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    Advice On Stringer/Transom Repair

    Marine plywood is nice and dense but it rots just as fast as any other plywood. The best material for a transom is probably cedar plywood. It does not rot like other plywoods. Starcraft used it on their boats and left it unpainted. You can usually get it in 1/2 inch boards so you would have to...
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    Careful with those fireworks!

    With all those fireworks and a thousand rounds of ammo he may have been planning to become a pirate like Admiral Drake
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    Crack in the Jon

    I had a similar problem. I went to a metal store and picked up a scrap piece of aluminum plate for $3 and cut it to the size I wanted, sanded the area down a bit, drilled holes for the rivets, put M5200 on the surface, stuck it on and riveted it tight. If you are uncomfortable with rivets you...
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    4.3 No Power and No Ignition Advance

    I suspect that Bondo implies an engine rebuild
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    Changing a 1989 4.3 liter gmc block to fuel injection

    I have the Mercruiser shift interrupter installed, so that should not be problem. The $2000+ ticket is a very convincing reason as to why not, specially since my current setup is fine and $2000 is enough to go to Costa Rica and fish offshore for 2 days.
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    Changing a 1989 4.3 liter gmc block to fuel injection

    Your answer is very clear. On the Yes, I would like to know how. On the No, could you tell me why?
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    Changing a 1989 4.3 liter gmc block to fuel injection

    Can it be done and is it worth it?
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    OMC cobra new long block back firing when first starting

    When you say long block, did you get a block with a warranty and was it tested as michigan motorz does or is it a local shop? I had the same problem. It turned out that I had set the timing on to the exhaust stroke instead of the compression stroke
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    Where would you rather fish the 3rd week in October

    My choice would be in the Pacific of the coast of Costa Rica. I just got back from there and few things are as exiting as finding a school of dolphins with yellow fin underneath. I just got back and it is wild. 30 tuna in two hours of muscle ripping fights. It helps if you have a trusted guide...
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    When do you pull your freshwater boat?

    I pull my Lake Ontario salmon fishing rig in the beginning of September. Not because of the weather, but because when the salmon starts running for the rivers, so do fishing boats, by the hundreds. Salmon fishing turns into combat fishing with aggressive inexperienced boaters trolling lines...
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    Electric boat maker shutters plant in WV

    I/O engines have never been popular in salt water, mostly because manifolds and salt water do not go together well. So why put one in when outboards do not have the problem?
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    Electric boat maker shutters plant in WV

    Although I am an old fart, I am way to young to "remember " the Hindenburg disaster. I only read about it. Static electricity is a known, but invisible risk. Even today it causes fires at gas stations when a static electricity spark ignites gasoline. There is at least one state in the USA where...
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    Electric boat maker shutters plant in WV

    So electric power may not yet be the answer. The bugs will probably be eliminated one by one. The only way to move forward with alternative energy sources is to try ,fail, and try again until serious progress is achieved. We know what gasoline does to the environment and I think we would all...
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    Identify this fuel guage

    I would just google "marine fuel gauge" and then click images. There is a very good chance that your gauge will pop up while scrolling down the many gauges that are shown. I think that it is a generic white gauge.
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    20volt drill

    I don't know if it will ever be the same. I do know that there are a lot of very discounted sales of Dewalt 20 volt drills right now. I would get a spare now. Maybe wait till Black Friday, but definitely get a spare before this one gives up the spirit just when you need it.
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    1957 Johnson Rd-19 35hp questions

    Next time, use marvel mystery oil or a very light hydraulic oil (gear or steering) Because now you have to get rid of the pc blaster in that bearing. Any way you should pour a little bit of gear oil to flush the bearing and remove the pc blaster. I keep on forgetting to write it down, but the...
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    1957 Johnson Rd-19 35hp questions

    That is fairly simple. You would shorten it from 28 to 23 inches. You can shorten the water tube and the shift rod. That much is simple. The more complicated one would be the drive shaft. You will have to look for a short shaft drive shaft. The 57,58,59 and 60 all use the same shaft although you...
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    1957 Johnson Rd-19 35hp questions

    On a side note. When you decarb the engine , make sure that the wind will move the smoke away from houses and stuff like that. It produces a wicked mean black smoke. Last time I did it, I had the cops over in my backyard because they thought I had a fire in my yard, which, by the way, proved...
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    1957 Johnson Rd-19 35hp questions

    You should start with buying a Seloc manual for Johnson/Evinrude Outboards 1.5 to 40 hp.The 1956 to 1970 version. Yes a Seloc because it has everything in it that you need and it is written with the beginner in mind. I have owned 3 1957 35 horse Johnsons and apart from being very thirsty engines...
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    MerCruiser 4.3L V6 engine block part identification needed

    Some carburetors have a choke system that use exhaust gas heat to choke the carb and that oval thing you see is where it connects. You can just install an electric choke on your carburetor and ignore the thing. The oval thing has the "Choke Stove" which is just a piece of tubing.It should have...
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