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    Cost of a metal box to hold a large home generator.

    Probably a Fab shop in your area, get a quote from them. I would not use gav. metal, instead aluminum. You could make your own fairly easy.
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    Boat Cover

    Custom made is the only choice if you want the cover to fit properly and keep out the rain. Expensive, yes but well worth it in the long run. Aftermarket covers don't last very long where my custom covers have lasted at least 10 years and many far longer.
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    Rain needed

    When it floods, we blame global warming, when we have a drought we blame it on global warming, when will we blame ED on global warning ??
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    Stalling at Idle and Idle Speed

    Yep...cheapest and easiest is to suck out and flush your tank then add a good filter before the motor. I always start with the more obvious, cheaper, quicker methods of trouble shooting to try and solve a problem...having a clean tank and fresh fuel is always a good place to start.
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    Oil coming out of carburetor

    What motor, two stroke or four stroke ?? could be numerous things without any information to make a guess......
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    Suggestions on how to fill my onboard gas tank?

    Wasn't that long ago that they tried running out boards at 100 to 1 and was not very sucessfull. How many do you see around today ?
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    towing - engine in neutral?

    Yep...back in my youth days, I had a boat lift/ hoist for my 15' Lyman. Never worried about low or high water nor the boat ramp. Ahhh.the good ole days..
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    Merc 40 hp tracker dies after running full throttle

    Unless there is another issue where running at wot makes the problem worse !! Your issue could be a number of different problems, only carefully precise testing will solve the problem. Often things like yours could be more than one issue....we can guess all day long, but actual answers take...
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    towing - engine in neutral?

    Correct....the main reason I don't back in like that, wincing the length of my voat, plus getting it up on the first roller is hard work for these old shoulders.
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    towing - engine in neutral?

    All true if your ramp is deep enough....in order to float my boat onto the trailer, my Jeep would be in the water axle deep and that is with an extension on the tongue ! Only one ramp in my area is deep and that one is so busy you can wait an easy hour just to launch...
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    Suggestions on how to fill my onboard gas tank?

    Every motor mfgr and fuel tank mfgr recommends adding oil before filling with gas to assure proper mixing. Before modern oils were developed it was recommended to mix oil and gas in a separate tank then add to the built in tank. Modern oils mix far better than oils made 25 years ago, however...
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    towing - engine in neutral?

    Two minutes of winching with good shoulders and no arthritus. Even then, I have never saw anyone have there boat cranked up in two minutes unless a small rowboat.
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    Fogging Oil Substitute

    Fogging oil is not that expensive, why worry about a substitute ? It would be pennies compared to the cost of owning and operating a boat !
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    Suggestions on how to fill my onboard gas tank?

    I have looked and looked but never found a ground on a plastic fuel can. Haven't saw a metal fuel can in decades. I would never fill a fuel tank inside any vehicle, set it on the ground or the concrete drive.
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    Merc 40 hp tracker dies after running full throttle

    Need some test results otherwise just guessing.....
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    Merc 40 hp tracker dies after running full throttle

    Need make, model and real compression numbers before and after the engine fails. When you come off of a wot run, do you shut off the engine or let it run at idle for a little while before shutting it off ?? Get a spark gap tester and check spark before then again when the engine acts up. When...
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    Suggestions on how to fill my onboard gas tank?

    First thing I do is to drain the built in tank, then add a certain amount of fuel in increments and mark on the gage. My current tank is 18 gallons, so from empty I add 5 gallons and see where the gage reads, then add another 5 gallons and mark the gage...etc...etc until full. This way I can...
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    1986 johnson 20hp tiller electrix start

    For example hat small of motor, even a lawn mower size battery will work unless your using that battery for other things.. I would not waste my time just doing a carb clean, they rarely work well especially on a motor that has sat for 10 years. Get a factory rebuild kit with new gaskets...
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    to replace the transom or not?

    Winter is right around the corner, perfect time for major boat repairs so you will be ready for spring. Getting started is the hard part, once your into it, you will get more interested knowing that spring will be here before long. OK....so much for the pep talk...it has gotta be done, so roll...
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    Metal floors

    Also noise made as you move around. Doesn't take much to support a person on a boat floor. I have used 1/2" plywood for most of my floors and never found it to be to flimsy with just a little extra support. I also make my floors removable !!
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