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    flat line trolling for trout

    Obvious joke .... fish .....schools , yeah?😄.........nah?😐........:LOL:
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    No fire on either cylinder

    Yeah I been working on my Tohatsu 18hp that has all 3 coils ( exciter , trigger and charging coils ) all on the stator. The magnets on the flywheel are in two half circles 180 deg apart , and being that this motor is a 2/ twin with waisted spark ignition one half of the magnets pass the...
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    Outboard ran without water for about five minutes

    One of them things , you should at least check the impeller , but once your that far in you'd be silly to not replace it while your in there
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    Winter mice are too much this cold winter in New Jersey.

    Never had a cat 5hit inside yet , apart from when they were kittens and had a litter box . These are the last two .... so far and they are now 8 .
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    No fire on either cylinder

    Ha , I was just about to post telling you that the magnet may have to be "timed " to the flywheel to get the ignition timing to line up with the marks on the flywheel. But you either figured this for yourself or Im wrong , but either way Im pleased you got it sorted :)
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    Outboard ran without water for about five minutes

    120 psi cold at cranking speed on a 2/ is good . Some older engines I have seen as low as 85 psi and they still ran fine .... down on power a bit but still quite reliable and usable
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    Winter mice are too much this cold winter in New Jersey.

    We have two very similar ones .... we have never bought any tho , they both turned up inside the house .... still attached to the mouse . So Im thinkin that one of my cats has been burgling the neighbours house . And yes they do work very well. "give a man a fish ........:)
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    What’s this small tube do? Pics incl.

    Yeah I remember towing my Uncle on the ski's and he'd be hollerin at us to "keep it at 28" . The Willie Hunt spent his whole time upright ( so not long :LOL:) worrying about being towed at the correct speed . Yeah we had some fun with him , towed him over the wake and feigned engine...
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    What’s this small tube do? Pics incl.

    The GPS reading is not distorted by current , it still measures SOG and water current will have no effect on its accuracy . You can of course take advantage of this current . By traveling with it you boat will cover ground faster than in still water and by traveling against the current...
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    What’s this small tube do? Pics incl.

    Yeah , GPS measures SOG ( speed over ground )
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    Does winter cause odd purchases ?

    I built a few engines and a whole motorbike jn various bedrooms and lounges .........yep , she's a keeper :)
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    Honda BF40A Sn BAYL 2000515 will not idle smooth

    Probly lacks the skills needed . A lot of "modern mechanics " no longer have good diagnostic skills instead relying on the machine to "throw a code " and tell them whats wrong . Now days when I require any tech assistance in a shop I look for the oldest staff member .
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    Honda BF40A Sn BAYL 2000515 will not idle smooth

    Sure does sound like an idle circuit issue :)
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    Messed up my laptop

    Can you connect a keyboard to your ph ..... blue tooth or USB ,and can you measure bit speed to see just how well / consistent your internet is working I am still on copper (and have to pay extra for it ) and when it rains my speed goes down but I know how to test it and Im on the ph demanding...
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    Winter mice are too much this cold winter in New Jersey.

    I dont doubt that the pesky critters dislike peppermint but after decades of having stuff chewed and shat on by mice revenge becomes a primary motivation , and with a couple of cats acting as double agents ........little bastards ,Ya know I reckon half the mice in my house get bought in as...
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    Does winter cause odd purchases ?

    Ah .... I have a Fluke multi meter , probly 25 years now and I still havnt removed the protective film off the display 😁 but yeah , that was on Everyone Loves Raymond too , and your Mom wasnt the only one to do that in real life. :)
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    Does winter cause odd purchases ?

    That is way cool 😀 awesome
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    Throttle not opening all the way, starts at half way and gets nowhere near WOT

    "It is not the throttle cable as I have just replaced both of them" :ROFLMAO: Oooh ! I love it when customers say stuff like that . Usually when something stops working after you have fixed it something has gone amiss . Im thinking you have to much free play on the opening cable . It is...
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    Winter mice are too much this cold winter in New Jersey.

    Ha ha, nah , they abandon the cold pepperminty barn and move into the house :LOL:. The other issue I have is a wife who would rather take them outside and let them go . Now this became a real problem and I proved my point by putting stock marker on the ones we released ....... and they all...
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    How best to manage a chin strap on my new cowboy hat?

    Actually that might be cooler than my 1st thought :D,:LOL: Im not a cowboy hat sort of guy but I do wear a straw hat about the same shape when Im workin outside in the sun ( building a garden shed ) and found the (very welcome ) breeze would blow my hat off forward or backward depending on...
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