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    No iboats in Asia

    Two weeks in Taiwan w/o Iboats. Withdraw starting to set in. Any plans for the future or permanent blockage of Asian IP addresses?
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    No edit function on I-Phone 4

    I have no problem posting from my I-Phone, but the edit function doesn't work. The editor pops up, but the text from the post does not. Any fixes?
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    1997 Evinrude OceanPro 200 HP Pressure relief valve

    I was pegging the water pressure gauge at 3K+ RPM the last outing. Pulled the thermostats and they where OK. Pulled the tell tale and didn't find a restriction. Went to pull the pressure relief valve and found what looks like some sort of a sealer being used as a cover gasket. I didn't tear it...
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    1997 Evinrude Ocean Pro 200HP

    A reverse diagnosis question. The boat has been running fine. Went out this morning and it didn't want to idle below 1100 rpm. It would slowly loose rpm over a course of 10-15 seconds or so. Bump the throttle and it would recover, then 10-15 seconds later start to loose rpm again. If you let...
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    Cotton Canvas Conditoner?

    I have a cotton canvas enclosure on the boat. While still in good condition, it has lost it's suppleness and feels "dry". It needs something to bring it back to life. I found lots of products for Sunbrella and other man-made materials, but nothing for cotton. The waterproofing I found says...
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    Need new battery charger

    My old 1990's Sears battery charger is starting to act up and I need to replace it. Any recommendations? Gets used a lot...golf cart, tractors, boat, cars, fencer, breakaway batteries, etc. some AGM in the mix
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    Humm...Fishin' boat or Bow rider with sunpad.........?

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    Who said you can't go boating when it's cold.......

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    Good steady work

    You have been unemployed, underemployed or on a constant layoff cycle for years now. Would you uproot the family and move to a location that held more promise in your profession?
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    OMC 3 gallon oil level pickup

    I'm replacing my 1997 oil tank. The old tank had a oil level pickup with a helm mounted gauge. The pickup requires ~ a 2" hole in the top of the tank. The new tanks come with a much smaller hole with the same bolt pattern. I see that they went to a "linear" type senders in the new systems...
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    recycling 1/5 year old, untreated fuel

    I finally got around to draining my reserve tank 2 weeks ago. Now I'm stuck with ~40 gallons of 1.5 year old untreated gas. Can I burn it in the car? Any special precautions? Will it damage the engine?
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    Gettin Green (i.e sea sickness)

    How often do passengers get sea sick on your boat? What is your policy regarding it? It happens while anchored, drifting or trolling. Pretty much anytime except running at planing speed on a calm day. For some reason, the prevalence is a lot higher this year. Normally, I only run a couple of...
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    Educate me on depth finders and GPS units

    Re: Educate me on depth finders and GPS units "Dual beam" is a software function. All transducers produce a secondary, lower frequency (wider beam, lower resolution) as a side affect of the primary frequency. Whereas a conventional sounder would filter out the secondary returns as noise...
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    trophy WA2002 bimini question

    Re: trophy WA2002 bimini question The Bimini on my old boat folded forward and stored in front of the windshield. Bimini came with a storage "boot" that held the top in place with a couple of turn snaps
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    No I-boats in Japan?

    I was in Japan and couldn't connect to I-boats. Kept coming back "no connection". Is this by design?
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    Diesel additives for the winter

    It sounds like the first real winter is coming since we moved up to the farm. With that, I have a couple of diesel tractors that I need to ?winterize?. They will be used during the winter but not everyday. The manual says nothing about additives but advises to use #1 diesel in the winter. My...
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    Trailer Springs

    A couple of weeks ago I noticed that my equalizers where bottomed out on the front axle I?ve had this trailer for almost 6 years now and never had this issue before. I got crewing around under the trailer and found out that I have 4 leaf springs on the rear axle and 5 leaf springs on the...
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    Eye lead time

    Re: Eye lead time The Chesapeake is inland ;) If you had one of the major east coast shipping lanes traversing your "lake" and passing aircraft carriers, submarines and freighters where serious navigational hazards you would probably want to know what is going on in the entire lake as well...
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    Line and tackle weights

    We where talking the other night at our club meeting and line strength came up in the discussions. To make a long story short, we came to the conclusion that most people fish tackle that are far too heavy for the size of fish they are targeting. Growing up fishing from a river bank fishermen I...
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    Reels

    Re: Reels I have forty or so conventional reels (Penn and Abu), one bait caster (Quantum)and three open spinning reels (Penn). The baitcaster has not been fished in 15 years. Two of the three open facing spinning reels are on the kids rods. The third is on my bait catching rig. It seems I...
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