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  1. dwco5051

    Freezer door not freezing

    Might just be the defrost timer if you are lucky. Don't know how long it was off but the evaporator coils could be completely iced up. Also bad fan motor as someone also said. Bad drain or coil heaters. My side by side went haywire on me out of warranty and I had to replace a circuit board...
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    HULL REPAIR QUESTION

    Have to agree. This might be a diamond in the rough but would require really checking to see what is there. It looks like it belonged to a serious flats fisherman with poor navigational skills. As far as the motor I know quite a few dedicated anglers who will keep up on engine maintenance but...
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    Ice Fish

    I'll go with you providing you auger the holes through the 6 feet of sea ice. By the time you get the second hole dug I will already have my limit.
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    Random

    I showed the picture to the admiral and she did not take it well. She said there are 7 bays there and you already have 6 now. Then she informed me that since even with six we have 3 pickups, 4 trailers, one boat on a trailer, and a skid steer sitting out in the weather perhaps a giant yardsale...
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    Random

    How many on here would consider this the ideal house? If I just could talk my wife into it.
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    Boat slow after cleaning

    Perhaps it was just a coincidence that a possible loss of power happened at the same time as waxing the boat. It might be time to look at the motor. Compression check first and then fuel, electrical, etc. If you work at trouble shooting problems sooner or later you will find yourself chasing...
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    TCW-2, use it?

    Yeah, my memory of 70 years ago gets a little faded. I thought when I typed that that it might of been 30 also. Yep, it was straight 30w non detergent. I first remember detergent oils when I was a senior in high school 56-57 and I was working part time in a gas station pumping Amoco white...
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    TCW-2, use it?

    I must have a few years on you. In my youth there were no multi viscosity oils. We used to stock up with a case of Gulf 20w quarts. The mix was 1 us quart to 5 imperial gallons. My dad and uncle claimed it would work in any of the motors in the family and it did. A few of the motors were...
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    TCW-2, use it?

    I would only use it in any of my chainsaws as bar oil, not as mixed fuel. Two stroke air cooled motors run much hotter than outboards and quality oils for them are a different formulation. About 15 or so years ago I ran out of saw fuel about 45 minutes away from the shop but happened to have...
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    trailer dolly?

    Do you see that black trailer on the right side of the picture. The oldest boy asked me how come the hitch ball is never more than a couple of inches from the coupler when I pick it up. He never did figure it out (he thought I was blessed with mystic powers) until I showed him two small piles...
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    trailer dolly?

    Yes, if you are using a hand trailer dolly and the attachment point is behind the axles it may take a few feet to do it. What helps is to stick tape to the garage floor to show where you have to be. Since I have to back in here on my blind side I lay a couple of pieces of wood outside the door...
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    trailer dolly?

    That is how I used to get my plane into the hanger years ago if there weren't any linemen available late at night. Was going to put the same type of setup in my garage with a winch that had a remote but got a much smaller boat instead. Once you pass 80 you learn to work smarter.
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    1972 Ranger Bass Boat

    Looks great. I wanted one of those so bad back in the early 70's when I was even poorer than I am now. Forrest Wood was the father of bass boats and you don't see many of his original hull designs. Nice Job.
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    Boat slow after cleaning

    Did they do the just a cleaning and waxing of the outside of the hull? Did it sit outside and take on a bunch of rainwater at wherever it was cleaned? Did they have it off the trailer to do the job? Have you done a complete visual of the bottom and the prop for possible damage? I am just...
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    Ruger single six

    The original single six came out in 1953 or 54 if my memory serves me correct. Trappers and plinkers were probably the best customers. The wrangler is updated most notably with a transfer bar safety so there is no need to carry with an empty chamber under the hammer. Grips are identical and...
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    Ruger single six

    Drove over to the youngest boy's house this evening to drop off some gifts an lo and behold he had to show me his latest acquisitions. A Ruger Wrangler single action 22 was among them. Seems to be well made and lock up tight and sells new for around $150 or used for less than I probably spend...
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    Ruger single six

    The cylinders for 22LR and 22WMR are fitted for the gun and may not be interchangeable for different frames on the Single-Six. "For those models that ship with both cylinders, the last 3 digits of the serial number are engraved on the front of the cylinder; only cylinders that have been...
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    Windows 11 yes/no?

    Typing this on a old 32bit Dell laptop that the hard drive got corrupted so I run it on Linux off a usb flash drive. Does 75% of what I need. Windows 10 in my office on an older machine that was upgraded from 8.1 or something like that. My back up office computer is running XPsp1 does 90% of...
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    2021/22 - CFB

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    What is this?

    Like this one but in white trim https://www.iboats.com/shop/seasense-led-companion-way-light.html
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