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    So, what did you do today?

    You need a brush hawg. I spent another day wishing that I was not injured, and could go work on my shop build, or a thousand other projects, since I am at home anyway.
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    trailer mod Questions

    Whatever scrap steel you find first, and cheapest. All 3 times i used hollow, but its not really important.
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    To big of an engine?!

    Its fine with me. He doesn't believe in being legal is all, and feels over powering is fun. Not a big deal, I got used to haters by age 10, because I try to do things correctly. Eventually that goes wrong for them, but I don't think that they care much. Pay the fines, and continue on.
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    Suggestions of price

    Agreed. For $1000 it will make someone a good project to work on this summer. Make sure that you THROW AWAY THE LIFEJACKETS don't want someone who buys it using them, not safe, don't need a kid drowning. Old lifejackets freak me out, saw a kid and mother tip a canoe wearing some, and then having...
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    To big of an engine?!

    And they do check, more than once I was stopped, and they checked the boat for maximum power rating to see if my Yamaha 20 hp i had was legal on my old 14' Princecraft.
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    Can 1150 merc 16' pull me up

    Grew up skiing behind a really old, and heavy, Double eagle boat, loaded with too many people, because everybody wanted to go for a ride, and it only had an old Chrysler 75 on it. I feel spoiled now, because I mostly ski behind my Jetski, that has crazy acceleration, so I can simply dangle my...
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    2021 Nascar - Race #9, Richmond

    Did you see the F1 race earlier? That got wild a few times. Russell took out Bottas, then tried to blame Bottas for it.
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    trailer mod Questions

    Any fabrication Shop can easily do that. Cut your tongue off at the desired length, weld on plates to the 2 sides needed, make an insert, then weld it together, is how i would do it. Some people would probably just weld on the 2 plates and butt weld it without an insert, especially considering...
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    2021 Nascar - Race #9, Richmond

    Hamlin owes his pit crew a beer...he had a good restart to.
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    2021 Nascar - Race #9, Richmond

    Hopefully it's as entertaining as the F1 race was this morning. Watched more TV the last 3 weeks being at home with injuries, that I usually see in a year.
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    Battery Banks

    It shouldn't harm anything, but do note that the regulator may not allow it to fully charge. Even in your vehicle, car, suv, truck, whatever, if you replace just the single battery in it, with a different type of battery, you may need to reprogram your charging system, for it to get fully...
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    2021 Nascar - Race #9, Richmond

    I liked the planes in the fly by, wish they had showed them more. Where I live, an old yellow Harvard does aerobatics overhead regularly, can never get enough of it, the sound alone is great. Girlfriend and I often go outside and watch when we hear it. We get training planes frequently...
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    96 Yamaha 115 getting overheat alarm

    Definitely got the correct impeller? Intake holes are 100% clear, and triple checked? Thermostat removed, then tried it again, to eliminate that as a cause, and while out anyway, replace with a new one. Had a customer supply his own impeller last summer, hired me to install it. Upon looking...
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    Pontoon gas tanks

    For the extra gas, have you consider a rotopax gas can? I use a rotopax, mounted to the side, standing on its edge. Doesn't take up as much room, and isn't loose in the boat either. They are available in many different sizes, and can be stacked. I usually just use 1, but if fuel will be in...
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    Bow plowing at high speed.

    Is the floor easily removable? If so pull it up and have a look inside, something is going on. Sad but true, too bad you didn't have a closer look underneath before you purchased it. With the amount of problems I see, and hear about with people buying used boats, I don't think I'll ever buy...
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    Is there any hope???

    Quoting this so you have to read it again! Sometimes a boat, car, truck, house, is just better off to be replaced, than it is repaired. Nobody except a whacko would have restored my Plymouth Belvedere, except for me, and I only did it because it used to be my grandfather's car, he purchased it...
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    IN SERIOUS NEED of spark plug wire help 5.7

    Many shops can make you a custom set of wires. Call around, find a shop that does it, then take them your old wires. They cut wires to the same length, and install new ends like you have. I do a few sets a year for customers, and for my own older vehicles, friends, relatives, or even just guys I...
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    Marvel Mystery oil in a 2004 5.0 engine

    This actually made me laugh. Well written 😉 My boat is drastically underpowered, I jokingly told my gf I need to trade her in on a smaller one. She knew that I was joking, and laughed, then promptly reminded me that my 181 lbs is substantially more than her 117 lbs. She then jokingly suggested...
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    Marvel Mystery oil in a 2004 5.0 engine

    Call me crazy, but I don't like additives be them in my gas, or oil. Run a quality oil, run quality gas, and let that be enough, is how I do it.
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    Bow plowing at high speed.

    This may be considered off topic, although I actually feel it isn't in this case. But have you considered adjusting the trailer so your boat sits further ahead, and the bunk boards are actually out past the stern slightly. Every boat and Jetski I've purchased, left me disappointed with how they...
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