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    Testing multifunction gauges

    Can be tested, but you need a pin-out (schematic) to facilitate testing the individual components
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    1996 Mercury 150 EFI - Tilt cylinder not holding pressure.

    All seals harden and deform overtime. Its not if, it's when...... Doesn't make sense to tear it down and not replaced everything while you have it apart..
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    Seastar hydrolic steering testing

    Like these? https://www.ebay.com/itm/174735857169
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    1996 Mercury 150 EFI - Tilt cylinder not holding pressure.

    Or a bi-pass valve is leaking. Need to tear down and inspect
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    Gauges recommendation

    Not buying it…. A voltmeter uses a high resistance wire coil to create a stable, magnetic field unaffected by current. The interaction between the magnetic field and a permanent magnet within the gauge causes a pointer (needle) to deflect. In this case, testing ground resistance to determine...
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    Gauges recommendation

    And the purpose of looking for voltage between battery ground and the ground on gauge? I could see checking the resistance (ohms) but voltage between grounds?
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    Trim Continues Running After Releasing Button

    Pull the wires off the switch. Using a meter, check for a change in continuity (open/close) while actuating the switch.
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    Trim Continues Running After Releasing Button

    Sounds like the switch is bad
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    Dopamine

    Having both grown up in modest homes, Mrs. Dingbat and I are finding a huge disparity between what we deem "spending wisely" verse our Millennial and Gen Z kid's with 3X the income.
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    BMW headlight . . . $1,000 !!!

    Hey, but are they "steering responsive" with adjustable auto dim feature? Little more concerned with the auto-sensing wipers...lol
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    Can You Wear This Shirt

    I'm one of those "started in the mail room" guys. Started with the company as a certified welder at age 19. Machine Shop Manager - Drafting and Design Manager - Mechanical Engineering Manager - Project Group Manager - Inside Sales Manager - Area Sales Manager - Director, Global Sales, Service...
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    Can You Wear This Shirt

    Ran the drafting department for a number of years before moving over to engineering. Still have a set of staedtler pencils, scales, dry cleaning bag, template sets, etc. Work gave me my mahogany drafting table and stool when they switched over to CAD in the early 80’s. Mrs. Dingbat uses it...
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    Seastar hydrolic steering testing

    Have never seen a "dirty" hydraulic system. It's always a stuck/sticky valve of some sort or seal blow-by Seals in a hydraulic system are not reusable. If you pulled the caps, the seals need replaced What have you done to resolve the lose of the check valve in your earlier post? Why do you...
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    Can You Wear This Shirt

    The final project for my first semester of programming was to build/write a RPN calculator in LISP.
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    Trailer has working running lights, no brake lights or turn signals

    Why not? Switching (on/off) inherently causes transients. How much depends on the wattage of the LED and the use, or lack of, an effective suppression scheme in the circuit
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    1979 9.8 Carb Bowl

    Nitrile or viton….watch the durometer. 90 durometer Viton is too hard for a carb gasket https://www.theoringstore.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=367_2203_98
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    Trailer has working running lights, no brake lights or turn signals

    Ground issue…..turn signals and tail lights require a much more robust (clean) ground due to the power surges. You need to clean the grounds on the individual fixtures.
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    Temp sender removal …

    My largest customer is a copper, brass and bronze producer…. Brass and bronzes (copper alloys) are a lot tougher than you give them credit for. Think ammunition shell casings., Would be surprised if it’s actually brass. Brass (copper and zinc) doesn’t fair well in marine applications.,
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    Temp sender removal …

    Don’t need a head…all you’re doing is “shocking” the interface between the screw on the base material to break loose the corrosion bond. Same mechanism as an impact gun. The buddy that showed me the trick uses an air hammer instead of the hammers. Removes the flat head screws used to retain...
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    1979 9.8 Carb Bowl

    That is an old school compression (seal) gasket. One time use only. Had the same issue in my old 2 stroke golf cart where the orginal gasket is NLA. It took some searching, but was able to find the proper “square” , nitrile seal for the groove. Had to buy a box of 100 (life time supply +)...
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