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    Extra Bilge Pump

    Yeah and for hosing all the blood and scraps into the bilge so the bilge pump can dump it over the side ....then just chuck the bigger bits over the side .
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    Bad 2 cycle oil from amazon

    Agreed , I think thats why there is a distance limit , I actually checked up on it and an unregistered farm vehicle cannot use public roads at all ( thats me ) but a registered but not wof'd ( Warrant of fitness is an annual safety test all registered vehicles under 3500kg must pass ) vehicle...
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    Bad 2 cycle oil from amazon

    Yeah ,I figure that a litre of 2stroke oil for saws etc last me a few years so I just buy full synth at double the price of cheaper mineral oil , and I have only just got another 2 stroke outboard ...so same thing . I just feel if it cost me say 10 bucks a year for (what I consider to be ) the...
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    Bad 2 cycle oil from amazon

    Yeah but driving a farm vehicle into town for a farm appointment is really stretching it ....does he get groceries for instance whilst on "farm business " ? Fair enough if your transporting stuff up a public road to the next paddock . Here we get a bit of grace in that the farm vehicle need...
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    Bad 2 cycle oil from amazon

    Petrol here in NZ is road taxed at the pump and if you use it for farm equipment or a boat ....tough luck . Diesel is not taxed st the pump but you have to buy km's ( $76 / 1000km's for a private vehicle under 3500kg ) and get a sticker like the rego label that displays the max odometer...
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    Bad 2 cycle oil from amazon

    So did I 🙂
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    I know everything

    Who?🤔
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    I know everything

    Stabicraft, Frewza ,.....honestly Captain you'd be better off googling it coz I dont know anything like all of them . The two above are made in Invercargill ,which is my home town ....I live in Thornbury now , about 30km west-ish of Invers. Another option here if to buy 😁 like an Ikea , flat...
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    I know everything

    No . Im in New Zealand ....we dont have those boats here . There are the odd import here but we build world class boats here so no real need to import ....specially trailer boats 😀
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    I know everything

    No Chris crafts ,ever 😀
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    I know everything

    Ah yes wimmin , I was really hoping no one would open that can of worms 😁 I had a neighbour ask me to wire up a 3ph contactor/ float switch to power a well pump during river floods , there was no neutral or earth readily available so I gets to planning ....long story short I bailed on it...
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    I know everything

    😁 Im fine with it 😀. Dude the whole point of such forums is for peeps to tell you if they think your wrong enough to cause injury or expense . I have always been in the repair industry one way or another and you learn stuff that transposes over to boat motors . It would be fair to say that on...
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    Bad 2 cycle oil from amazon

    Yeah maybe it was , tbh I bought a 1L bottle of Castrol 2T for the chainsaw and it was blue where as the last lot of Penrite was green ....but what really burnt my steak was that I didnt notice until I got home that the castrol bottle didnt have one of those separate chambers to measure out the...
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    Frozen meals

    Again a bit of sideways thinkin ......drink the bourbon 1st 😁 everything tastes better when you've had a few 😂😂
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    I know everything

    A solenoid is a solenoid is a solenoid ....just get one off a V8 or diesel motor that got a higher current rating , make a bracket if needed ...Bobs yer auntie ....unless you do have a dickey safety switch , but you could probly find another one of them too ....just gotta think outside the box 😁
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    Marine

    Try adding Ducati in front of anything Ducati oil filter $90nz.....2cv Citroen from parts warehouse $21nz Oil pressure sender Ducati $138 .... Volkwagen Sirroco ..same parts warehouse $17 ( I had to change the terminal on the wire from bullet to 6.3mm spade ) The Ducati filter was a Fram...
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    Bad 2 cycle oil from amazon

    So because it wasnt the colour you anticipated ( oh the horror ) and because the guy you didnt buy it off said it may be defective ( 'course he bloody did 🙄) ( did you then buy some off him ?) you binned it and complained to Amazon …...........ah ,yeah , Im not surprised you didnt get any...
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    BF75S Honda 7.5 HP won't idle suddenly

    You could drain it at home later....doesnt have to be done straight away 🙂
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    Pull start won't pull - antique engine

    Yep ,cant help but trip over them , still remember my Dad buying one new ...came in a wooden crate ....but , meh ,only one pot and while they are def retro Id still rather have a twin cylinder. But your right in that they do look like a brother to this Johnson beauty 🙂
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    Bucket List !

    julie , Megan ,Kerry and that girl at the apricot orchard in 1981 😁 oh and Fiona 😁 Edit All were pre 1990 and in every instance I was to 🤬dumb to realise it was def on untill the chance was gone ( they have since told me ) 🙂🙂 still know them all (Except the orchard girl ) and for one Id even...
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