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    Spring replacement?

    Eye to eye is correct. 24" is a relatively odd size... it could be a flattened 23-xx" which would be more common if memory serves. Most any trailer supply will have something. So long as the guy behind the counter/on the phone is competent, they should be able to guide you in the right...
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    Stuck again

    I flip the tool around and use a good 12 point on the splined side... dad's are from when he went to merch school and are real merc parts... Always did it that way, only a handful of thousands that didn't come apart.
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    Help me set up my new edelbrock 1409

    With thunderbolt V you could get away without it being in gear... it does have a good base idle compensation and it is how I set mine once. No drop in or rise out of gear. But I'd do it right. My service manual 18 has it in gear for both thunderbolt IV and V.
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    E bikes

    Looks good
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    cooking

    I did a mixed vegetable and miso soup last night. Pretty good.
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    My 84 4winns horizon 195 project.

    My new swim platform came in Friday. I've been too crazy with work to do anything with it though.
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    cooking

    Nah. Doctor yelled at me about my diet... I cut out meat since March per their advice and have been slowly re-incorporating it back in as I get to where they want me to be. I've been vegetable heavy with no gluten and meat. A f-ing miserable existence. This week I can incorporate chicken back...
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    cooking

    When I can eat beef again... this is the goal.
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    SBC breakin time

    I did my first change a little short... about 11 hours. Then the second one at 37 additional hours. I had a suspicion of water intrusion which is why I changed early.
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    BMW headlight . . . $1,000 !!!

    I could see that high of a price to replace the housing if its like my 19. The whole front clip needs to come off to get to it. And if it is adaptive I'd imagine there's a reprogramming associated with. Plus typical dealer BS... yeah I can see it.
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    N Y requires everyone to pass a powerboat operators license

    The state actually assigned me if I remember correctly. It didn't really matter. I practiced inline backing in the work trucks, with trailers and CDL drivers etc. I was expecting so much more from it. That and the fact I'd been driving boats since I was like 4.
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    N Y requires everyone to pass a powerboat operators license

    My driver's license road test was about 30 seconds. Parallel parking, 2 stop signs and a stop at the start. May as well have been written only.
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    E bikes

    Climbing a hill or if you need to accelerate, higher wattage means it'll do that faster should you need to. Starting to roll etc. At least I would think....
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    Boat budget question

    True.
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    Boat budget question

    I always broke it down as maintenance and Spring tune up is an operating expense. Same as fuel and anything else needed to run through the year. One time improvements (deck, upholstery, stereo, engine/repower, etc.) Are considered capital expenses to me. Long term improvements. Do I need it to...
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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    Safest bet is put it back as it was only better. Mine had a "keel stringer" but it really was only under the fuel tank and I assume for support of the weight. (Triangle for strength) I extended it a foot or so in either direction because my fuel tank was larger and I figured it would tie in the...
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    E bikes

    It's almost always a cheap charger and or poor quality batteries with horrible battery management causing the fire. We get calls nearly non-stop for them. It's almost never a name brand component but rather a off brand/lower quality piece. The cordless drill components and the like are under way...
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    N Y requires everyone to pass a powerboat operators license

    At one point I had everything lined up to get my 6-pack. Ultimately, due to other people mostly, I backed out. I didn't want the liability of dealing with some other jerkoff on the water god forbid. It's the same reason, despite my bosses persistence it'll be paid in full, that I won't get my...
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    Great loop speed record attempt

    I go down to the cape every year. I always knew it was a horrid area, just not how horrid... Then we went to the graveyard of the Atlantic museum one year and I really learned from some guys first hand exactly how dicey it is. It's one of the few times I've ever been on a beach on a calm day...
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    My 84 4winns horizon 195 project.

    Found the photo from the maiden voyage last fall. I look very concerned. :LOL:
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