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    Is fogging oil different than it used to be???

    Also the fogging oil used to be a foaming displacement additive.Spraying it into sparkplug housing ,the oil would foam up once inside the cylinder and coat the entire cylinder.Todays fogging sprays sure dont do that any more.Charlie
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    Brandnew retro fitted water shutters making tons of noise

    I have twin 5.0 with one new flapper and one old.New style no noise at all.Old style loud as heck..Charlie
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    Is fogging oil different than it used to be???

    Been fogging and winterizing for 30+years . Always remembered at the point of fogging the engine a cloud of smoke which was the same cloud upon spring start up.Using Starbrite and Stabile fogging oil spray in past years ....no noticable smoke.Hardly any at all.I am not shy with the fogging oil...
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    Hope everyone has a Great Thanksgiving!!!

    Thanks moderators and lprizman for the return well wishes.Things here sure aint the way they used to be.Thanks again to the few.Charlie
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    Craftsman 6" polisher ,changing to larger polishing disc

    Thanks much will give it a try or...... just stick with a 6" disc..Lol Charlie
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    Hope everyone has a Great Thanksgiving!!!

    Thanks guys??? That is surely the strangest replies I have ever got on a well wish.Charlie
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    Craftsman 6" polisher ,changing to larger polishing disc

    Thanks,I dont have that wrench for sure.Gonna need something else to stop the disc from turning and hold the shaft.?? Charlie
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    New ujoints grease doesn’t spread evenly

    Just keep pumping the grease ,no damage possible.Take the excess and wipe where ever you dont see grease.Charlie
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    Craftsman 6" polisher ,changing to larger polishing disc

    I have a good old craftsman polisher/sander.Lots of torque,works great.Would like to change the disc to acomodate a larger bonnet.Rather than break something and ask questions later.....I am going to ask BEFORE trying to change the disc.How do it get the disc off??? see pics of model tag,disc...
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    Hope everyone has a Great Thanksgiving!!!

    Nope,Christmas lights up in a few surrounding houses already.Charlie
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    Hope everyone has a Great Thanksgiving!!!

    Happy Thanksgiving to all of you and your families.The guy in the pic was just out for a stroll.Charlie
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    Update to using Toilet bowl cleaner for hull and bottom

    Is Smart and Final the brand name or a store name?? Charlie
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    Just bought this Snowblower ,Good,bad ??

    Cleaned the spark plug and carb and now it starts on the 1st pull.Cant complain about that except that the housing for the electric starter takes the skin off of my index finger knuckle when I pull start it.Very happy with my purchase!! Charlie
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    Help with abbreviation H,B,W&L Fee

    Congrats and welcome to the open wallet club..Lol Thats how most marinas treat you.There is not much a marina does not charge for.Most marinas charge for an outside canvas guy that comes and do work on your boat that you arranged even though the marina does not have any canvas servicing. Same...
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    Stalls out on idle after 30 to 45 minutes. Mercruiser 4.3 TKS Thunderbolt V Alpha II

    So your advice to him is to pay no attention to one hot riser and one cold riser after 45 minutes of engine running??? I cant agree with that thought process. dwhildreth,Your risers are good at slightly different Temps as Scott mentioned..What you are describing is not a slight difference so I...
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    Stalls out on idle after 30 to 45 minutes. Mercruiser 4.3 TKS Thunderbolt V Alpha II

    You are correct on that. I would pull the very warm riser and check for blockage in the passageways. Also take a look at the manifold passageways as well. Also check the exhaust flapper while the riser is off. Charlie
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    alpha 1 gen 1 water pump issue

    Make sure impeller is in correctly.Make sure water tube from pump housing is properly seating into the water pocket in the upper.Charlie
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    Trim tab antifouling coating experiment results

    Boating in high fouling waters from May thru October has lead me to try to find a better way to keep trim tabs less fouled or easier cleaned .Every fall properly protected tabs still have a share of barnacles,slime,worm coral etc. regardless of antifouling coating.With hopes of an easier end of...
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    Exhaust smells like paint thinner

    Let it break in and dont inhale the exhaust too deeply!!
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    Exhaust smells like paint thinner

    What would you like it to smell like???
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