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    Thinking about converting surge brakes to electric - Tri-Axle Trailer

    My 2021 trailer came with surge brakes on all 6 wheels. Even so, stopping is a weak-point as it puts too much forward pressure on the truck. I'm assuming that with electric/hydraulic brakes the trailer will tend to stop more on its own. I am thinking about a conversion to electric (what I...
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    Don't forget that outdrive anti-fouling paint. . .

    Just saying . . .
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    Check those wheel bearings . . .

    I've been doing a bit of checking on my tri-axle trailer the past few days, as I'll probably be using it to pull the boat out of the water in the next few weeks. I've felt that the surge brakes were not really working in previous uses of the trailer. Yesterday, I hit the calipers with a little...
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    . . . and I Thought Hi-tech Boat Engines Were Bad . . .

    I had a problem with the AC/heat system on my car for the past 6-8 months and finally decided to fix it. As I was checking fuses (there is something like 150 of them), I managed to get one back in the wrong slot. :unsure: All heck broke loose and the car would not start and proceeded to...
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    Fuel Cost vs.Total Cost of Ownership . . .

    Often there is discussion about the cost of fuel, which is a consideration of boat ownership, but not as significant as you might think. I try to save $$$ on fuel more out of principle than actual make or break of the boating budget. This morning, since I just came off a 3+ week 'vacation' (a...
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    Kodiak Anchor - Made by SouthCoast Marine . . .???

    I had an anchor mishap today while anchoring at the local sand bar. The shaft is bent and the rode frayed because the roller flange that the anchor & rode feed through had a sharp edge to it and eventually cut through the line and the bow anchor & chain went into the bottom . . Thankfully...
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    Faria SmartCraft Speedometer???

    Greetings- I have been trying to select the speed input source to be the GPS on my SC1000 Speedometer. The User Manual makes it sound simple (hold - Mode and + buttons for 6 seconds, blah, blah, blah) All the thing wants to do is go into the depth gauge menu, no matter what I do. Any...
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    MacBook Pro . . . Tragedy

    My MacBook laptop of 6 years decided to go into a reboot loop all of a sudden today. I tried a bunch of things, but the situation only got worse. I first was able to boot into safe mode and it would stay running for about a minute then crash . . . blank (black) screen no error message . . ...
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    Lowering the bunks . . .

    Since I might be taking my boat out in the next few weeks for some un-planned maintenance, I wanted to lower the bunks to make retrieval and launching a bit easier. The trailer has quite a few adjustments. . . height, spacing, etc. The increments are 1.5" on the height, and it looks like can...
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    2016 Mercruiser 6.2L ECT DTS Axius Cooling System Issue

    Greetings, Branching off from my 'boat is being a boat' thread, I am posting about an issue with the starboard engine cooling system (Serial # in my signature below) Keep in mind that the engines in my boat are the in-house Mercury built engines, not the GM 6.2 that preceded them. Fun Facts...
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    1983 25 HP Evinrude Shifting Very Stiff

    Greetings, Model E25ELCTD , Which I believe is 1983 (ish). Cable single lever remote controls . . . electric start. The shifting F-N-R is very stiff and takes an excessive amount of effort on the control lever to get the motor to shift in and out of gear. I've taken a quick look at the parts...
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    New-style 6.2 SeaCore Closed Cooling Question . . .

    Greetings, Since buying my 2016 CY 338 w/ twin Merc 6.2 SeaCore I/O's I have wondered about an anode for the heat exchanger. There does not seem to be a place for an anode on/in the heat exchanger. My previous boat w/ aftermarket (Orca) closed cooling had a place for the anode, but I have yet...
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    Showing the Boston Whaler 13 some TLC . . .

    Greetings, I have been procrastinating on keeping up with the Boston Whaler. It does not get used much and last season it overheated. I ran some de-scaler solution through the motor to see if that helped with the cooling system, and seems to have improved things. Keeping up with my...
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    Happy Birthday Bondo !!!

    Today is your birthday? :cool: Have a great day (y) 🎂🥳 🎁
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    LiFePO Batteries ???

    Greetings, My boat (Cruisers Yacht 338) has 7 (seven) 31M-AGM batteries, which spec at 72 lbs. each. The batteries are isolated into 4 banks (4 for the inverter, 1 house, port engine, starboard engine). The boat is now 7 years old and I expect to be replacing batteries over the next few years...
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    Microwave Installation . . . ELCI or GFCI ???

    Greetings, I am installing a 700watt microwave on my boat (see signature), which comes as an option on the boat, but mine was not so equipped. Anyway, there is the circuit breaker for the microwave, but there is no wiring running to it. I'll be adding the wiring (12 AWG triplex), and I do...
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    Radio Antenna Question . . .

    Greetings, The radio reception on my boat is marginal at best. So, my pre-season punch list includes doing something to enhance the radio reception without a whole lot of fuss, since I have quite a few others things on the punch list. Anyway - I pulled the head unit out for a look and as I...
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    My boat is being a boat . . .

    Greetings, A little venting session. . . . :mad: I started my annual ritual of getting the boat ready for its seasonal launching. Winter cover comes off Batteries look OK Initial starting of the engines. VesselView says Starboard is OK - Starts up, water flowing, oil & temperature are...
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    F-150 Transmission Issues (I think? . . . No, I thought )

    Greetings, I have posted this topic in an F-150 forum and received some input, but not a whole lot. Since many of us are truck/towing aficionados, I thought to post it here. My truck . . . 2012 Ford F-150 3.5 EcoBoost 4WD w/ 6R80 transmission, 206K miles. I bought it in Nov 2021 for towing...
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    BoatingABC Website Down/Gone?

    I stop by the boatingabc website occasionally . . . lately I noticed it has been down/unreachable. I wonder if it was given last rights? Not much activity over there for the longest time.
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