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    F-150 Transmission Issues (I think? . . . No, I thought )

    Do you possibly have a loose clamp or torn boot on turbo line? poss. a bad motor mount allowing it to stretch the boot and hard acceleration. a leak in boost side will cause a loud screeching sound
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    1986 Mariner 90hp

    I have a 90 hp mariner tower of power that last weekend when we were fishing I went to go from trolling to move and when I dumped the throttle it would not go over 2000 rpm and 4ish mph. I did some testing and found I lost spark on cylinders 1 3 5. I decided since this is 34 years old I would...
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    96 mariner starting issues

    I have a 96 mariner 90 elpto and the Bendix gear was trashed when I got it. I put a new one on but it just doesn't seem like it wants to crank over fast enough and It wouldn't start at all this evening when I was ready to come home. I found a loose connection on the solenoid and It is getting...
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    throttle button

    I just got a 87 charger bass boat with an 87 mariner 90hp 6cyl with quicksilver control head. It has a throttle button on it that you are supposed to push in and move the handle to rev it up out of gear and mine isn't working. Like it isn't disengaging the shifter and allowing the throttle to...
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    Make your kids wear at least a helmet!!!!

    Friday started out OK but when I got home from work and asked where the 2 older boys were momma said after school they walked down to the skate park to check it out. A buddy came over and borrowed my tiller and then the phone call came, kids called my wife and said justin needs a ride he has a...
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    bargin basement kitchen island

    We remodeled our kitchen last year and momma wanted to add an island but at the time $$ was tight. I saw a place advertising freight damaged cabinets in the paper and yesterday we took a ride to see what they had. I found 3 base cabinets that were in great shape 1 is 18? and has 4 drawers and 1...
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    I must be nuts

    Or I will be by time I get home. I am leaving on a 1400 mile(one way) road trip next week with the boys, momma will be staying home. Glad we got the mini van with the dvd player. they are 12,8 and almost 2. This will be the first time my parents have seen the baby and the first time in about 6...
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    Traded off my truck today

    We traded my 02 silverado in today on a mini-van :rolleyes: actually it was my idea the boys legs aren't getting any shorter and the extended cab is ok for smaller kids but the preteen was getting cramped.Also the van will get better MPG than the truck. We got an 2006 Pontiac Montana SV6. I am...
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    rototiller threw a rod

    Well my 1987 model troy bilt pony finally threw a rod last week and it is not worth fixing again. It was given to me about 6 years ago and the motor was in a basket. I need to get a new or newer tiller. the small engine shop on the corner from me told me to avoid any made for walmart. and the...
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    had a close call today

    My FIL was diagnosed in Dec with Leukemia and has been having extreme bone pain and can't get around very well so I went over today to remove the remaining branches that were broken from the ice storm in December. He had some close to his service wires to the shop so I got the ladder out of the...
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    It took 3 weeks but......

    I finally got rid of all the wood from that big elm we cut down in our yard. I figure we had about 8 or 9 ricks of wood in it. I want to thank our very own External Combustion for coming over and cutting the stump down for me. I ended up buying an 18" bar for my saw to cut the big chunks up to...
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    what I did today I'm tired

    With the help of 3 friends we removed the big old elm tree from my front yard with out damaging the house or neighbors mail box. I rented a pull behind man lift that went about 40' up and with a little wind the pucker factor was high at times (I dont care for heights.) with the help of about a...
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    Something here for everyone lol

    http://kalecoauto.com/index.php?main_page=index If they don't have the hard to find parts and tools they probably don't exist :rolleyes::p
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    what a crappy weekend/start of the week for me

    I have been battling a sinus infection/bronchitus for about 3 weeks and this weekend I had no energy,it hurt to breathe deep and had a fever on and off sick to my stomache and slept a lot(bad enough I let the wife mow the lawn). I made a deal with my oldest son that if he cleaned the cat box I...
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    Our crazy cat

    We were sitting here today and our cat came around a chair with the baby's pacifier in his mouth(the baby does not use them) it was funny as heck. I grabbed the camera and got him to do it again. any one ever see such a thing? Oh yeah this is the same cat that is like a dog with the baby. Austin...
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