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    Dex Cool

    This thread is in non boating tech. If using dex col, you might want to read it.http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=234754
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    Old rotten stringer thread

    88 205 4winns with 5.7 engine. Progressive said use epoxy with sand- a lot of epoxy, and weight. uscomposites won't even answer email. The local discount (boathouse) has the MAS system. Anybody used it?
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    spam in mercruiser

    Were did the mod link go?
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    XP Office, Teacher and Student

    I built a dual boot computer, with xp pro, and 2000 pro. Everything is fine, but in xp, where I installed Student and teacher 2007, it all works; but when I send something I have made(excel, word), everybody receives gibberish, weird symbols, little squares, etc. I am learning excel, so I don't...
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    Wet stringer

    Way up in the cuddy of my '88 Fourwinns 205, I had a soggy floor. Cutting it open (2' by 3'), I found rotten 1/2 ply(covered by 1/4 poly). The perimeter after that involves the ply sitting directly on a fiberglass hull chine, so I'm not working on anything beyond that at this time. The drainage...
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    Update on the 100% CPU usage

    It turns out that it was Microsoft Automatic Update problem. I just read that the have been sending out patches for it.
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    Hummingbird nectar

    What is the best solution that you have come up with? The're back.
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    will they go boom?

    A strange day. I was trying to get my 92 Bronco to start (why I keep it, I don't know; don't need it), and I did tests, an decided the slave solenoid by the battery was the culprit. I threw in an OMC spare solenoid I had, and life is good. A buddy called, and needed a loaner starter for the 85...
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    2 words

    trailerpark boys , so funny
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    Global Warming

    North east Florida; it is so dry my grass crunches when I walk on it. Global warming? NOT. This always happens each year. The centipede survives, as always.
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    OMC maximum tilt angle

    Ok, after the last break-in hours, I am getting ready for some more. 88 0MC cobra 5.7. It was hard to tell the trim position,in rough water, as the previous owner ripped off the trim sender, leaving broken screws and cut wires, which I don't want to deal with until next fall. If anyone knows...
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    old threads as new

    Is it just me?, I keep seeing old threads popping up as new.
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    prop help

    I have a 1988 four winns 205 sundowner, about 3200 lb loaded. New to me and had to install new engine 5.7, omc cobra, has a ss 15x17 prop. I got far enough into break-in today and put it to 4600 rpms. Got 42 mph, but had alot of throttle left, which I didn't want to use , in order to see how...
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    break-in oil usage

    The first 4.5 hours of breaking-in a new Jasper long block used no oil. Today, 2 kours used .5 quart. The St Johns River today was heavy chop, with white caps; think the heavier load had something to do with it? I have broke-in, rebuilt a lot of auto engines, but never encountered this.
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    cpu

    The power went out, and now one of my computers is sluggish-it shows 100% cpu usage, but 0 processes running. It seems like there is a chkdsk repair, but can't remember it.
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    A salute to marine techs

    Having a 88 Fourwinns 205, I have it easier than most to access the engine, even though some things have to be done by feel. But last fall, I replaced the auto rubber fuel line that came with the boat. And had a leak yesterday, due to a sears double flarer that maybe was too small. Anyway- rip...
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    water pressure gauge

    I just installed a temp/ oil pressure alarm on my 88 OMC 5.7. I was wondering; if I teed in another oil pressure switch into the cooling jacket, would the 5-7 psi switch work ok?, as I don't know what pressure signals trouble.
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    Oil cooler, OMC

    Okay, let's try this. I had to replace the radiator on my 99 ram 5.9. there was so much aluminum there, that I took it apart, in order to scrap it, along whith a pile of brass in my shop. The transmission cooler was internal on one side of the tanks, fairly large unit. Will this work as an oil...
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    robins coming back to north

    These birds are headed your way. and they have been eating good. Almost the size of a squab. Wife came home and saw them in the yard, and asked if those were robins, they were so big.
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    Perpetual Motion

    Suppose you somehow managed to get the magneto/charger off of your lawn tractor hooked up so the trolling motor spun it, while trolling. That charging it's own battery.....
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