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  1. cbavier

    Bimini Top Question

    I have all my seats and vinyl cleaned and 303 protected. I cleaned my Bimini top which seems to be Canvas but it has a semi Vinyl Finish. Hope you know what I mean. Not plain Canvas and not Sumbrella and not vinyl like the seats or trim. Should I 303 the top too? I have never 303'd it before...
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    Gear ratio Alpha One

    Is there any way to tell what my Gear ratio is. I have a 1986 Alpha One but the numbers and ID have faded away. My owners manual lists two possibilities. 1.65.1 and 1.84.1 How can I tell which I have? I may have the serial numbers written down from years ago. I have tried to search online to no...
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    TEAK Finishing

    Does anyone know ? Can you polyurethane teak after applying Teak Oil? Some of my Teak is dried out and looks bad. Has some fine cracks too. I teak oiled it last year about 6 coats and that dried out too. Where it's in the cockpit and protected, it looks real good, but up on the Gunwales where...
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    Bow Safety Chain

    Do you use a safety chain or aparatus to secure your boat beside the winch strap or winch cable?
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    Speedo Adjustment

    Is there any way to adjust my speedometer to correct it. Mine reads 48 mph while GPS says 54 mph. I'll try to post a picture of the little white spedo pickup. Couldn't get the picture to post so here's the link. Thanks...
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    Warning

    I wanted to warn anybody buying boats or whatever on Craig's list. There have been numerous reports on our local news of fraud against people buying from Craig's list. Cars as well as boats lately. So BEWARE! DON"T SEND MONEY WITHOUT SEEING what your buying in PERSON ONE COUPLE IN TRAVERSE CITY...
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    Vehicle safety Inspection

    How often do you have your boat Safety Inspected?
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    Time Change

    Hey everybody! Don't forget to change your clocks. Spring ahead one hour this morning.
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    Buying a New Truck

    I went about a month ago to three different Chevy dealers in three different towns trying to buy a new or fairly new truck. There were none to be had or neither could any of the dealers find one online looking anywhere. The best response I could get was they would put me on a waiting list for a...
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    Winter Woodworking Projects 2009

    Winter Woodworking Projects 2009 Just to while away the winter Blah's. I'm also building a Lighthouse. Woodwork is finished on it. I just need to wire and paint it. All these are done without any patterns so the going was somewhat slow. http://s244.photobucket.com/albums/gg15/cbavier/
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    Winter Woodworking Projects

    Winter Woodworking Projects finished 2009 . Just to while away the winter Blahs http://s244.photobucket.com/albums/gg15/cbavier/
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    Fifth Wheel Help

    I have a 35ft Terry Fifth Wheel with two slideouts. The bedroom slideout will only go out about four inches then clunks. Has anybody experienced this problem and how can I fix it myself? Any help would be appreciated.
  13. cbavier

    Spark Plug Wires

    Does anyone know? Can 7.4 Ltr Auto spark plug wires be used on a 4.3 Ltr Mercruser? The 7.4 are not Marine so I realize that OMC would be better. But I have two wires that have just a faint spark (only visable at night) on my 4.3Mercruser and I have a set of 7.4 wires that came off a Motorhome I...
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    DVD Computer Drivers

    Does anybody know if the DVD and CD drivers are on the Windows Installation disk or on the Drivers and Utilities disk for a Dell computer. Thanks for anybody's help.
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    Trailer Adjustment

    I have a Proline trailer that is similar to an Easy Loader trailer. Those of you familiar with the easy loader trailer know that the rollers rock from side to side just as mine do on the proline. The proline also has three cradles that also rock from front to back. Are these cradles suppose to...
  16. cbavier

    Merry Christmas

    Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas Everyone from snowy Northern Michigan
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    Aluminum prop and Steel Hub ?

    I have a simple question. Does an Aluminum prop have a steel hub or is the Hub aluminum also? I lost a prop in the Lake and was wondering if I could retrieve it with a powerful maget. I know the aproxmininity of where I lost the prop and it's in 20- 30 ft of water. I'm not a diver.
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    Does this sound right - help!

    1983 or 1985 :? 23ft Sylvan, Aluminum Hull, 4 cylinder, cuddy cabin, Shorelander trailer, Lorance, Lorance Fish Finder, Four Downriggers, Ship to shore radio, two Livewells, two 20 gallon Gas tanks. $2,500. Does this sound right? Also anybody have any Idea what the draft would be? My son...
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    Water Spots

    What does everybody use to get the Water Spots off?:( How do you keep the Water Spots off?:) My boat after three weeks in the water looks likes speckled bass. ;)
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    Drive Alignment

    I was wondering about drive alignment. How often should it be done on an I/O and how do you know if it needs to be done? __________________ Chuck "OWN-IT"
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