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    Pictures in a post

    just type (IMG)http://the.webhostyouuse.com/imagefilename.jpg(/IMG)<br /><br />except that you use the square brackets instead of parentheses.
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    Oil Recycling Question

    Reading through the latest oil thread in Outboard Non-repair (which turned out to be interesting for a change), I came across where someone mentioned that changing oil often only contributes to the using up of oil supplies. Which made sense to me at first, but then I thought about the fact that...
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    getting old tires off old rims

    Hello, y'all.<br /><br />My stepson found a set of wheels he wants for his VW. They are factory VW/Audi aluminum ones and he got them for nothing, but they still have the nasty dry-rotted tires on them. The weird thing is they seem to have fused to the rims. And I don't mean a little bit. I...
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    fuel/water separator for a 1978 motor

    Hello all.<br /><br />I've got a 1978 Johnson 150HP that I'm wanting to install a separator on after searching the archives here and seeing the opinions on them (and there are a lot). I thought I would post here about a recommendation for my specific motor. Several people seemed to think highly...
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    cars into trailers

    alright, i know many of you laughed and rolled your eyes, but that's ok. so did I. Anyway...<br /><br />My stepson saw someone on his forums (vwvortex, i guess) who built this trailer below from a VW Golf. <br /> <br />He wants to do the same thing to match his Jetta. We have a Golf that we have...
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    argh. unhappy compression numbers.

    well, I was changing the plugs in my motor, and decided to check the compression while I was there. the numbers I got were not extraordinarily low, but they were a little too disparate, according to the info I get on here. It's a 1978 Johnson 150. The numbers are 120-105-100 and 125-115-110. <br...
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    Just stop and think for a sec...

    I have no idea whom to attribute this to, as my wife received it at work, but I liked it anyway...<br /><br />A wealthy old lady decided to go on a photo safari in Africa. She took her faithful pet poodle along for company. One day the poodle starts chasing butterflies and before long the<br...
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    What's the difference in these plugs?

    I've had the L77JC4's in my motor and went to get some more the other day. I looked in my manual and saw that the recommended plugs for the larger motors (starting with mine, a 1978 Johnson 150) are UL77V's.<br /><br />Everything has seemed fine, more or less. No problems I could attribute to...
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    Maybe SoulWinner ought to have a talk with this bear...

    http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/West/08/18/bear.beer.reut/index.html
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    plugs for 1978 Johnson 150, please

    As I sit here at work thinking I need to pick some up on the way home, I can't remember what I've got. I know that they're whatever the manual said, but now I see that the manuals may be out of date anyway, according to another thread. Who's got a good recommendation for me?
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    attaching cable to winch

    hello all.<br />on recommendation of some here (thanks, rabbit), I am replacing my worn old rope with a steel cable from iboats here. my dumb question is, what is the correct way to attach it to the winch? I always attached the rope through the sides to start it, but the cable wil assuredly not...
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    another interesting pic of some verados

    The elder Pres. Bush got a new boat recently. Look what's hanging off the back :eek: <br /><br /> nice boat, mr. president
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    ? for grass gurus

    Hello all.<br />Well, I finally got around to rebuilding our deck this weekend. My stepson last week was good enough to help by taking the old one down. Here's the problem: <br /><br />In disposing of the wood, he just piled it up on the other side of the house (instead of down by the woods...
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    knot and rope for winching

    Hello All.<br /><br />Last week when I was winching my boat onto my old (and not-so-great) roller trailer, the winch rope knot suddenly gave out at the bow eye. The strange thing is, it's been holding for years. Just this time all of the sudden came unknotted. Now my question is how do I tie it...
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    safety on the lake at night ...maybe this is better

    went night fishing last night for the first time on lake lanier, a fairly large corps lake in GA. there was a fair amount of traffic on the water, and I swear half the boats I saw had something (or everything) wrong with their lights. we saw one with the bow lights reversed. saw one with the...
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