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    New to me 18 hp Evinrude.

    Some coils do just have the spike , put some goo on the lead and shove it in and let the goo set . A bad earth is in the troublesome area so that would be a good fix , and with the points screw , take it out and have a look might be the screw thats stripped if your lucky, then you just...
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    rodent infestation

    Rabbits are a pest here too ...still , some fool introduced them in the 1830's and were my main hunting critter for the last 50 years , I even built a custom rifle to snipe at them ( Sako 308 action , mab #9 26" 1:14 twist barrel , chambered for 22-250 AI , 40 deg shoulder , load...
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    Caffeine good for sleepy old guy ?

    oh I understand :) Its a comfort smell thing , like fresh baked bread . Real estate agents love it if your house smells of fresh baked bread and coffee on open house days .
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    Random

    nah not for me , Mrs loves them and they are placed on certain window sills to time the ripening , she gets the Avo and I get the Polish sausage .... Deal :):)
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    Caffeine good for sleepy old guy ?

    Ah😆 , so you wont be needing the caffeine then..."🤣🤣
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    Caffeine good for sleepy old guy ?

    "wives"?.......& "go figure" ? yeah if you dont mind wasting the rest of your life , not been married long ?😅😅. Im down to 1 coffee , zero pies , nowhere enough beer and way down on the dairy stuff , aint happy "bout this gettin older crapola:)
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    rodent infestation

    I once stored a bag of dry berley pellets and the new carpet set for my car together ..... bad move , after discovering the berley and eating that the little sods chewed themselves some accommodation in my carpets . Actually that was a cool house , not rodents but still vermin ( at that...
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    Marine Sea Foam

    Over the years I have seen recreational activities designed to be cheap fun on a low budget ( Im thinkin Bucket racing ) that was ruined by people who instead sticking with the plain low budget approach got all serious and threw money in ..... and everyone else never got to get in the top...
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    2 stroke longevity?

    I used to work on Kirby Lauson motors ......same genus ?:)
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    2 stroke longevity?

    Went fishing today ( absolute fn disaster😀 ) and whilst tied up to the jetty contemplating the lack of a pee stream , wet up to my nuts , some scroungy lookin dude with a 50 hp blue band pull started it and as the cloud of blue smoke engulfed me I relished that lovely pong , my depression...
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    2 stroke longevity?

    yeah , my Mrs's lawn mower ( not mine ;)) Briggs and scrap iron vertical shaft is well over 30 years old and all I have ever done is change the oil and blades . She has worn out 2 sets of wheel bearings tho
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    Nobody fishing?

    On the Blue Cod ?.... no . The flesh is delicate and so easy to over cook . I think maybe if you pickled or pressure cooked and preserved it it might soften them a bit , but there are far more suitable ( cheaper ) fish to do that to . If you rip the skin off the fillet , as opposed to slicing...
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    How to completely soften those tiny false rib bones by cooking.

    What are we talkin Dude ? , fish , fowl , some sort of quadruped :):) edit :) just seen your post on the blue cod , I got you now 😃
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    Marine Sea Foam

    I think its a shame that the guy with the skills and patience enough to catch the best competition winning fish might loose it to some Rose Red with a faster boat . I take it then that everybody is going balls out from all directions at 80mph ,all heading for the same landfall at the same time...
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    Hydraulic cylinder rebuild

    Nah , It was a scratch built thing , he was using it to dismantle earthmoving machine hydraulic cylinders but modifying a crescent spanner sure is worth looking into.:)
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    Marine Sea Foam

    Why the hell does a bass boat need to do 60mph let alone 80 ? and need 300hp .Anybody doing those speeds around fishing areas here would get their pedigree read to them back at the ramp . To be fair its a nice looking boat and Im all for horsepower, but on a fishing boat .:):unsure:
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    daily music fix

    Ha Ha I'll go one further and suggest that people who treat fishing gear with such contempt should be punished by having to listen to Luke Bryan :D
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    cooking

    Beef is expensive here , rib eye is getting on to $40/kg , fillet $50, where as a whole butterflied and seasoned chicken cost me $10. Pork is 1/2 the price of beef , and the Blue cod sells for close to $70/kg ..........yeah , it hurts to sit down after a lap round the supermarket . I...
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    Hydraulic cylinder rebuild

    there is a guy in Oz , Curtis from " Cutting Edge Engineering " who has done a vid on Y T showing how to make a real good one , might be worth a look :):)
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    Best Outboard Motor Brands for Reliability and Long-Term Use

    Yep , gotta love that cortisone :D
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