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  1. Grub54891

    House battery?

    Where you at? Would be nice if people would fill out their profile so we could direct you to the proper place to look at it. Any good marine mechanic that has ABYC training should be able to figure it out. A run of the mill mechanic may not know what to look for.
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    Bellows full of grease/oil

    If the drive oil is clean/not milky, or going low, then it's not leaking. If any of the above are present, then yes. The water is mixing with the grease.
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    Bellows full of grease/oil

    Yeah, You have a water leak getting into the bellows, mixing with the grease that was in there and making a mess. I'm sure the gimble will fail soon, along with the u-joints. They now have water in them.
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    So, what did you do today?

    Went saturday and picked up a new to me dock, 35 footer, 120 mile round trip. Sunday went and picked up my boat from the painter, 80 miles total. Now to assemble the boat, and Do the dock in the spring.
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    Need Suggestions on Swim Step Support

    A picture of the area you are talking about would be nice.
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    Gas Issues

    I used up about 30 gallons of water in the fuel. A customer had a leaking fuel fill and said pump it out, clean tank, and dispose of the fuel. Pumped it into a drum, let it sit. Took a sample in a glass jar and put it outside, let it freeze. The fuel was good on top, so I simply put the barrell...
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    Ford 302 issues

    Had that happen on a chevy 350. The nuts were wore out, replaced them and the issue went away.
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    Electrical issue, ticking sound

    Check the transducer. Some are wired directly to the battery, and they do make a ticking sound.
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    Cut Holes for Improving Engine Access

    Or just install some quick hasps to the lower cover, unclip and remove instead of taking screws out or drilling holes.
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    Second Happiest Day . . .

    Never seen a boat mechanic run out in the ocean down in the engine compartment, but I guess he got to see everything under load. I do that quite often.
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    Storage question

    I simply make sure the battery is fully charged and unhook the ground. Leave it in the boat and let it be. In spring hookup, top off charge and go boating. Weather get's to -40 at times. 6-7 years the battery is in need of replacement.
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    Air Don't Freeze Winterization

    Well, we do run the non toxic anti freeze through at our marina. Not only to make sure the motor is safe, but also to protect ourselves from buying the customer a new motor/heat exchanger, or other parts if something get's missed. My stuff at home get's nothing but drained.
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    Air Don't Freeze Winterization

    I kept the plugs and the impeller in a zip loc bag zip tied to the steering wheel when I needed to winterize What? I never remove the impeller in the fall. It's going to be replaced in a few years anyway, why remove it?
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    Sloppy Pivot hole in swing keel Hunter 23.5

    The rod is usually stainless steel, they don't wear much, But the bushing's do. We did a much bigger one, replaced the bushings; Might have to have them machined. We also added nylon sleeves to each side of the keel that were attached to the bushing. Think nylon washers, only very large. I had...
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    Gas vapor out the secondaries at WOT

    Pull both. Head gasket kits come with both anyway. And you will have the comfort of knowing both sides were done properly.
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    New Porta-Bote boat with crack

    Who shipped it? The shipper should be responsible for damaged goods, and it should not have been accepted from them. We do that, it gets shipped back to the business and a new one arrives packaged better and good.
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    1990 FM161 leaks under strakes

    I think you will have access the inside and see just what rivits/cracks are leaking.
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    Craigslist /marketplace or junkyard for donor motor?

    Try pulling a motor out of a van... lol
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    The newest outboard from Mercury

    Looks like they engineered the Volvo pod drives to an outboard. I do like the service features without taking out of the water. But the price.....
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    Mounting bunks on angled cross member

    Any pics?
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