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    adding extra vents/ ducts to home HVAC system

    hi guys. im in a 1000 sq foot, 2 bed, 1 bath house in st.pete florida. the bedrooms and the bathroom each have their own vent, and the rest of the house( kitchen, dining, living rooms) all share one main vent wich is located at one far end of the room, so if your on the other end of the room...
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    value of boat with new Vs. rebuilt engines...???

    HI. I recently aquired a 1989 BAJA 320 project im currently working on. boat has twin 454 330hp, bravo1 drives, both motors rebuilt .040 over and have lots of HIGH HP goodies added to them , making them more like 375hp each. anywho..... starboard side engine is totally trashed via water...
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    mercruiser 454 exhaust riser questions

    hi. i am in putting my 454s back in the boat after rebuilding the starboard motor. anywho...... 1989 baja 320 twin 454's 375hp bravo 1's. my old exhaust rusted through and i had to rebuild starboard engine. i have them mostly back and ready to go. i have tossed my old exhaust elbo's/ risers...
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    dare i say it.... convert sailboat to powercruiser

    hi. dont shoot me!!! this is just a general question. ive been looking at getting a new(used) boat. and we dont sail. you can see where im going with this, eh? i know its been done before, but im curious about buying a nice used sailboat in the 24-26 foot range and throwing away the mast(s)...
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    inboard trannsmison ID ? how to

    i have a 1977 trojan F280 28' fbmy w/ twin 351 fords. how do i tell what tranny types i have. ? if i wanted to replace these engines with something else, how would i know what would bolt to the trannys?
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    28' trojan inboard steering question

    Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 10:32 pm Post subject: 1977 f280 steering problems -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hello, all. i just got my first inboard boat, a 1977 trojan F280 with dual 5.8 fords. my question is this: the steering is...
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    paint over bottom paint?

    i recently acquired a 2001 aquasport 24' walk-a-round. the wacky previous owners had the boat bottom painted as they kept it in the salt water at their dock. i keep it on a trailer and HATE the sight of the bottom paint. i would like to paint over it with white epoxy paint such as VC...
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    bottom paint on my outboard.....

    i know its a NO NO, but i bought it like this... anywho.... i need to get rid of it before i start corroding the thing, which is a 2001 yamaha 200 hpdi. can i scrape off the barnacles and lightly sand off the bottom paint and then spray some factory yamaha touch up paint over where it was? i...
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    yamaha HPDI vs OX66

    i asked this in another section but got no bites.... i have a 2001 aqua sport 225 explorer walk-a-round cuddy and am trying to choose between these two motors. 2001 200 HPDI and a 2001 250HP Vmax. only thing i know is that the HPDI is 2.6L and the Vmax is 3.3L. would one of these motors...
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    any difference between YAMAHA hpdi and Vmax?

    they are all different prices but the same sizes and HP im looking to repowering my aqausport 225 explore with a 250hp and want to stay with yammy since thats how the boat is set up currently. ive seen the HPDI and ive seen the Vmax? why is the vmax always more money? myoutboards@yahoo.com
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    my new truck :) 1996 f250 7.3L

    my new diesel ! wife already had a jetta diesel 2003. anybody know what the sizes are of my dual tanks? thats my only real question. just wanted to share :)
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    boat towing charges. 85 miles

    i have a fellow boater here near tampa i met online wants me to tow their 30' sailboat , with no motor, 85 miles from new port richey, south through the intercoastal and around the south end of tampa bay, and up to davis island, in tampa. its about 90 miles, and about 60% of it is through the...
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    stator , flywheel, regulator compatabilities....200hp 2.5L

    hi i have a 1993 200hp 2.5L thats not charging at low rpms, anything below like 1500-2000 rpms, it flutters. the 200hp has the 40 amp charge system with dual regulators. i have a parts motor, a 2.0L 150hp with the 16 amp single regulator system. can i swap the stators from these two and run...
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    diesels and veggy oil... just outa curiosity

    can i pour straight, fresh, new, unused veggy oil from the store directly into my fuel tank on my diesel and just mix it in with the rest of the fuel? i know you can run on straight veggy or straight deisel, but can i pour in say, 5 gallons of veggy with 10 gallons of diesel? just curious...
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    anybody live in central TN?

    family and i are looking into moving to knoxville TN, as a opening has come up with our compnay. (wifey and i both work for post office) anyways..... weve been there many times since being married, been there 9 times in 8 years, including on our honeymoon, always l;iked it there. houses are...
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    1988 15hp

    its actually a 14hp. 1988 . motor wont pee. if i remove the thermostat and leave the thermo cover off, water pumps outa the thermo housing. water also comes outa the exhaust ports too( i run it in a bucket, not on muffs) so i know its "pumping" water. with the thermostat in, i get a lite...
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    restore accidentally deleted NOTEDPAD text file

    im on my sony viao pc running windows xp pentium 4 if that matters. i had a textfile that i made in notepad , and then i accidently deleted everything i had in it. it was rather inportant stuff, now when i open the file, its the new saved crapp wich is usless to me. ive tried using SYSTEM...
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    Which to buy? 04 merc 225 xl efi or 05 merc 150 opt dfi

    more hp the better. i was under the assumption that the efi is their optimax. i didnt know they made any other efi, unless its four stroke. either way, unless you are a master mercury mechanic, which i doubt from the question asked, youre not gonna do much repairs yourself. these arent user...
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    Lower leg removed, cant reinstall properly. 63' 50hp

    try having somebody gently and slowly rotate the flywheel while you slide the Lower Unit back in place. yes, make sure its in nuetral. also, that big shaft is the drive shaft. the prop shaft is the short shaft that the prop is bolted to
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