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    pulling pully off riding mower

    I am trying to change the drive belt on my troy bilt riding mower, well you have to pull the pully off the crank shaft, mine is rusted tight. tonight i tapped on the shaft, put alot of penetrating oil on it, and pryed on it, nothing. tomorrow night i am going to try some heat with a propane...
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    new ring gear on fly wheel......... AGAIN

    SO, today i chewed all the teeth off the flywheel again, for the 3rd time. I have a 96 5.7 mercruiser. I will be pulling the motor and putting a new gear on it and maybe a new starter bendix, while its out i will be aligning the starter and check the need for shims, and anybody think of...
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    being towed back in

    so i finally joined the being towed back in club. todaywe went out to the beach, just getting back in the water off of having carb problems and just barely getting back 3 weeks ago, well i went to leave and either chewed the teeth off the starter or ring gear, i think ring gear. but i had to be...
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    mercarb needle problems

    does anyone have a problem with the needle falling off the float? i had it happen to me today on the river for the third time in a year. what can i do to fix this problem????
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    the cell, chesapeake

    where is the cell? looking for flounder fishing and heard the cell is where to go
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    flounder and cobia

    I am going to be taking a few guys from work out to the chesapeake bay bridge tunnel next weekend, and they all want some flounder and or cobia, just wondering what everyone else uses for bait and what type of rigs?
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    pulling risers w/o water in heads

    i need to pull my risers on my closed cooling(anitfreeze in manifolds, water in riser) 5.7 due to a leaky 90 deg. fitting. my question is how do i pull without getting water down in the manifold and then into the head and cylinder?
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    any grass experts?

    So, i bought my house back in nov of 2008, well when i bought the house it was not occupied for about 8 months and no one had cut the grass, it looked like a hay field. well i am trying to get it back to a good looking yard. it is full of clover, little white flowers, crab grass, and TONS of...
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    Gas and Stabilizer stains on white fiberglass

    whats the best thing to get the stains off? i tried hull cleaner, didnt work, would a compound wax get it off?
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    starter grinding again, loosing my mind!!!!

    Ok, i dont know if anyone remembers but last year about this time, i was having problems with my starter grinding and eating the ring gear on my fly wheel. I have a 96 mercruiser 5.7 2bbl. wheel the problem last year was that i had a bad gasket on he manifold to riser(i have closed cooling) and...
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    Another mercarb question

    So, i have gotten my 2bbl mercarb on my 96 5.7 working, sort of. i can close the choke and fire the motor and once it starts warming up it will open and run fine, but it will not return to close unless i reach around the side of he carb where the linkage is and manually close it. any ideas on...
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    how much wood is in this boat?

    my wife and i plan on trading our boat for a go fast this fall-winter, she likes the late 80s, early ninties formula boats. i have always liked he late ninties early 2000s baja. i am just curious to how much wood is in these boats and how much do you need to worry about rotten transoms and...
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    v belt squeling

    so i am younger and have not really messed with v belts. on my 96 5.7 it has v belts and it squels right at startup for maybe 2 min and then it is quite. what do i need to do to make it go away? is it loose? do i need new belts? am i screwed? its just annoying and i was hoping i could make it go...
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    fishing the lower chesapeke

    I am planing on taking a few guys from work fishing in the next month or so down to the bay bridge tunnel and just curious on what would be a good thing to fish for and what tackle i would need?
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    Any Doctors???

    I currently do not have any health insurance, but i have had a headach from sat afternoon till now( thurs morning). it hasnt been a pounding head ach but just constant all over the head not just front. i dont have the money to go to the doctor and i am starting to get alittle worried.
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