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  1. dingbat

    Storage on land

    Not a self bailing cockpit?
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    Storage on land

    Never heard of such a thing. What kind of plug do you have that requires a “sealer” every year? Besides, it’s that boat self bailing? My plug is brass. Comes once a year at best. Apply a coat of marine grease for good luck and reinstall. Never heard of, nor seen an electronic component such...
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    Shim material for swim step bracket

    I would start by flattening out the mounting bracket. Put an 1/8” thick nylon washer under each mounting hole and bolt it up.
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    Solar pool heater water flow question(s)

    My dad built his first roof top solar pool heater in the 70’s. Used 50’ of 3/4” black well pipe coiled up and stapled to a 2x4x 96” laying on the roof of the house, roughly 15’ in elevation change. Teed into the 1.5” output of the pump. Used a 3/4” gate way to control the flow. Ran the return...
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    Trim tab options

    Doubt it, but way more than I needed on a 23’ boat. Any particular reason you choose electric over hydraulic? Not a fan of electric tabs. It’s not if one fails, it’s when one fails. The bigger issue is that you can’t retract one once they fail unlike hydraulic tabs. No fun limping home from...
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    Trim tab options

    Doesn't matter…mine does the same thing. 12” x 12” hydraulic
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    McCulloch Leaking Filter Bowl

    Post your 3 numbers.... "Closest" in size doesn't cut it with o-rings
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    McCulloch Leaking Filter Bowl

    Neither match "the bowl is about 2" across" comment. Get a pair of calipers and measure the depth and inside and outside diameters of the groove on the bottom of the carb. Those three dimensions will determine which o-ring to use
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    You will never guess what product removed creosote,Im stunned!!

    Kind of like finding out they use Propylene glycol as a food preservative
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    Fish Finders

    Some units are capable of creating your own “maps” by storing the soundings you’ve pasted over to a chip, but pretty useless for navigation purposes. Since you’re in a small lake, navigation probably isn't a priority. Check to see if there isn’t a user group that shares sounder readings online
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    Prop suggestion for a 175 VMAX SHO

    The numbers on the Enertia are rather weird. I’m running the same prop on a #5200 Grady Walkaround with a 225 HP. Get similar results with the except for the “hump” in fuel consumption, which I’m guessing is right around where you come up on plane. I get a weird chatter right before the...
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    What boat to choose

    Don't know your local water conditions, but 6M is still rather small to be heading offshore in search of pelagics. I run a 7M boat. Can only fish three people w/o falling over each other. Can't image trying to fish 5 guys on a 6 meter boat. Most running offshore around here are in the 8-10M...
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    RANGER REATA RUB RAIL

    Ranger doesn't own a plastic factory..... By pass the middle men and buy the material direct from the OEM
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    Fish Finders

    No freebies..... Depends on the mfg of the unit, but you can either buy a unit with pre-loaded base maps or buy the SD chip with the data https://www.navionics.com/usa/navionics-plus-us-and-coastal-canada-1.html
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    installing 12v to 120v inverter

    At full load a 2000W convertor draws roughly 166 amps of 12VDC per hour to “make” 15 amps of 120VAC If you using a 200 amp battery you have less than a 1/2 hour before the battery hits 50% DOD Are you running a Sine wave, modified Sine or a square wave rectifier? Makes a huge difference in...
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    Fish Finders

    Unfortunately fish finders are like conventional casting reels. You don’t want to spend good money until you learn how to use one, but an inexpensive unit is so lacking in performance they are hard to use and learn.
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    Washdown Pickup Placement

    All intakes below the water line should have a seacock on the output to the pump. Unless the lawn sprinkler valve is bronze, and or stainless, your opening yourself up to dissimilar metal corrosion
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    Connect Lowrance to Yamaha engine

    CAN protocol is used by all motor manufacturers (not just Merc and Yamaha) to communicate between the various sensors and the ECM. That’s a marketing decision by Merc to push their proprietary “Smart craft” gauges and Displays. Other than the connector, you could plug a Yamaha gateway into...
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    2002 200hp efi saltwater water in cyl #6

    Would have been the first place I’ve looked. They get salt permeated and start leaking. If you see a white buildup at the joint it’s time to change.
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    Do you make your own gaskets ?

    Just throw a roll of gasket paper that I bought to make a NLA transmission gasket for a lawn tractor back in 1992. Has nothing to do with “can’t be bothered” and everything to do with cost. By the time you source the correct material, hardness and thickness of gasket material, make the...
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