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    Forums are very slow…

    With lots of people leaving their computers on 24 hours a day. Get used to delays.
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    Bunk slides

    It is ASSUMED that DIY people have all sizes of drills and Counter Sink drills.
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    NYC Accident

    Now you know why ALL computerized systems are called......Artificial Intelligence.
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    Mercruiser 350 carb

    Did you adjust the idle mixture screw ? Did you also adjust the fuel pump squirter screw ? Or the linkage holes ? Did you also adjust the idle speed screw ? Did you adjust the Distributor timing position ? Did you change the piston that moves up and down ? Did you keep the piston flexible part...
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    new engine overheats

    Cousin had fun with a new engine. YEEEHAWWW
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    Hard start but runs great once started

    If you set the idle mixture screw TOO LEAN. It will not want to restart easily when warmed up.
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    Thinking of trading deck boat for jet boat

    I would sell it. NOW It wastes money constantly.
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    Transom Hardware sealing issue

    I would never use lag bolts where water splashes up and wicks into crevices. Why not S S nuts, bolts and washers where needed ? I use Silicone sealant. Silicone is very gentile, when pulled apart with a hair dryer, to loosen it up. Done it.
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    200 HP Evinrude/Johnson Carb Kit and Rebuild

    How many tanks of gas have run thru the sparkplugs in the engine ? Pull them out See if they are coated a lot with black oil. You might just need new sparkplugs. Check and reset gaps BEFORE installing.
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    Jacking a pontoon onto logs/pvc to roll into lake

    While it is on the slope. Can you remove the 2 drain plugs at the rear to drain any water ?
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    No start after engine install. Need Help!!!

    I am great at taking apart anything. Put it back together perfectly ? Most times.
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    Good spray on weed killers.

    Borax and sugar in a bowl of water. Kills the queens everytime.
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    Good spray on weed killers.

    I have shifted To Borax and salt in parts of the drive way turnaround area. Get several years before animals bring in new seeds. In their poop.
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    200 HP Evinrude/Johnson Carb Kit and Rebuild

    E 10 with the Ethanol solvent in it can attack some plastics. Can you afford the 0 E gas ? Might stop the problems ?
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    First Watermelon of the year.

    Outstanding one. Never had it so early in upstate N Y.
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    Johnson water pump possible issue

    Plastic and diapers are common in my area.
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    1996 Yamaha 250 hard start after sitting on water for a while

    Maybe Depends on what the alarm module is feeling for water. Some, most, engines do not sound OVERHEAT at even 212 F. Steam can be coming out in cars. No alarm to warn you. They save pennies by telling you to watch the dash meter.
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    Need some advice regarding a fiberglass job in my fwd bilge area.

    I never block off any keel drain openings. That forward water MUST be free to get to the bilge pump.
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