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    Draining Mystery Water

    Everything looks fine. The boat is pushing 40 so who knows what it's seen. But it looks like it's in pretty good shape. I'm under the boat a lot, usually fixing the trailer wiring. There's nothing obvious to me. Also what outboard mount? You can't even see any part of the motor in this video...
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    Draining Mystery Water

    I've thought about that, that would be handy to have. Still it might be tough in this case, unless the plug/plate itself was leaking. Its going to be pretty hard to 'steer' that thing around underneath the floor.
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    Cannot Get Dust Cap On!!!

    I followed the proceedure, I did use 2" PVC and a scrap of 2x4 and a hammer. The unmodified caps would NOT go on without destroying themselves. Out of the 6 caps I bought this year, 4 were unmodified and all 4 were destroyed while trying to hammer them on. There's something not right, either...
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    Cannot Get Dust Cap On!!!

    Update: So I went to autozone, grabbed another pair of caps. I went home, removed the one that had fallen out last time I was towing. I went to hammer in the new one and of course, it didn't go and eventually got deformed. Note that both were fine from the start. So now I'm down to just one...
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    Draining Mystery Water

    I've noticed lately that when I get in from a boat ride, I have water in my bilge. These are typically about 3 hour boat rides. These are days when theres minimal waves and wind, and I'm mostly on rivers anyway so I am sure no spray is coming in. The plug is nice and tight. I use a wrench...
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    Cannot Get Dust Cap On!!!

    OH BOY it's story time. So I pulled one of the caps out of the 2 pack I bought today and grabbed a nice piece of 2" PVC, a scrap of 2x4 and a rubber mallet. I beat the **** out of that thing but it would not go on. Eventually it deformed the lip and cap #3 was ruined. On to cap #4. Last...
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    What is this leaking from my lower unit?

    Unfortunately I did not give it a whiff before I put the boat away. But why would 2 cycle oil be coming out of a hole in the lower unit? And if it's gear oil, how is it coming out dirty when I just put it in clean 10 minutes earlier? Not only that but the 'dirty' oil I removed wasn't even...
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    Cannot Get Dust Cap On!!!

    It is summer and I'm back trying to deal with this. The new problem is every auto parts store around is out of stock, ugh. I looked up this post hoping I mentioned where I got the last pack from but no luck. Then I still have to deal with installing it. I do have some PVC I can use, I think I...
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    What is this leaking from my lower unit?

    I unwrapped my boat today for the first time all year. The first thing I did was change the lower unit oil. I drained the old stuff out and put some brand new stuff in. I barely used the boat the last few years so the oil that came out was super clean. I filled up the new stuff and I'm on my...
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    Lubricating Horn Air Compressor

    "Drip 4 drops of light machine oil into the compressor" What is light machine oil? I don't have any. I have plenty of WD 40 though, is that good enough?
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    Gear Oil Questions

    I usually head down to West Marine and pay top dollar for gear oil every season. But is there a gear oil I can get at an autoparts store that will work as good, or better, and cost less? Second, very related question. To change this gear oil, you have to remove two screws and these screws have...
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    Cannot Get Dust Cap On!!!

    One of the dust caps disappeared off my trailer. It's probably at the bottom of the Mystic River. So no problem, cheap and easy enough to replace. Or so I thought...... I bought a new set and try as I might, I cannot get them on. They have to be the right size, they're way too close to not fit...
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    Does my engine have a problem? Or is this normal behavior?

    The engine has a separate oil tank and mixes itself, i assume right before 'injection'. Also the tank is only 6 gallons so no gas sits in there for very long. Last time the carbs were cleaned was probably about 10 years ago, I'm not sure there is any different behavior now than right after...
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    Does my engine have a problem? Or is this normal behavior?

    I've got a 1989 Mercury 90hp outboard, 3 cylinder. It's been on the family boat since the mid 90s. The way I use the boat changed significantly around 2009 or so. When I went from using it to drive high speed around a small calm lake, to driving it at much slower speeds in and around larger...
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    Best technique for waterproof solders?

    People like to read titles but not posts. This post is about sealing T-splices. Simply throwing heat shrink over them is either not an option, or will not seal it fully, depending on which kind of T splice you do. So what I ended up doing was removing my heat shrink with the grease under it...
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    Suggestions for a Phone Mount?

    Greetings! My boat is a 1984 model so as you may have thought, it does not have any smart phone holders :) I do have a radio i've aded that includes an iPhone input that plays music from the phone and also charges the phone. And Its also nice to use some of the charting apps as water-gps too...
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    Best technique for waterproof solders?

    I'm fully rewiring my trailer. New harness, new lights. I have to make a bunch of T connections I'm curious what the best technique is for making them waterproof. What I've done so far is cut them so there are three wires and twist them together like i'm going to cap them (but don't cap them)...
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    West Marine? What's the deal?

    There's a West Marine near my house in Woburn MA. It's always been a high end type of store. Meaning clean, way over-staffed, high prices and shelves filled with stuff. I went in yesterday to pick up new marker lights for my trailer. First time I had been in there in a couple of years. The...
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    Re-wiring Trailer

    About 10 years ago I replaced the lights with LEDs on my 30ish year old trailer. And I replaced the plug a few times because I'm always having problems. I crimped everything, not soldering, so it's all going bad again. The original harness also had a bunch of built in plugs, so the lights were...
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    Flat 4 Connectors

    The towing question is not actually Trailblazer specific, but still probably right on topic. I have two small trailers I tow regularly. A 5x8 utility trailer and a smallish boat. My truck has a 6 pin plug, so I have a 6 pin to 4 pin adapter that I plug in and it works great. But the...
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