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    Getting ready for winter

    Apparently this guy already has his beer nuts stored up for winter:
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    Show us yer pumpkins!

    It's that time of year... let's see your Halloween Pumpkins Just carved the pumpkin today. Made some spicy pumpkin concoction with some of the flesh; as well as some with cinnamon and honey. Baked some seeds with some good spices. Here are the pics: Show us what you got.
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    CDI or Sierra

    I have to get new switchboxes for my 150 Mariner; the Sierra boxes here on iboats are $23.00 less than the CDI boxes. Is there a difference in quality for these boxes, or is it a Kleenex vs. tissue kind of thing?
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    The new guy

    Here are a couple of photos of the newest addition to our household. His name is Riley, he's a 7 month-old lab-mix of some sort and he decided to come home with us after we visited him at the Tampa Humane Shelter. We went there with our 7 year-old golden retriever Grady, after some basic...
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    Lake Anna to ourselves

    I spent the weekend with some good friends at their home on Lake Anna in Virginia. They are moving to the Tampa Bay area in two weeks and invited us up to enjoy their beautiful lakefront home before moving out at the end of this month. They have a Glastron SX 195 I/O with a 5.0 litre...
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    I don't know whether to laugh or cry!!!

    http://www.funnyclipcentral.com/content/toughtitties.php
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    Passed My Test!!!

    Whew!!! The last two days I have been in the testing center for the Florida Contractor's Licensure Exam. I passed all sections of the General Contractor exam with flying colors; I can't tell you guys how relieved I was to see my grades. I think I had psyched myself out studying because there was...
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    Purple Heart in the Park

    Don't know if you guys saw this one or not. An artist in New York mowed this into the grass in a park 55 miles northwest of NYC. Pretty amazing!
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    Am I missing something???

    '96 Kawasaki ZXi 1100, just recently rebuilt the carbs and she was running great; just took her out this evening and I couldn't get it over 4000 RPMs without it stumbling and dying. It starts easily and idles perfectly but anytime I try to get it over 4K I would get the same result. If I pump...
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    I think I got a good deal!

    So I ran across a deal today. I was in Tampa finishing up some work this morning when I ran across a 1996 Kawasaki 1100 ZXi JetSki on a nice 2003 Performance trailer. I talked with the owner who said it ran great last season, but he was unable to get it started this year. I checked the...
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    Kawasaki 1100 ZXi, What can you tell me?

    I just became the owner of a 1996 Kawasaki 1100 ZXi. This is the first time I have owned any kind of PWC. The guy I got it from couldn't get it running; he said it ran great last year but he couldn't get it started this season. I checked the compression and it looked great, had spark, but the...
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    '86 150 lost fire on 3

    Went out for a little 4th of July cruise yesterday and everything was running great on my '86 150HP Mariner. We stopped at the beach to chill out for a while, throw the ball for the dog, etc and when I went to restart to leave, the motor was barely running and sounded terrible. I noticed a lot...
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    What is the gear ratio of '86 150?

    I have been trying to locate a database that gives the gear ratio of my 1986 Mariner 150HP V-6 serial number is 0B144478. Your help would be greatly appreciated.
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    4 blade?? Maybe some rake??

    I have an 18'6" center console with a 150 V-6 Mariner mounted on a jack plate with 10" of setback. I am currently running a 14.25 X 21P vented Rapture SS prop that propels the boat to about 48 (GPS) at 5400 RPM. When I have a load, the boat wants to porpoise more than I would like. The boat...
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    Recognize this Johnson?

    A friend of mine just got this little boat with a 2 cyl. Johnson on it. Runs really well and the hydraulics work. I wanted to try and help him find some information so I can get him a manual, but there does not appear to be a serial number anywhere on the outboard. The HIN of the boat is...
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