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  1. harringtondav

    Need ignition/switch wiring diagram

    I'm at our river place w/o my manual. Pretty sure my ignition/key switch failed. Several members have replied with a pic of the switch and ignition wiring diagram before. I can trace through with my meter, but a diagram would save me time. ...a reply with a diagram would be greatly...
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    Oops. Dang, forgot a part

    ....I'm golden. Now I have to figure out what to do with the sleeve. ...planning to sell/trade this boat before next season, and before I split the drive again. Couple friends/acquaintances are sniffing. If they buy, I'll hang on to the sleeve. Trade or other sale....it's pitched.
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    Trying a new method to pull my marine rail boat lift for the winter.

    I've been using a homemade pontoon winch to lift the end of my rail lift up to get the last 40' out of the water in winter. This has worked, but is a PITA. Someone has to swim to the pontoon winch and drop the lift, disconnect the cable from the winch and tie it to a retrieval line for fall...
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    Postmortmen. Starter direct short?

    This is "what happened" question. My pal's 1988 twin Cruisers port engine and starting battery had a complete, smoky cook down. B+ and B- cables at the battery and engine were fried at the terminals. He had new cables made up, checked the starter which was bad. New cables and starter and all is...
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    Welding Aluminum

    I'm no pro welder like Rick Stephens , but once I get things dialed in I do a decent job. I only weld aluminum once every year or two, so dialing in takes some time, and almost always a burnt back contact tip and a birds nest in the spool gun wire drive. Yesterday I did my dial in tip burn...
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    USCGC Wyaconda (WLR-75403) Port of Dubuque IA Ice Harbor

    Maintains upper Mississippi channel markers and day marks from Clinton IA north. ...thinking this a cush assignment. I rarely see it out of the harbor. For years there was a water slide and gas grill on the aft deck. ....guessing the brass had them removed for better PR image. Generally the...
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    A garage can never be too large

    Winter '18 ice came out in high water and bent my alum marine rail boat lift. Finally getting around to making the repairs. Drill and tap four holes. 1/2 hr of work. Move cars and stuff around to access the drill press, 1/2 hr. 24'x24' garage holds two vehicles and a lot of stuff....if you are...
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    '82 Merc 4 hp "Gnat". Our first motor

    Model 40 twin cyl 'cheapo' motor as described by some. Clutch is a square wire Chinese finger trap self tightening coiled spring connecting the FWD gear hub to the prop shaft. Neutral lever drove a shaft down to catch a tab on the spring to open it up. Reverse was swinging the motor aft...
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    Oops. Dang, forgot a part

    Buttoned up the upper and lower halves of my drive today after some Spring maintenance on the upper. Cleaned up the water tube and pump coupler. But didn't see this sitting on the bench until I was ready to hang the drive on the boat. Well, I think I'm OK. This tube is basically a reassembly...
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    ...just when you thought that new bilge pump was big enough....

    I'm guessing this captain is heading for the nearest dry dock, unloading terminal or sand bar. BTW, I've been trying to post this pic for a week or so. Hopefully happy days are here again.
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    Unable to upload pics to a post

    The JPGs I try to attach are well w/in size limits, but I get the tilt message "php error exe disabled" Is this an issue for others?
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    Glassing in new motor mounts?

    I had to pull my 4.3 to replace a frozen front mount, and to repair a twisted off lag on each side. Several methods for grubbing out the twisted off stumps. But I excavated the mount surface down 1/4" finished including a layer of glass. I fabed 1/4" aluminum plates so I could bridge over the...
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    Glassing in new motor mounts?

    nola mike I measured my 4.3 mount locations with a tape measure. The pic below gives the horizontal dimensions. These are probably close enough for you to locate your front mounts. The vertical distance between front and rear mounts is a little iffy since I was standing on my head, and measuring...
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    Lateral engine alignment

    No, I have a problem keyboarding. Mine is also 1.010" The only experience I've had removing the transom plate was helping my pal remove his. I don't recall if the gimbal hsg's bearing hub passed through the hole in the transom plate. The pic below says it does, and provides alignment between...
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    Lateral engine alignment

    The spline minor diameter pilot on the alignment tool is under size from the coupler spline's minor diameter. SAE spec on the coupler minor dia ispline is 1.005"/1.000". The tool's pilot is 1.001" dia. Possible interference. I've had my alignment tool in two different couplers while the engines...
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    Trailer castle nut with no cotter pin or washer

    Don't throw in the towel yet. Unbolt the spindle and see how it's attached to the axle. You may get lucky.
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    ....stocking up for Corona virus

    COVID-19 Face mask. Charlie Berens Manitowoc Minute style. A cut off T shirt sleeve. Scott Danforth
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    Sending unit inaccessible / drill tank in place?

    I replaced my sending unit while recarpeting. It was under the tank access panel. But I had to remove a lot of upholstery to get to the panel. So I cut in a floor access cover in case I need to get in there again. So consider one of these.
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    Very Essential Non-special Tool

    Using my stay at home time to do some PM. I couldn't find my 3/8" 12 pt socket to pull my top cover. I have an offset box end that worked OK to get the cover off. But I need to torque the cap screws later. So I donned the mask and headed for the hardware store. The clerk was wearing a mask...
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    Drilling larger holes

    I have a circle cutter like GA mentioned. It works well with a little practice. Another poster was wondering about cutting a large hole in his fuel tank. I suggested this as an alternative. HVAC guys use these to cut holes in duct work for star collars.
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