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    I used up all my curse words yesterday

    I had to remove the intake manifold and plenum to get the rear plugs out of my car .
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    Birds in the boat . . .

    Yep , ya gotta comeback hard when they 5hit on your boat .๐Ÿ˜
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    Sneezing from underneath flywheel

    That looks to me like its being blown rearward from the top of the air box. The 2 screws for the top carb appear to be missing from the air box ,Im wondering how long they are ๐Ÿ™‚
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    Jacking a pontoon onto logs/pvc to roll into lake

    Damn shame ,thats a nice looking boat (what sort of motor does it have ?) ,would do me ๐Ÿ™‚. Unfortunately not that uncommon a sight, part of the learning curve , although in your case a surprise attack .
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    Inconsistent performance 84' blackmax 150

    Im thinking that your not always running on all cylinders (can be hard to tell sometimes ). I would check the spark plugs (remove and short to block to see if they are all sparking ), and drain float bowls to check for water.
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    Jacking a pontoon onto logs/pvc to roll into lake

    Cant you just wait for high tide ?๐Ÿ˜
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    cooking

    I see battered chicken ,with some sauce, ยฝ a muffin , but what is that centre front on the plate?๐Ÿ™‚
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    Good spray on weed killers.

    Roundup here has glyphosate as the active ingredient and really only for grasses. The stuff is neutralised as soon as it hits dirt . I find it works well as directed but if you want something to keep the driveway clear I use Tag gen 2 . I figured if the dairy terrorists can use it and still...
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    Volvo Penta 5.0 GL PWTR - severe overheat - thought I was on fire - troubleshooting Questions

    Yeah I dunno cyclops, most of the "yank tanks" I have been in handled and drove like a boat ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜‚
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    Lesson learned

    You should be able to highlight mistakes without the auto correct , which is right up there with predictive text when it comes to pita's.
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    Lesson learned

    Yes especially if you can get them on special. I live away from parts shops and having to stop a project because your missing a simple part is a pita . I have a bit of kit to make my own gaskets . If I have to buy a gasket I usually scan them and store the data , later I can put gasket paper...
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    Mercury 2.5HP Outboard Not Moving Boat?

    Yeah ,I get that , split pin is for retaining nuts etc not for transfering torque . A cotter pin ,in this instance transfers the drive to the prop and is a solid pin , maybe brass with a plastic prop, but a lot more substantial than a split pin . Possibly someone ,for whatever reason has...
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    Upside down thermostat

    If its in upside down it might be slower to react but it will get hot and open , specially if it has a bypass hole
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    Mercury 2.5HP Outboard Not Moving Boat?

    Yeah ,thats pretty much what I said . We call them split pins and it aint supposed to go in the drive pin hole
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    Boat budget question

    Ohh ,it has cost me a German oak wall clock ,a 14 mยฒ garden shed and a Murano glass clown .....so far .....and I have to sell my ally dinghy, so yeah a bargain ๐Ÿ˜
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    Mercury 2.5HP Outboard Not Moving Boat?

    Or someone has put a split pin in the drive pin hole and it has folded up under load
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    Random

    ๐Ÿ˜ฎ ๐Ÿ˜
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    Boat budget question

    Gray area, if the consumables are exclusively for my projects ( they never are ๐Ÿ˜) but if ,even at a stretch , they could be used for house ( where she lives ) or her car then no ,they go against the general budget. My new dinghy went on the general budget ๐Ÿ˜
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    Random

    ๐Ÿ˜ See, in NZ (,where peeps dont have pistols ) that could mean something very different.......either way Id be puttin some legs on it (running away ) ๐Ÿ˜ Mental image , Yosemite Sam with his hand ,.......... ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚
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    telltale

    Some outboards have another water inlet on the underside of the cav plate , mine does and if I dont tape over it it looses enough water to stop the muffs working . Water pressure here is set at 24 psi and at the end of the 20m hose I get 16 l/min ( had to check it for the waterblaster/pressure...
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