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    Sharing a Pre-Startup Check List > What is yours?

    Anyone leave it running at the dock to warm up while putting the trailer away? I've done that, but not so much recently. I'm not nearly as thorough as the original post, but I've usually got the doghouse off priming it a bit since I'm only out a handful of times a season. I test the blower...
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    Scientist claim to have brought back Dire wolf

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    1989 Astro Quick Fire

    Could be a lot of things. The wires on mine got messed up not too far from the switch there (pinched or insulation chaffed or something; can't remember). So the damaged area was pretty easily accessible. Switch was still good.
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    Lexus Oil Leaks and Mechanic (Woes)

    Yeah I was wondering about some kind of dye. And I do probably need to check with them again instead of just dropping it.
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    Lexus Oil Leaks and Mechanic (Woes)

    Thanks for the thoughts. The forum thing is a good idea (and getting under it myself to look about, lol). I was kind of hoping for an all around place I could take any of my stuff to, and trust them. Anyone know who works on OMC? (totally kidding, heh). There's a guy on YT does a real...
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    Lexus Oil Leaks and Mechanic (Woes)

    My boss related a story of recently having his minivan at the dealership, where the cam (one of them?) was eventually replaced due to a misfiring cylinder. Well, the misfire was still there after the work, and they eventually realized they had missed a more simple check in the diagnosis, but oh...
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    Lexus Oil Leaks and Mechanic (Woes)

    Another whining car problems post... How hard is it to find a GOOD mechanic shop? Or just a good mechanic; because in a shop with multiple guys (like most are), you don't really know what you're going to get. I tried a new place with the son's Lexus ('02 ES300), to address some oil leaks...
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    Starting your car in this cold weather.

    Warm up the battery (by putting a little load on it first)? Sounds somewhat feasible, but I would've thought it more likely to drain some of whatever it's got to give. Never heard that.
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    Starting your car in this cold weather.

    I feel a little odd/in the wrong decade/lifetime starting my '74 GM pickup - which I'm reduced to driving at the moment - on these cold mornings (5F the other day). Over 200k; has 2 or 3 plug extenders due to unaddressed valve stem seals and o-rings; needs a new battery so I'm happy that it...
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    Open Bow Center Windshield MUST Be Closed While Underway

    Terrible. The term "bow rider" isn't so great either. I gave one of my kids a scare my first season while cutting back over our own wake/turbulent water and he was up there getting light on the seat and NOT enjoying it. No more after that. Having anyone up there cuts forward visibility too.
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    Keel rollers?

    My middle one apparently does nothing but scratch the hull (the mounting bracket corner of it) if I try to recover the boat by rolling it on and it's not exactly centered. It doesn't support any weight with it loaded. There's one more forward and one more rearward (each attached to a pivoting...
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    So I know I have a sig 1911 45 caliber

    I was kidding the OP a bit. Title and original post and that brought it on, lol.
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    So I know I have a sig 1911 45 caliber

    Does it still have a serial number? (Lol)
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    Tarps

    I've never tried lacing a rope through the eyelets (sidenote)... I've got it lashed down like a boy scout tent with ropes at four corners, and wooden tighteners. Takes more space up. Plenty of ventilation under the sides though, even if I put some bungee cords there. The one I was...
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    Grease Zerk Fitting Question . . .

    When I rebuilt the steering linkage on the Caprice I had, I on purpose got the greasable parts. Mighta been dumb, but made me feel like it all got one good greasing, at least, lol. My son just had a non-greasable balljoint come apart on his '03 Mustang GT, so... Got a zerk on the (front...
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    Acura 3.2L Noise?

    Good idea, will try that... No, no codes in a while. Did get crankshaft position sensor a couple of times, and it ran different when that came up, cruise disconnected, etc.
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    Car Hood Boats

    Pickers'd be cringing...
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    Car Hood Boats

    I was expecting hood ornaments when I opened this, lol.
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    Automotive Diagnostic Tool

    Thought I replied to this; maybe didn't send or something. Thanks, and I tried the vaccum tube to the ear, but didn't get anywhere with it. Do need to get a stethoscope...
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    End of season maintenance checks…

    Ah, indeed.
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