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    Painted into a corner....

    seems like part of the plan.... :eek: :facepalm: :lol: <<<my typical responses in order, after realizing said occurrence! Not ashamed to say that it's happened, and more than once (and not with paint). Would like to hear other's experience with this - what happened and how you got out, if you...
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    Grandpa always said

    Actually, he never said much unless he was regaling the lot of us with old hunting/fishing stories. Almost always boisterous and laughter filled; his hunting exploits sounded fishy and his fishing adventures were about hunting fish!! That's not completely true, he caught some nice fish in his...
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    RESCUE

    ?life is like a box of chocolates?, lol guess I need start a new thread? The phone rings and it?s my buddy from around the corner. He?s an ?old? retired outboard mechanic that has only ever done nuts and bolts. He still rebuilds powerheads and lower units out back, hunts and fishes. ?Hey, my...
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    Prop Shop Talk about diameter

    Good evening/day/night/morning.... whatever! I have a 1972 Seahorse that came with a 21p Aluminum, and gonna guess it was 12 3/4" originally? Found this 4 blade ss on a 2002 90hp Evinrude while picking a mechanics brain for an issue I have with my 100esl72r. New prop is only 17p and slightly...
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    WANTED_____ good or not so good fishing jokes

    Being new to the sport, he figured his best chance for success was to buy the most elaborate and expensive ice drilling rig he could find. It had a main switch, labeled ?auto, manual, and off. With a separate control panel for manual operation {outriggers, drill, espresso machine, pony keg...
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    EXPERT!!!

    Built or rebuilt, renovate, transform?.who cares? Semantics:confused:, this what I did and again, who cares? lol An expert I am not. An X is a has been and a Spurt is a drip! I began welding professionally in 1976 and began as a Journeyman Pipe Welder in 1981 ? just saying. I took on this...
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    1972 Johnson 100HP knocks off after warm up

    I've had a couple or three mechanics look it over with NO success; if at first you don't succeed.... keep on suckin til ya do succeed!! I have a fair amount of mechanical experience, just not with outboards. It's hard to find anyone having experience with these dinosaurs, so I'm asking here...
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