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    YAMAHA engine mount info please.

    Have voluntered to help a woman out with her motor so she can get out fishing again. Looked at it this morning and found out it was an abandoned attempt to replace the rubber motor mounts. Guy working on it walked away a few weeks ago. He had tried to pull the power head as well as drop the leg...
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    rodbolt-blue crab

    Will do my best to be around on the 14th. Pencil me in for an evening at the BLUE CRAB. If you have a boat that runs ( shoemakers children go barefoot ) will provide gas/beer for the night water trip like before. Am sure I have your nbr. If not will call the marina. No excuses, I know where you...
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    followed at night

    This may be a subject that may be brought up in boating/ sailing magazines, dont know because I dont read any. Was at the tavern last night and a boating subject came up ( what else ?) Friend is an avid sailor, dont like motors. He related that on occasions, when he was aproaching the coast in...
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    manatee in N.J.

    Saw this sometime last week that a clearly misguided, mentally unbalanced manatee swam to N.J. I like animals but if he saw fit to go all the way up there, the feel good people should have left him alone and let him suffer the conciquences for his actions. Instead they threat him like something...
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    oppertunities out there

    Just thought I would throw this out there. Was out in the gulf yesterday. 85 degs. and water temp. of 76. At the same time our friends and relatives are up north with the snow and bitter cold. There are an awful lot of oppertunites to grab some water front property down here at early 90s prices...
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    VOLVO exhaust riser bolts

    Got involved today with a friends VOLVO PENTA. Could not get any nbrs. off the engine, it is an 06, 350 block, raw water cooled. Risers are secured with 4 bolts, 3/8 diam. , 8 ins long. Big risers. We replaced the gaskets and when he was torqueing bolts in front bolts, they would get tight and...
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    Dhadley, gator creek?

    Was out on the beach yesterday and a good friend mentioned that GATOR CREEK was selling boat- a- minuems. Said he is friends with CHUCK ( think I got that right) the owner and SMITTY the mech. You either one of those guys? Friend has one of those last names you cant forget, RAMBO. regards FRED
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    RODBOLT in school?

    If you happen to be in ATL this week, 2 of my friends are there, MIKE and TOMMY. Good guys to tie up with. YAMAHA school, not MERC on the other side of town. FRED
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    TOWBOAT, grounding or salvage.

    Allow me to share an experience from yesterday. Storm moved up the coast and the wife suggested we spend the afternoon on the beach. Tide was going out so we took our 16 ft. as access to the island is tide sensitive. Arrived at our ancorage, actually pull the boat on to shore, and find...
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    boat lift heads up

    Made an interesting discovery, never occured to me. Pretty much responsible for an absent neighbors 2 boat lifts. One is an ACE steel, the other aluminum. Few week ago had the steel cradles replaced on the ACE and moved a derelict cruiser off the alum. one as I noticed the cables were very...
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    light bulb question

    Have a question, maby someone can help. 2 types of flouresent light bulbs, RAPID START and PRE HEAT. If the fixture has those replaceable small starters you need to use one type but if there is just the ballest, seems you can use either. Whats the difference? thanks FRED
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    help ID a boat please.

    Deceased neighbors son is trying to get ride of a boat. Person who was going to tow it away for him never showed up. Typical. He was going to pay to have it hauled off but they never showed. In the mean time, people who came today to replace a very corroded lift fell in love with the scow...
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    RODBOLT, fuel filter/ screen question

    Had a lot to talk about, so little time. You mentioned you are servicing 2 fuel filters that YAMAHA has no p/n for but that mitisbushi has been using for 15 yrs. , can be done if you dont distroy the O rings. Can you share with us what/ where the filters might be? Was a pleasure hanging out...
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    installing graphics

    Got the decal for our new/ old use boat name today. 5 in. letters, EVIL WOMAN. Have installed the decals before but my old mind just dont remember how to do it correctly. Directions say spray the hull with easy on/ off spray, apply the decal and squeegy the solution out from under the letters...
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    dock building heads up

    4 or 5 yrs. ago had to have my seawall replaced. A small 8 x 8 dock came out during the construction so I had to replace the dock. Had the seawall people set 2 bonified pilings 8 ft. off the seawall and finished the job myself. Set 2 pilings close to the seawall using pressure treated 4x6s. Dock...
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    yamaha prop diameter

    Bought a new 50 -2 stroke. Cant bring myself to retire my 50 MERC so I am leaving the YAMAHA in the box till needed. In the mean time I will be looking for a prop at yard sales. What diameter props does a 50 take ? Already know I want a 14 in. pitch. thanks FRED
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    air boat show

    Might be late notification, just found out. For those in the area, SAT. APR 4 th. Custom air boat show at the IRON RHINO, on 41 between MARCO and EVERGLADE CITY. Blues music also, noon to 5. regards FRED
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    YAMAHA oil injection check.

    Have a brand new YAMAHA 50 2 stroke, even has carbs, on the truck coming from SEATTLE. Will be hanging it myself and am concerned with verifying the oil injection system. Tank oil level is simple enough to check for the alarm but am thinking in the back of my head that there is some way to...
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    strange bilge pump

    Putting an old boat together using parts hanging around. Installed a bilge pump today that I dont know where it came from. It is a ZURN-CROWELL, made in ERIE PA. Has 2 wires coming from it, RED and YELLOW. Took some jumpers wire and went to a battery to establish polarity. Suprise, it runs in...
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    YAMAHA 250 2 stroke questions?

    Neighbor comes over Yesterday evening, she is crying with tears running down her face. She and her husband have a big PATH FINDER with a 250 2 stroke hung on it, commercial use, thats how they make there living. Engine is on its 3 rd. powerhead and just burned another piston. YAMAHA made good on...
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