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    Update to using Toilet bowl cleaner for hull and bottom

    It is a store. The toilet cleaner is a house brand called "simply VALUE liquid bowl cleaner". It comes in a 1 gallon jug for around $10.
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    Update to using Toilet bowl cleaner for hull and bottom

    Smart and Final has a toilet cleaner with hydrochloric acid in it. Works great on the toilets and will now have to try it on my boat.
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    suggestions on removing fuel from tank

    I use an old 12v Holley fuel pump I had on a truck years ago. Connect it to the hose that comes from the gas tank and pump it into 5 gallon gas cans.
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    What advice on renting a room out?

    If you are real laid back and don't care what stupid crap the renters do, then rent it out. I had a duplex in the early 80's as my first house so that I would have rental income to offset the mortgage payment that was 12.5%. Once I could afford to, I quit renting out the other side. But did...
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    Found a snake skin in the boat. Now what?

    After shedding it's skin in a secluded place, the snake moved on to find something to eat. Unless you have other edible critters in your boat as well. Then glue traps might be a good idea.
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    Bad sensor?

    I have had other sensors fail but not as much as the water pressure sensor. The water in our area is hard and plugs them up. I am on my fourth one in 16 years. Plus I keep a code reader on board ever sense I was 60 miles up river at Lake Powell when the first one failed.
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    Tippy aluminum houseboat

    Lowering the gas tank will help when the tank is full. But it looks like you will need some permanent ballast.
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    Strakes on Bunks?

    Why would you want to concentrate the weight of the boat on a strake ? Not only would it be bad for the boat, it would screw up the carpet on the bunk.
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    West Marine? What's the deal?

    IIRC about 5 years ago, one of the good employees was telling me they had a major management change, and that he felt they would run the business into the ground. Since then the store by me has only one person working at a time, and they don't know much about boats.
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    Distributor advance curve for a heavy boat

    Slow and heavy = Slow timing advance.
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    Screw Hole Repair / Below Water Line

    Yeah, Marine Tex epoxy is what I was thinking of.
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    Screw Hole Repair / Below Water Line

    I would probably find a shorter screw that doesn't poke through and put it in with marine epoxy.
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    Crooked boat on trailer

    Add some full length side (guide) boards to the trailer. I had endless problems loading mine until I had the boards added to the trailer. Best $1500 I have spent on the boat.
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    Alarm Going Off for Mercruiser 350 Mag MPI

    I just replaced my water pressure sensor for the fourth time in 16 years.
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    Electrical question

    Maybe isolation diodes, but not resistors.
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    Breaker

    Yes that is overkill or laziness.
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    Alarm Going Off for Mercruiser 350 Mag MPI

    There are more sensors on your boat than you can imagine. You need a code reader, I purchased one several years ago and it has more than paid for itself.
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    Is talormade curved windshield really glass?

    If you tap on it with something metallic, you can tell the difference.
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    Faulty sending/sensors?

    There are actually a lot more than 3 sensors that are monitored by the ECM. You either need to purchase a code reader or have a shop connect theirs.
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    I/O in a tritoon

    I'm not a fan of anything OMC. IMO a toon should be powered by an outboard.
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