC 6 gal tank. Except for some surface rust on the outside, the tank looks to be in pretty darn good shape. Bottom of the tank on the outside looks near perfect. Zero rust and the paint still looks good. Inside of...

Stumbled in to a very nice 1992 Evinrude 25hp with Electric start today, and got it at a great price!! No more searching ebay for parts to convert my 92' Johnson to electric start! Man I'm stoked!! Now on to the next step in the War Eagle facelift!!!

Stumbled across a deal for a Bob's tilt and trim, for 40hp and lower clamp on engines. The guy that has it bought it 4 years ago, but never even mounted it, due to some health issues. They sell for around $525.00-$575.00 depending on where you look. I can get this for about half that. I know...

Got a 1997 War Eagle with a 92' Johnson 25 tiller. Been sitting around for 6-7 years now, not getting a ton of use, and the past 3 years, none at all. Got heavy in the bass club/open Tx stuff for a while, but now i want to back off that. The older Johnson is in good shape, but has some...

Sorry if this has been discussed before, but I can't find anything using the search feature... Been looking at the Vmax AGM batteries they're selling on Ebay, and just wondering if anyone has any experience with them. They sell models for a specfic range based on pounds of thrust. The small...

Yep, it does sound like a head problem. IF you have access to a surface plate, check the flatness with feeler gages. I've "heard" that a mirror will work in a jam, but I've never tried it. The next part does work. I've done it myself several times. Latest was reworking a set of heads off a...

DRNip, thanks! I read thru your whole post last night, getting ideas for my rebuild of the War Eagle. I'm especially interested in the green box you're holding in your hand in your first "electrical" pic. Can you tell me where you found that, and is it waterproof? I would like to copy that same...

Been reading some of the posts where guys have been filing out the restrictor plates on the older 20hp OMC's to get them up to 25 hp. Here's a little trick to help smooth out the bores, remove some of the burrs, and hopefully save a little time hand sanding. I've been cutting chips in machine...

THOSE LOOK GREAT!!! And, they're $14.00 less than the ones I was looking at. I'm placing my order tonight. Thanks!

Product engineering for Cummins turbos. Been in manufacturing for 37 years. Retirement is heavy on my mind now. Still enjoy the work, and love mentoring to the junior engineers, but the body feels the wear and tear of running mills, lathes, etc more and more each passing year. Hunting and...

Let me start by saying this is a heck of a website!!! I own a couple different boats, one being a 1998 War Eagle 542FLD, with a 1992 25 Johnson rope start. Absolutely great boat. Probably the last thing I'd ever sell if I had to thin the herd. After hitting something with my Ranger and...

Wanted to take a few minutes to introduce myself. Santeerangerman's my member name, but most folks know me as Randy. As you can guess, Santee Cooper is my home lake(s), and I also own a 08' Ranger 519VX. My "tin boat" is a 1997 War Eagle 542FLD, with a 92' Johnson 25 tiller, manual start, that...