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  1. matt167

    Trailer Tires

    Cargo tires are just smaller LT E tires.
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    Paint Recommendations please

    If it were mine, pick the shade of red from rustoleum that you like and spray that. If you have a respirator and many fresh cartridges or are willing to get one, then mix in some acrylic enamel hardener you can get at Napa or even Advance Auto. It's isocynate so you have to be careful with it...
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    Trailer Tires

    Right and a P rate car tire, the sidewall flex isn't right on a tandem. Some 5th wheel campers actually require LRF or LRG tires.
  4. matt167

    Going electric vs marinas

    That actually depends. For instance, Diesel electric locomotives operate this way, and have for a very long time
  5. matt167

    Going electric vs marinas

    Electric boats exist and power is available. The catch is, 30a or better of 220v is really required for most electric charging, which is beyond most shore power capacity, especially when that is generally one outlet
  6. matt167

    Trailer Tires

    They have different sidewall flexes making them not suitable for a car.. like I said an LT tire can be used. 50 years ago things were different. My opinion is from a professional standpoint with industry standards
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    Trailer Tires

    I work at a good tire shop. Sidewall 2 ply usually
  8. matt167

    Trailer Tires

    A car tire can work in some instances, but it is an inferior tire for a trailer. Sidewall's are softer, and in a tandem arrangement it could be very bad. LT tires can be ran without any issue due to their similar sidewall construction, as well as cargo van tires given they are the same type
  9. matt167

    Happy Birthday - Scott Danforth

    I missed it too. Happy belated birthday
  10. matt167

    What year outboard is this Super Seahorse 40hp?

    yeah, I know. I have pulled many of these type carbs apart and it's not a hard job. I actually found an old thread on an RDS-25 with the same symptoms.. The float has to be sticking down if the float level gets to a set point, it won't come back up
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    What year outboard is this Super Seahorse 40hp?

    Another problem I found with this engine is that it completely floods sometimes.. Run great then floods itself out.. I know it's a stuck float or a needle and seat issue as gas pours out of the carb throat when it happens. Question is, why only sometimes? It happened at the lake and I had to...
  12. matt167

    1970 Johnson 115 - add kill switch

    you will be 100% in compliance by doing nothing.. The law has always been there, but it's recently gained traction to be enforced.. Basically it says that if it's equipped, you need to use it. A 1964 boat or a 1970 motor/ controller would have never had a kill switch lanyard. Something rings a...
  13. matt167

    Is there a better gear oil pump out there?

    yeah, sadly I had to use the last Mercury one I had on the rototiller. The Attwood one I bought specifically for the rototiller project lasted about 30 seconds before it blew apart... But the Attwood one works well enough pumping what it is supposed to
  14. matt167

    Finally Had To Retire It

    I think he stickered it as a 60hp because it broke 60hp on the dyno. The decal companies are usually able to customize if you ask them
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    Is there a better gear oil pump out there?

    I buy one from Walmart just about every year, but I use them for everything.. Last good one I had was a Mercury Quicksilver one and I killed it pumping 140W gear oil into a Troy Bilt Horse rototiller. I did rob one of the fittings from one of them a long time ago and hooked it to a bike pump
  16. matt167

    Sea King Fuel Connector

    you would be able to tell by looking, and if not you could swap it to one with a screw driver. 1962 would be one of the Gale manufactured outboards, which was just an upscaled OMC motor
  17. matt167

    1971 Johnson 25hp convert to electric start?

    If you only care about it spinning over, then the bracket and starter will get you going. You will need a battery, a starter relay of some sort and a push button.
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    How many boats is enough?

    I have 5 boats, but I only use one of them. One is under construction, one needs work but I really don't 'need' that boat, The boat I use ( holiday 14 ) is light and easy to tow/ launch and runs on a sip of gas. The other 2 are car-top boats, one of them being an inflatable
  19. matt167

    Bilge Pump Wiring Question

    A 1994 could have a mercury switch and it might be bad especially if the bilge was flooded. You can replace it with a float switch and it's wired the same. There are diagrams on Google images should you need one... You don't want to mess with fuses if your boat is taking on water, I would call...
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    Can someone help identify the make/model of this vessel?

    Money pit and Russian roulette all in one. Texas iirc you need to bond the title and that is rolling the dice
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