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    Reverse or drive gear bushing free to spin or pressed in?

    Hello. On my gearcase prop shaft, one of the pinon gear bushings seems to be pressed in. I cant remove it by hand while the other slips on and off freely... Is this correct? On the one the oil holes are aligned but on the other it would turn as it desires with the oil hole often not aligned...
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    Engine coming apart? Starflite 85 has balls on plugs.

    Hello, Two separate trips now, twice on one day, I will be powering up for plane, and the engine will start to misfire badly. I stop, and pull the plugs and I find these balls of something on my plugs. I clear them out of the gap and continue on. There doesn't really seem to have a rhyme or...
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    Vinyl Ester MEKP and safety

    Hello, I am currently working on laying down the deck on my boat. Bigger project than I thought.... I am working with vinyl ester resin and MEKP as a hardener. I am using a half mask and bottom of the line safety goggles since MEKP in the eyes causes blindness! The half mask has Honeywell...
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    Swim Platform for outboard and for fat people

    Hello, I am looking for a swim platform and we are... well... larger than average. I am looking for one that has a 350lb weight capacity and found one here (http://www.********.com/modperl/prod...-ivory&i=23044) but I really want one with two steps. I looked around the Iboats website...
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    Hull has fiberglass stringers, how to attach fiberglassed plywood to stringers

    Hello, new here, lurker for around a year. Told my boat was junk, take it to the dump because a small amount of deck rot. The "professionals" said the deck rot is ten times worse below deck so the stringers are dust. Boat is junk. I tore the deck off (I shouldn't have it was fine, thanks...
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