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    Bilge blower question

    Your lucky that yours is offset to the side a little, mine is directly in front of the motor, making it a real pain to fillup. No idea why they mounted it in such an awkward place !!
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    Not Permitted

    Would be nice to know, what is not permitted.......
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    Starting your car in this cold weather.

    With all the apps and other computer controlled gizmos on new cars, while it might be fun......Chrysler has already had issues with hackers using these to steal your vehicle ! Be careful what we wish for !
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    Bilge blower question

    Would have to have a leak in the fuel tank, being built-in would require a deck fill cap. Unless they really get sloppy when filling he should be good.
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    Keel rollers?

    Good set of side guides, adjusted properly will prevent the scraping as well by keeping the boat centered at all times. Loading depth is also critical as you have discovered.
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    Bilge blower question

    Then no need for a blower.
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    Bilge blower question

    The big question is....can fumes get trapped in those areas or is there air circulation ?
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    Keel rollers?

    As an aluminum only boat owner, I use all the rollers I can to support the hull. My last two trailers gave been all roller trailers, no bunks. If the roller is causing damage to the keel or hull, then you don't have enough rollers ! I can see where fiberglass hulls might have a different...
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    Does winter cause odd purchases ?

    Ah...fond memories....had one in my youth, a 15' with a 30 hp Johnson. Looked just like your pic !!! Wish I still had it ! Many of us make odd purchases in the winter from being bored and just wanting something to do, guilty of that myself ! Boating season can't come soon enough !
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    Hydro sheild

    Yep, I am one that jumped to the tail fin, did not read deep enough to realize he was talking about a different animal.
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    Bilge blower question

    Don't recall seeing an outboard with a closed area for fuel and battery. If they do, then common sense should dictate a venelation system of some sort. All my out boards have had a perforated wall to allow air to circulate freely so no fumes can gather.
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    STAINLESS OR NOT

    In my 60 plus years of boating, I can count on one hand the number of aluminum props I have damaged. While some can, I could never justify the cost of a SS prop for an extra 1-2 mph. In my younger days, working at the boat shop, most of our lower unit repairs came from outboards that had SS...
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    Bilge blower question

    Only on inboards as there is a possible ignition source in an inboard motor where there is not on an outboard.
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    What’s this small tube do? Pics incl.

    Pilot speed is only critical to measure wind speed over the wings to keep them in the air. When calculating time and distance, arrival time etc it uses GPS. !!
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    What’s this small tube do? Pics incl.

    Over the surface of the earth as it is supposed to do. Airplanes and submarines make calculations for being above or below the surface.
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    What’s this small tube do? Pics incl.

    Pressure reading is far less accurate in any situation than a GPS ! Why do you think our military use GPS for everything !! Most accurate speed measurement in any scenerio !! Even submarines under water....
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    What’s this small tube do? Pics incl.

    That is correct, the time and distance over the surface, if your fighting against or flowing with a strong current your speed will change. It is still the time and distance your moving across a given area or surface. The pressure Speedo does the same thing when running with or against a...
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    What’s this small tube do? Pics incl.

    For some reason they fail rather quickly on outboards. Often clog up and fail to give an accurate read. Pressure gages are not accurate anyway and most boats have GPS speed on the fish finder/ depth gage unit which is far more accurate ! Mine has never worked correctly since I bought the motor.
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    Thickness of Mercruiser 140 Manifold at Drain Plug Hole

    Use that same type valve in your manifold drain, was what I was getting at.
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    Open Bow Center Windshield MUST Be Closed While Underway

    Very sorry for your loss....looking a child is a horrible thing ! Most of these dangers can be stopped by following common sense safety rules, but everyone thinks it won't happen to them.........it until it does !
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