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Engine height
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A heavy duty ratchet strap, looped across a 2x4 laid crossways above the rafters, will easily lift that 30hp. Don't need anything fancy.
Sep 20, 2024
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MrGiggles
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New live sonar that doesn't reqired a FF
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There's no bigger source of frustration than a mobile app for me. I wouldn't touch it. Ipads aren't exactly cheap either, when you...
Sep 15, 2024
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MrGiggles
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Need your help again. How does this work?
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Is there no spray bar or nozzle in the front tank? It has to fill from somewhere. If someone removed it, there would be a hole in the...
Sep 12, 2024
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MrGiggles
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Engine height
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As mentioned, someone drilled the holes wrong. The bottom hole should be near the top of the slot. With how it is setup now, you have no...
Sep 12, 2024
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MrGiggles
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Need your help again. How does this work?
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They're more than likely fed by the same pump. Could be that someone has disconnected the fill hose to use it as dry storage.
Sep 12, 2024
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Now that we have a proper shop my 15yo son and I have been doing a lot of work to the trans am. She was bone stock with 60k miles on...
Sep 10, 2024
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MrGiggles
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What have you been up to lately?
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I have a Spartan, the hydros are serviceable, but the little filters (about as big as your thumb) are $60 each! Couple that with the...
Sep 9, 2024
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MrGiggles
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Anyone out there running low compression motors?
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Compression is defined by a taking a fixed amount of air and pushing it into a smaller space. If you vary the size of that space, you...
Aug 27, 2024
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MrGiggles
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Anyone out there running low compression motors?
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The placement of the valve is what matters. As long as it is close to the very end of the hose, the reading should be close to correct...
Aug 26, 2024
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MrGiggles
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Anyone out there running low compression motors?
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The type of tester can make a difference, if you are using an adapter with a long hose that has the schrader valve in the middle, it is...
Aug 18, 2024
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MrGiggles
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Water uplift tube extension?
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Some of the older OMCs had copper water tubes. They wire isolated from the aluminum by rubber grommets though. You want a very snug...
Aug 15, 2024
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MrGiggles
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Missing aluminum boat
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Boats of that age likely had styrofoam. Squirrels and other rodents have probably relocated most of whatever foam was in there...
Aug 11, 2024
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MrGiggles
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Hub bearing sizing
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I have a spindle welded to the frame of my trailer with a spare tire, hub, bearings, the whole shootin' match bolted on and ready to go...
Aug 8, 2024
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MrGiggles
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Hub bearing sizing
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Most boat trailers will use 1" or 1 1/16" bearings, although stepped spindles do exist. I have seen grease seals that vary on the OD...
Aug 7, 2024
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MrGiggles
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How to fill small hole in back of transom?
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Nut and a bolt or a rivet would do just fine.
Aug 7, 2024
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