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    Auto-inflated belt pack PFD?

    The Safety forum seems closed to posts, so: All of the belt-pack PFDs I've seen require putting one's head through the neck hole. While I understand that an auto-inflate life jacket (already around the neck, not a belt pack) should properly right and float an unconscious ejected boater, what is...
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    CSI MBX-2 or Furuno FBX2 operator's manual

    Can anyone provide a copy of the manual for either of these DGPS beacon receivers? Thanks. __________________ Tom '99 Four Winns 258 Vista http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bowcam http://www.ustream.tv/channel/cape-coral-marine-radio VHF http://67.207.143.181/vlf9.m3u Lightning, spherics
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    Standard/Horizon CMP23 RAM mike cable failure

    I've found an unusual coiled mike cable failure on my CMP23W RAM mike, which has been used only a few times in four years and has only seen very indirect sunlight. The cable sheath plastic weakens and becomes oddly soft but brittle over time, and cracks right at the junction between the cable...
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    Instrument wiring

    I'm installing a chartplotter package (Raymarine A65) in my 26' cruiser. Out of the box, its GPS is continually powered via the display unit, but NMEA out from the A65 requires that it, too, is operating. That's fine if the chartplotter supply is good but, if it blows a fuse or develops a...
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    To lubricate control cables

    I found a way. A length of 3/8"ID clear plastic tubing slipped over each end of the OMC-3300 Teleflex cables I use makes a nice snug fit. I connected one end to an A/C service vacuum pump, dipped the other end in WD-40 and let the vacuum pull it through. I exercised the cable, did WD-40...
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    Support outdrive for hydraulic service

    I'm about to change the reservoir under the hydraulic trim pump on a 99 Volvo 5.7GSi DP in a Four Winns cruiser; the boat is on a lift. Trim still works despite the reservoir leak. I assume one hydraulic line is under pressure from the drive weight. Should I fully lower the drive, or support...
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