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    Gas gauge not working

    That part is a buzzer which would be part of an audio alarm system which would sound on engine overheat or something similar depending on what motor. I don't think that in itself is causing your problem but surely would justify a good look behind the panel to find out why it fell out and what...
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    80th Anniversary of the Battle of The Bulge

    Thought about this on the way to a store this evening. Young clerk behind the counter, clean cut, guessing about 25. Asked him if he ever heard of the Battle of the Bulge. He said he had no idea. Gave him about a three sentence description of what it was and he seemed puzzled that we were...
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    80th Anniversary of the Battle of The Bulge

    It was 80 years ago on 12.16.44 that Germans attracted the front were the Pennsylvania 28th and the newly arrived green 106th held a line that was twice as long as one normally protected my that number of troops. I was staying at my grandparents over Christmas vacation when the telegram came...
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    BYRNA personal protection

    From the BYRNA website; Maybe you’re one of the 134 million Americans that are flying commercial to your destination. In that case, your Byrna launcher can come along with you in your checked baggage, along with any type of Byrna projectiles, and they do not need to be declared like firearms do...
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    Grease Zerk Fitting Question . . .

    I will have to try that next time on my 2002 Sierra 2500.
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    Grease Zerk Fitting Question . . .

    Including the one on the idler arm that is almost unreachable?
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    Am I hurting things by not running WOT?

    I think I might have married her sister.
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    Am I hurting things by not running WOT?

    I have found over the years running state boats where engine hours, fuel used records were kept a on a daily basis that by running almost exactly as you describe gave the best economy. Get on plane quick and then back off and run 100 or so rpm more than it takes to hold it on plane.
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    I still pull that up on youtube now and then and it still is funny.
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    Need to reduce ventilation

    Read this earlier and had to go towards town for some shopping and this stuck in my head. Without looking for my 65 year course notes from Naval Engineering and Design I did remember P-factor being discussed. Not as big of a thing in an outboard or I/O where the trim can be adjusted to keep...
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    Best slip on shoes?

    I get a kick out of the people who say their favorite shoe company has changed sizes from what they used to be. Are these the same people who while in their mid 40's complained about their favorite newspaper going to a smaller type face with ink that was not quite as black? I will guaranty...
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    Car Hood Boats

    They were made of two welded together so both ends were pointy, hard to attach a motor. Mostly welded together by farmers and auto mechanics with no idea about marine design but they still worked.
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    Car Hood Boats

    Got talking with a young fellow (I don't think he was a day over 50) about homemade boats. I mentioned the metal boats constructed of two pre1949 car hoods welded together and he never heard of such a thing. There used to be quite a few around and there was a guy who used one on a regular...
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    Tohatsu. question

    When I got my first Tohatsu I found out that the water has to be a couple of inches higher in the barrel than my previous motor. If running on muffs I turn the water on high enough that it sprays around the cups and the pump will prime and circulate like normal.
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    Does Anyone Know Any Halloween Songs?

    I do now but I had to look it up!! I knew the song as soon as I heard the melody but never paid any attention to the words. Must of heard it on the radio of my work truck back then.
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    Does Anyone Know Any Halloween Songs?

    Vesti La Giubba translates as "put on the costume". Probably the most recorded aria for tenors ever. Every well known tenor has recorded it. Enrico Caruso himself sold over a million records of it in the 1900's. Perhaps I expected at least the retired Junior High music teacher to know it, I...
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