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  1. J

    I HATE AUTOMATIC BILGE PUMPS!

    Yeah, I’m not reading that crap just for curiosity’s sake. I spend more than enough time in CFR 14.
  2. J

    I HATE AUTOMATIC BILGE PUMPS!

    True, but I think a lot less than what gets in a ski boat during a active day on the lake.
  3. J

    Honda BF50L

    That looks like a serial number tag in the one picture. Most manufacturers let you search for parts using the motor serial number.
  4. J

    Suzuki oil change warning question

    Yes, several times and no, never. Never been an issue until this week. I tell whomever calls me how to reset and usually text them a link to the procedure otherwise it is an easy $50 for me to run to the dock and reset it if they choose to wait.
  5. J

    I HATE AUTOMATIC BILGE PUMPS!

    Only if you have to compensate for something else 😜
  6. J

    I HATE AUTOMATIC BILGE PUMPS!

    My boat didn’t come from the store with an automatic bilge pump. It’s not that much smaller than these ski boats. Where is the size break?
  7. J

    Suzuki oil change warning question

    It’s possible I missed something somewhere but the only instructions I could ever find only work when the alarm is sounding. 100 hours later, it sounds again no matter how many times you do the procedure before then.
  8. J

    Suzuki oil change warning question

    Unless there is an intermittent issue causing a coincidence, it appears the answer to my question is “yes”. The manager drove the boat this morning and let me know it ran fine.
  9. J

    I HATE AUTOMATIC BILGE PUMPS!

    Every one I have seen has a screen built into the mount. This last one unclipped from it pretty easily… but then I had decent access for a change too.
  10. J

    Suzuki oil change warning question

    No, not the same but run through the same computer and indicator. They are bad about ignoring engine alarms. No telling how many hours it was driven with it beeping and the light flashing. Turning on the key and cycling the kill switch shut off the warning light and the beep. I just don’t know...
  11. J

    Suzuki oil change warning question

    Can the oil change due warning put the motor in limp mode? I was called out because the DF250 was sounding an alarm, had an oil pressure light and would not go to full power. Knowing it had an oil change last fall and the oil on the dipstick was full and clean, I performed the oil change...
  12. J

    I HATE AUTOMATIC BILGE PUMPS!

    These boat are on lifts in covered docks. Most have covers on them. At any given time I can walk the slips and hear one or more pumps running for no reason, even on boats only a couple of years old. The boat today is six years old and the bilge is surprisingly clean. I am glad it wasn’t the...
  13. J

    I HATE AUTOMATIC BILGE PUMPS!

    They never fail to fail ON and drain the battery to ZERO volts. Most chargers today won’t even attempt to charge a flat battery and the odds favor the battery being trash at that point anyway. I don’t see a reason to have bilge pumps hard wired to the battery if all they can do is kill the...
  14. J

    Need aluminum gas tank fitting recommendations

    BTW… cool project!
  15. J

    Need aluminum gas tank fitting recommendations

    I would recommend a direct fill tank over a remote fill if it is feasible. Fewer parts make it more economical and easier to maintain. Probably not feasible because it becomes easy to trap fumes in the bottom of the boat even though boats with portable tanks don’t seem to have problems. I...
  16. J

    Been a little cold.

    It’s been a little too warm the last couple of days but I got up in the middle of the night to turn on the furnace again last night. Was planning a trip to the dock this morning to pull 14 dipsticks and look at 2 maintenance issues (low power and a steering leak) but I am holding off until after...
  17. J

    Been a little cold.

    Grill is on now. Had to run the AC the last 2 days. It was 26 a few days ago. It burned the leaves off the early trees. 90 today.
  18. J

    Is this 2k worth of trailer?

    Probably not bad. I paid $1500 - $1600 through a local G3 dealer for a new trailer to haul my 17.5’ G3 10-12 years ago. The other local G3 dealer wanted $2500 for the same trailer. No title or registration on small trailers here.
  19. J

    Been a little cold.

    Got lucky. Hose reel not broke. 60 pound bag of concrete poured at noon today is already hard. The last batch looks like I just poured a bag on the ground without mixing in the water.
  20. J

    Been a little cold.

    I mixed a 60 pound of concrete about 2 weeks ago. It was upper 70s. I don’t know why but it never dried out. It rained 4 days after pouring and the piece cracked and broke. A few days later I cleaned it up and made new forms. While I was at it I crushed and scattered the wet chunks which now...
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