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    Heads up for Ford Triton V8 owners!

    I've had some help with my Expedition on here before and know quite a few on here drive them, so I thought I'd post this up in the hopes that it helps somebody. Yesterday I had a plug pop from my 4.6. It was the #3 cylinder, 2nd from the back passenger side, sounds like this may be the most...
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    Shore fishing near Cape Coral FL?

    We're heading down to the Cape Coral, FL area over Christmas and new years. We have no real plans but the kids (10, 8, and 8 years old) want to do some fishing that doesn't involve drilling holes through ice. There's a pond with crappies, sunfish and bass a block from my dad's place down there...
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    Pool noodle flotation verdict?

    It's been at least a couple years since the pool noodle discussions as replacement for the factory foam and I was wondering if anybody out there who's used them have had any issues. I'm hoping to start redoing mine this fall and I have a stash of noodles built up.
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    2004 Ford Expedition rear CV axle

    I know there is a fair # of people on here who drive Expeditions and I was wondering if anybody has had any experience with replacing a rear CV axle seal. I'm running short on time to do it myself and I've called quite a few shops to get quotes and they're saying anywhere from 1 1/2 to 3 1/2...
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    Any Savage Axis XP rifle owners out there?

    I've wanted to buy a .308 Bolt action for a while and today I came across a brand new in the box Savage Axis XP with a cheaper Bushnell 3-9x40 scope for $220. This one doesn't have the adjustable trigger or the accu stock but at that price I almost walked out of the store with it. Anybody have...
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    Value of '92 Northwood 18 1/2 ft with 120 Force

    I was hoping you guys could give a rough idea of what this boat is worth. It's a '92 Northwood aluminum which I think was made by Smokercraft. I'm hoping to see it in Person on Saturday. The outside looks like new, the floor was redone. He told me it was done with PT plywood which I know...
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    Possibly looking at used Northwoods boat tomorrow, a couple questions.

    The boat I'm looking at is a 92 Northwoods aluminum boat. From what I can tell it is the"cosmetically challenged" but structurally identical little brother to SmokerCraft boats. Does anybody know much about them? I don't need the nicest looking boat as long as it has good bones. My biggest...
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    Great non-boating craigslist add!

    Maybe it's too early in the morning but I can't help but laugh when I see this pic! BUCK DEER HEAD MOUNT
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    Would you have intervened?

    Opinions needed as my wife scolded me for this. What would you do? My office is in the Downtown Minneapolis skyway which is just a bunch of 2nd floor walkways through buildings and over the streets that links together a 25 square block area. It's filled with shops/restaurants/businesses and...
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    How often do you replace your car battery?

    I was just wondering how often you guys replace car and boat batteries. My boat starting battery died earlier this summer after 5 years. I just replaced it with my trolling motor battery and forgot about it until putting the boat to bed for the winter yesterday. That got me thinking about my...
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    Looking for a good folding transom ladder

    I just missed a great deal on a used Garelick 2 step folding transom ladder so I started looking around and found these. My only fear is that it mounts with only 4 bolts at 2 points vs the Garelick, but this one would be easier to mount, it's 4" narrower which would fit my transom better and at...
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    Etec possibly smoking?

    I was wondering if anybody has any ideas if this is could be a problem or easily explained by conditions. Over the weekend I was pulling the kids on a tube with my 2006 90hp Etec. We were doing mostly circles probably 150-200 feet in diameter at about 3000 RPM's. After a couple circles my son...
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    front load washer door gasket rip repair.

    This morning my front load washing machine leaked all over. Looking at it, the door gasket has about a 1 inch tear in the very outer edge that's mysteriously similar in size and shape to a cat bite. By coincidence my cat likes to bite these sorts of things. Since the repair manual calls it a...
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    South Dakota fishing trip destination

    Sorry if this is in the wrong place but I tried a couple days in the boating destination with no luck: We're heading to South Dakota and looking to kill a day or two somewhere, hopefully fishing. I was hoping to find somewhere with Launch Boat Charters (where they take out 10+ people on a big...
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    Looking for a south Dakota Fishing Launch

    We're heading to South Dakota and looking to kill a day or two somewhere, hopefully fishing. I was hoping to find somewhere with Launch Boat Charters where I can take my whole family out at a reasonable price. I've looked around the internet and all I've found are guides offering trips for 2-4...
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    Building flip up bench seat to casting deck

    I've been hoping to add a flip up bench across my back casting deck. I want it to lay flat so I can still stand back there when the seat is folded down. I've got a couple ideas and I was hoping you guys could tell me if it will work, if it's a dumb idea, or how I could make it better. I plan...
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    Finally, an end to the "which boat wax is best" question.

    There is no way this isn't better than turtle wax or collinite. The $96,867 bottle of car wax that your ride doesn
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    Distance between gas line and electrical outlet.

    Doing some remodeling and I'm running a dedicated circuit to my microwave and gas range. I've looked around but haven't seen anything about code for distance between an electrical outlet for the range and the gas line. I want to push the stove back close to the wall so there's pretty limited...
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    water softner vs water filter

    Hope you guys don't mind all my questions but after 4 years here I've seen that you guys are smarter and more trustworthy than everybody else out there. I think my WaterBoss softener is on it's way out of this world. I've done a lot of research and am not sure I like the idea of a softener...
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    Anybody have experience with Lumber Liquidators?

    I'm getting closer to actually replacing my wood floors and was wondering if anybody has experience with Lumber Liquidators. I hear their customer service is terrible but I'm more worried about quality of the brands they carry. As an alternative anybody have recommendations on national brands...
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