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  1. Captain Caveman

    Boat age vs financing.

    "She is 1900 lbs and very easy on gas. She is large for 19 feet , because she has an 8 foot beam. And she has nice big gunnels." I kept chuckling reading this guy's boat ad. A lot of men like ladies with big gunnels...
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    Why I'm nervous boating at night...

    Just buzz the tower with a last-second turn at high speed. It'll scare the lights onto their boats.... :D
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    Add cleat to trailer?

    A slight variation that I also always do: 1. Back boat into water first 2. Attach line to BOW EYE (not a cleat) 3. Wrap line around winch post at least once to lock the line 4. Back off winch until the line becomes tight 5. Remove winch hook 6. Slowly unwrap line from winch post. If need be...
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    Process for changing boat trailers?

    First of all - sweet truck. I had an '85 F-150 and loved it to death. To date that is still the most comfortable seat (bench) I've ever sat in. I had the same 8ft bed and bench. Granny gear stump puller - straight six was awesome. Most dealership or marinas will have a forklift for moving boats...
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    8-wire Trailer Harness

    I've got a Karavan trailer for my 2008 Alumacraft. It does not have surge brakes, just lights. However, straight from the factory this came with a Wesbar 4-pin trailer plug that has 8 wires coming out of it. I took pictures below so that you can see each side of the plug (wire descriptions...
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    Trailer Jack Upgrade to Air-Filled Tires

    Last month I went searching online for a trailer jack with pneumatic tires. Instead I found the video below showing a relatively quick and easy upgrade to your existing jack: It's worked pretty well. I definitely had to mess around with finding the right combination of spacers, washers, and...
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    What gives with helping people with a problem ?????????????

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    What gives with helping people with a problem ?????????????

    Internet forums are as in life - there are givers and takers.
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    What trolling motor does my boat need?

    Agreed, I have a much lighter boat (16.5' Alumacraft Navigator) with a 12v 50lb thrust trolling motor. It does everything that I want and can go all day, but in strong winds or in a river it struggles. I think that ChooChooSnakeMan is right. You need a 24v system with something like 75lbs of...
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    " Prosessing " a donor boat. Best way?

    Wait until kids get in the way of more things! Good luck with this project.
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    Unknown toggle switch

    You're going to have to follow the wires. If nothing is hooked up, then you know it was an optional switch. If it has wires, tracing is the only option.
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    Broken Skeg Tip...Repairable?

    I mostly boat on a very rocky lake. A buddy ripped his skeg off multiple times when he brought his boat up for fishing weekends. He had a fixed a couple times and then just lived with it. He said that he didn't notice a difference on his Lund Alaskan with a 70Merc.
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    Huge left pull when getting on Plane

    Steering tab
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    Best method to drill out a broken off bolt

    I'd go with the two options above as first and second choice. However, in a pinch I found a dowel of the correct diameter. I then drilled a hole in the center and used that to keep the bit centered.
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    is this a cooler design or a livewell?

    I'm not sure that anything would stay alive if that was a livewell....maybe a bunch of panfish or a few small walleye. You've got a drain. It would be a lot of plumbing to add a pump, especially for such a small livewell. My livewell just pumps more water every couple minutes to keep the water...
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    My boat is being a boat . . .

    I guess that proves my statement that I don't know anything about Mercruisers!
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    My boat is being a boat . . .

    Yeah, I'm old school too. I don't know a thing about Mercruisers. However, if your water pressure is low aren't we talking about the water pump/impeller? Pull the lower unit down and toss in a new one. It's a cheap part and usually not hard even on bigger motors. There could also be some...
  18. Captain Caveman

    Why no kill switch on 1975 15hp Chrysler outboard ?

    Maybe Chrysler figured that they would die on their own, so why bother with a switch? None of my 50s or 60s Johnsons have kill switches. Just throttle it down to nothing.
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    Ideas on getting lake water temp sensor w/o drilling into hull?

    Well we still don't know why the OP wanted water temp. 1) Having a child around who is willing to jump into the lake is the cheapest/easiest test. The measurement unit is also easily replaceable. :D 2) Next is the thermometer on a string. 3) Cheap sonar is probably the best option. 4) Last in...
  20. Captain Caveman

    Starting Dry

    A moment or two to start it up is fine just for a check. Running it longer than that will cause problems. In my mind, the main problem is not that the motor will overheat. That would take minutes of idling to accomplish. However, the impeller is spinning around dry. I would think that this adds...
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