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    project egg incubator

    my wife decided to buy some quail for the aviary to clean up the seed that's spilt on the floor. She purchased a small plastic container with a 7watt light bulb for a incubator. The light is annoying in the house at night time while watching tv and theres no control to the light so its time for...
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    MFS25A tohatsu gas leaking bottom carb

    im use to working on evinrude so I need someone to bring me up to speed on the MFS25A 4 stroke 25hp carbs. A friend has asked me to look at his motor. From what he has told me the bottom carb is leaking fuel (he said he had seen some from outside of bottom carb area). When he removed the plugs...
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    intresting sale on cl. would love to have a wall off old outboards on display

    http://fortmyers.craigslist.org/lee/bar/4613447823.html
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    yukon auto transmission rebuild kit

    my friend has a Yukon 5.7 1994 with a auto transmission that has a sticker saying 4CHD. Now the transmission slips in 3rd and 4th but drives fine in R-1-2. Oil is clean and doesn't smell badly burnt so we want to rebuild. Now I must admit that we have never rebuilt a auto (did a few manuals) so...
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    15hp evinrude fuel pump rebuild 87

    I just got given a basket motor so im trying to decide on the best way to buy parts. looks like im missing carb choke bracket air silencer mix knob fuel pump now I have all the parts for the fuel pump but like I said there in a basket in pieces. If I buy a rebuild kit will it come with...
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    anyone need a 115 power head 115393m near s/w florida 1973

    gave it away
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    wheres all the pictures gone

    The site is hard to use and im lost when it comes to seeing threads that have been updated. I hate to ask a question then loss the post when the person answers a few days later. Im also finding it hard that certain links have been disabled like marineengine which has one of the best exploded...
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    a advert that's worth watching. laughed so hard Im still not sure its real

    Edit: a link to a poo-pourri ad. Technically a solicitation. If you really want to see it, do a web search for it... its just worth playing
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    nylon 66

    I have a nylon 66 that I want to get rid off in florida the question is how do you sell a gun on a open market. I have no idea where or how to sell especially if it means having the rifle shipped with in the usa. Do you pay to have a gun shop post it to another shop or ?
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    planning depth

    a tunnel hull boat claims to plane in 4" and sit in 11" of water (craiglist). So im confussed if the prop is 12" round then how can the boat plane in 4" or does it mean that the boat can plan is 4" of water under the hull. I keep hearing all of these claims of how shallow some boats can run...
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    someone needs to restore this one back to its glory

    boat wife says im only allowed one running and one project boat shame or I would have gone and got this one.
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    roller bunks

    I was working on a sizer today and it dawned on me that the conveyors looked like boat bunks. They are 4" wide uhmw with a track cut down the middle that a conveyor belt with a location v on the back rides on then there's drums at either end so the belt is one continues loop. I looked around the...
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    wife fixing me nail with epoxy and blue light

    I split my thumb nail last year and it refuses to grow the crack out as the nail flexs and keeps the crack running so I thought of drilling a hole to stop the crack but it was suggested to use nail varnish instead. So I ask the wife and she pulls out some epoxy stuff that you paint on then set...
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    how do people work it out

    Ive been on this forum for a while and im always amazed at how people work out things that would never cross my mind. Things like if I push the horn and wiggle the key while turning left the motor will crank. etc etc (not a true example but you get the idea) I find it more interesting that some...
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    something odd going on I think its the motor height

    stratos 16.2 foot with a 86 evinrude 120 hp 4" jack plate fixed and whale tail prop is stainless 19' pitch my engine would not rev out but ignoring that the boat ran fine and with 4 people on board (max weight allowed) the boat ran fine and at 4800 rpm it would run 38-40 and it reacted to...
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    e120txcdc link and sync factory manual 86 120

    does anyone have the link and sync instructions for a 86 e120txcdc i have the all in one manual thats kinda floaty on some of the steps especially as they ask you to loosen screws that do not exist. I had a problem where the motor ran fine but failed to reach the high rpm range so i removed the...
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    son nearly made me cry or maybe sand in eyes

    just got back from graduation and my son was determined he was going to break the old man. He gave his mother a rose then said we was the best parents ever and gave me a big hug then stepped back and laughed. He said is was real close my eyes had started to go red. Wife was crying like a baby...
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    spell check link infection

    i tryed to use the spell check option which lead to a website for iespell there i downloaded the program and as i hate windows i ignored all the begging not to install etc etc and i ended up with a exploit.drop.gs. It wasnt a major problem because i used malwarebytes to scan the system after the...
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    best way to cross bow wakes with out the option to turn into it

    im getting real tired of the lake where i fish. the outer cannel is maybe 150' wide same as the cut coming into the no wake zone thats marked by posts so theres room to over take but its gets nuts at times. Running back in at 35mph (my boat is 45mph max) i get passed by 5 bass boats all running...
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    fast start disable

    Mr joe reeves says before timing if you have fast start you must disable it. So what is fast start, how does it work and how would you disable it if you did have it.
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