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    Did something freeze and potentially break?

    My buddy called this morning to ask if he caused any damage by not winterizing his boat this week. Boat - 1987 Formula, twin 350 mercs. Scenario - Up on a lift, everything out of the 57 degree water. Yesterday it got down to 27 and got up to 38, that should be fine. Last night though it...
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    Reverse Cycle Heat - How cold do you let water temp get and still use it?

    I've read that you don't want to use reverse cycle heat somewhere below 45 - 55 degrees. Right now the water temp is 60 degrees so I'm closing in on that range. How cold do people let the water get before you quit using it? Last year I quit using it at 60 degrees to be safe, however this...
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    Help me convince the parents they need airbags

    I want my parents to get airbags on their 2013 F250. They pull a big 5th wheel camper and are right at the tongue capacity and it squats the truck pretty good. I've researched this and read nothing but positive reviews. I'm trying to come up with a list of why they should get them. From some...
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    CO Detector Keeps Going Off

    I've got a Chris Craft 33 Crowne Express Cruiser, and I replaced the CO detector in the cabin at the very beginning of the season. Throughout the season it has gone off somewhat randomly. We can be cruising down the lake without the generator at 30 mph and it'll go off. Other days I can run...
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    Lake of the Ozarks - Fall Harbor Hop

    Anyone doing the Harbor Hop October 12th? Do a lot of boats get out for this event? Wasn't sure how many boaters actually "hopped" or just stayed put at 1 or 2 places. The website says there are 40 places participating. I wanted to do the spring harbor hop but seeing as there was SNOW on the...
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    Water Patrol - BWI Tactics?

    First - I don't drink and drive, you shouldn't drink and drive, if you do, you suck, now on to my topic. Here's an experience I had on Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri a few weeks back. I was the DD, completely sober. We left the bar at 1:30am and went for a cruise up the lake to the dam and...
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    92' 5.7 Idle Problems - With VIDEO

    I have an issue where the motor doesn't want to idle when hot. If I mess with the choke (you will see in the video) it helps, so I'm guessing a lean condition of some type. I can fix the problem by cranking the idle up however when cold the motor idles at 1600 - 1800 rpm. Sometimes it will...
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    1992 5.7 - Choke Thermostat Bad?

    I've been having idle issues where it runs great cold or great warm depending on where I set the idle screw. If I up the idle it'll run fine when hot, but idle at about 1700 when cold. I was looking at it last night and I noticed that the choke seemed very very loose. I'm guessing that the...
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    Carpet Glue in Hot Weather

    I'm getting ready to glue my old carpet back down on the new deck (plywood coated in fiberglass). I picked up some marine carpet glue at Cabela's and it says on the back the working temperature is 65 degrees. It is "not recommend to use on hot sunny days". Well it's july in Missouri, temps...
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    Electric head - water will not go down

    Could use some help. The electric head which worked fine last weekend will now not pull the water down. The electric motor turns on and sounds completely normal. However when I put my foot on the pedal the water goes no where. No movement of any kind. Can't easily see anything in it that would...
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    Generator dies while getting on / coming off plane

    I have a Kohler 4.0 generator that keeps shutting down when getting on or off plane. It will run all day no problem as long as the boat is level however once you get it at an angle it shuts down. On plane or off doesn't matter, the genset runs fine. Load or no load doesn't matter, just shuts...
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    1995 Volvo 7.4 - 2 Oil Questions

    I've searched on my 2 topics but the information varied from thread to thread. My boat is a 1995 Chris Craft 33 Crowne cruiser that I just purchased in November of 2012. Twin 7.4's with duo prop drives. Seems to Cruise at about 3000 - 3300 RPM, however I didn't really have any weight on...
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