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    Flat 4 Connectors

    The towing question is not actually Trailblazer specific, but still probably right on topic. I have two small trailers I tow regularly. A 5x8 utility trailer and a smallish boat. My truck has a 6 pin plug, so I have a 6 pin to 4 pin adapter that I plug in and it works great. But the...
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    Tips & Suggestions for Rewiring my Trailer

    My trailer has a relatively new connector plug (flat-4) and new lights. But the wiring itself connecting all these parts is as far as I know, original mid-80's copper. It includes a lot of basic plug connectors that go underwater all the time. I'm starting to have issues with that old copper...
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    Water Temp Gauge

    I tried googling this, and what I got were a bunch of engine coolant temperature gauges. I don't want that. I'm wondering if there are "ambient water" temperature gauges? That would be a neat accessory to add to my boat. I did find one depth finder that had temp built in to. My depth finder does...
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    LED Bow Light...

    Almost exactly 7 years ago, I decided to dump my old incandescent lights and get nice LED navigation lights. They worked great and looked great. And the bow light only used 1 watt, as opposed to like... probably 20 watts or so for the original incandescent. The old light would get hot to the...
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    How much smoke is normal?

    My engine is a 1989 Mercury 90hp, 3-cylinder, 2-cycle. It has it's own internal oil tank and it blends the oil itself. So how much smoke is normal? This engine has always smoked when it was cold. But more and more, it seems to smoke all the time, not just when its cold. Given that it's...
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    Fuel Tank Ideas

    My boat is a small 15' speedboat. It has a very old fuel line and gas tank. So I figured this year I'd get a new line and a new tank. And since I'm doing that, I might as well get a bigger tank! Below is a picture of the back of my boat, underneath the splashwell. The red box is where my 6.5...
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    License Plate Troubles

    I feel like this is such a dumb question but, I can't get my plate to stay on my trailer!!! I've tried bolts with locking nuts, but they vibrated off. I tried zip ties but they also eventually disappear. The trailer isn't THAT low and the plate is right near the axle, so I don't think I'm...
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    Dog Friendly Boating

    The season is almost here and we want to bring my gf's dog on out boat with us this season. He's kind of a big dog and is kind of high anxiety. Meanwhile my boat has no carpeted surfaces, and no dog-friendly seats. Also its very small with a big motor so there's a lot of G forces. So what I'm...
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    Looking For a New Marine Mechanic Near Boston

    I do most of my own work on my boat, but certain engine stuff I want to leave to the pros. My engine has leaked all of it's oil out onto my driveway. I've been trying to get it up to my mechanic but he's very old school when it comes to communicating and setting up appointments. It's really not...
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    "Preview" Function isn't Working Well.

    I haven't used the site much since the forum software update updated. I was just working on a post and I found some problems with the Preview post button. What happens when I hit it, is that the preview opens up in a "floating" layer over the rest of the page. Because my post had an image, it...
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    How Do I Edit My Sig?

    I haven't been on the site in a while, and I can't figure out how to edit my signature. I feel like i'm missing an entire piece of the website, the old "User Control Panel" that most forums have. I'm not seeing it anywhere, or any other place to edit my sig. The 'for sale' car in my sig was sold...
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    Mystery Fluid

    http://i.imgur.com/RQ8eHMn.jpg So I was walking around my boat today, and saw this little puddle. The way I figure it, there's really only two fluids in this boat at this point, 2 cycle oil and hydraulic fluid for the trim. I'm pretty sure it only started leaking recently. We did have a...
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    Broken Bow Stop

    So last night, while loading up, a huge chunk of my bow stop broke off. No biggie, replacements are cheap and look easy enough to install. BUT. I measured the base of mine, and it's exactly 2.75" I look online, and there are many for sale, but they are all an even amount of inches. 2", 3", 4"...
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    It Finally Happened To Me

    Hectic boat ramp today, filled with a bunch of newbs that all have to take 30 minutes to put their boat in. I'm always in and out in 5 minutes or less. Except today it took me 6. I put my boat in... and.... oh crap I forgot the plug! In I guess 4 years of trailering now, this is the first time...
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    Hot Wheels

    Hot tires actually. So the tires on my trailer get pretty hot. I thought this was just normal. But recently I went for a fairly short drive, and happened to touch one of the tires, and was surprised how hot the tires were. Are hot tires normal or do I have something else going on? I have not yet...
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    Strange Engine Behavior

    I went for a boat ride tonight and my engine was acting very strange. It's an '89 Merc 3cylinder 2 cycle. Carbureted of course. So the engine was kind of sputtering. But instead of sputters of a lack of power, when it sputtered, it would have these little bursts of power. It felt like, instead...
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    Anchors Away! (Anchor Questions)

    I had an anchor thread a year or two back, but I have new specific info that will hopefully help you help me better this time around. First, what I have is a 15' V hull bowrider, a ~1985 thundercraft. I don't fish, and I don't expect to do very much anchoring, except for one thing. I want to...
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    Funny Thing Happened Recently

    So the other day I was looking out my window, staring at my boat in my driveway (you know you do it too). And I quickly noticed something was missing. The zinc trim tab on back of my motor was gone. It wasn't corroded away, I mean I trailer my boat. It was just not there any more, after ~15...
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    How Much Gear Oil

    I have a 90 HP 1989 3cyl 2 cycle Mercury outboard. I'm pretty sure I was told in here that my engine takes about a quart and a half of gear oil. The guy at West Marine told me the same thing, which is why he sold me two quarts (this was last year). So I just changed the oil for the first time...
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    Any Ideas for a Cargo Rack?

    So, my new floor has two long 2" by 12" planks that the pedestals are bolted too. See photo: So I was looking at Blazers and one had a cargo roof rack that looked just like this: And it got me thinking! Something like that, but MUCH smaller, like maybe 12" by 18", would be PERFECT to screw...
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