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Offline Piper5314

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« on: July 18, 2012, 09:58:39 AM »
Hi all,
I just bought a 1990 Volante , 305 hrs , new interior for $6500 w/ trailer.

Like to chat with other Volante owners with questions.

Marty
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Munford, TN.

1990 Volante
1962 Piper Cherokee

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Re: New Member
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2012, 10:21:16 AM »
Sweet ! congratulations and welcome
questions (?) fire away

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« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2012, 10:59:36 AM »
Congratulations, hope you enjoy the boat, maybe your "handle" should be "Istoleit"
This is THE place for support, welcome aboard.

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Re: New Member
« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2012, 12:11:50 PM »
Welcome aboard!  Post a picture or two of the boat.
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« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2012, 04:47:52 PM »
Marty,  Welcome aboard!   Please post some pics!  This is the best place for advice, guidance, parts, etc...  Ron or Dan T can get parts for you or tell what other make parts will work...  and allot of guys on here know allot about these boats and other inboards, including trailer maintenance  :)

Again, Welcome Aboard!!

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« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2012, 09:36:26 PM »
Stumbled upon the boat, after going to buy a Mastercraft that turned out to be a dog.  The boat looks really good, and the owner had it listed a few weeks ago for $8,500 on Craigslist.  He took it to the lake, and it developed a miss, so he took it to a Mastercraft dealer to have it checked out. They found a blown head gasket and tore it apart, and left it apart, because he was told that they did not do that kind of work.
They said they could put a new engine in it for him..............you think?  With 300 hrs.....don't think so.     Anyway, I dealed for it and paid $6,500.  Pulled the other head today and prepped it and installed new high quality Felpro gaskets, unlike the paper junk that came factory. Problem........broke a dang head bolt while torquing final sequence.  Now, I've got to pull the dang thing back off to fix that.  Should have it fired up tomorrow sometime. :-)

Marty Ferguson
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1962 Piper Cherokee

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Re: New Member
« Reply #6 on: July 18, 2012, 10:37:42 PM »
Hi, very nice! Hope you get her running very soon. And welcome to the American Skier family.

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« Reply #7 on: August 04, 2012, 09:30:15 AM »
Did you get the boat running yet?
I'm a big Volante fan, and yours looks pretty darn clean!

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« Reply #8 on: August 04, 2012, 12:35:58 PM »
That is what I am talking about. Looks sharp.

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« Reply #9 on: August 05, 2012, 07:50:55 AM »
welcome to the fam........good folks here

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« Reply #10 on: August 06, 2012, 12:33:02 PM »
Yes, got it running and took it to Pickwick Lake and ran it some.  Runs good, and don't see any problems really.  It does have a new HEI in it that is an "Auto" version with vac advance. I think the curve is wrong, cause about 38 is all it will do, and seems to be struggling to rev on the big end.  I have ordered a new marine version HEI to change it out.  Will try it again to see if this fixes the problem.

Marty Ferguson
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1962 Piper Cherokee

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Re: New Member
« Reply #11 on: August 06, 2012, 12:35:42 PM »
Never heard of a marine HEI

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« Reply #12 on: August 06, 2012, 07:58:14 PM »
Marty Ferguson
Munford, TN.

1990 Volante
1962 Piper Cherokee