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  1. dwco5051

    Need help! Mind of its own Johnson gt150😬

    Does the alarm buzzer work? Do you get any beeps? Is the VRO still being used or do you use premix? Find the tan wire to the temperature alarm on the engine block. Jump it to ground with the key on and the buzzer should give a warning. If not you may be overheating and don't know it.
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    Need help! Mind of its own Johnson gt150😬

    My numbers were all in the low 90's not to long after a complete rebuild. I was told not uncommon on those old crossflows.
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    Need help! Mind of its own Johnson gt150😬

    Appears to be a 1990 model. "ES" That year should have S.L.O.W.
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    Need help! Mind of its own Johnson gt150😬

    On a Johnson GT 150, the S.L.O.W. (Speed Limiting and Warning) mode activates and drops RPMs to roughly 2,500 by disabling half the cylinders when the engine senses an overheat condition. There are a few other signals from the VRO if I remember right which also could activate SLOW. I sold my...
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    Used Glastron GX 205 with engine issues

    Would you buy a 25 year old car with a possible rusted out frame because it might need some extensive engine work? I have known a few marine engine mechanics and turned a few av wrench a few times myself but never heard of standing on the prop to turn the engine over on an I/O. From the...
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    Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

    One of the first things a photographer learns is always check the background. After my mother in law passed we found this picture of her with one of her favorite Percheron draft horses. Yes there is a complete horse in the picture.
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    There almost here

    Repeat offender finally caught.
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    Is this possible?

    We are going to need bigger bottles!
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    Is this possible?

    48 500ml bottles on both tires. If 1/3 of them are under the water that would be less than 18 pounds of buoyancy. Plus no chain and no sprocket on rear wheel. AI all the way.
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    Is this possible?

    How does she do it? https://www.facebook.com/reel/2433261573827937
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    Tools that younger people would not recognize.

    That was my original plan before I found there was a couple of inches of gas still in the tank. Since I had earlier got some sawdust smoldering sawing through a thick section by the bow I decided to lift it high rather than wait until I got it out of my unisured building.
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    Tools that younger people would not recognize.

    Yesterday's project. All done with cheap Craftsman (Lowes) battery tools. This is my old shop that is on property I own 25 miles from home and hasn't had power for years. Once I used a long extension and breaker bar to give the lag bolts on the motor mounts a quarter turn they came out with a...
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    Tools that younger people would not recognize.

    Remember My Dad had a HP35 I think it was. I thought it was cool but wasn't ready to learn RPN. It wasn't too much later I was able to barter some HVAC work at the local calculator store for a TI sr-50. The older I get the more I miss those glowing red numerals. Still have my K&E log log...
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    Tools that younger people would not recognize.

    Got both. Came to inheiret tools from both my grandfathers and my dad and that is why I have three brace and bit sets.
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    Tools that younger people would not recognize.

    Twice in the last few weeks I have seen posts on different sites where someone found or inheirited a speed wrench and did not know what is was for. I wondered how dumb people could be that don't know what that simple item is as I probably have at least four in different sizes in my tool boxes...
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    Random

    My wife says I need this sign not only in my shop but on a T-shirt every time I go out shopping. I don't know if she means that as a compliment or not.
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    Random

    The guy that is always ahead of me at the ramp. Plus all his gear is still in the truck to be unloaded after he backs in.
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    Can anyone help me with removing a flywheel?

    Don't know what type of puller you are using but if you can tighten it with an impact wrench it seems to almost always work for me. Also a good rap on the puller with a hammer. Each transmits the shock to the flywheel to break the bond. I know sometimes to remove a prop on a Navy ship after...
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    Killing time

    Raccoon ballistics test. Dog barking to alert me something is after her chickens. In my bare feet, flashlight in one hand, Beretta 96 40 cal in the other. Dog barking, chickens squawking and going all directions, raccoon running all over executing evasive maneuvers as I shoot for center of...
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    Anyone want to live at sea full time?

    Been there. More rules than a HOA too.
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