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    Absolute Noob seeking advice and knowledge.

    Find a friend or family member who does boating and get them to explain all that's involved......there's a lot to it...
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    stain on gelcoat from wet leaves

    Try some Clorox on a rag....if that doesn’t remove it some automotive polish/wax will work....
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    Why my leaf springs are sliding?

    Maybe some 2 inch by 4 inch steel bars, bent in a vice with some heat to form the "C" shape required....
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    Why my leaf springs are sliding?

    Maybe you can fabricate and install some heavy duty keepers?.....how hard could it be?....
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    Yamaha 2 stroke gear drain screw torque

    Are the new black gaskets neoprene or similar rubber?.....
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    Yamaha 2 stroke gear drain screw torque

    Maybe those red fiber washers compress a bit and could use a re-tightening occasionally.....although I personally have never had any issues with these drain screws getting loose. I do tighten them down pretty darn good with my gorilla screwdriver.
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    '03Yamaha 50hp dies after 5 minutes after primer pump

    Try running it with the gas cap slightly loose or removed to ensure that cap vent screw is open and venting sufficiently.....Also check the air intake on the motor cowling for bug, spider, bird nests or other obstructions....
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    '03Yamaha 50hp dies after 5 minutes after primer pump

    Is your fuel tank vent open?......sounds like a venting problem...
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    Yamaha f40 water pump not pumping. Already replaced water pump impeller kit.

    Have you checked the pee hole for obstructions?...try a piece of monofilament line like a weedeater line......spiders and bugs love to crawl up in there to build nests that plug them up....
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    Yamaha Outboard Motor Forums

    Have the Yamaha Outboard Motor Forums been discontinued?.....I haven't been able to bring it up for over a week or more! What gives with these forums????
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    Crab traps!

    First time I've done this....yesterday coming down the Ocklawaha River, lots of boat traffic, not watching for crab trap floats and ran over one....tore up styrofoam float and wrapped rope around prop....cut it off fairly easily with a knife....to the crabber, My apologies about your...
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    Antique outboard motors and boats

    We're in Tallahassee this week and yesterday attended the Tallahassee Antique Automobile Museum and enjoyed seeing a fabulous collection of maybe 200 antique and fully restored outboard motors of all makes...some date back to around 1910 era and later....also many antique wooden boats...If you...
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    Ice/snow temporary metal tubing/tarp structure.....

    20 years now I've kept my boat under a 12ft.x20ft. metal tubing and tarp temporary cover and it's worked pretty darn well.....until this winter storm over the weekend dumped many inches of ice and snow on it to the point it collapsed on my boat....needless to say, this is a real pain in the butt...
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    Change from petroleum oil to synthetic in my Buick?

    My 1996 Buick Roadmaster with 244,000 miles and always used Castrol GTX petroleum oil, but with synthetic oil prices coming down I'll strongly considering changing to synthetic....any ideas or reasons why this wouldn't be good for this old 350 V8 LT-1? Would welcome any thoughts or experiences...
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    350 V8 valve stem seals leaking

    My 1996 Roadmaster 350 V8 with 230,000 miles runs really great, but seems to be slightly oil-fouling spark plugs, mostly just on one side of each plug....guess the side facing the intake port?....Would Lucas Oil Stop Leak help swell/soften these seals? The car only uses about a pint of oil in...
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    Pennzoil 100% Synthetic 2 stroke outboard oil

    Is Pennzoil still manufacturing this 100% synthetic outboard oil, and if so, where can I buy a few gallons?.... Seems everywhere I've checked lately they've been out...
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    350 Chevy V8 cold start lifter clicking cure?

    My 1996 Roadmaster with 230,000 miles and LT-1 350 V8 started during this cold weather a slight clicking(lifters?) on cold start up....stops within a minute or so. Should I add any kind of detergent or solvent to the oil to help oil move more easily or to help prevent this clicking? Engine...
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    SC DNR....???

    O.K., so while I'm getting ready to drag my boat to Florida this week for some R&R/fishing I notice my registration decal expired in April....no time for the mail, so I drive 100 miles to our capital of Columbia where the titling/registration office is....very nice people there, and they...
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    So glad I didn't do that!!!!!

    Some construction pile-driving yo-yo over in the Ocrakoke/Outer Banks area of North Carolina hit the cable shutting off electrical power to the area.....10,000 really upset tourists told to leave/evacuate Ocracoke right away!!!!.....Man, I'm so glad I didn't do that!!!!
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    Chainsaw oiler died

    My older but perfectly good McCulloch chain saw automatic oiler quit and " no parts available".....any of you chainsaw experts have any ideas regarding adding some kind of manual oiler to the saw....like a pump/bottle arrangement...or other????
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