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    Chinese carbs

    My CC company didn't want to hear it. (Business visa with chase) Is what it is and I really can't complain about them as they've been good with every other thing we have needed from a CC company. If I were a few years younger I'd have probably thrown the generator through the front window of...
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    Chinese carbs

    I got a Honda generator new from a dealer. Ran like crap out of the box. Brought it back to the dealer the next morning and they told me I ran bad gas in it and ruined the carb. They also stated carbuerator problems aren't covered by warranty. Called a few other service centers provided directly...
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    215 sundowner transom

    I have to say. Wearing the full face respirator and hooded tyvek the itching was minimal the whole time. A trick for relieving it is if after the fact you have it, use a lint roller or clear packing tape on the area. It'll pull most of it out. I lean over a lot of fiberglass filters and piping...
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    215 sundowner transom

    I'm unsure what they could be for and don't think they need to be put back.
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    cooking

    My oven still wanders with the steel but it is even at least. My cheap electric counter top unit cooks nicely though and is actually what I used for this one as I didnt want to warm the whole house. My oven being an older unit is smaller inside and as such is limited in room despite being a full...
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    cooking

    I used to toast my bagels in the lab grade ovens at work. We certified the temperature with 2 probes in different locations a few times a month. Those were beasts and heavily insulated though. I never expected a home oven to get anywhere near that. I know how mine behaves and adjust accordingly. :)
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    cooking

    Tossed up a Sicilian the other night. Did a 5 day cold ferment with an 8 hour proof. Did a par bake this go around too which I don't normally do. Came out tasty.
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    215 sundowner transom

    Yeah. Grind that clean.
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    Carb tuning

    Haven't much messed around since my last post. Ended up getting a plate for a wide band just to confirm my suspicions with the tuning. Did run it on the trailer just to test it and she is fat. Seeing around 11.5 -12 at idle and dips to 10 at 1500 or so. I've had this wide band and confirmed it...
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    Engine, Carb or Prop? need suggestions or ideas please.

    Do a 383. Big blocks are nice but damn heavy. 383 would be a good compromise.
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    Trailer Load musings

    Yes. My tandems are all leaf. The only torsions I own are singles and that is the only application where I felt the cost is kind of worth it and you get a benefit. Tandems tow so much better to begin with that I wouldn't bother.
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    Trailer Load musings

    They're quieter, articulate independently and tow nicer. That being said I can replace a spring pack with my normal trip pack out. Torsion I'm SOL. I have both and don't have a preference either way.
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    Trailer Load musings

    The pressure is a balance of ride and fuel economy. For a vehicles pay load, the factory specified pressure will give you the weight carrying the car needs at the set pressure. For the trailer you only get the maximum carrying capacity of the tire at max pressure. (Which is true for all tires)...
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    Trailer Load musings

    I have a 2800lb trailer. The original tires were rated for like 1500lbs. Those stayed on there for 12 years... when I got the boat the tires were immediately swapped out to ones that supported 1760lbs in the same size just for the safety margin. The next go around they have 2100lb rated tires in...
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    Trailer Load musings

    My fun tongue weight story is that I had my cousin load a trailer for me (mistake 1). Nothing crazy, tandem axle skid steer around 7000lbs total. Pintle hitch the whole 9. He loads it and lets me know its ready to go. Now mind you we were strapped at the time. Down a couple trucks and needed to...
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    cooking

    Yeah I hate to admit it (the engineer in me cringes) but there is a certain level of feel to baking too. It is 90% of the time an exact science and the other 10% feel.... Certain things you need to be pretty spot on for... Croquembouche for example or creampuffs... but my crumb cakes, layer...
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    cooking

    I have a gas unit too but shes old. I do use a steel but I've found running it for a few hours helps then switching it to broil when tossing in the pies really helps. Otherwise it typically burns the bottom before the top fully browns how I like. My steel is a 3/8 unit. I've also thought about...
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    cooking

    I still haven't quite landed the baguettes perfect. They usually need a short second bake though I think it may be my oven at this point because I've really had to work at pizzas being right as well. I can nail a bread loaf in a Dutch oven though. Which also points to the oven itself being the...
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    Trailer Load musings

    Axles welded in place? That's typically the only other option. My bow stop is movable but I can't move the boat any further forward as it's at the end of the support on the transom roller. But I can move my axle back about a foot. Surprisingly the swap from the 3.0l to the 4.3 hardly changed...
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    cooking

    My formal schooling is rooted in chemistry so it kind of just comes to me odd as it sounds. There is a British fella on the face tube that goes through making pretty advanced baked goods in detail and they're simple and straightforward recipes. If you just duplicate what he does it comes out...
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