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    Mercruiser 3.0 overheated, Is my motor shot?

    Or you could just man up and get the wife to put her finger over the plug hole while you turn the key 😁. Sounds like the valve in your compression tester is jammed open ,they look like a car tire valve ,maybe the centre core is bent .
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    Short vhf antenna

    🤔maybe I could have worded it better🤣
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    Should I pull heads for inspection, 5.7 liter

    Well there you go, to all you sad depressed people ,you have to remove your sparkplugs 1st otherwise cranking you engine wont bring you any enjoyment 😂 just remember you heard that here 😂😂
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    What is this connector and bracket? Fishfinder/GPS/etc.?

    Yeah but😁. If I measure the same thing with the same gauge and get a different reading each time not only do I not have precision but accuracy must also be bad . If I get the same wrong reading each time its precise but inaccurate? My range finder only displays yards or metres with no smaller...
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    What is this connector and bracket? Fishfinder/GPS/etc.?

    I think that you can prove accuracy on most stuff by checking consistency . Check the same thing a few times and see if you get the same reading ,if you get good consistency it reasonably safe to assume the thing is telling the truth depth or distance wise (I just done this with my new...
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    Mercruiser 3.0 overheated, Is my motor shot?

    Sounds like you got on it quickly , specially if the smoke was from the rubber exhaust bits. You dont really want to be pulling big bits off . Maybe the heads took a hit but if you pull them and see the bore aint so flash you'll wanna do them........can of worms Make sure the oil is ok , fix...
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    Help me identify whether I have a 1" or 1 and 1/8" shaft

    well that depends wether we are talkin metric or imperial Pi 😁
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    What is this connector and bracket? Fishfinder/GPS/etc.?

    I have a 3 year old Lowrance Hook Reveal 9 ts and that aint the plug for it 🙂
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    Help me identify whether I have a 1" or 1 and 1/8" shaft

    Can't you just measure the diameter of the shaft.
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    What is this connector and bracket? Fishfinder/GPS/etc.?

    Totally get it 😁. I have lots of old stuff and ( looking at my row of Tilley and coal miners lamps ) if I can polish them up they look great ......but if I can get them working too, well .....icing on the cake😁. Huh😄 takes a few minutes to crank up a Tilley lamp and I can see my immediate...
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    What is this connector and bracket? Fishfinder/GPS/etc.?

    I dont have the humminbird any more. 🤔 If you get lucky and id or find the correct head unit you have the (possible ) bonus of it being plug and play , but your then stuck with what I suspect is fairly dated technology ....inc the transducer if there is one . If you go new you will have to...
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    Short vhf antenna

    What about a car rubber body plug ......poke your own hole .🙂
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    Older Ryobi 18v drill battery

    I have Makita drill and skill saw 18v that are knockin on 20 years old and the batteries are still great . My slightly older Makita 14v had nmh batteries when new but they only lasted 15 years so I gets some Li aftermarket batteries and they are ½ price of new makita nmh batteries. I dont...
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    Lower gear oil drain plug seal for Johnson outboard

    😁Probly good enough for a New Holland 😁. There is a NH dealer down the road a bit , yard full of tractors etc ........which is where they seem to stay . All the bigish newish tractors round here are John Deere.😁
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    What is this connector and bracket? Fishfinder/GPS/etc.?

    Looks like the whole harness for a fishfinder ,and the mounting bracket . I wouldn't be surprised if there was a transducer fixed to the inside of the hull. Im picking the two biggest holes in that plug will be 12vdc . Stick a volt meter or test light in there and see if you cant find power ...
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    Lower gear oil drain plug seal for Johnson outboard

    Haven't done this myself but a friend who suffers paranoia about drain plugs with nylon (or whatever they are ) sealing washers and he dunks them ( the screw and washer ) in a cup of boiling water to soften them just before installing them and then hand tightens them wth the bf screwdriver. I...
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    Lower gear oil drain plug seal for Johnson outboard

    🙄 just google " evinrude/johnson gearcase drain plug " I got ½ dozen with sealing washers off timu for a couple of bucks . They fit my 6hp zuki, 35hp Honda and the Tohatsu m18
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    Creating a twin inboard 17ft boat

    Yep , photo's or it didnt happen 😁.
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    1987 mercury 45hp classic 50 shut off in the middle of running

    Have you tested the temp sensor ?. It could be telling lies ......not unheard of 🙂
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    Can't hear VHF with the engine on

    If you have a. 3.5mm speaker socket you might want to look at those usb powered boom box ext speaker things the youth of today ( ugh ) seem to need , actually they work really well 🙂
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