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    Cannot Get Dust Cap On!!!

    One of the dust caps disappeared off my trailer. It's probably at the bottom of the Mystic River. So no problem, cheap and easy enough to replace. Or so I thought...... I bought a new set and try as I might, I cannot get them on. They have to be the right size, they're way too close to not fit...
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    Does my engine have a problem? Or is this normal behavior?

    The engine has a separate oil tank and mixes itself, i assume right before 'injection'. Also the tank is only 6 gallons so no gas sits in there for very long. Last time the carbs were cleaned was probably about 10 years ago, I'm not sure there is any different behavior now than right after...
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    Does my engine have a problem? Or is this normal behavior?

    I've got a 1989 Mercury 90hp outboard, 3 cylinder. It's been on the family boat since the mid 90s. The way I use the boat changed significantly around 2009 or so. When I went from using it to drive high speed around a small calm lake, to driving it at much slower speeds in and around larger...
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    Best technique for waterproof solders?

    People like to read titles but not posts. This post is about sealing T-splices. Simply throwing heat shrink over them is either not an option, or will not seal it fully, depending on which kind of T splice you do. So what I ended up doing was removing my heat shrink with the grease under it...
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    Suggestions for a Phone Mount?

    Greetings! My boat is a 1984 model so as you may have thought, it does not have any smart phone holders :) I do have a radio i've aded that includes an iPhone input that plays music from the phone and also charges the phone. And Its also nice to use some of the charting apps as water-gps too...
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    Best technique for waterproof solders?

    I'm fully rewiring my trailer. New harness, new lights. I have to make a bunch of T connections I'm curious what the best technique is for making them waterproof. What I've done so far is cut them so there are three wires and twist them together like i'm going to cap them (but don't cap them)...
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    West Marine? What's the deal?

    There's a West Marine near my house in Woburn MA. It's always been a high end type of store. Meaning clean, way over-staffed, high prices and shelves filled with stuff. I went in yesterday to pick up new marker lights for my trailer. First time I had been in there in a couple of years. The...
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    Re-wiring Trailer

    About 10 years ago I replaced the lights with LEDs on my 30ish year old trailer. And I replaced the plug a few times because I'm always having problems. I crimped everything, not soldering, so it's all going bad again. The original harness also had a bunch of built in plugs, so the lights were...
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    Flat 4 Connectors

    The towing question is not actually Trailblazer specific, but still probably right on topic. I have two small trailers I tow regularly. A 5x8 utility trailer and a smallish boat. My truck has a 6 pin plug, so I have a 6 pin to 4 pin adapter that I plug in and it works great. But the...
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    Tips & Suggestions for Rewiring my Trailer

    My trailer has a relatively new connector plug (flat-4) and new lights. But the wiring itself connecting all these parts is as far as I know, original mid-80's copper. It includes a lot of basic plug connectors that go underwater all the time. I'm starting to have issues with that old copper...
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    Water Temp Gauge

    I tried googling this, and what I got were a bunch of engine coolant temperature gauges. I don't want that. I'm wondering if there are "ambient water" temperature gauges? That would be a neat accessory to add to my boat. I did find one depth finder that had temp built in to. My depth finder does...
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    LED Bow Light...

    Almost exactly 7 years ago, I decided to dump my old incandescent lights and get nice LED navigation lights. They worked great and looked great. And the bow light only used 1 watt, as opposed to like... probably 20 watts or so for the original incandescent. The old light would get hot to the...
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    How much smoke is normal?

    My engine is a 1989 Mercury 90hp, 3-cylinder, 2-cycle. It has it's own internal oil tank and it blends the oil itself. So how much smoke is normal? This engine has always smoked when it was cold. But more and more, it seems to smoke all the time, not just when its cold. Given that it's...
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    Fuel Tank Ideas

    My boat is a small 15' speedboat. It has a very old fuel line and gas tank. So I figured this year I'd get a new line and a new tank. And since I'm doing that, I might as well get a bigger tank! Below is a picture of the back of my boat, underneath the splashwell. The red box is where my 6.5...
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    License Plate Troubles

    I feel like this is such a dumb question but, I can't get my plate to stay on my trailer!!! I've tried bolts with locking nuts, but they vibrated off. I tried zip ties but they also eventually disappear. The trailer isn't THAT low and the plate is right near the axle, so I don't think I'm...
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    Dog Friendly Boating

    The season is almost here and we want to bring my gf's dog on out boat with us this season. He's kind of a big dog and is kind of high anxiety. Meanwhile my boat has no carpeted surfaces, and no dog-friendly seats. Also its very small with a big motor so there's a lot of G forces. So what I'm...
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    Looking For a New Marine Mechanic Near Boston

    I do most of my own work on my boat, but certain engine stuff I want to leave to the pros. My engine has leaked all of it's oil out onto my driveway. I've been trying to get it up to my mechanic but he's very old school when it comes to communicating and setting up appointments. It's really not...
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    "Preview" Function isn't Working Well.

    I haven't used the site much since the forum software update updated. I was just working on a post and I found some problems with the Preview post button. What happens when I hit it, is that the preview opens up in a "floating" layer over the rest of the page. Because my post had an image, it...
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    How Do I Edit My Sig?

    I haven't been on the site in a while, and I can't figure out how to edit my signature. I feel like i'm missing an entire piece of the website, the old "User Control Panel" that most forums have. I'm not seeing it anywhere, or any other place to edit my sig. The 'for sale' car in my sig was sold...
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    Mystery Fluid

    http://i.imgur.com/RQ8eHMn.jpg So I was walking around my boat today, and saw this little puddle. The way I figure it, there's really only two fluids in this boat at this point, 2 cycle oil and hydraulic fluid for the trim. I'm pretty sure it only started leaking recently. We did have a...
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