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    bearing packer

    How much easier is it to use a bearing packer than the old palm full of grease??
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    Trimming out

    So after I got the boat on plain and at WOT 4000rpm and 38MPH (on GPS), I started to trim out, one engine at a time. best speed obtained was 43 MPH and 4200 RPM this was with twin merc 260s and 14x20 4 blade props. (I was a little chicken to go much higher in the RPM's) I am wondering if I had...
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    Anyone a history detective????

    The reason I asked this question is my father before he passed on started to pass on some of the family's history. As he stated to me one afternoon, "your great great uncle's pistol is in the Seattle musseum". I asked why it was there, and he said that my great great uncle???? or whatever he was...
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    Mystery part from sea ray sundancer

    Found this in one of the cupboards, any guess were it goes???
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    Cool kitchen toy

    So we have a pot thats lid has a steam hole in it and the best thing about it is when the water gets to boiling the steam hole, which is shooting way off on an angle, starts to spin! :D AHH, the little funny things in life. You do know that this opens the door for experimination and scalds. ;)
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    Trim limit switch ??

    How many set the trim limit switch so it only allows you to go as far as the best leg angle when you trim out at speed??
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    New leak UGH

    1985 Merc 260, MR leg So there is no water issues with the bellows I replaced, But there is a new leak and I believe it is coming from the Y pipe were it bolts to the inside transom plate. Is this a common thing and easly fixed?? How often does the O-ring go or What could of happend ( I do...
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    Did I screw up, I don't think so??

    So we are running down the center of the lake, I am on the port side of the boat in front, he is 100 +- feet in front of me and I am 20+- feet off his wake. we have been holding this course for 10 miles and this boat is just bobing around directly in front of me, I do not want to cross buddy's...
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    Stuck in forward I think

    MR leg, Well we re did the water pump in the drive, put it back together as per the book, it will go into forward gear but not into reverse. (If we do this when it is runnig as thats how we found out, the motor stalls) any thoughts Rob
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    Are you self employeed, and do you have employees

    Just following up on another post. So are you self employed? Do you have employees and how many? What do you do?
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    Hawk VS stupid cat

    So stupid cat was in the field an hour ago' dukin it out with a hawk with a 4 foot wing span, no wonder we go through so many cat's STUPID CAT \/ \/ \/ \/
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    Carb base gasket replacement

    1985 merc 260 rotchester 4mv carb OK, so it seems that the poor idle I was expierencing was from a cracked base gasket. Would it be better to use the thicker base gasket, or the skinny stock one??
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    Well pump upgrade??

    At this time we have a 3/4 hp jet pump and I would like to upgrade to a submersible for better flow and preasure. Our well is 90 feet deep, and has an 8 inch casing Our water is quite hard due to a crudload of iron, so I would try and find a submersible pump that is desighned for a harsh...
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    Hot afternoon and grouchy carb

    1985 merc 260 thunderbolt 4, merc carb# 1347-8292 rotchester 4mv (new everything, except motors) OH and I tightened down the front 2 mounting bolts/nuts on the carb as the were not much more than finger tight. Well this has gotten progressivly worse over the last couple years and we were going...
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    Bow EYE??

    Should the bow eye end up above or below the trailers winch roller? ( this is a large boat, if that matters at all)
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    "starcraft"

    People of the aluminum boat, What is the most desirable/saught after, boat starcraft ever made???? inquiring minds want to know. :) (Possible find in the field)
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    So, who want's to weigh in on this subject?

    I am all for safety and all, but this seems to be pushing the envelope buy suggesting that a tube or a pool toy is a vessel, as the only propulsion is the floater and for the most part it is the rivers current that is giving the thrust??? (read columns left to right)
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    Plug weld with mig

    So I attempted to plug weld a stainless piano hinge to a piece of mild steel??? drilled a hole every 2-3 inches across the hinge, clamped it down, applied ground to steel and started to fill in the holes. well it looks, OK, but what are the odds I melted the stainless instead off filling it with...
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    40 million cubic meter landslide

    Just north east of were the 2010 winter olympics were held a massive landslide broke free from a glacier and tore down into the Pemberton valley. http://www.globaltvbc.com/video/index.html?releasePID=s7fTIRu5_0yo_OpVJR0bD28lk8tL9xj_
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    For the 9000000 time again,

    Sorry guy's this is part of the triple check on the trim sender gauge. Trim gauge has four wires. power in 12+ vdc--YES Ground- YES illumination wire- yes Sender wire????? Shorted sender wire stud to ground, needle did not move!! so the gauge is hooped???
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