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    Engine access doghouse

    Hi, It's a pain to pull the doghouse to work on my engine, I mean it's easy to pull just slide forward, but trying to get it out of the way is when the problem happens, it's awkward and heavy, I can flip it over and kinda balances itself wedged between the seats, If I were on the lake with...
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    Sitting on backrest to see over windshield

    How many of you sit up on the seat backrest while underway? On my 20' Chaparral bowrider the drivers seat is totaly worn through the vinyl on the top backrest from sitting up on it. Also on my 16' MFG I find myself sitting on the backrest 90% of the time. The easy solution would be to yank the...
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    Price of a wakeboard tower !!!

    Looking at $800-1,500 bucks!! The only way I'll ever have one is to build it myself. Anyone here ever done it or attempted to, want to? I'm thinking aluminum pipe, tig welds, stainless hardware, and powdercoating finish. I wonder if a muffler shop could bend the pipe for me? I'm just board...
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    Completed anchor locker project (pics)

    Well it's finally finished, thanks for the photo's 45auto they gave me the inspiration I needed. The one picture of my anchor of choice it's a 40yr. old anchor been with me through 3 different boats, there is 150' of rope attached and it all fits nicely with room to spare. The relocation of...
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    no turning back now anchor hatch (pics)

    About 2 weeks of should I or shouldn't I just ended today. Now there's no question I have to. I'm trying to make it easy as possible to handle the anchor and the solution was to build a pit up in the bow for easy access and storage out of the way. I was tickled when I removed this section and...
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    swamped

    I was just thinking about something that happened to me way back in the early 80's when I just bought my 67' MFG 16' evinrude 60HP. One day at the ramps after I had launched the boat, I returned from parking my truck only to find the boat taking on water, I sprinted back to get my truck and was...
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    Calling all 60's MFG owners (67 16' MFG)

    I was just thinking about something that happened to me way back in the early 80's when I just bought my 67' MFG 16' evinrude 60HP. One day at the ramps after I had launched the boat, I returned from parking my truck only to find the boat taking on water, I sprinted back to get my truck and was...
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    king cobra 5.8 285hp - cobra 5.8 235hp

    What is it that boosts the 93' 5.8 king cobra 50hp over the 90' 5.8 cobra? Both have the same wot rpm. spec. 4000-4400
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    How do you secure a large towable (Warbird)

    Hi guy's, I'm about to put down for one of them large 2 person towables, it's the 2 person warbird from sportstuff. I've been reading the reviews on this model and it seems like the best choice for my family, although none of the reviews cover hauling the thing around unoccupied. are you...
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    outdrive tilts to the left (pics)

    Is this acceptable? I have had the outdrive off for bellows replacement and she slid right out, I put a new O-ring on the driveshaft and it happily slid right into place so i'm just quessing the alignment through the coupler is good. Do you think the transom bracket could have been crooked from...
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    A little Fabrication help needed

    I'm having a litle trouble getting this project started, need some reasurance and some ideas. I consider myself exceptionally talanted when it comes to stuff like this, but I've got sort of a cerebral block. Take a look at these photos and see what I'm planning to do. The picture is all I have...
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    Can I cut a hole here?

    I'm contemplating putting in an anchor locker. I think I can use a flush mount hatch and either box in the area below or hang a catch net and cut a neat little slot in the hatch cover for the rope to come out. It looks like there is plenty room between the hull, but will the opening compromise...
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    Plastic bearing caps (sure lube)

    Hi, my trailer came factory equiped with Reliable Sure Lube hubs with drum brakes. I have an issue with grease slinging out around the hubs and splattering the rims with grease, I found both of the plastic grease caps have cracked, is there any reason why I couldn't just replace the plastic...
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    20' open bow carrying capacity (chaparral)

    Hi, I bought this 1990 chaparral 2000SL it's an open bow with a V8 5.8L. I cannot find the tag that most boats have that gives you gross payload, the guy I bought it from said he had taken 10 people in it. Where should I look to find this specific information for this model any ideas ???
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    a neat trick for routing spark plug wires (pics)

    Just thought I would share this with everyone, not sure if this is the right catagory to post but is i/o engine related. Anyhow, it makes for a neat job getting those wires all situated nicely, you can use the same method for pairs, threes, whatever, I went from 4 down to 2 right up to about 6"...
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    Need a basic GPS with MPH

    Help me out here please, I'm dumb about all these new fangled GPS systems. What I want is just your run of the mill GPS to measure MPH and maybe mark a couple good fishing spots, preferably something just handheld that I can take hiking biking and fishing. I also want to verify the speedometer...
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    how much space needed for smart tabs? (pics)

    I have some pics of my transom, 20' chaparral, it has a molded swim platform which yeilds very little room, about how tall are the trim shocks? I have only about 6" to the bottom of the swim platform where the tabs should be (outermost section) I'm wondering if the shocks could be mounted to...
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    How well does your blower work?

    Hi everyone, I did a search and found all the info I needed, but what the heck it seems like a good topic for discussion anyhow. I'm looking to improve on the system if anything at least maybe I'll remember to turn it on next time.
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    Omc exh. mani. rear plugs.

    MY OMC ford v8's has casted in nipples in the rear of the manifolds that use a rubber hose cap and hose clamp, I struggled to remove them and ended up having to cut a slit to get them off. My question is, are these style hose plugs redily available or is there a better alternative like a rubber...
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    Fast idle question OMC Holley (pics)

    1990 OMC 5.8 4bbl It appears I'm missing my fast idle cam, does OMC omitt this piece due to the shifting? I took some pics, looks like I'm missing a spring and the lever, I was trying to set the choke qualification by the book when I noticed something just didn't seem right. The service manual...
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