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    Does anyone remember when car & boat engines only had.

    That's interesting at least you could manually operate the wipers while running for your life.
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    Add cleat to trailer?

    Yea I've seen some screwed to the deck.
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    Does anyone remember when car & boat engines only had.

    Let's hope we don't have a resurrection of vacuum drive windshield wipers. I've never figured that one out. We had electric motors in those days.
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    Does anyone remember when car & boat engines only had.

    Had one an old Polaris tucked behind a hemi
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    Time for my first bellow change, tips?

    Yea and it sounds like a boat. The older drives can use it as well.
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    Spare battery

    That's a good option. The boat I have already has the switch. It didn't have a second battery when I got it. I suppose the po just never got around to it. I picked up a group 27 at a yard sale for 5 bucks. It holds charge so maybe I got lucky. I'm a bit addicted to yard sales and sometimes do...
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    What do these 2 rubber hoses go to?

    If you ran it without water then the pump impeller is toast.
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    Time for my first bellow change, tips?

    be sure to remove all old sealants, dirt etc. clean is good.
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    projects other than boats

    Damn, those shelves are lovely. Are you married to a Marko women, all those shoes brought back some memories.
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    Older Boats

    You sound as if a kayak might work. Relax and fish. Some are good for a good day on the ocean.
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    Need your opinion about replacing the original Reed Valves in my 1986 Evinrude 30 hp.

    At one point in my life I had a HD fat boy. The carb was pig rich and it fouled plugs faster than you could swap them, I re-jetted all the circuits in the carb. Worked for me.
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    Does anyone remember when car & boat engines only had.

    Nice pair up.
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    Does anyone remember when car & boat engines only had.

    I'm guessing it usually sits in your living room 😉
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    Can I grease gimball zerc while boat is in the lake

    The spline fitting is a tough one to get to. If you pull your drive often enough then spline grease is not a problem. Just grease the splines when you re-install the drive.
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    Does anyone remember when car & boat engines only had.

    I've left a few in that position. :(
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    Mercury 6.2L ECT Seacore Alternator Replacement . . .

    Couple of rpm is all.
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    HOA rules say, no boats visible from the street,....

    I will explain, I live on the river in a moderately priced home/cabin that is my retirement. LLC property management fat cats are buying the places and knocking them down and then build rental purposed dwellings . If I had an HOA i suspect this kind of activity would not exist.
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    Bent skeg on outboard

    Don't mess with it, there are seals in there that don't like excessive heat
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    Bent skeg on outboard

    Leave it be.
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    This happened today, and in the blistering heat.

    If you wish to replace the the bow eye find a piece of wood you can shape to fit inside the hull or maybe bend a piece of aluminumml to fit then imbed it in pb and glass over it.
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