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  1. matt167

    Holsclaw trailer

    Pretty sure you won't find one with the Holesclaw badge. You can have a good vinyl decal cut if you want. https://www.hannarv.com/P/26948/ChromeHubCapHubCapfor8Inchand12InchWheelswithInternalBumps
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    Alumaloy Brazing Rods...

    There is a plastic stick that one of the big box sporting goods places sells, which you heat the rivit with a torch and then press the stick into it, and it seals it.. The aluminum welding rods DO work and they are very cool, however I would not weld/ braze a rivit
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    Need help with my 3.7l mcm 180

    A seized 3.7L is a boat anchor, basically not rebuild able or worth it really.. It shares the cylinder head, rods and pistons from a Ford 460, and those parts are easy to get. BUT the camshaft and crankshaft are not standard parts and have not been manufactured since the very early 1990's A...
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    Source for spacers?

    Tractor Supply has them in bronze. Mcmaster Carr has an entire selection
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    1974 Starcraft info?

    The American was one of the 'glass boats that SC built in the 70's... TBH they weren't the best at it and aluminum was their main gig but the boats were decent. A soft floor on a glass boat that is 40+ years old means rot.. transom/ deck/ stringers
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    Trailer Tires

    Cargo tires are just smaller LT E tires.
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    Paint Recommendations please

    If it were mine, pick the shade of red from rustoleum that you like and spray that. If you have a respirator and many fresh cartridges or are willing to get one, then mix in some acrylic enamel hardener you can get at Napa or even Advance Auto. It's isocynate so you have to be careful with it...
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    Trailer Tires

    Right and a P rate car tire, the sidewall flex isn't right on a tandem. Some 5th wheel campers actually require LRF or LRG tires.
  9. matt167

    Going electric vs marinas

    That actually depends. For instance, Diesel electric locomotives operate this way, and have for a very long time
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    Going electric vs marinas

    Electric boats exist and power is available. The catch is, 30a or better of 220v is really required for most electric charging, which is beyond most shore power capacity, especially when that is generally one outlet
  11. matt167

    Trailer Tires

    They have different sidewall flexes making them not suitable for a car.. like I said an LT tire can be used. 50 years ago things were different. My opinion is from a professional standpoint with industry standards
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    Trailer Tires

    I work at a good tire shop. Sidewall 2 ply usually
  13. matt167

    Trailer Tires

    A car tire can work in some instances, but it is an inferior tire for a trailer. Sidewall's are softer, and in a tandem arrangement it could be very bad. LT tires can be ran without any issue due to their similar sidewall construction, as well as cargo van tires given they are the same type
  14. matt167

    Happy Birthday - Scott Danforth

    I missed it too. Happy belated birthday
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    What year outboard is this Super Seahorse 40hp?

    yeah, I know. I have pulled many of these type carbs apart and it's not a hard job. I actually found an old thread on an RDS-25 with the same symptoms.. The float has to be sticking down if the float level gets to a set point, it won't come back up
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    What year outboard is this Super Seahorse 40hp?

    Another problem I found with this engine is that it completely floods sometimes.. Run great then floods itself out.. I know it's a stuck float or a needle and seat issue as gas pours out of the carb throat when it happens. Question is, why only sometimes? It happened at the lake and I had to...
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    1970 Johnson 115 - add kill switch

    you will be 100% in compliance by doing nothing.. The law has always been there, but it's recently gained traction to be enforced.. Basically it says that if it's equipped, you need to use it. A 1964 boat or a 1970 motor/ controller would have never had a kill switch lanyard. Something rings a...
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    Is there a better gear oil pump out there?

    yeah, sadly I had to use the last Mercury one I had on the rototiller. The Attwood one I bought specifically for the rototiller project lasted about 30 seconds before it blew apart... But the Attwood one works well enough pumping what it is supposed to
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    Finally Had To Retire It

    I think he stickered it as a 60hp because it broke 60hp on the dyno. The decal companies are usually able to customize if you ask them
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    Is there a better gear oil pump out there?

    I buy one from Walmart just about every year, but I use them for everything.. Last good one I had was a Mercury Quicksilver one and I killed it pumping 140W gear oil into a Troy Bilt Horse rototiller. I did rob one of the fittings from one of them a long time ago and hooked it to a bike pump
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