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  1. Grub54891

    Planning for spring tune up

    Yes. No more cleaning points, setting dwell, and timing. You still have to check the cap and rotor to make sure it’s in good shape but that’s just regular maintenance. I take the point plate out and put it in a waterproof container and stow it onboard for emergency. That way if the electronic...
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    Bad day for this guy

    I’ve heard distress calls on Lake Superior, our engine died and we are drifting to the rocks! I hear the coast guard say, drop your anchor!
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    Rev limiter value

    You should be able to hear it when the limiter kick in. It will cut out and sound different.
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    Reminder to check gear before towing.

    Found a lid for a cooler, picked it up, a mile down the road was the cooler. Still have it 35 years later! Buddy got a fairly new chainsaw out of a snowbank. Another guy had an electric beer cooler that held kegs he got out of a bar, put a wheeled chassis under it and we used it for family...
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    Milk in reservoir, not in outdrive

    Following along as I’m on the same page as alldodge.
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    One last try

    Neighbor had a round plywood disk he made for skiing on. They would take a wooden chair and once they got up they would set up the chair and sit down and get pulled around the lake.
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    alpha 1 gen 1 noise

    Did you pull the drive yet? That is step one.
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    Testing my temp gauge

    Sometimes I want to give up. I suggest something and get ignored, then someone says the same thing.
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    yamaha 3.0 l4 blew head gasket help!

    What’s behind the engine bay panel? I’m part redneck, I would get in there with an angle drill or the like and drill a couple of holes in the bulkhead, being careful to not drill into a fuel tank or something. Then the bolts will come out far enough. You can re-seal the hole with a plate. thats...
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    yamaha 3.0 l4 blew head gasket help!

    On my 3.0 mercruiser, all you have to do is remove the two bolts on the right side of the front mount, when looking at the motor. There is a piece that comes out so belt can be installed easily.
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    Finally, a Funnel Solution!

    I got in the habit of cleaning them up and putting them in my bottom drawer in my toolbox. The shop I worked at supplied funnels, within a week they were all gone. I resorted to hiding my own, if I didn’t they would disappear. Someone would ask to borrow one and it was a big nope! You all lose...
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    Need help: Bizarre Bravo III freshwater galvanic corrosion quandry

    Did it previously live in saltwater?
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    Dragging caliper away from home

    I had replaced all my calipers, hoses, pads, and rotors on my jeep. Two weeks later I was about 10 miles from home and I had to keep my foot on the gas as the rig felt like it was working rather hard. Took a couple miles to find a side road to pull off the highway with heavy traffic. No shoulder...
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    Loosing Faith in Humanity . . .

    Gave away a 21’ Sylvan deep-v to a local kid, Mercruiser drive, small cuddly cabin. He used three years to get to work on Madeline island and was happy as a clam. This year he upgraded to a a different boat, and moved the Sylvan on to another guy who wanted to get into fishing on Lake Superior...
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    Loosing Faith in Humanity . . .

    I attempted to sell a 5.00 item on marketplace. The dude showed up from 25 miles away and said he wanted to take it home and try it. If it was what he was looking for he would come back and pay me. I still have it in my shed. I’ll throw it away before I let people scam me.
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    1981 MerCruiser 120 tick/ squeak

    Esgwheel: not overthinking. I think of it as in relation to the pistons also. One turn of the crankshaft = the piston has come to a complete stop twice, top and bottom and changed Direction. With a car it happens at around 2000 rpm’s. A boat at 4000 rpm’s it happens a lot more. Wonder how the...
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    Testing my temp gauge

    I get that, but it will show you if the gauge is reading. I often get annoyed at squaking people but do my best to ignore them. or just put a temporary pipe plug in the motor if you are running it.
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    1981 MerCruiser 120 tick/ squeak

    Your riser/ manifold should not get that hot. Service the impeller, look for any clogs in the input from the pump. The tock may be the exhaust flapper.
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    Testing my temp gauge

    You can test it in a pot of hot water without running the motor. Be sure to hook up a go ground and keep the connector on the top.
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    Raw water impeller question.

    That may or may not work. Hope for the best. Around here on Lake Superior, it doesn’t take long to get miles away from the nearest ramp or shoreline. Having a dependable boat is rather important.
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