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- Tue Sep 17, 2019 7:23 am
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Re: Boat Maintenance
your taking it to the wrong places if they dont do those things (well some of them)... a few things ive picked up on... - Standard gearoil/engineoil/chainsaw bar oil is great for steering cables. Undo the nut, slide it back, work some oil back and forward...viola! - The 2nd pic looks like a hook is ...
- Tue Sep 17, 2019 11:59 am
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Re: Boat Maintenance
Hold onto your horses there I showed some pics to help others out as the service people dont carry out that much The hook you are interested in is so I dont bend right over to pick up the Outboard brace-No weight on it -Its not a tie down point The engine doesnot throw water around Dont use WD40 as...
- Wed Sep 25, 2019 12:38 pm
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Re: Old fuel??
From our shop and findings for fuel...6 months you start seeing issues with fuel. If you are worried about the fuel, drain half out, top up with 95 premium (no ethanol or "cheap" brands) and you will be fine. For those skeptics...we had 2 different boats. 1 with a single 60hp 2 stroke Mercury and th...
- Fri Nov 01, 2019 11:57 am
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Re: BOAT SEIZED FOR ILLEGAL CALAMARI CATCHES
the way they would enforce the "catching someone elses limit" would be if they could prove the person wasn't actually fishing ie no license or proof of fishing
- Mon Nov 04, 2019 6:25 am
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Re: about time!!
hey mate, Check the shift shaft connections down on the motor, near the gearbox. Some of the tohatsu engines used split pins/roll pins and they can sometimes break or fall out. If you kneel down on either side of the motor you should see it just above the cavatation plate. slim chance, but could be ...
- Wed Nov 06, 2019 6:35 am
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Re: BOAT SEIZED FOR ILLEGAL CALAMARI CATCHES
"A week later, the man allegedly took eight calamari in the early morning. He returned to the boat ramp to pick up his wife, took another eight, then retrieved his boat and left Queenscliff. In the afternoon, he returned with his wife and allegedly took 17 more calamari, making 33 for the day" Are p...
- Thu Nov 21, 2019 6:14 am
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Re: Parking the boat at jetty is !!@&%#!!
The most stressful part of a day...launching and retrieving on a busy day. The best advice i can give (aside from what others have given, great diagram Bug!) is to think slowly. The more stressed you are, the more chance of stuffing up you have. In a couple of years you will look back at this and th...
- Mon Nov 25, 2019 2:30 pm
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Re: Boat
Good luck on the sale of your boat I had that same message 9 years ago when i was selling my boat. Common thing on Boatsales. For some reason as soon as an ad goes up, you get 1 or 2 of these, then not again. I only deal with phone numbers and text messages. If you want the boat, you contact me that...
- Fri Dec 13, 2019 6:12 am
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Re: Increased RPM during engine flush (spontaneously)
If I remember right its an early 00s 115hp carby 4 cylinder mercury If its one of these engines, they have a 2 stage carby set up. Basically at idle, the top 2 carbies are running, once it gets above a certain revs (around 1200rpm) the 3rd and 4th carbie kick in. When the motor is on flushers, ther...