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  1. southkogs

    Marine VHF vs. VHF

    Aside from water resistance, is there a difference from a VHF radio and a Marine VHF radio? My only guess is that a marine VHF has a limited range of frequencies compared to a non-marine VHF. I believe I'm correct that off the water you have to be licensed to operate a VHF radio, yes?
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    What did you do for the 21st?

    Re: What did you do for the 21st? Made fun of the Mayans ...
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    Using towable tubes on snow?

    Re: Using towable tubes on snow? I would think the cover will take a beating and slow the tube down. I've gone on inner tubes and they work pretty well... ... but back in the day, this: was THE BEST. Find one some where, wax the rails for a few minutes, sled. Rinse, repeat. :cool:
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    Electric shift spring clutch on OMC sterndrive

    Re: Electric shift spring clutch on OMC sterndrive If it's an electric shift, the prop should spin without any power to it. If you're an electric shift, you should have two cables coming off the intermediate housing on the port side of the engine. You can see mine on the lower right side of...
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    Interesting Tender Design

    We saw Steve Jobs yacht finished up a while back. THIS TENDER has a similar look, but I kinda' like the functionality of it. I ran across it lookin' at some design stuff this morning for work ... thought y'all might enjoy.
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    Happy Birthday Jeep Man

    Re: Happy Birthday Jeep Man Hold short ... before you thank him, she's had a couple of birthdays too: I'll let it go at that :)
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    Any heating and cooling guys out there?

    Got the news today ... my main floor heating/cooling unit has pretty much given up the ghost :eek: I trust the guy who looked at it for me (he's worked on our stuff a couple of times, and has excellent references), and he says it could be repaired (condenser problems - I'll get specifics...
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    What are the worst 3 vehicles you have ever owned.

    Re: What are the worst 3 vehicles you have ever owned. Mine looked almost just like this one: Mine was the auto too, and you're right the five speed was completely gutless. The auto was a dog off the line, but right around 40MPH that turbo would really get going and that car would take off...
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    Bad Request

    Re: Bad Request I'm in Safari 6.0.2 on a Mac and did this at (roughly) 1PM: 1.) Went to "latest posts" in my profile - where this has been happening 2.) Clicked through posts 'til I got to this one: 3.) Right clicked to "open in new window" and got this: 4.) Went back to the same post...
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    Woke up at 4AM with a desire to draw a green train...............

    Re: Woke up at 4AM with a desire to draw a green train............... ... or is it? :D
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    Flyin' boats

    Read THIS article this morning and found it kinda' interesting (figured drone boats were on the way). BUT! In that article there was a link to THIS article ... flyin' Aircraft Carriers!?!
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    Where to get carpet

    Re: Where to get carpet In this picture I hadn't done cleanup on the floor yet, and have just realized that I never did another shot with the floor specifically: 40 year old floor, and fake smoked wood finish on the seats to boot. Newer stuff is MUCH nicer looking. A couple of guys have...
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    72 omc stern drive 225 overhting ???

    Re: 72 omc stern drive 225 overhting ??? It's tough (I think) to submerge the drive enough to get water running through the system. It's supposed to be this deep when operating: If you've got this hose attachment on your unit, run some water in that to see if the system is cooling: If you...
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    respect for authority

    Re: respect for authority ... here. You can share mine. :D
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    72 omc sterndive electric shift

    Re: 72 omc sterndive electric shift What kinda' controller are you using Rich? There were two or three possibilities. On mine: The shifting is simply forward to engage forward, back to engage reverse (gotta' push the little button on top). To "rev" in neutral, all you can do is pull the...
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    OMC 2.3 Oil Change Problem

    Re: OMC 2.3 Oil Change Problem Mine's an older unit ('72), but the type of "top" he's talking about you can see in this picture: Toward the bottom right of the photo, you can see the dipstick and the oil drain connection next to each other.
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    1978 140 HP OMC Engine/Sterndrive problems

    Re: 1978 140 HP OMC Engine/Sterndrive problems I can't tell where the wires are going in that photo, but I can't see the knife connectors typical of electric shift. What Howard meant by the props is that an electric shift prop would look like this: ... You might have a prop that allows...
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    Truck Tires Online

    Hey y'all: anyone had a really good experience buying truck tires online? If yes, from where? My E150 runs load range E tires, but on 16" rims. Those haven't been too bad to buy locally, but my new-to-me Dodge 2500 is on 17" rims ... yeouch!! Them's expensive tires!
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    Tri-Hull Club...Yes? No? Maybe?

    Re: Tri-Hull Club...Yes? No? Maybe? No link to the club. There's just a bunch of us who got 'em and exist in this thread and THIS thread. ... and RedFury made us these pretty cool stickers:
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    1978 140 HP OMC Engine/Sterndrive problems

    Re: 1978 140 HP OMC Engine/Sterndrive problems IF you're electric shift, you should be able to find the shift cables for your drive on the port side of the engine back by the intermediate housing. They'll look kinda' like this: You can see mine resting on the top of the blower hose. There...
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