Ridge, I think Pete will agree...even he couldn't have dialed it in that close if you hadn't taken the initiative to ship the timing light and manual up here...onece again, THANKS Old Buddy...:clap:

And Spare, fret not...we put the timing cover on long enough to do the deal...the smiley face is still smilin'!!...:beer:

They will and do blow without warning sometimes ;-0

you done jinxed him now with that disclaimer

Stating the obvious, thats all. Being up front is the best policy.

No bad juju on that one. Besides

Frankenmotors never seem to blow. Those parts and pieces have already survived the test of time. Just a bugger if you need to order parts. Is it a '87 or a '97

Oh sh!t!!...thought it was a '88 on a '97!!...had 'er out yesterday...ran MILES up the Tugaloo...had two NICE stripes on...one spit the hook and the other went into the trees after about ten minutes of fight...taking out line at will...got 3 in the box to clean this morning...

I love my FrankenMerc!!...:clap:...and AMAZED at miserly fuel consumption...:sun:

[QUOTE=reelapeelin;185184]...one spit the hook and the other went into the trees after about ten minutes of fight...taking out line at will...

You need to switch to braid. no stretch. no worries.

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Good call...Mike and I had discussion of spooling up some larger reels w/braid after losing those fish...it may be time, but old habits die hard...specially when you ARE an old habit!!...LOL!!...

I think I showed you the one an only (so far) rig I have braid on...Immediately noticed less stretch in working a top-water twitch-lure...less input...more action...me likey!!

learn to tie a uni knot, then learn to tie a uni to uni. After you get used to it, you won't have any problems. I use the uni to uni to attach a length of flourocarbn line to the braid, then you can use any regular knot on the flouro, if you're working a jig, tie a non-slipping loop knot at the jig, that way it will wiggle naturally

second the braid, got hooked on it speckeled trout fishing with live bait and use it on everything now. i use an albright knot to connect a mono leader.

welcome back to the world of yachting reel.

you would think a guy named Reel would know what kind of line to wind on :you: