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    Air silencer cover

    Myself I would try no gasket at all. If I noticed that it was making an annoying noise from air leaks then RTV. I doubt you will notice any difference with no gasket.
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    12' Aluminum V-Hull - Issues porpoising and planing

    Have a 12' Meyers 12' I run mostly on electric only lakes. Oldest boy bought a 5 hp Merc cheap and put it on. I put a 5 gal dry wall bucket between the bow and the front seat and just added water for ballast. About a half bucket (about 20 pounds) was the perfect amount for best handling...
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    Are these old D!ck Pope Water Skis any good?

    Got a bunch of **** Popes and other wood skis in the loft of one of my garages. Since I haven't skied in about ten years when I was in my mid seventies I still can't bear to throw them away. I figure if George H. W. Bush sky dived when he was 90 I still might need them some day.
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    Does anyone remember when car & boat engines only had.

    I remember M38 Jeeps with hand cranks on the wipers. Can't remember if that was only on the passenger side or not.
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    Does anyone remember when car & boat engines only had.

    Had a couple of mid 50's Buicks that you would turn the key and depress the gas pedal. A Studebaker that you had to depress the clutch so you wouldn't start it in gear. Several old trucks with out solenoids, just a pedal that was foot operated, a lot of military equipment kept them that way...
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    Bent skeg on outboard

    Like the others said, leave it be. Any attempt to straighten it is a percentage game. No matter how careful or experienced you are it is only one light tap from being a very expensive job.
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    Went to the lake and nearly got that sinking feeling...

    I/O or outboard? Were all the drainplugs on the engine replaced after winterization if I/O?
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    15’ boat weight

    Net weight list as 1432. Add fuel, trailer, supplies, etc. https://www.jdpower.com/boats/1997/sunbird-boat-co/spirit-150_/10179612/specs
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    Had to send a FAX or "Back in the 20th Century."

    Had to send a FAX yesterday to a company I have an investment with. Either snail mail or FAX, no email address. Realized that it has been years since I FAXed anybody and my main desktop doesn't even have the capability to do so. Have a twenty some year old desktop as a back up that I can...
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    Pet surgery cost😮

    As and eighty five year old grouch I prefer my dog to most people and only once or twice a year at most she won't be on the boat with me if I am on it.
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    Can anyone on this site read Japanese

    get me a better pic of the first one
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    Can anyone on this site read Japanese

    With the info dingbat supplied through google translate I was able to trace the tea supplier, the city they were located, and even the last 4 digits of the companies phone are the same today as back when the box was made. https://www.visit-suruga.com/en/spot/hamasa-shoten/56
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    daily music fix

    Here's one for Memorial Day
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    Who needs freeboard?

    Found this on another site. My wife watches all those Alaskan shows and I often wonder about some of the boating. Barge Powered By 35 hp Outboard Mike Kerry, Anchorage, Alaska: "We have a place on a 160-acre island near Anchorage, Alaska. I wanted to take my Deere 790 loader tractor out there...
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    Can anyone on this site read Japanese

    Thanks to dingbat I now know I have a Japanese Tea Box. Looked on the internet and the first one that came up was for sale at $450. Expensive holder for a few hundred shotgun shells.
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    Can anyone on this site read Japanese

    I have had this wooden box with a tin lining for years. It probably came from my uncle who lived in Japan for many years until he retired and moved back to the States. Any guesses what the writing on the label or the letters say? What it's original use was? is a sturdy constructed box and I...
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