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    67 Year Old Head Bolts

    Length (in inches) = Length (in inches) * Δ Temperature (in °F) * ε (in / °F). Steel = 0.0000065” / °F. Aluminum = 0.0000128” / °F. Pouring boiling water (212F) on 70F aluminum would expanded the hole in the aluminum 0.0018” x hole diameter….0.375 x 0.0018 =0.00068” This assumes you have...
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    Been a little cold.

    Owners manual says to flush and store the Opti in vertical upright position. Buddy has twin 275 verados on his transom. Drain and store in vertical position as well
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    After 20 years of lake boating, tried something completely different

    Fish out of Ocean City, Md. and Virginia Beach, Va. on a regular basis. Going back in after dark from a day offshore (40-90 miles out) never gets old. You go from total darkness to just a shimmer of light on the horizon that slowly builds to a city of lights over time. Fished for marlin out...
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    67 Year Old Head Bolts

    Penetrating oil and a 1/2” pneumatic impact gun is my go to. Turn air pressure down a bit to loosen up any crud in the threads before going full force. If that doesn’t loosen them, I use two ball peen hammers to break it loose. Place the small end of one hammer on the head of the bolt and...
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    Identify the thread of this screw from my boat

    In machine world, a tolerance is assigned to the dimension based upon the presentation of the number. See below In the case of a 10-24 UNC screw, the “basic” major diameter is 0.190” however, the actual diameter can vary from 0.1890” to 0.1818” diameter. Had this been a 10-32 INF, the basic...
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    Been a little cold.

    Any idea which outboards? Not having any luck finding an owner’s manual that gives instructions on winterizing the cooling system
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    2002 Johnson 150 (Carb) Oiler Delete

    I have a 1997 200hp Ocean Pro (second power head) with the original "System Check" system still in place that has functioned flawlessly the past 28 years ;) Very thirsty........have absolutely no problem monitoring the oil level when I'm burning half of a 3 gallon tank of oil every outing .
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    Been a little cold.

    But, But, But....outboards are self draining even with the foot tilted up......lol Outboards have an open loop cooling system. The only thing keeping the block from draining is not storing the motor verticaly, possibly a plugged thermostat and/or a loss of gravity. Have left the foot in the...
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    Identify the thread of this screw from my boat

    can tell it's 10-24 by eye. !0-32 is much finer thread
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    Identify the thread of this screw from my boat

    #10 screw….can’t tell if it’s unc (24) or unf (32) from your pictures The major on a #8 is 0.164 The major of a #10 is 0.190
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    Draw on battery 1

    Doubt the label would still be on there 20 years after the fact
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    daily music fix

    Skipped 8 track and went straight to cassette when I bought my car in “73”. Dad had a recording studio in the basement. Had a couple of TEAC, 4 channel reel to reel recorders. Bought a Nakamichi cassette deck to transition to cassette. Spent many late night hours recording “under...
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    Mobile home internet

    We’ve had 100/100 Fios since 2012. A couple of months ago they offered to increase our speed to 500/500 while dropping the price $10 a month. Didn’t make sense. Turns out, they changed the contract language. Instead of guaranteeing 100/100 minimum, the 500 service was “up to” with no...
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    Mobile home internet

    Guess it depends on the bandwidth in the area. Since VZW switched over to 5G messaging, messages can take up to 30 minutes to processed and passed along in our local area. Have not noticed much difference out of our area.
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