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    How Do You Diagnose a Soft Spot in a Fiberglass Boat Deck?

    You may get lucky and it’s mainly just the deck, as others have mentioned, they rot from the bottom up. I took on a 85 17.5’ and five years later it’s coming together. I’ll never recoup the cost but it’s going to be a solid rig when it’s done. Complete cap off rebuild and transom, paint is done...
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    Stuck oil filter

    i use this style of wrench, stopped having issues with them...
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    Extra Bilge Pump

    Overview The word scupper comes from the 15th-century Middle English word escopier, which traces back to Old French meaning "to wash, clean, or to bail out/empty water". Over time, the linguistic root evolved to describe the physical drain hole itself rather than the action of clearing water...
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    non alcoholic beer

    Helped a buddy with a project several years ago, he said no drinking until we were done. He said he had beer in the truck, so I figured it was fine. When we got done, I opened the truck and there on the floor was brown paper bag with a six pack of odouls. In the heat, temperature in the 80’s...
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    I can not believe

    It’s treated like a speciality market. They switch designs constantly so if you need a certain part, it has to be made or acquired from a scrap yard. Some part’s are easy to get like engine parts because they are mass produced.
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    Trail camera issues fixed, now pics....

    I believe it’s a stick. It protrudes on both sides of the tree.
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    I was ‘That’ guy at the ramp coming in yesterday.

    I was that guy around 20 years ago. Our lake has a very shallow launch back then, it’s nice now. I backed in and got the rear wheels off the pad, dropped a foot and was stuck bad! I had to get the neighbors at the cabin to pull me out! Took an hour to walk the mile and half to his place and get...
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    Engine is gas lighting me

    I usually pull the stick up a couple inches and let it sit for about five minutes. That allows the oil to settle in the tube to where it wants to be. As far as milky, it’s probably just condensation from sitting.
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    Outdrive oil level- dipstick or vent plug?

    ^^ This. That hole in the shaft is small. It takes a bit for it to settle in. Now when you have the proper level, you use the dipstick to check the level easily before you go for a cruise. I wish mercruiser had this feature!
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    can a 2002 boat.......

    It’s easy to keep things clean. It’s hard to get them clean if you neglect them. Yes I even wax my yard equipment.
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    Really dry around here

    Haven’t mowed the lawn in two weeks. The grass isn’t growing much at all up here in northern Wi. The little rain we do get isn’t doing anything.
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    New to Wake Sports – Looking for Beginner Advice

    We used the neighbors round plywood disk! The neighbor kid would take a wooden chair and sit on it while doing that! I always tipped over…..
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    1973?

    Thank you.
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    1973?

    Buddy wants to know the exact year. I believe 73 but just wanted to verify.
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    Mechanic tricks?

    I’ve drilled a crescent wrench, if you need a spanner for those cylinder caps or similar. Drill a hole in each jaw of the appropriate size for the pins, hammer in a couple roll pins. Adjustable and easy!
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    Fuel pump cutting out, 4.3 merc

    Not sure but I’d imagine that there is a fuel pump relay on that setup. I’ve seen it on others that have a bad or intermittent failing relay.
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    Mechanic tricks?

    I have a box of sacrifishal tools I get at garage sales. Cut, weld, bend and such. Make what you need!
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    Engine thump noise then full stop

    I forget the hours but I’ve learned that they do have a lifespan. Worked at a marina and over the years I’ve seen more than a few that went south for unknown reasons. I know one in particular that had quicksilver oil in it and was told that was the reason. But I dug deep someplace and many do...
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    my fathers musings

    Time is irrelevant, until you are late.
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    Trail camera issues fixed, now pics....

    Forgot to add wolves to my list. They came through my hunting area a few years ago, I had no deer for a few days. A bear went through the same season and took my entire mineral block and walked away with it!
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