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    Magic gopher.

    click on this link and see if you can beat the little mongrel......I couldnt stuffed if I know how it is done http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/games/magic-gopher-central.swf
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    Stuck in forward 79 mariner 30hp commander controller.

    Hey all. Haven't had the boat out for a while, took it out yesterday and as I came back into the jetty It wouldn't go into neutral, I gave it a bit of a nudge and it felt like something gave. SYMPTOMS, Now the throttles just got a lot of play in the neutral gear, won't go into neutral, so at the...
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    Air force test!

    Test your reaction time, so far I've lasted 20 seconds, pilots have to get two minutes to pass. http://members.iinet.net.au/~pontipak/redsquare.html p.s mods I kept trying to just type the address but it keeps coming up as a url. feel free...
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    Durahub

    Saw a trailer with these on the other day I'd never seen them before, so I checked out their website Their a local Aussie invention, apparently you just change the oil once a year, no grease, this fella reckons hes been running them for five years hasn't even had to check his bearings just...
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    Peak

    Re: Peak It's bushfire season down here this was taken on the sydney to newcastle freeway, oct 03. Every year around this time the pyros come out to play
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    Whats up with my pump?

    I've always used the screw in "type" hose connector on my Mariner 30, but don't want to wear the thread + I had recent problem with the hose popping off due to wear so decided to put on my old set of muffs, no water at tell tale, thought the muffs have had it, bought a 75 litre bin same again...
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    Not Ideal!!!

    Well I came home from a fish this arvo put the screw in hose connector on so I could go get a beer and not have to worry about it for a couple of minutes, BIG MISTAKE, Cracked a beer grabbed a biccy and some cheese, went back out, hose is on the ground, I must have had the pressure up to high...
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    What fluro are you using?

    I bought some 6lb and 8lb Sunline flurocarbon a couple of weeks ago, its fairly pricey and I've been getting snapped off every second fish, I'm thinking of going back to the old berkley vanish. Is their any good new stuff out, its too hard to keep up these days?
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    Trailer tyres?

    Does Anybody Know about deestone tyres? are they any good, I need 10 x 5.20s and have been told they are very hard to get but this company makes a similar tyre
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    you tube slideshow

    there's some great photos here! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhOV01QkaPU&mode=related&search=
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    servicing shimano stradic 1000fh

    Has anyone pulled one of these apart I started last night, looks like a pain in the @#*$. Any does or don'ts or don't do at alls would be appreciated.
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    Electrical problem

    I was pulling into the boat ramp this arvo went to trim the motor up, it wouldn't come up and then I got a few fireworks off the battery terminals now i've got no lights no no trim and tilt no bilge the only things that still work are the fishfinder and ignition, any suggestions, I guess their's...
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    I know it wasn't the smartest thing to do!

    I came back to the ramp after a hard days fishing, put the boat on the trailer, got home and realised I'd left the fishfinder on, does this mess with the calibration cause I believe their supposed to be used in water NOT ON TAR!~
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    Eagle seafinder 480df

    Has anyone owned or used this fishfinder? If so whats the feedback?
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    High octane or regular?

    Just wanted to get a consensus of what everyones using in their older 2 strokes that used to run on leaded. I know that the unleaded is higher octane now but I've had differing opinions on whether or not to use the premium (higher octane) unleaded or just regular from the servo, when they first...
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