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  1. dingbat

    Winterize boat

    Doesn’t matter......if the boat has been in the water the lower unit oil needs at a minimum, to checked for moisture. Best just to change it and start anew. I start using stabilizer in the fuel once it starts getting cold. Never know when old man weather will shut me down till Spring
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    any active members near Rockville MD

    Salvage yard in Rockville? Doubt it. Monkey county zoning board wouldn’t have such a thing. Most likely a middle man
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    Adding dash voltage gauge for trolling motor batteries.

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    Drain hose shinkage?

    https://www.plasticfailure.com/case-studies-blog/2016/5/13/flexible-pvc-hoses
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    which bilge pump do i need with a manual / auto switch

    “Auto” simply switches control from the switch (manual) to a float switch of some kind. Pick your poison....All switches eventually fail. Do you change the switch ($$) or the pump ($$$$)?
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    Is Vinegar Good for Desalinating Purposes ?

    We clean aluminum cooling jackets used in critical industrial applications all the time with great success. Much smaller, more complicated coolant passages than found on any outboard. You're dissolving (neutralizing) the compounds via ionic exchange. Simply soaking isn't going to cut it. The...
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    Drain hose shinkage?

    Read the service advisory - cockpit drains and the pics on THT PVC is no place on a boat.
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    Is Vinegar Good for Desalinating Purposes ?

    Salts, in chemistry is a substance produced by the reaction of an acid with a base. A salt consists of the positive ion of a base and the negative ion of an acid. Without going to into the chemistry, the six most abundant ions of seawater are chloride (Cl−), sodium (Na+), sulfate (SO24−)...
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    I'm looking for help on mounting a transducer

    Technically lacking......can’t hold a candle to Airmar
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    Drain hose shinkage?

    I’ve specified and designed more hose assembles than I care to remember over the years. Most failures are age, load, installation or application issues. From my experience quality hoses have very little to no shrinkage at all. Double clamped hoses don’t come off... at least on fittings...
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    Looking for Opinions on Super Bowriders

    Define “family fun” space. Define “fishing boat” You’re going to find that “fishing boats” have the best rough water hulls by far. 40 miles from your home dock is 40 miles whether your 40 miles offshore or 40 miles down the ICW. How are you getting home?
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    High idle

    Sounds like you need six carb rebuild kits and a set of throttle body gaskets. Throttle bodies need to be removed and cleaned as well Also do a through inspection of the carb bodies and bowls. Had idle issues with mine that turned out to be a hair line crack in the carb bodies. Not visually...
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    Tackle boxes

    Nope...like wives and girl freinds, more than one is problematic....lol. Got tired of playing musical boxes then not having what I needed when push came to shove. Started by cleaning house of the redundant stuff. Then moved on to stuff that I never used. Was able to organize the rest to...
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    Home Renovations - Weather Permitting

    Home renovations are a sore point at the moment. Last house we installed a new roof, painted and remodeled the kitchen 6 months before we put the house up for sale. This house will probably be no different. Thirty new windows last year. Still need to do five exterior entry doors and a four...
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    High idle

    Where are you idling at? Mine idles 1300-1350 on the hose. I set mine to idle a bit under 800 (trolling) in the water and in gear
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    Run Carb Dry or Not.-

    All the "big equipment (tractors) are diesel. The rest of the equipment are small to medium sized 2 and 4 strokes (golf cart, 4 wheeler, big and small carburated outboards, generators, chain saws, garden tractor, trimmer, etc.) Some of the equipment, i.e. garden tractor and generator, sit...
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    Run Carb Dry or Not.-

    Mid-Atlantic coast Keep 150 gallons of both diesel and E10 on property (275 gallon tanks) year round for use around the farm. Both tanks get treated when filled. Roughly once every 10 months. No problems with either in the 20+ years with the exception of the time I forgot to add Cetane to the...
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    Run Carb Dry or Not.-

    Have not drained a carb in a single piece of equipment I own in over 20 years. Add stabiler to the fuel prior to last use of the year and put it away.
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    What's too old to consider?

    Newer is correct. Don’t believe everything you read. Lots of envious haters out there... Im a 30 year, 3 boat Grady owner. I know where the “bodies” are hidden...lol While transom where a problem in the 80’s early 90’s, they went to Greenwood (lifetime warranty) in the late 90’s. Have never...
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    Scotch Guard on Sunbrella

    Great stuff for boots but does not contain a UV inhibitor Used the stuff on my previous boat with a canvas enclosure. Worked well on canvas but not sure I would use a kerosene based product on Sunbrella
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