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    Installing a trolling motor on a 21ft CC

    How did you get 200 amps with 3 50 amp batteries ?
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    Installing a trolling motor on a 21ft CC

    I would definitely Put the batteries inside of a Black plastic battery box with a matching cover. Put pieces of 1 1/2" square wood pieces around the battery box or boxes. Some Silicone Rubber to bond the wood pieces to hull deck. Install. Ratchet straps over each battery box snuggly. That...
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    How Can I Prevent Fouled Spark Plugs When Running at Idle for a long time?

    Arm chair boaters frustrated by conditions that at are normal. I will not pay anyone to set my boat up correctly. Oh well.
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    Proper Boat Grounding

    All my Aluminum boat motors have a DIRECT negative connection. Between Aluminum hull and O B metal and motor transom safety bolts and nuts. Why starter motor has such big wires. Positive and negative to the battery posts
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    Installing a trolling motor on a 21ft CC

    Any space under the console ?
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    Your Best Technique for Rope Starting Merc 20hp EFI

    Do remember to squeeze rubber ball until firm. Do turn on the choke if cold enough. Advance throttle to a little less than 1/4 open.
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    I have had enough winter and snow in N J.

    Got lucky. 6" of dry snow to handle on car roof. Broom job. Pushed it off roof onto edge of long driveway. Geezers get creative. Did not use the blower. Just drove car up and down driveway. Shoveled crusty road plow pile into weeds If I had a brain ? I would have put the car into the empty...
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    Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

    Always sit sideways to any wind / breeze.
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    I have had enough winter and snow in N J.

    Glad March is so close to us now.
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    1982 starcraft v220 mariner v5 potential rebuild

    Not sure about his size. I would measure near the widest part of the hull now. Then keep measuring as structures are removed. The glass boats are floppy sometimes.
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    1982 starcraft v220 mariner v5 potential rebuild

    That hull can spread apart as you remove interior structures to get at the floor. You may not notice it spreading slowly as structures are removed.
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    Brass fittings on boats

    People always think a boat is just like a car. With even less maintenance
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    Time for a new mattress

    Give me your money. I tell you what you want to hear.
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    Sewing machine for canvas,Which brand??

    Buy some small pieces of the materials you want to sew. You can tell if the machine can handle them by the speed it runs at. If you cut out and pin the pieces together ? Take them to a real sewing place. Should be much cheaper than buying a machine. Neat enough sewing there ? Ask to see some...
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    Brass fittings on boats

    Why do some people get SOO LUCKY ? By treating a boat in water that can and will SINK. Like a car on land ??
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    Pump themed anchor

    Are you serious about depending on that to hold the boat ? Your lives are not worth very much to you. Buy a REAL ANCHOR before yours allows the wind and current to drag it onto a rock pile and sink.
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    Prop is making thumping / clicking noises when hand rotated (video)

    A marine mechanic is needed.
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    Time for a new mattress

    We have separate box and spring beds. Love the 40 year old mattress. I just flip and turn it to keep the shape that fits so well.
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    Your Best Technique for Rope Starting Merc 20hp EFI

    The faster the cranking speed. The sooner a engine will start. Hot or cold.
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    Make of remote trail camera to monitor a siding hole in the porch overhang roof.

    They found NO NO hole there. Just a 6 month old bird nest that looked like a hole. Checked attic and all other possible areas. No holes. What a relief on my 50 year old house. I gave the 2 guys $100 for being so great. about a free inspection.
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