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    Oil 4 stroke Mercury 115hp

    It probably won't go very far left at wide open... fuel tank would let you run 30 minutes max or so. That being said, the old merc 2.5s lasted surprisingly long being able to turn 10000 rpms or so (modified). Usually cooling was their downfall if memory serves. 75% of peak power/rpm anything...
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    MS Office alternative

    The free online version of excel, word and outlook on one drive does like 90% of what I need I've found. Anything beyond that and I should be on the clock. (At work)
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    Oil 4 stroke Mercury 115hp

    I'm in the "theres a spec and testing for that specs endorsement for a reason" camp. I've messed around and tested various oils in other applications and in most cases the manufacturer specs are the best for intended use. Straying outside that sometimes you had to get creative but we would get...
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    Too Much Prop Issue?

    a 19' boat with a 23" prop sounds like it is in the ballpark... As others have said, start checking everything. Also... make sure the choke (if it has it) isn't sticking shut... Ask me how I know.
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    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    Graphite works well as well. Allegedly coarse threads are less prone to it.
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    Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

    The best one I used was a dead end road that someone sawzalled the barrier off of. Outside of having to climb the hump back on to pavement, it's actually nice being dirt and all. :ROFLMAO:
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    18ft Boat Launch with RWD Suburban

    Meanwhile half the roads flood from the bay you need to drive down on a regular basis.... yeah the salt air coast vehicles are some of the worst exposure you'll see and some are truly gnarly. Anyway, it's rare the rear axle touches water much less gets submerged. If I have to do that chances...
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    18ft Boat Launch with RWD Suburban

    My grandfather used a VW beetle with his 17' wellcraft. I think you'll be alright. (Highly sketchy as I was told.)
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    cooking

    Well she returned the favor for my birthday. (I have no photos as I was a wee bit drunk) but she somehow managed to cater (she did say she wouldn't be able to top me by cooking) chinese from my favorite spot in. It was absolutely fantastic. I've been home and able to relax maybe 2 days in the...
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    New SEI drive, need a new prop.

    Adding to that, the math isn't 100% but that shouldn't be that big of a difference... I'd first confirm the tach accuracy and move from there. If yor 4200 now is really 4400, I'd leave well enough alone. (I'd leave it if it were 4200 as long as it performs well and that was under normal...
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    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    Yeah I had a wee bit of brain fart on that one. :p I too usually only see resin as amber/blue green or purple. The red is new lol. Looking closer I wonder if it was just a tinted layer of VE to visually cue in the mold it had a barrier coat of sorts or an adhesion promoter seeing as it's only...
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    Merc 250 Verado Fuel increase

    That's what I'm remembering. Drop in load or commanded load or something that seemed to contradict the "no performance change" lol. Not a data stream issue. Most likely a nothing burger but reading through this is thought I may have remembered something critical when in fact, I just remembered...
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    Merc 250 Verado Fuel increase

    I'm not incredibly familiar with the terminology nor am I sure I am remembering correctly but... Last year weren't you seeing a difference on the DataStream with the exhaust open/closed at wide open or something to that effect? (I would expect that to make a difference normally, but just reading...
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    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    So the red... is that just the tooling resin from the mold?
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    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    Maybe soften the ridges with MEK? You'd be in the wee bit aggressive camp of chemicals though.
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    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    Epoxy over poly is fine. Poly and vinyl shouldn't go over epoxy. Gel can't go over epoxy either. There are bond coats that you can allegedly use on epoxy to put gel over it but I've never tried. Due to the nature of the chemistry of epoxy, the other resins will not form much more than a light...
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    Mercruiser motor swap

    I ran a 19 for cruise which was a bear with a full boat, but still got 45-4600 wide open with load. Tubing was a 17p 4 blade and it was fine but you only got ~20mph. Last year I got very little due to doing the cabin over, about 30 hours. Typically I get 100-150 hours of running. (Way more than...
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    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    36 grit belt on a belt sander worked well on flat surfaces FYI. May make short work of the outside.
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    Mercruiser motor swap

    Once it was on plane ot was... fine. With 4 adults you were doing 24-26 mph without killing it with RPMs. I burn the same amount of fuel getting places but that's simply because I can cruise ~10mph faster. To do the same amount of water sports it seems to consume about 20% more fuel... which was...
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    Mercruiser motor swap

    The amount of restraint I exercised by only going to a V6 in my 4 winns needs to be studied. It was either 4.3 or 388, nothing else. :ROFLMAO: Then again, anything feels better than a 3.0l in a 19 footer.
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