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    Replacement folding seats with good hinges?

    If you still have the old ones you liked get them recovered
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    Best way to fasten bow rails?

    Nice find. Never seen in stainless..... now I know
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    Best way to fasten bow rails?

    And without pics..... it didn't happen
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    Best way to fasten bow rails?

    Riv nuts/nutserts WILL fail. They are made for sheet steel. You can drill a hole in the center of your rail pad big enough to get a welded nut/fender washer combo thru the hole and glue in place x 4. Also hilti toggler will work but they dont come in stainless. They kinda work like butterfly...
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    Need A Metallurgist's Advice

    Also aluminum will go from solid to vapor puddle without warning
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    Outdrive up or down?

    I tow mine up without issue. I do put a small c clamp on the arched gear assy where if there were a failure it would wedge in the gear/sprocket. The order is drain plug in,clamp off, bats on... go 🚢 then when done i reverse that order. I never have bats on with clamp on. EVER
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    Boat Cover Repair?

    With the old singers there are belt drive and gear drive. I got the belt drive because thats what I found and I have a commercial walking foot. The only limitation I have had so far with the singer is smaller thread size. I dont try to go thru several thick layers, that's what my other machine...
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    Corrosion - degradation on shiny surfaces

    In that auto restoration world they have a chrome paint. Not the fake rattlecan stuff but a real 4 or 5 layer process but I bet it aint cheap. Can do black or red chrome colors too
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    I HATE AUTOMATIC BILGE PUMPS!

    The lower is normal pump and the upper is high volume. I did this because I have a omc stringer with the bigass rubber baffle
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    I HATE AUTOMATIC BILGE PUMPS!

    I have 2 "sensors" the higher one is a regular float. The lower one is an actual electrical sensor that is made from a piece of 1/2 copper pipe, 12guage copper wire and a transistor with some other misc electronics and a relay. No float to get stuck up and never had pump stuck on because of debris
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    I HATE AUTOMATIC BILGE PUMPS!

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    4 all y'all still shovelin snow

    Summers coming!
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    4 all y'all still shovelin snow

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    Proper Oil For Oil Bath Hubs

    Here is something kinda on/off target... We had a Rollercoaster at one of the places I worked at and depending on the temp out we would go from 10wt to 40wt. And in mid summer we would switch to grease. It was all about adjusting speed. Oil did make an awful mess. I have no experience with boat...
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    Merry Christmas

    Train was way cool
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    Merry Christmas

    You know mike..... You look more like incognito Santa than the Ole coot in your icon😁
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    Merry Christmas

    And a merry Christmas too 🌲🌲🌲🌲
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    changing from a 2 barrel to a 4 barrel carburetor

    I've built a few megasquirts. I do like them but can't see how they would be feasible on a boat
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    OMC low profile stringer steering

    Yes. All new shafts, bearings etc.... just about everything. Would work until I torqued cap. If it was slightly loose it would operate. Removed 1 of 2 shims and been good ever since. 3 maybe 4 seasons so far with 1 water pump change so far
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    OMC low profile stringer steering

    So those 2 little shims went on the end of cap and after rebuild it had to remove one
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