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    Hydraulic cylinder rebuild

    Pin wrenches are one of them things that need to be reasonably stout , any flex will work against you , and you also need to clamp / hold the cylinder really well . You may be better off trying to crack that nut before removing cylinder , and get a bit of garden hose , 2-3 inches long ...
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    Best rust loosening material

    yeah , and a bit of heat ..... even if you just get it touch hot it still expands/contracts and helps whatever potion your using to penetrate
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    Nobody fishing?

    Mostly we heat them up somehow😂😂 , sorry. I always fillet them and take the skin off ,some peeps just cut a chunk of flesh out to remove pin bones but I usually pull them out with forceps . I prefer to crumb them and fry in real butter, also tempura batter (bit of corn flour to make it stick...
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    Nobody fishing?

    Blue Cod , arguably New Zealands best table fish Legal at 33cm but we dont take them unless they are knockin on 40cm . There is nearly twice the meat for another 7cm , and by that size they are sure to have had at least one breeding cycle .
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    Flux Marine Outboard Engines . . .

    way back in the good old days when all there was was healthy natural foods .... life expectancy wasn't actually that good .:):)
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    2 stroke longevity?

    History would suggest ( particularly in America ) that machines could be made to last longer than the guy working it and at a profit . Now days there are to many freeloaders clipping the ticket , people or organisations injecting themselves into the process and then demanding payment . Im...
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    2 stroke longevity?

    yes , and the crankshaft assy can also rust and thats probly worse
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    Best Outboard Motor Brands for Reliability and Long-Term Use

    The only bad deal I have had was 2023 new Poozuki 6hp 4 stroke . The dealer insisted on a pre sale service which took 2 days ( silly me , I shouldnt have paid up front ) . Got it home and put it in a tub for a bit of a run prior to hitting the high seas . 1st thing I noticed was that the...
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    Flux Marine Outboard Engines . . .

    yeah , wouldnt want to live in Russia,
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    Flux Marine Outboard Engines . . .

    Yeah , funny that some knobby gits think they are saving the world but in reality they are putting more demands on coal fired ( we have them here too ) power stations and actually making things worse for the world . I like solar , In my new garden shed its way cheaper ( Yay Temu ) for me to...
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    cooking

    Well unless it tastes like 5hit Id say your onto a winner , looks pretty fn good to me :):) sorta looks a bit stroodeley , yuMmmm
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    New to me 18 hp Evinrude.

    I would think the coils would be the same for a 9.5 and 18hp , within reason a spark is a spark . The solid copper plug wires are on ebay but I think any good auto sparkie should have some . The idea behind the goo is to provide a bit of dielectric strength just to stop sparks from...
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    Is A I a totally unreliable function ?

    Another AI thing is some of the captions on tv where its obvious that AI is converting voice to written when we are told that someone rang "nine hundred and eleven" and not 911 or when the written captions are non sensible , like its miss-heard what was said and then writes what it...
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    New to me 18 hp Evinrude.

    A .040" or 1mm spark on the plug while holding plug against the block is one thing but when put under 125-ish psi compression (thats at cranking speed but effectively even higher when engine is running ) makes it much harder for ignition to fire . This is why knowledgeable people will tell...
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    Is A I a totally unreliable function ?

    Im trying to figure out how long an average person would remain in shocked silence upon being asked that , and then how long it would take to decide if it was even safe to answer , and then to actually think of something to say ............ yeah 5 mins aint bad 😐
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    Tell tale not peeing

    My old muffs had gone a bit hard and didnt seal on the lower unit very well . Yep turning them 90 deg may or may not help . My new muffs have a hose connection on each side , old ones only fed from one side , which helped . I also cut a piece of garden hose so its just long enough to go...
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    yamaha 3.0 l4 blew head gasket help!

    Its probly got the temp stamped on it somewhere and as long as you get one the same shape , auto parts store :)
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    Tell tale not peeing

    I put liquid soap on the impeller which buys you a bit of time
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    Tell tale not peeing

    Often the hose supplying the muffs doesnt have enough oomph to prime the pump . When you dunk it in the water at the ramp the water level is higher than the pump and it primes and pees. Some engines have another intake just above the prop on the underside of the cavitation plate and on the...
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