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    Now This Would Be a Trip . . . .

    . . . . anyone ever considered it? In a tin? The Canadian portion looks very interesting . . . Lake Superior probably the most treacherous.
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    Please post a pic of your zero-degree transom deadrise tin

    . . . with model number and year. Looking for possibilities.
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    Craigscam: Coming Soon to a Town or City Near You

    . . . if it hasn't already. $4002 ????? :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:
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    Painting Kitchen Cabinets - Other Than White

    Need to refinish some kitchen cabinets by painting in a brown tone. Removed all the doors and hardware but now need ideas on the best way to prep the cabinets. Looking for a method to remove the gloss finish that will not require sanding. The new finish will be satin. Also, which "cabinet paint"...
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    Carburetor Jet Drills

    Does anyone have experience drilling carburetor jets or have a source for jet drill bits? I need to fabricate a main jet drilled out in the range of .0402" to .0406" The OEM is obsolete.
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    POLL: Which outdoor temp do you prefer 120 or -20

    I'll take 120 hands down!
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    Chinese Clones Sure Look Good?

    See for yourself. But . . . the only thing I have to gauge the quality with is what I see coming out of Harbor Freight. This company has been selling these for years so someone has to be buying them? $1800 delivered for a new 18 HP motor that appears to be a Nissan/Tohatsu knock off.
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    Here we go again . . . Craigscam

    What's the point?? Is "Ashley" lonely??
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    How far would you drive to get this boat?

    Tired
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    Plastic Gas Tank Repair . . . Possible?

    I have this plastic gas tank that has a "seepage" style leak that was rubbed into a lower corner. Is there anything I might have on hand that could stop the seepage? Saw gas tank sealers online but they were intended just for metal tanks. A thick coating of something on a bottom inside corner...
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    Saturday Night Refrigerator Repair

    Amana bottom freezer refrigerator 22 cu ft Model ARB2214CW Compressor will not start. The consensus is that if the overload/start relay rattles when you shake it, it's toast. Mine does. Question: Has anyone replaced the overload with a 3-way solid state device for starting the compressor? If...
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    1962 Evinrude Speeditwin 28hp . . . Model 28202C

    Anyone familiar with these old beasts? Remote steering and electric start. Got a lead on one that supposedly ran but now has no spark. Trying to decide if it'd be a kicker motor or a $90 anchor.
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    Wish Me Luck . . . New old stock 2015 Suzuki DF30ATL

    After a few years of shopping, decided to gamble on a new 2015 motor out of Singapore. Will keep you posted on how it goes . . . at $2880 delivered and using the clout of VISA, we'll see. Zeroed in on this model because it was the largest electric-start, trim and tilt, fuel injected model I...
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    Saturday Night Clothes Washer Repair

    Whirlpool top loading washer LSR7233EQ0 Timer stops at the same location at start of soak cycle and will not advance. But get this . . . a simple nudge on the front of the machine and timer starts and completes all remaining cycles. On top of this, this problem is intermittent. Go figure! Any...
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    EBSCOhost database

    Have the popular login credentials for the search.ebscohost.com database been deactivated? Have not used it in a while but, User ID: Marshall and Password: public . . . . don't seem to work. Cannot remember if the UID and Password were case-sensitive. Their outboard repair manuals are outstanding.
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    15HP 2-stroke equivalent in 4-stroke

    Anyone with first hand knowledge please respond. I'm currently running a 85 pound 15HP 2-stroke 250cc that pushes me along at 22mph and gets 7mpg. What flavor 4-stroke would do the same speedwise?
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    Questions . . . Re-jetting Carburetor for Altitude

    My Nissan NS15B came stock with a #108 main carburetor jet which is rated for elevation at sea level. I'm headed for a lake at 7500' elevation and need to re-jet for this. Here is a list of the jets from Nissan and their associated elevation rating but they aren't all available any longer. #108...
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    Minimum Oil-Gas Mix Ratio

    I've been running my 30 year old 2-cycle 15HP Nissan for years at 16oz. oil (half quart, easy to measure) to a 6 gallon tank which comes out to 48:1 The manual calls for 50:1 or 15.4oz to 6 gallons for a new motor. It doesn't smoke a lot, and it is the nature of the beast, but I'd like to cut...
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    Pressure Testing Lower Unit for Water in Gearcase . . . HELP

    1987 Nissan NS15-B 15HP 2-stroke Attached is a pic of my lower unit gear lube which shouldn't look like thin mustard. So, I pulled the unit . . . 1) submerged the unit in water up to the bottom of the water pump housing 2) removed the shift rod 3) applied 10-15psi compressed air to the shift...
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    Vote for the best Paraprosdokian . . .

    Paraprosdokians are figures of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected and is frequently humorous.
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