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    No dipstick on 1989 era 3.0L?

    Yeah, try the diesel oil. I've always had issues with rotella and delvac shearing way out of grade in boats but I seem to be an exception to that.
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    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    Maybe use epoxy so you get a longer working time too?
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    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    Scott seemed to have the worse of the issues than I did. But I'll tell you what I got. On the 330 we ran a bead of 5200 around the exhaust port to reseal the flange and did the old wipe to finish the bead like caulking. That was 15 years ago and it is still there. You can't scrape that crap off...
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    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    Looks good sir. Color match is a wee bit off though. :p
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    Trailer tires.

    What came on the GMC? Our 22 had the older LTX A/T2 and thought they were decent. (Would have replaced with defenders though) I replaced the defender LTX M/S on my 19 with the newer defender LTX M/S 2 and think I liked the old style better. These do have a bit of tread noise but performance...
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    Trailer tires.

    My girls corolla wears evenly as well to the point I also don't rotate them. I only really notice on my truck the outside edges on the fronts wear down a little quicker from turns where the rear stays straight. I could probably do without rotations but they more or less sync up with every...
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    Trailer tires.

    Yeah. On those michelins it was like a switch. Went down hill quick but were still very good. Just no longer great. I probably could've went another 10k on them as I replaced them with about 4/32 of tread left but I had a long trip coming up and wanted new rubber for it. I've had lesser brand...
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    Trailer tires.

    Michelin defenders. Expensive but seem to be one of the few I get my money's worth out of. Had a set of hankook tires on my 04 that went 110k too. Religious about rotation every 10k or so and keep the alignment tight.
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    Trailer tires.

    I've noticed on vehicles around the 5 year mark the driving characteristics are severely changed from new. That's about as long as I get out of tires on my daily though. Start getting the "squeal" even on mild turns on off ramps. Last set went 130k miles though so doing them every 4-5 years...
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    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    I've seen furlong in the wild way more than you think you would. :rolleyes:
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    Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

    I think it was more like a butt of humor. Here's a turtle I found at work:
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    95 Sea Ray 230 Sundancer stringer repair

    I did mine with thickened polyester peanut butter.
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    2025 Splash of the Year Nominations!

    It went up about 10$ a pail between when I first was planning and when I pulled the trigger. 178 according to my invoice. I know there was a jump post 16 or so just due to production facilities taking hits but don't have any info on what it was in the middle. :(
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    Trailer tires.

    Couple of the trailers have maxxis. They've been fine as well. Throw off a little noise if I recall correctly.
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    2025 Splash of the Year Nominations!

    Knew her a long time before we starting dating. Was never learing about eachother. It was always growing with eachother. Always have legitimate reasons for things and she knew that. Just easier to show her vs explain as luck would have it... women prefer jumping to their own conclusions vs being...
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    2025 Splash of the Year Nominations!

    I told the girl all said and done, including engine parts, cabin upholstery and the rest of the crap it neared 20k to fix everything. At first she was apprehensive that I spent that much of my money. (Not engaged, yet) so I then took her to the boat show and showed her what it could be replaced...
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    2025 Splash of the Year Nominations!

    So I had a spread sheet for a lot of the supplies pre covid. The glass, foam and resin didn't change all that much. The rest changed quite a bit. And that's where the cost came from in my case. The us composites order was 3 grand. Woof another grand. I somehow managed to accumulate another 10...
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    Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

    The one the Nazis helped put there. :)
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    Trailer tires.

    I was just saying on my work trailers in general. (Which are 16s and 17s) The ST tires still typically have higher carrying capacity in the same size.
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    Trailer tires.

    Last set I put on the boat trailer was hercules which are made by Cooper out in Ohio. My guy reccomended them and they're popular in the over the road and commercial application. See them on a lot of the trucks that come through with chemical so that's good. I've used the goodyears, Kenda load...
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