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  1. gm280

    Battery replacement?

    If you are having zero issues presently, why not go back with the exact same types?
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    This might seem like a dumb question ... But!

    I'm actually surprised there isn't arrow(s) showing direction. Usually such vacuum driven pumps have arrows showing such things. And the inlet tube section usually states "Filter" as well. Because there is a filter behind that cover...
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    Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

    Not sure if I've ever tasted one, may have at a wild game dinner we used to attend, until the state put a stop to that. They were worried that someone would get some bad wild game and sue the state. But you can bet your last dollar that if I were stuck (okay lost) in the woods and one came...
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    Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

    Ha, why mess up a good spot if you can get all the food and protection you need.
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    Painting floor of jon boat

    All of the above ideas are good ideas for sure. Another idea you may consider is rubber matts. There are a lot of rubber warehouse companies that sell to the general public and have loads of rubber sheet options. I bought some rubber sheets from one of them and very satisficed with they...
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    Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

    Sure looks like a few pair of shoes and belts to me. Of course we have them here. But with all the thousands of hours I and my sons have spent in the wild wood, even swampy woods, I/we have yet to spot one in the wild. We do have at least one living down over a hill from us in an abandoned golf...
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    The world has lost the appreciation for hard work

    When I hear anyone talk about demanding they raising the minimum wage to $15 dollars an hour for absolutely no marketable skills job, I wonder what they will think when everyone else in their exact same position gets their $15 dollar an hour raise and it comes full circle? And those demanding...
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    1976 Tom Boy Boat, 1976 40 HP Johnson Outboard and who knows what Trailer

    Yesterday I actually MOVED the trailer into the breezeway to start the repairs so I can put the boat on it. The squirrels had a field day with it over the years and now I have to fix everything they damaged. I was amazed and shocked at the amount of moss and such growing on the carpet also. A...
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    Landlocked salmon fishing questions

    Just remember even a bad day fishing beats nearly everything else you could or would be doing. My story and sticking with it!
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    Random

    I just read a NEWS story about used Coleman type fuel canisters. Seems nobody will accept them once they are used up and empty. So people are cleverly disposing them in the woods, on river weedy sand bar and islands and even in the large rivers and lakes. The metal recycling places refuse to...
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    Fuse or circuit protector

    They make bolt on breakers that attach to the battery terminals. I would add one and also leave the one at the trolling motor intact as well. Just make sure the battery breaker is large enough to handle inrush surge current of the trolling motor on the highest setting or you will be resetting it...
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    Battery Straps?

    Are you talking about strapping down the actual battery or the battery box? If the actual battery, you have to make sure whatever method you decide to use, that it doesn't short out the battery if it moves during trailering or boating. They do make metal hold down battery clamps, and a lot of...
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    The world has lost the appreciation for hard work

    So true. Seems so many, but not all, youth want plush wages for absolutely no work effort or even education involved. I was talking to my neighbor's yard mower and he said he has more work then he can do. I asked him why he doesn't hire a second crew to help out. He said, that the minute he...
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    Outboard Painting

    I actually wondered what do they paint over an aluminum prop in the first place. I can see trying to stop rust on a steel prop, and there is no paint on stainless steep props, but why aluminum? As soon as you spin it, the paint starts to come off... IDK
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    Outboard Painting

    I honestly have no idea what your prop is "painted" with. If it is merely paint, most any type paint stripper will surely make quick work of getting it to bare metal. However, If it is powder coated, well that is another problem all in itself. I just finished stripping powder coating off a lot...
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    The world has lost the appreciation for hard work

    Sam, I totally understand what you are saying. Old ways mixed with new abilities is a great thing. BUT, it takes a younger generation with the initiative to do such things. I just don't see that energy level in a lot of younger people anymore. We once were taught that in order to succeed, YOU...
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    The world has lost the appreciation for hard work

    Well like previously said, "to each their own". Everyone doesn't have to think alike. This is America where everyone can do as they like. I like repairing most anything. Why you ask? Because I enjoy doing the repairs and get that self satisfaction reward instantly as well. And I also love...
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    Outboard Painting

    Being a prop, make sure you don't get any harsh chemicals into the center hub. It could dissolve the rubber portion if your prop has such a center. Just a heads up.
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    2nd wiped Camshaft OMC 460

    Some machine shop have engine block cleaner tanks. Maybe you could find one and let them tank it to clean it.
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    Random

    Don't know if anyone is interested or even has a need for such. But I had an OLD Craftsman tool stool with the pneumatic post up/down adjuster that stopped adjusting many many years ago. So I decided to fix it. However I had no idea what type pneumatic post to buy for a replacement. And the seat...
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