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  1. dingbat

    Insurance

    Some insurance companies will add a boat to your homeowners as a rider, but an umbrella policy is primarily setup to protect your Net Worth from excess insurance liabilities should something happen. It’s been my experience that a 3rd party stand alone insurer’s policy is considerable less...
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    What is this connector and bracket? Fishfinder/GPS/etc.?

    There is no difference in the “accuracy” between a $150 unit and a $4,000 unit. Your Striker will give the same depth as either one of my high end units. The difference is the sensitivity, and it’s a combination of the quality of the transducer, the signal processing and the resolution of the...
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    Insurance

    Are you sure about that? Our umbrella is only an extension to our primary insurance policy coverage. It does not provide stand alone coverage.
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    200 Mercury EFI - Interesting Situation

    Simply could have replaced a piston or rod. If your truly interested, pull the heads and take a look. It’s water under the bridge at this point. it’s yours now. You bought it, run it.
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    What is this connector and bracket? Fishfinder/GPS/etc.?

    Well, here is your cable…..it’s a Lowrance power only cable. Now you need is a transducer. Guessing it was removed with the unit since you can’t find one Compatible with Lowrance HDS, Elite Ti, Elite, and Hook displays...
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    helm wiring, should be simple, i'm not too bright.

    Nothing wrong per se, just be aware that electricity takes the route of least resistance. That’s what ohm’s law explains in the triangle I posted above. If a wire increases in resistance, electricity can/will find a different path to close the circuit, possibly overloading another circuit...
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    What do you Recommend for Beautifying a Teak Swimstep?

    Teak went out of vogue back around the turn of the century. Too much work to maintain coupled with conservation concerns pretty much sealed its fate. Replaced by starboard (HDPE) for the most part that requires little to no maintenance at all.
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    What is this connector and bracket? Fishfinder/GPS/etc.?

    No way to identify the unit just from the “style” of the connector. You would need the pin-outs to have even a remote chance. Even if you could even identify the unit, there is no way to determine if the transducer is operational without buying a finding and buying a unit to test. Do...
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    helm wiring, should be simple, i'm not too bright.

    A switch is typically a pass-thru. Power goes thru the switch, ground is run directly to the load
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    Pressed-in Zerk grease fittings

    Pull one out = replace Clogged= remove and or replace
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    Today's Water Rescue ...

    https://www.rd.com/article/emergency-sos-iphone/#:~:text=iPhone%208%20and%20later%20models,emergency%20services%20with%20either%20command.
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    Insurance

    You would probably be further ahead to just the buy a new SEI LU out of pocket.
  13. dingbat

    Lower gear oil drain plug seal for Johnson outboard

    Been wrenching for way too long for that.....torqued the head bolts on the New Holland (diesel) a couple of weeks ago to within 3 inch pounds by feel.....lol
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    helm wiring, should be simple, i'm not too bright.

    No Rocket science here, although we have two in the family. Basic electronics theory......Air, Fuel and Spark in internal combustion motors
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    Just keeps going right

    18’ Kenner CC is an outboard
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    helm wiring, should be simple, i'm not too bright.

    We do a lot of automation upgrades. A lot of the old stuff still out there, mainly because nobody knows how it works anymore. Had a customer a while back asking us to integrate with his GEM80
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    helm wiring, should be simple, i'm not too bright.

    Then add this into the mix….welcome to my world…..lol
  18. dingbat

    Short vhf antenna

    I have twin 8’ antennas on my hardtop. The 2” grommets worked well https://www.mytarp.com/collections/large-grommets
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    Pressed-in Zerk grease fittings

    From a Service stand point, it’s easier to remove and replace pressed hardware than D&T
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    Just keeps going right

    Helped people out with this problem twice. 1. Installed 25” motor on a 20” transom. 2. Showed them how to trim the motor properly. Torque should all but disappear when properly trimmed.
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