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    How To Buy & Sell On Craigs List

    So it always baffles me how hard it is for people to sell stuff on Craigs list. I am 100% self employed and make a VERY healthy living doing nothing but buying and selling. For example I bought the below boat last Friday for $300 off of craigs list. The only thing I did was remove a bad valve in...
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    $300 Should I feel Guilty? Edit SOLD it today for $950 :-)

    Anyone that knows me locally knows that I'm a CL junkie. If I dont buy something atleast once a week I start to get anxious. Anyways Friday rolled around and a boat i was gonna look at sold before I got the chance. I pulled up craigs on my phone and started doing what I do best aka low balling...
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    New boat have a few questions...

    I just purchased a little 16' 1974 Del Magic with a Mercury 85hp out board. I have never owned a outboard before. The questions I have are as follows. What ratio do I need to mix the gas. The guy I purchased it from said he put one bottle in per 5 gallon tank. Next question. The boat is a...
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    New toy won't start :-(

    Ran into a soildier that is deploying Monday and had to have his boat gone before then. Its a 1973 Del Magic 16' with a Mercury 850 outboard. The motor turns over great but won't start. The guy put a new battery and plugs in it. I checked the plugs and they seem fine. I sprayed some starter...
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    Cute Little Guy... How Fast?

    Looks like a fun little toy. It would be hard to justify for the price but if I had $ to burn I would buy it just for sh*t's and giggles. Its a 12' with 50hp engine. I cant imagine it taking much to get the little thing going pretty quick. How fast do you think the little thing would go...
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    1989 22.5' Beretta Price????

    Thinking about making a trip to look at this boat this weekend. http://kansascity.craigslist.org/boa/1338593292.html He has it listed for $2,500 but I'm pretty good at low balling on prices so am gonna try to get it for $2k range. Anyone know anything about these? Im looking for something that...
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    Generator Running At Half Choke?

    I bought a used Craftsman 3500 watt generator at a local pawn shop. Paid $200 which I thought was reasonable. Now the problem I am having is that it will only run at half choke. I have used it about 24hrs and it manages to run about 13 hours on 4 gallons. I am very happy with it just a bit...
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    Sad Story

    I am in online sales and deal with a variety of Law Enforcement. Long story short one I just got off the phone with a Michigan deputy who told me this story. It is very sad. He said that the guy had rented a pontoon for the day and was out with his wife and kids. It was a windy day and the guy...
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    Generator question

    Looking locally for a generator. Just needing something to power a small window ac and maybe a 13" tv and some lighting. I found a new unopened Coleman powermate 2500 on cl for $200 big concern is that I read online that it only has a 1hr run time. Wtf... Would it take much to hook up a larger...
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    The New Toy... AKA The Brave Little Toaster

    I have three dogs (English Bulldog, Boxer & Peke) plus a gf & friends who would rather not sleep on the water. Problem was that none of my dogs enjoy water, even if they did they are not cut out for it and on top of that they can not handle heat. I was constantly having to find someone to watch...
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    Anyone Take Groups Out For $

    Had a guy offer to pay some cash for taking him and some friends out on the weekends. We talked about $150 for the day for 6 people. The good is that I am in a college town so lots of eye candy wanting to go out, I get a day out on the lake without having to pay the check plus a little $ in my...
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    Attaching Ladder To Swim Platform

    I fabricated a ladder to replace the original one which is missing. With that said it is going to be very difficult to get some nut & washers underneath the swim platform to hold it all together. What I am thinking is that I can find some sort of expanding wall anchor that will hold. What do you...
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    Most Frustrating Experience?

    I will start. This happened sometime back with my old Bayliner. I was backing my Jeep up and had a friends bf guiding me. The guy wasnt new to boating and had been around boats off and on his whole life. Anyways he volunteers to latch up the trailer. I just tell him to double check that...
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    Winch Size?

    While coming in on Sunday I hear what sounded like a branch breaking. I was sure I just ran over something but when I stopped to look I found that my winch strap completely snapped. It was a brand new 1200# winch. My boat is a 23' Wellcraft Eclipse which I believe weights in at roughly 4000#...
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    Common spare parts to keep on hand?

    Due to the poor selection of boat items locally I am wanting to create a list of common parts that fail and are easy/cheap to fix. Any suggestions? Currently I have a small collection including solenoids, bilge pump, spare prop and a mixture of wires, screws, nuts, bolts etc. Any other...
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    Bilge Pump Question

    I installed a new float switch the other day and have a few questions. First off the pump appears to have the +/- hooked up in reverse. I know this shouldn't hurt the pump but it seems to me that it would cause the pump to bring in instead of out:eek: With that said it functions fine so I was...
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    Tach Is Down Have Questions On New Spare Prop Pitch

    I spun the hub on my stainless 3 blade 14x19 prop so while it is being repaired I am using a Aluminum 4 blade 14x21. The guy at the marina assured me that 4 blade 21 pitch aluminum will be comparable to my 14x19 3 blade steel. With that said my tach went out on me so I have no idea what my RPM's...
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    Spun Hub???

    Ok I posted this in the Mercruiser section at first but think this part of the forums may be more appropriate. While in the water today my boat lost power to the prop. At very slow speeds it was fine but any sort of acceleration and it just reved up. Took it out and could not replicate the...
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    Same Boat New Problem :-( Engine Revs Up But Does Not Accelerate

    First off here are the details on my boat. It has a 5.7 350 with a Mercruiser gen 1 outboard. I was out on the water today just cruising along at say 10mph when all of the sudden the engine revs up but no power. Put it neutral and tried again. The boat would go but if you tried to give it any...
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    Introductions???

    I post and host on many different forums. It seems like a lot have a sticky for introductions. Has this ever been considered? For example i will introduce myself... I am 28 years old all of which I have lived in the beautiful state of Kansas. There is currently nothing I love more than my three...
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