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  1. dingbat

    Aluminum trailer boating in salt

    Saltwater isn’t acid. If your that concerned, drop the boat in a freshwater river or lake on the way home and go for a ride The “wash the boat immediately after exiting the water” mentality quickly goes away once you figure out nothing happens if you don’t rinse immediately…..lol Then again...
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    Stereo Replacement Wiring Questions

    Always confirm, never assume. According to the manual, yellow is Memory (battery), red is main power (ignition) and the black wire is ground. More than likely the orange wire is a primary positive feed. Would want to tie ignition (red) into orange if you want the radio on w/o the ignition on...
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    Water in fuel

    Stabil is a winter stabilizer. Top off tank with 93 octane E10 (93 to replace lost octane, ethanol to absorb excess water) and go boating.
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    Honda BF75 "Making Oil" – Need Help with Thermostat in Cold Climate

    It’s not the temp of the cooling water causing the problem. Its simply a heat transfer mechanism used to transfer “excess” heat away from the motor. The real problem is not getting the engine (block and oil) up to operating temperature (~ 230 degree) and keeping it there long enough to...
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    Curious to what type of steering this is and what is a replacement for it.

    If you boat in the cold, hydraulics are not your friend. Think space shuttle disaster. It’s not if they leak, it’s when they leak
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    Need better hole shot

    along with much less weight and deadrise…….
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    SeaNymph parts? Need Bow “nosepiece”

    Looks to be cast aluminum or "white"(pot) metal. Good luck welding either
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    Honda BF75 "Making Oil" – Need Help with Thermostat in Cold Climate

    There is little correlation between an open loop cooling water circuit and oil temps. You need to get the oil up to operating temperature and keep it there long enough to evaporate the moisture out of the oil. What do you consider a "long run"? The cooling water temp is going to naturally drop...
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    Baltimore bridge hit by ship, collapsed

    https://www.keybridgeresponse2024.com/post/update-10-multimedia-release-salvage-operations-continue-at-site-of-key-bridge-incident
  10. dingbat

    Transom

    This is the 24th season for my boat. Overhead people (dad's) several times pointing out my "fishing boat" to their sons at the dock. Don't know if I should feel proud or depressed because I'm old...lol
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    What thinketh the membership here..... Useful or just hype

    That makes no sense......how do passengers get in and out of the boat?
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    What thinketh the membership here..... Useful or just hype

    Cant see the picture but sounds like your working with tapered finger pier
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    What thinketh the membership here..... Useful or just hype

    Im not following……the dock isn’t parallel to the ramp?
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    Honda BF75 "Making Oil" – Need Help with Thermostat in Cold Climate

    Guessing you’re running a 140 thermostat. Thermostat should not open until engine temp reaches 140 then regulate at that temp. I’m run stock 140 with by-pass hole, but had situations where we had to drill a hole in the non-vented stat to prevent the motor from overheating at idle. Had to...
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    battery charging issue has me stumped

    Certainly missed the part about 4 different batteries No apparent voltage change would suggest “normal” operation but im guessing no apparent voltage change means the voltage changes as before…lol Odds are they are not bad, but he still has not ruled out that the voltage he’s looking at is not...
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    EXCESSIVE smoke…

    Did you rebuilt the carbs? Replace the needle values and adjust the flats? A stuck needle will cause this condition
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    battery charging issue has me stumped

    Pretty much confirms what I’ve said all along… your battery is bad. “Fully charged” is a meaningless measure of performance. All that means is the battery is at capacity. If you have a dead or dying cell, your battery capacity is reduced. If the battery is shorted internally, the regulator...
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    2006 Trophy 2052WA 4.3 merc I/O

    Looking at the schematic, you either missed connecting a wire at the battery or the kill switch (lanyard) or neutral switch is open
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    Tilt Tube maintenance

    What motor are we talking about? Most have a grease fitting in the middle of the tilt tube to grease the rod. I have a “steering Guard” on mine which has a lube port plus o-rings to seal the tube from water intrusion. Screws on the starboard side.
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    2006 F200aet overcharge 15.6volts

    Quite surprised the motor and or accessories/depth finder is not squawking loudly about the over voltage condition Test…. Isolate everything from a confirmed good battery except the motor. When/if the voltage jumps, measure your battery voltage using DC, then flip meter over to AC and try...
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