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  1. JASinIL2006

    Dodged a bullet!

    Since there's no hockey to watch on TV, and we're trying to limit our contact with other people, I decided it was a good time to service the bearings and brakes on my boat trailer. I popped off the Bearing Buddies and the grease inside the hubs looked pretty good on one side (starboard), and...
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    Getting ready to re-wire the trailer

    I'm getting ready to re-wire my single axle trailer. It is build with tube construction (2'x3" tube, I think) and one of my tasks is to drill holes in the side of the frame near the axles for my electric brake wires. Currently the wires run inside the tubes from the tongue of the trailer all...
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    What happened to my boat restoration thread???

    I was just looking for something in my boat restoration thread that I thought might help another member, and I cannot find the topic anymore... it is linked in my signature, but that link (which has worked in the past) now just dumps me at the main forum page. Transom and Deck Restoration...
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    Forum hosed yet again...

    This s what I’m seeing tonight...
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    Harbor Freight 3 ton floor jack

    I am in the market for a shop floor jack strong enough to lift my F150. Harbor freight has some 3 ton floor jacks for about $100. I was just wondering if anyone has any experience with these?
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    Thursday night problems

    The forums really are slow as molasses tonight, if pages load at all. Lots of ‘server stopped responding’ and 502 Bad Gateway errors...
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    Class IV drawbar with 3” drop?

    I just replaced my 15 year old F150 with a new model, and I’m trying to find a drawbar. I hve an adjustable drawbar and my trailer leveled out when it was set at a 3” drop. Unfortunately, it seems as though pretty much every stock drop bar for a 2 inch receiver hitch is for either a 2 inch or...
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    Nearly had a towing disaster

    We were getting ready to leave a week ago on a trip and we had planned to bring the boat. We were going to drive about 4 hours from here, around Chicago into northwest Indiana. I haven't had the boat out yet this season due to Midwest flooding, so a couple of days before we left, I pulled the...
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    Intrusive drop down menus

    Is there any way to change the drop down menu that appears whenever the cursor goes over the bar that contains "Shop Boats For Sale Community Search"? Anytime you cursor over that area at the top of the page, the menu covers 3/4 of the screen and stays there until you move...
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    Alpha One Gen 2 drive won't hold pressure - where to check for leaks?

    Trying to get the boat ready for the summer. I have drained the gear lube and was pressure testing my A1G2 drive before refilling. Over the winter, I did nothing to it (except drain the lube) and it sat in my basement. I pumped the drive to 10 psi and let it go about 10 minutes. I turned the...
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    Problems with "New Topic"

    There seems to be a new problem with how the forum is rendering (at least in Firefox on Win10 and on my iPad with most recent iOS): on all pages except the main forum page, the grey bar that contains the 'New Topic" button never scrolls out of sight; it maintains it place on the screen, even if...
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    Forum messed up again...

    It looks like something on form header is screwed up... I had to page down about 30 screens to see any of the forum screens.
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    Spark plug change in ‘05 Ford Triton 5.4 liter 3 valve engine

    Since my F150 finally hit 100,000 miles, I figured I couldn’t put off changing spark plugs any longer. I’ve been dreading this, because these are the two-piece plugs with a really long barrel below the threaded section. The barrels have a tendency to get coated in carbon, which often causes the...
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    Mount LED lights in engine compartment

    I've become weary of dragging a trouble light into the back of my boat every time I need to work back there or check fluids, etc. I'm thinking of mounting some LED lights in various locations so I can see when I'm trying to work on things. I'd probably wire it into the house battery bus, and I...
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    Trying some new trailer tires...

    I went out to the garage to get my boat ready for a weekend outing only to find the right tire was totally flat. I jacked up the trailer and pulled the tire, thinking I must have run over a nail or a screw in our alley, only to find about a hundred little steel wires sticking out of the tire...
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    Extend cables and move switch?

    A couple of years ago, I installed a Blue Sea Add-A-Battery kit to control charging of my starting and house batteries. After a couple of years of use, I've decided I did a lousy job locating the switch; I'd like to move it about 3' so I can reach it easily from outside the boat (when the boat...
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    Stuck jam nut on outer tie rod end

    Hi all, I've embarked on trying something I've not done before: changing out the wear components on my 2005 4WD F150 front end. After 100,000 miles, I needed new ball joints and struts, so as long as I've got everything torn apart I'm replacing the upper control arms, lower ball joints, struts...
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    Impact wrench recommendations?

    Hi all, I’m looking to pick up a 1/2” impact wrench for weekend DIY car/truck projects. I’d like something that isn’t too large and that won’t break the bank. (I don’t need a mechanic-quality tool.) I could go air or battery powered. Any recommendations?
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    Boating Indiana’s Tppecanoe River and Lake Shafer

    Does anyone have information about the boating on the Tippacanoe river north of Lake Shafer, around Buffalo, IN? We are thinking of renting a house there this summer, and we are wondering if the river is navigable to Lake Shafer and Indiana Beach. Our boat is a 19’ I/O bowrider. Anyone with...
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    Inexpensive oil extractor

    I?ve been looking for a new oil extractot ever since my Moeller hand pump model fell apart after only a few uses. I recalled that someone here had used a shop vac so I thought I?d give it a try. I bought a $28 three gallon wet-dry vac at WallyWorld and duct-taped section of garden hose (with a...
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