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    Dropping lower end

    I know that feeling !!
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    Dropping lower end

    Best to find a "factory" service manual for your motor, it will show how things come apart and go together as well as give specs and and trouble shooting help.
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    1986 Invader v210 help

    You will find everything velow that floor and the transom will be rotted and need replaced. No way around it, you have a big project ahead !!! You sure it will be worth it ?
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    New Trailer - Weird Bunks

    Someones after market home made add on. Didn't come from the factory like that. I have a bigger but similiar trailer. Where the wood is located should be a set of rollers that adjust to the hull as the boat is winched on. They should be balanced so that the rear is down low to help get the...
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    My AGM Batteries Singing Their Swan Song . . .

    The agm batteries I bought in 2019 have about doubled in price today....no wonder more folks are looking at Lifepo4 batteries, they are comming down in price !!
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    Cracked beam an issue?

    By all means repair those cracks !! Depending on how you use the boat will depend on how involved your repair needs to be. If it were mine, at the minimum I would make bracing to cover and re-enforce those areas. Welding and bracing would be prefered. Someone has been running in some rough...
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    My AGM Batteries Singing Their Swan Song . . .

    So are many others like myself, one of the reasons agm batteries are increasing in price....fewer are being made !
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    Bluegill

    I hear ya...many years back I had family in Florida, made many fishing trips to the ocean. While great fun and the fish all have big teeth, I find my preference for the more mild fresh water fish for eating. As long as I am able, I plan on living near good freshwater fisheries, but I would...
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    My AGM Batteries Singing Their Swan Song . . .

    If I got 7-8 years from my agm 31's, I would be very happy !!
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    Chap Quality Control is gone

    Not only boats, the motorhome industry is the same, poor construction and installation issues. In the showroom they tell you, no problem, the service dept will fix that !! My question is why wasn't it fixed before it was put on the showroom floor ?? A very high percentage of MH owners and...
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    Can I use any 2 stroke oil?

    According to my Pennzoil TCW3 oil container, this two stroke oil has been certified to run in any two cycle engine whether air or water cooled !! Think I will stick with the Pennzoil recomendations like I have been doing since the 60's with not one issue. My jug of oil powers all my two stroke...
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    Bluegill

    They are excellent table fare, but finding big ones can be a challenge. Also they put up a great fight. In my area of the great lakes the yellow perch is very popular, the bluegill tastes just a tiny bit sweeter than a yellow perch. Many years back had a friend on a private lake that had a...
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    Yamaha 85 steering link, lock nut thread size?

    If you can, measure the dia of the male thread with cailpers, then measure how many threads over a known length such as a half inch. Numerous thread charts online that could get you close. Find a local hdwe store and buy a few that you think might be right. Nuts are usually only 10 cents each...
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    curious

    Mineral deposits that have attached themselves to the anodes. Due to a reaction the minerals attach themselves to the anode, I see this alot from our well water.
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    Hub repair

    Curious to see the outcome, for a smaller motor it might work, would never trust it on a high powered motor.
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    Holding tank

    Tow your boat to a facility that has one, or get a pump and tank to do it yourself, don't use the builtin toilet, switch to a portable toilet you can take to a dumping station. Thats all I got !!
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    Replacing old 2 stroke with newer 4 stroke advice?

    Not new tech at all, but the application is all new !! For decades we have been taught that 4 strokes should not be held at high rpm for long periods of time, to much mechanical and failures will occur. Now we are using OB motors at 6500 rpm for long periods of time ( boating) and we should...
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    Replacing old 2 stroke with newer 4 stroke advice?

    Yet, wait another ten years or so and see what the price will be on a rebuilt, especially when shop rates will be 200 per hour or more. Look at how many two strokes still run perfect that are 40-50 years old, lets see how many four strokes are still running perfect after 40-50 years. Mabey...
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    What size trailer winch?

    My winch is way over rated for the weight of my boat, but at 73 yrs old, I needed to make it easy, not fast !! Even with the easy slow, low gear it only adds a minute or two to the cranking time....but oh so much easier !
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    What size trailer winch?

    Unless that is damaged or flawed it should hold the weight of your boat. Many lift systems use the bow eye and two stern eyes to lift the entire boat ..same as your winch strap, the snap eye should surpase the rating on the strap itself.
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