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    daily music fix

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    daily music fix

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    18ft Boat Launch with RWD Suburban

    Youd love this jimmbo This is the Slip inn, and as you can see its right next to the main access ramp to the Marlborough sounds. The outdoor bar is right on the edge of the ramp ......you can sit around drinking while watching the kaos unfolding .....best fun ever 🤣🤣
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    Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

    These are some of the ramps I use . Lower Aparima river, nearly in the estuary Riverton ramp Colac bay, this ones long , big dip in the middle that fills up with gravel ,and there are submerged rocks just off the end Whakapatu beach Pahi Cosy Nook This is actually used ( not by me )...
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    18ft Boat Launch with RWD Suburban

    Huh , you guys .........I decided after listening to you re ramps etc , to go photograph a few I use reasonably regularly .........picture heavy so its on the "thought Id share a photo" thread .🙂
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    18ft Boat Launch with RWD Suburban

    Done it before, my Dad had a "flying fifteen" yacht that needed a good 5 feet of water to float so using the above method was mandatory for both launch and retrieve The rudder comes off but that keel is 400 odd lbs of cast iron and doesnt.
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    daily music fix

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    daily music fix

    Aw thanks man ,really appreciate that 😆😆 some of the other contributors are to bad either......🤣🤣🤣 But seriously , it is good to hear what others like and I have found some stuff I really like in such forums. Some I swore I never listen to coz of adverse publicity......hate to admit it but Im...
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    Crazy Strange with my primer bulb

    Maybe your primer bulb likes trailers🤣
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    daily music fix

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    daily music fix

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    daily music fix

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    daily music fix

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    Random

    🤣🤣Put a mustache on it and it would look like your avatar Joe 😂😂😂
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    Cracked bearing carrier, run or replace?

    When I removed mine I had to clean a lot of crud and corrosion off both the bearing carrier and the inside of the lower unit. I slathered anti seize grease all over the carrier and lower unit ...new O ring , fitted together and wiped off excess . It might be just that the carrier wouldnt seat...
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    Mercury 5 HP 4-stroke won't start

    Yep ,if one of them is stuck it will have way to much valve clearance .....but if you do have compression they aint stuck . Usually its the exhaust that sticks open or part open .
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    Blessed

    I dont get a choice . At age 65 my accident insurance payouts cease as 65 is the official retirement age in NZ and at that point I go onto the govt pension ......which means my income is halved ☹️
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    Random

    Argh winters here ....minus 2.7⁰c. Frost out my front door
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    Mercury 5 HP 4-stroke won't start

    Maybe ....just maybe but if it already flooded most likely not 🙂 Just remembering ALL the hundreds of stuck valves (mostly lawn mowers and other similar type side valve motors ) and I dont recall them popping off....just chuffing out the exhaust or (way less often ) the carb .🙂🙂
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    Mercury 5 HP 4-stroke won't start

    Stuck valve ? Stick your finger in the plug hole ,give it a pull on the starter and see if there is any compression . 2nd line original post "spark is strong "🙂
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