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Around here this time of year is prime fishing time, but when i drive by the local lakes I see no boats and no cars. On occasion I see some migrant workers fishing off a few spillways but not boats. A few lakes have gone private lately, with the new owners charging people to fish, park, or...

They did the same thing here, when you get a renewal for your boat its got a PIN number that you use to renew online but that PIN number is only good for up to 30 days after it expires, after that that you have to drive to a regional office to renew it where they'll make you pay for the missed...

There are all types of heat shrink tubing, the good stuff, generally sold as 'marine' or severe duty has what looks like hot glue inside it that melts when its heated. Its 100% water proof. The heat shrink tubing really doesn't touch the wire itself, its over the insulation and the terminal...

I'm an hour south of Trenton and I felt it here. It lasted for a good bit, long enough for me to walk around to see if someone was running a bulldozer or something nearby. It was more a vibration than movement. It felt like when you drive over rumble strips in a truck. I read it was something...

I've had a few boats with some pretty bad corrosion from saltwater over the years. The normal course of action is first to stop the corrosion. What I do is take it over to a buddy's truck shop where they have chemicals used to clean and detail aluminum trailers. Its an acid wash that eats away...

Those aluminum welding rods have been around for decades, they are a form of brazing or solder and can be very strong if done right. They do not do well on certain alloys and that includes most aluminum boats. They do best on common extruded aluminum and some cast aluminum. The first time I ran...

There's quite a few aluminum boats that use remote steering and through the tube steering cables. Nearly all with a side console or center console, plus many of the older runabouts by Starcraft over the years. Starcraft built tens of thousands of Holiday, Super Sport, Mariner, and similar...

I've lived in NJ and PA, no outboard titles in either state. The only state I've run into with outboard titles myself was Missouri, I bought 3hp motor off a guy at a yardsale and before he would let it go, (super cheap, he insisted that we go down to the municipal building to 'transfer...

I had a 1981 Starcraft SF16 for about 15 years, the former owner had out a casting pedestal atop the front bench. The right side of the seat itself was cracked and broke free of the bracket that attached it to the hull. I got tired of it it banging around up there and I removed it completely, at...

A number of years ago I had considered using 3/4" sheets of the stuff for flooring in an 18ft Starcraft. My thought was that it won't rot, its naturally buoyant, and it could be had with a texture or grain on it. I went so far as to contact the company and I was told absolutely not, that it...

There seems to be a lot of 'old guys' collections for sale lately, I think we must have lost a few collectors lately. I was at a fleamarket on Sunday and there had to be 20 old motors for sale, all priced as if they were new, but they were all gone by noon or earlier. In years past there's never...

I think a lot of vehicle tow ratings are pretty much nonsense. I have a 2005 Grand Marquis, its got a rated towing max of 1,500 lbs. I've got a 1995 Crown Victoria, same car, less hp, weaker version of the same transmission, but its rated at 5,000 lbs. The only big difference is the rear...

With new trucks hitting $120k for some models, it takes the price of used trucks right up with it. Since sellers know that most would never spend what they want for a new truck or they don't want to deal with the headaches some of this new junk comes with, the value in a good used truck has...

What more do you want? The OP practically wrote a short book here. It sounds like the typical abandoned senior situation, one parent, usually the mother ends up living on her own late into her senior years with no help around the house and probably no money to fix anything because their living...

Just because its rated for 1,000 lbs, it surely don't stop you from hitching up any trailer you wish. I own a Crown Vic and in 2003 they went from straight three link rear suspension to a 7 link system, when they did those cars went from 5,500lb towing capacity to 1,500 or less. The issue is...

I was thinking the same thing, maybe a junkyard LS swap? I did something similar about 20 years ago. A buddy had an '82 Limo with one of those junk Caddy motors, the thing drank coolant and Bars Leak faster than it did fuel. We hunted down a wrecked Tahoe with a 6.0L and a 4l80E and stuffed...

I'd be all over that deal, the worst case is you make the drive and come home empty? The best case is two boats and three motors for free for a long days work. The OP said he's got a boat trailer, if its set for a 12ft boat, an empty 14 with no motor will be just fine, stacking two is not...

Someone likely used something to strong in a pressure washer and damaged the paint at some point. A buddy did that to his Lowe. There was a stain from cedar water along the water line and he used his pressure washer with what ever mildew remover he used on his house siding on the boat. It...

The problem here is that freshwater doesn't allow gas motors. Gas engines can only be run in tidal waters and about four lakes throughout the state. Two are in south Jersey. One is contaminated and fish can't be eaten from there, although there's a fairly decent population of bass and catfish in...

If I'm looking for a motor on CL or FB, I'm only looking at the overall condition. I assume it needs a w/p, plugs, and a carb cleaning. Every motor does, even one I ran last fall. Gas today is pure crap and there's no way I'd trust any carb, or anyone else's rebuild to not lean out and kill the...