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    How bad of an idea is this for OB support while trailering?

    Fine...I'm a complete moron for even thinking about doing something that involves a single wrench. I guess I'm also a moron for using a wrench on the threaded drain plug, and I should have just been finger tightening it all this time. Or better yet, using the rubber plug instead with the pull...
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    How bad of an idea is this for OB support while trailering?

    Did you already forget that you recommended a skeg saver?
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    How bad of an idea is this for OB support while trailering?

    So the prevailing logic is "remove the emergency brake, install beefy bumper to handle hitting another car in the event your service brakes fail"? I mean I'm all ears as to why attempting to avoid the damage in the first place rather than adding armor is a bad idea, but "not needing tools"...
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    How bad of an idea is this for OB support while trailering?

    The last tilt system that was on it failed...on the water. Wasn't exactly fun trying to find something nearby to hold the motor up. I went nearly 20 years without having a tire failure on the road, because as long as you keep up on maintenance and don't run old tires, it won't be a problem...
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    How bad of an idea is this for OB support while trailering?

    Force 85. Trailer is low, and motor hangs low enough that if the T&T hydraulics fail, the skeg is absolutely going to smack the pavement. The trailer doesn't have a cross member far enough back for a transom saver (and I'm not convinced they will actually save anything anyways), so I drilled...
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    Can I swap factory tilt/trim from Mercury version 85hp to US Marine version 85?

    I WISH mine were that simple! Years of unchecked ADHD have culminated in massive overload....and this project list has been scaled back considerably... Just on the current to-do list - - the boat...almost there, once I get these motor issues sorted out...of course, finding time to get on the...
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    89 OMC Cobra Gas Leak Carburetor

    Other than right were the fuel hose/line connects to a carb, there's no spot that a carb could be leaking fuel externally that doesn't indicate a failed seal, gasket, or bushing somewhere. I can't ID that carb from the pic alone, though I'm guessing that's right where the throttle butterfly...
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    Lower unit swap.

    I'd sure want to know WHY it broke before I start going down the road of throwing parts at it...it would take an awful lot of force to snap a driveshaft, like say something causing the prop to come to an instant halt from high speed. One of my parts motor has a sezied gearcase from the PO not...
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    Can I swap factory tilt/trim from Mercury version 85hp to US Marine version 85?

    Sadly, a year is actually pretty short for me on some of my "quick" projects. My rock crawler has been laid up longer than that. It was case of life being like 100 hours of work to be done in a 24 hour day while working around a 20 hour a day job, having other higher priority things breaking...
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    Am I hurting things by not running WOT?

    80-something Bayliner Trophy 17ft bass boat, Force 85HP motor. Been browsing prop threads lately, where I see a lot of people attempting to chase another 2-3mph out of their boats, along with the common advice of "make sure you're getting X RPM at WOT". I don't have a performance problem per...
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    Can I swap factory tilt/trim from Mercury version 85hp to US Marine version 85?

    I know lots of people dislike people asking questions, then never updating results...well, took another year, but I finally got back to this project. Turned out swapping those T&T units was a LOT simpler than I expected. Didn't even have to touch the bit pivot bolt, just pulled the all parts...
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    Re usable K cups

    Not if it's from hard water....the boiler will be full of mineral deposits. I have to strip mine down yearly for a deep cleaning, and there's always at least an inch of minerals sitting in the bottom of the boiler, due to my exceptionally hard desert well water. I learned early on not to...
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    Re usable K cups

    The Keurigs are great for the office, more so now that most of us are remote workers. The coffee the company buys is something that resembles liquefied road tar, and there's not much point in brewing a full bottle of the stuff when it's just one or two of us. I also don't often go in straight...
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    Re usable K cups

    I have a few of the style that resemble normal K cups, but with the mesh filter, and tops that snap on. Only issue I've ever had with them is that they tend to be sensitive to over filling, and they a bit messy to clean if you don't use the paper filters with the top flap. The other...
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    Can I swap factory tilt/trim from Mercury version 85hp to US Marine version 85?

    So I just went back out to look at it again...it's more obvious with the motor laying on it's side what's going on - looks like the plastic is stuck to the tube, and the tube is spinning in the bore/whatever it's connected to up top. Which now just reinforces my thought - trying to force that...
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