viequesboy1
Contributing Member
"Ok guys, in Jersey when putt
"Ok guys, in Jersey when putting boat in water Ms.. lady coast guard walks up to me and saids ok "safety vessel inpection " I said ok, she checked for flares,extinguisher,blower,horn,bilge,ect., when it came to the flame arrestor which i believe is the round cover yellow looking thing on top of the carburator with a wing nut...Anyway she saids very embarrysing loud nagging nasty outburst
'you cant go out like this
i've seen explosions because of this ,YOU only got half of the carb. there "S O N". I said?whats missing? she saids DONT GET SMART WITH MEEEE THIS IS MY 30TH YEAR IN THE COAST GUARD...I SAID OK, (OVER HER SHOULDER I SEE THE BIRDS WORKING THE SHORE WITH NICE OILY PEANUT BUNKER BEING CHASE BY BLUES AND STRIPERS ,YOU GUYS KNOW THE FEELING)
OK , she makes me walk like an 8th of a mile towards some guys boat to show me the part i was missing, to my surprise she was refering to, was that cover that saids mercruiser mpi inj. "I DONT KNOW its a square black piece of molded plastic",NOW guys do i need that over my flame arrestor ,YES OR NOOOOO Angel almost had a heart attack seing the boiling water frenzy"
"Ok guys, in Jersey when putting boat in water Ms.. lady coast guard walks up to me and saids ok "safety vessel inpection " I said ok, she checked for flares,extinguisher,blower,horn,bilge,ect., when it came to the flame arrestor which i believe is the round cover yellow looking thing on top of the carburator with a wing nut...Anyway she saids very embarrysing loud nagging nasty outburst
'you cant go out like this
i've seen explosions because of this ,YOU only got half of the carb. there "S O N". I said?whats missing? she saids DONT GET SMART WITH MEEEE THIS IS MY 30TH YEAR IN THE COAST GUARD...I SAID OK, (OVER HER SHOULDER I SEE THE BIRDS WORKING THE SHORE WITH NICE OILY PEANUT BUNKER BEING CHASE BY BLUES AND STRIPERS ,YOU GUYS KNOW THE FEELING)
OK , she makes me walk like an 8th of a mile towards some guys boat to show me the part i was missing, to my surprise she was refering to, was that cover that saids mercruiser mpi inj. "I DONT KNOW its a square black piece of molded plastic",NOW guys do i need that over my flame arrestor ,YES OR NOOOOO Angel almost had a heart attack seing the boiling water frenzy"