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I've seen weird fluctuations in valuation of assets before. At the moment we're adding in inflation related primarily to the rise in energy costs (which by the way we won't be able to correct inflation until oil supplies open up and we're back to $2/gallon gas). Anyway, this is all happening...

Stay tuned for big changes in used boat prices Look at the market crash of 2008 if you want a preview of what happens to prices of used big boats, airplanes, and luxury RV's. In the first six months after that crash all used prices dropped 50-70%. A lot of it was people unloading stuff that...

Perhaps it's time to have another view of the movie "On the Beach" for the perspective of just how far you can go to get away from the consequences of the big one. All the thought put into having the bug-out bag, a fast horse, and a place to go. Hope it works out for you.

Plus, ATF will clean the fuel injectors.

PS: The recommended oil for 671 Detroits is straight 40 wt and I use ROTELLA. The head engineer at Mann (they bought Detroit Diesel) says synthetics will actually destroy a two stroke diesel due to the engine creating so much sooty oil and all those synthetic additives are quickly consumed so...

Adding ATF is an old answer for maintaining old diesel engines. In my case it was for a pair of Detroit 671N engines which are pretty dirty engines so to speak. I also switched out the oil filters and replaced with AMSOIL dual screw-on filters, one a 20 micron full flow and the other a 5...

Having reverse air for cooling and heating is a good choice for many if not most situations. It all depends on having electrical power. Keeping the boat in the water until end of October on north shore Lake Superior meant a few nights below freezing but a 16,000btu and 12,000btu unit kept the...

2016 I installed my own Garmin electronics in my then new-old boat (1976) 40' Viking Sportfish with upper and lower helms. Most everything was on the flybridge though I did do a slave cable connect to a 24" flat screen TV in the main cabin so people fishing could see what was on the main chart...

I found a great engine oil filtration setup from AMSOIL in Superior Wisconsin. It's a dual filter arrangement with one being full flow and the other being partial flow-bypass. The two 671N Detroits in my Viking Sportfish use T3 Rotella 40 wt oil with the 20 micron full flow filter and fine...