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  1. tpenfield

    Flat tire on haul-out today . . .

    As I was pulling the boat out for the season today, I noticed the port side front tire on the trailer was flat. Since the trailer is tri-axle, I limped the rig home at about 20 mph. (not far) . . I put the spare on . . . and in doing so, I realized that I need to get some better (more...
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    Plane lands on Cape Cod beach . . .

    This just happened today. It is where we do the sandbar thing on nice calm days . . . https://www.wcvb.com/article/plane-emergency-landing-cape-cod-beach-falmouth/65864141 apparently the plane ran out of gas and made an emergency landing. Good thing it was low tide, as the area is usually in...
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    Flux Marine Outboard Engines . . .

    As I was headed out to my boat the other day, I noticed an unusual boat at the dock . . . It had twin outboard engines that looked like they were from a sci-fi movie . . . had an illuminated blue stripe on the rear cowl and the name 'Flux' on them :unsure: . . . but I could not see the flux...
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    Converting Phase-Maker Ignition to Magneto (Phelon)

    The Backstory I had a 1969 Mercury 7.5 HP motor (S/N 263XXX) for quite some time and did some restoration and upgrades to it. Most significantly I changed the drive shaft to a stainless steel shaft from a 1980 motor. This upgrade gave good salt water running as the carbon steel shaft easily...
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    Are there any Xenforo Web App Experts Among Us?

    It seems like many of the Internet forums have migrated to 'Xenforo' software. Just wondering who all may have worked with it as part of their profession or otherwise?
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    Mercury Tillotson Carburetor question

    Greetings, This may be a question for @racerone and maybe a few others. In my quest for Mercury 7.5 / 9.8 engines, I have come across a couple that have "missing parts" on the carburetors. It looks like complete carburetors (1364-7902, 7909 and similar) are NLA. Carbs were either Tillotson...
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    Mercury 7.5 HP, 9.8 HP Flywheel P/N question

    Greetings, Some of the small outboard Guru's might be able to help with this question. As noted on my Mercury thread (recently revived), I have been disassembling my 1969 7.5 HP motor (Serial 263XXXX). According to the parts list (that I have found online) the flywheel is '239-4174A1' The...
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    Loosing Faith in Humanity . . .

    I made the mistake of posting some stuff on FB Marketplace to get rid of some stuff. . . Some boating related items and parts to my now defunct outboard. I get a response to a posting for the engine cover . . . asking if it runs !!! :ROFLMAO: On other stuff that I have, I get a bunch of...
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    Over voltage (again)

    I launched the boat today and within moments of starting the engines, I got an over voltage alarm. I had one during the pre-season prep. I cleared it with the Diacom and it was fine throughout the engine running during the rest of the pre-season. Today it reared its ugly head. Per the...
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    Birds in the boat . . .

    I have a family of birds living in the swim ladder pocket. . . Looks like there are some new hatchings, based in the number of worms being delivered. . . I've been working on the boat quite a bit over the past few days and the birds (mom & dad I suppose) have been quite cautious. I plan on...
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    BMW headlight . . . $1,000 !!!

    For some unknown reason the left headlight on my car has begun to fog up with obvious moisture/water inside. Upon some research, I have discovered that the headlight (really a headlight assembly) is supposed to be completely sealed. Somehow the driver side headlight has developed a crack of...
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    Vinyl Plank Flooring Installation Decision ???

    Greetings, I am doing a kitchen make-over and will be installing LVP (vinyl plank) flooring. I'm trying to decide the direction to run the flooring and am considering how it would/should look vs. the hardwood flooring in the adjoining room (foyer). Option # 1 Run it in the same direction . ...
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    Grease Zerk Fitting Question . . .

    Greetings, I re-wired my sailboat trailer, as the rodents had taken a liking to the wiring over the past few years. Also installed new lights. I am ready to go with bringing my sailboat to the summer house. Except for . . . . . . . Greasing the axle bearings. I got a typical grease gun...
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    O2 Sensor codes . . .

    I've been getting some O2 sensor faults on my port engine, and it looks like I don't have the proper 'Mercruiser PCM 112' manual to get more information & trouble shooting. The engine manual does not list the codes and refers to the PCM manual :unsure: From my Diacom Software, I am getting...
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    Water Pressure Sensor . . .

    The water pressure sensor on my starboard engine is starting to act up. It starts out reading at 30+ psi when the engines initially start (should be in the 5-7 psi range at low RPM's) and after a while comes down to more believable readings. So, tomorrow is 'boat maintenance day' . . . I...
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    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    Greetings . . . I have been considering transitioning from having twin Sterndrives (I/O) engines and go to twin outboards. I could do this in one of 2 ways . . . 1) Sell my sterndrive boat (Cruisers Yacht 338 mid-cabin bowrider) and buy a same/similar boat that has twin outboards. 2)...
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    Garmin GPSMAP 7608xsv Issue

    This might be a long shot, but I'll give it a try . . . My Garmin (GPSMAP 7608xsv) powered up as normal today, but within a few minutes powered itself off (apparently) and will not power back up. I checked the connections and the fuse, tried a bunch of things but still a no-go. In Googling...
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    Mercury SmartCraft Gauge Question

    Greetings . . . I have wanted to get GPS input to my Faria/SmartCraft speedometer. The VesselView system gets GPS speed, and that is what I currently use. The factory set up the speedometer as a pressure/pitot input, rather than GPS. Of course the Mercury Axius/VesselView stuff has a GPS...
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    PPF - Paint Protective Film

    I was at a car show in CT this weekend and came across a few cars that had PPF (Paint Protective Film). It seems like vinyl wrap, but more durable. I also understand there are versions of PPF for boats. Just wondering if anyone has looked into PPF for their boats or any other related...
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    Mercury 6.2 ECT DTS Axius Voltage Issue

    . . . the hits just keep on coming . . . I've been doing a bunch of work on my boat and engines . . . mostly of the electrical nature. Anyway, I am getting low voltage warnings on the starboard engine. Once the engine starts the warning goes away and the VesselVeiw says "OK". I then noticed...
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