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    Replacing carburetor hoses with tygon ?

    Tygon is pretty soft. OE hose is nothing special. Just match it up with what your local auto supply house carries.
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    Max Horsepower Rating Interpretation

    The max HP calculation deals with hull displacement. It does not take weight into account. Depending on the boat, an additional #100 in the back of the boat may or may not be of concern at all. Keep in mind your typical battery weighs #40 each.... Worst comes to worst you may need to move some...
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    Good Source for Trailer Axles?

    I put Speedi sleeves on my ez lube axles. The sleeve is paper thin. Punching the lube hole is easily done with an awl/ice pick once the sleeve is installed.
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    winter storage

    A fully charged battery freezes at -92 Degrees F. https://www.trojanbattery.com/pdf/WP_DeepCycleBatteryStorage_0512.pdf
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    Need help designing new livewell system

    A larger percentage of boat mfg. just dump it in the bilge. If you've ever lived through a smell of a dead squid stuck in the somewhere in the bilge.... you'll understand the error of that thinking. Fortunately, my manufacturer is a firm believer that a bilge is not an onboard sewer. I have...
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    Need help designing new livewell system

    I suspect in reality that one is a live and or bait well and the other is a fish box. My bait well has three lines: Pump to live well. Drain to thru hull (overboard) plugged while in use Out flow to thru hull (overboard) Recirculating tank. No stand pipe. Water exits through outflow Fish box...
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    winter storage

    The self discharge rate of a battery in “cold” storage is next to nothing. Put a full charge on the battery before putting to bed and don’t worry about
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    Starter brushes

    Been in electronics repair business for years. Learned two things.....1. don’t fix something that isn’t broken.....2.if your at the point that the unit needs disassembled for repair or inspection, replace all consumable components in the process. If not, changes of the unit coming back in for...
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    Power Tune or Engine Tuner

    The MSDS for both products are identical
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    NEED Stern LIFT Prop Suggestions

    Every hull is different.. If I put the least little bit of negative trim on my boat is will porpoise wildly... to the point of being almost out of control. Try not using any negative at all (prop shaft parallel to surface) and see how it behaves. If that doesn't work, tabs should help With a...
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    So, what did you do today?

    Cleared by the doctor to go back in the office (drive) after ACDF surgery. Been working from home (couch) for the past 2.5 weeks. Mama says no boating or fishing until my follow-up Dr. appointment in mid-January which suxs...best fishing of the year between now and then. Guess...
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    Tahoe 215xi thru-hull replacement

    The water is coming from the broken thru hull and associated plumbing fixtures. Every plastic fitting on the boat is suspect at this point. Lucky the fitting hasn't blow out completely leaving you with an open 1 1/4" diameter hole in the bottom of your boat
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    Filter for main 2 cycle oil resevoir

    Yamaha lists two, items #3 and #21 (strainer) for a 2000 SXT200
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    Diningroom table - with epoxy?

    Unless your casting objects in the epoxy I would go with poly. Easy to tint and easy to work with.
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    Tahoe 215xi thru-hull replacement

    No stainless below the water line...crevice corrosion If you want bling, Perko makes chrome plated bronze fittings
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    Tahoe 215xi thru-hull replacement

    Plastic thru hulls have no place on the boat......they should all be replaced with bronze. Water can not go any higher than water level. Flappers would serve no purpose unless the hose terminates at or below water level.
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    Prestone Flush

    It really depends on what compounds are causing the blockage. Guessing a combination of salt, calcium carbonate and aluminum oxide. Something like this would do the trick. The secret is to monitor the ph of the solution. The solution neutralizes itself as it dissolves the compounds. The...
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    Prestone Flush

    What are you trying to do? Salt-away is a flush/ preventative. Used it for years to rinse down tackle at the end of the year for storage. It will no restore damage done by saltwater. The primary cleaner in Prestone flush is Trisodium Citrate which is used to clean carbonate scale. I've used...
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    I found one leak (there may be more)

    Yes
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    Awful Boat-Outboard Mismatch.-

    The shaft length is the vertical distance between the inside of the clamp and the ventilation plate. Have not kept up with the latest and greatest fads but for years “freshwater” boats have used 20” shaft outboards. “Saltwater” boats ran 25” shaft outboards A 30” shaft outboard is a fairly...
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