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    GPS Speedo

    Well you absolutely can trust a gps speedo as long as you understand its giving you speed over ground not speed thru water , and when Im navigating my way from the ramp to my destination the distance between way points ( where I change direction due to coastline or hazards ) is displayed as...
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    GPS Speedo

    Yeah , If your trolling you'd be more interested in speed thru the water than speed over ground . I cant recall ever trolling in a river but in any event I usually judge trolling speed by observing lure action at the side of the boat and then just keep the trolling motor at the same revs...
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    Tilt and trim bracket cracked

    Ah ,you maybe right . Its good that your vigilant and spotted that before it turned up on your doorstep. Sux tho that someone would try to sell that critical part with that damage .🙂 You can actually report such sales of defective items to ebay
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    Tilt and trim bracket cracked

    No , I dont think so but,............honestly I dont know for sure not being familiar with your model , I have done such disassembly on other outboards but there are others here that will know way more than me as to the actual procedure for your motor . Im pretty sure you will need some way of...
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    Tilt and trim bracket cracked

    Yeah but its not just a case of putting a bead of weld on that crack ,there is a LOT of prep work needed before welding . You would have dismantle the thing and then vee out both sides from top and underneath and be sure you had veed out all of the crack down to clean metal (or it will crack...
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    Tilt and trim bracket cracked

    I would say very bad and if that were my boat I wouldnt use it untill it was fixed because it looks like the sort of crack thats going to get bigger untill it snaps right thru ....could cause loss of control if it lets go at speed ....and Im thinking replacement part (new or good used ) but...
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    GPS Speedo

    Well being as how my boat is maxed out at 41km/hr Im not all that interested in speed. You gotta watch that "seat of the pants " thing tho 😁.....Speedo cable on my Paso broke just as I was crossing Haast bridge while riding from Wanaka to Nelson (no cops on the west coast ) so I settled in at a...
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    projects other than boats

    Ugh! goats are just smartarsed sheep ,I gont like doats 😁
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    Chrysler 35hp Tachometer

    Some of the new digital ones on Temu or Alix just have a sensor wire you wrap around the ht lead
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    projects other than boats

    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 But ....I have seen plenty of other peeps projects and while sometimes it might not be to my taste I do respect the skill , workmanship and time that goes in to the project . While I might not like the Fiat Tipo shape I am really interested in the power train and the suspension and brakes .🙂
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    cooking

    Yeah , the rice looks ok 😁 Someone here said something about something tasting like a spoon full of five spice........ 😁
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    NEW YORK KNICKS ARE THE WORLD CHAMPIONS!!!!!

    Nah ,Im not into watching sports ...unless it classic car racing ( and Im talkin British classics ) or motorbikes , or the odd fishing show . Funny tho ,if I get press ganged into watching something ....like call in at friends and they are all watching rugby (ugh!) or cricket ( double ugh!) as...
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    NEW YORK KNICKS ARE THE WORLD CHAMPIONS!!!!!

    Oh ,I thought we were talking about the FIFA world cup soccer thing goin on at the mo.😁
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    NEW YORK KNICKS ARE THE WORLD CHAMPIONS!!!!!

    Who? 😁😁 I know who Wayne Gretzky and Sam"mayday" Malone are....ooh and Ted Bundy 😂
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    cooking

    I have an inkbird probe but not wireless , I usually set a small timer (so I dont forget all about it ) and just go stab the roast . I like it coz a, it gets me off my arse b, I can probe in different places , and c, coz I can turn the vegies over too . Last nights effort off the gas...
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    My wife graduated college yesterday

    Yeah 🙂🙂🙂well done her
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    Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

    🙂No it blimmin didnt , I almost didnt post it but then I dont usually mess with the camera (phone) settings so it might not all be the cameras fault ....and I think it was redder before I got round to taking the pic .....making coffee 😁
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    Johnson won't start

    Gotta say Id be surprised if that seal really is ok after the shaft being wrapped in weed so bad it was dumping oil out as you filled the gearcase . Jmtc🙂
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    Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

    8am
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    GPS Speedo

    😁Yeah I do that too .....Id forgotten that 🙄🙂
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