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    Tools that younger people would not recognize.

    that's neat! before my house got destroyed, i had a whole section of my lab dedicated to vacuum tubes. Sadly now it's all in a box waiting for me to find a new space. My current lab just has enough room for modern scopes and stuff.
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    Tools that younger people would not recognize.

    on my mercedes you have to adjust the parking brake THROUGH THE LUG STUD HOLE. Of course the hole is too small to fit a brake spoon, so i have a skinny flat blade screw driver bent just for this purpose.
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    suzuki prop vs turning point 4 blade prop; looking for advise

    Makes sense, the suzuki prop has no cup and no rake; it's pretty basic. When I changed from such a prop to the same pitch hustler on a different boat I gained a few kts, improved fuel economy, improved hole shot, and gives significantly better grip in the water. I couldn't believe what a...
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    Tools that younger people would not recognize.

    I always have an HP11C and HP16C on my desk, nobody ever knows how to use them. I took the interns out to lunch earlier this year and they had no idea how to operate the crank windows in my car, had no clue what the manual transmission was, then stated that "wow this car is so much older than...
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    suzuki prop vs turning point 4 blade prop; looking for advise

    I am trying to setup the correct prop on my home build aluminum boat, since this is the first one of this design to be constructed, I started with a guess at a 15 pitch from suzuki. Now that I'm through enough break to throttle up, in I'm hitting redline and don't have quite grip on the water...
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    Non-skid for aluminum floors

    Wow, sorry, I had to spend some time in a manufacturing facility at work and then took the week off to finish this silly boat; I got distracted from the internet for a while. anti-slip tape: my fear with this stuff (and let me know if it is unfounded) is that it will be slippery BETWEEN the...
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    Non-skid for aluminum floors

    I'm building an aluminum boat and an concerned that the floor will be extremely slippery, what works well to avoid slipping?
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    Need trailer roller arm mount thing

    to be fair, i didn't go out there with a magnet and actually check, it just LOOKS like aluminum. Seeing as i build things out of the stuff I assumed; I could be wrong, i'll have to go check it.
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    Need trailer roller arm mount thing

    sweet thanks, it looks like this is the one! https://www.easternmarine.com/ez-loader-straight-roller-arm-250-010762-01
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    Need trailer roller arm mount thing

    It's actually aluminum and, due to the fact that I took the picture straight down and you can't see it, they have a slight upward curve. I certainly could go buy some 3/4" x 1/2" (or whatever) aluminum bar and make one, but it's one of those things where I can probably buy the arm with a roller...
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    Need trailer roller arm mount thing

    I don't know the manufacture of the trailer, it just says REGAL on it; clearly OEM supplied for that manufacture. I don't know the model or actual manufacture since the data plate is gone. It seems to me like this should be a fairly generic part
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    Need trailer roller arm mount thing

    I need a trailer roller arm mount thing, i clearly have no idea what this part is called and thus I'm having no luck finding one. Maybe the picture helps someone point me in the right direction! If it matters, this is the trailer. I paid $600 for it, so I'm ok with replacing bearings...
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    Need aluminum gas tank fitting recommendations

    Ahh, makes perfect sense, thank you! I was thinking about having a second pickup for a trolling motor as well; I know you can play games with check valves and stuff, but why not just have a dedicated pickup while it's being built. The tank is segmented into 4 baffled compartments with limber...
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    Need aluminum gas tank fitting recommendations

    When you say float, do you mean the one in the Fuel Limit Vent valve? I have also seen fill valves with a float in them to stop the addition of fuel and shut the pump off with the right amount of air space at the top of the tank (those may be newer than this document). Just curious, why do you...
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    Need aluminum gas tank fitting recommendations

    Thanks, not sure i'd seen that document, or if I did, I'm not good at reading. Choosing what fittings I want for the fuel fill, pickup tube, etc. is up to the builder; thus my query on the regulations (thank you) and a good source for all these components. I need to source the fuel fill, the...
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    Need aluminum gas tank fitting recommendations

    I'm build an 18.5ft aluminum fishing boat from scratch and I'm looking for recommendations on a good supplier and breakdown of what i need for fittings in the gas tank. Things I need: - Fuel fill inlet - Fuel vent - level sender - pickup tube - maybe other things?? The tank itself is designed...
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    1996 mariner 30 hot start issues -- at my wit's end

    Sorry I was on a camping trip (using this boat) with no cell service for a week. Hmm, interesting. It starts and fires for a second and stalls so I was assuming it wasn't an ignition issue, but i can pull all of that apart and take a close look at everything. I could also use the service...
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    1996 mariner 30 hot start issues -- at my wit's end

    The serial number is: 0G357906 It's an early 96, before the facelifted ignition system and intake manifold.
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    8 Hp Mecury outboard

    Pull the carb drain screw and see if gas comes out. If it doesn't, pull the carb fuel hose, work up the line until you figure out where the fuel flow stops.
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    1996 mariner 30 hot start issues -- at my wit's end

    I've had this 1996 mariner 30 for a while and it's never started right, these are the things i've done to it over the last couple years and it has left me with one remaining problem: It does not like hot restarts; it will usually cough, stall, and then start on the second try. Compression is...
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