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  1. Omineca

    Looking for an independent marine mechanic in central Alberta

    Dear JB I shall write a book on the subject in a month or so, guaranteed. Thanks for your interest.
  2. Omineca

    Looking for an independent marine mechanic in central Alberta

    If you know of an independent marine mechanic or small shop in the Edmonton, Alberta area, please inform me. When I need other advice I'll certainly know where to come.
  3. Omineca

    Looking for an independent marine mechanic in central Alberta

    Meanwhile, the original question still stands.
  4. Omineca

    Looking for an independent marine mechanic in central Alberta

    Thanks Cortes! That's great information. Red Deer is less than 2 hours from me, so getting closer. I shall contact them.
  5. Omineca

    Looking for an independent marine mechanic in central Alberta

    Dirk's Auto and Marine? Thanks very much racerone. If I don't find someone closer by February, I shall contact them. I assume it's not a large dealership?
  6. Omineca

    Looking for an independent marine mechanic in central Alberta

    Question: Is there anyone on this forum, with local knowledge of the central Alberta region, who knows of an independent marine mechanic or small shop in the Edmonton, Alberta area? Having lived on this planet for more than the biblically allotted span, I have accumulated a great deal of...
  7. Omineca

    Looking for an independent marine mechanic in central Alberta

    Dear Grub. I am aware of that, and I am asking here.
  8. Omineca

    Looking for an independent marine mechanic in central Alberta

    Thank you for the response. But what is the name of the small shop in Sundre? That would be significantly closer than the excellent one I use in Fort St. James, BC (André Gauthier), 550 miles from me at the moment. As small business owners with 16 employees and their families to feed, we are...
  9. Omineca

    Looking for an independent marine mechanic in central Alberta

    I am not asking you any of this, although I am grateful that you are taking your time. I want to find an independent marine mechanic or small shop in the Edmonton, Alberta area. Period. No other questions. If you live in this region it is possible that you know of one. If you don't, then it...
  10. Omineca

    Looking for an independent marine mechanic in central Alberta

    Thanks. That's kind of like asking my wife a question. She replies with answers to several other questions I hadn't asked. But I'm married to her! Still looking for a mechanic, as above.
  11. Omineca

    Looking for an independent marine mechanic in central Alberta

    I don't know where to post this, so I'll try here. I have bought a 1973 boat with twin Penta AQ130C / AQ270T sterndrives. I believe they've been sitting for a couple of years, and I'd like to find a small shop or independent mechanic in the Edmonton, Alberta area to go through them and bring...
  12. Omineca

    Questions on recent purchase of Mercury OB

    Hold on.... I found another, from 1996. 40hp 4 cylinder 2-stroke. Maybe THIS is the ticket! http://forum.rentboat.dn.ua/manuals/merc/30_40.pdf
  13. Omineca

    Questions on recent purchase of Mercury OB

    Oh well! I tried my best. The alternative is to buy one, I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
  14. Omineca

    Questions on recent purchase of Mercury OB

    This is a genuine free download (as opposed to the scamming come-ons) for a service manual relating to 1998 models, including the 40hp. It is some 550 pages and I confirmed that it is genuine by downloading it myself. You have to answer a Captcha, then click on the top "download" button, wait 30...
  15. Omineca

    Outboard mounting problems

    Thanks airshot. Yes, there's a lot of weight aft and not much forward. Moving batteries into the cuddy would be great, but sounds like a major project. Maybe if I just add ballast near the bow? My marina neighbor with a 22' Islander has a 4hp kicker, but that is only 30 lbs lighter than my...
  16. Omineca

    Outboard mounting problems

    Thanks racerone. Yep, no magical solution. I hate drilling new holes and filling old holes in a boat hull, and I was hoping to avoid it, but guess I cannot. Is a 9.8hp the right kicker for this hull? Seems like a heavy weight sticking out a long way and dragging my stern down, and maybe 5hp...
  17. Omineca

    Outboard mounting problems

    I want it up not down. And more to point, I want it vertical, not canted rearwards.
  18. Omineca

    Outboard mounting problems

    I have a 1984 Starcraft Islander 191V with a Tohatsu 9.8 4-stroke kicker. I inherited the whole setup from the Previous Owner. Due to Covid and teething problems we have only just got her going, and in a recent visit to a shallow rocky shore I wanted to put her on a shallow water setting/angle...
  19. Omineca

    Submersible trailer lights

    Ah, that explains it! I only have experience of the warm subtropical waters of BC and Alberta lakes. No wonder my bulbs have never blown ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
  20. Omineca

    Submersible trailer lights

    The Yardbirds’ guitarist Keith Relf found out otherwise in 1976. Of course household voltage in UK is 240, and that kicks as I can testify.
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