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Andy,
Let me know when you are coming through. If I am out there I can "show you". Going offline for a few days this week and not sure when so here is my number. 786 525 5311

Kevin

Mine does the same thing in the same spot. I poked around and everything looks good under the floor. I was wondering about wedging a 2x4 in there on top of the stringers.

Kevin

Sounds like you checked IAC pretty good. Those motors do not have mass air meters, should be speed sensity motor but highly unlikely the cause of your idle problem. If you have exhausted all checks for vacuum leaks I would go straight for the ground wires. Poor ground on the battery side or the engi...

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Gonna have to disagree. Video is scewed. They alternate between a marked 41 foot coast gaurd boat and interior of privately owned boat....which is not marked except for a silly banner and maybe an orange light. The guy driving has no gun, no enforcement power and obvviously no brain. Notice the larg...

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Mike, that was pretty good.

Kevin

You should try writing a crash report for a boating accident. No skid marks, witnesses usually gone by the time the law gets there and add to it most boaters can't tell you the difference between port and starboard. The state courses are a joke. Here is the flipside though, although I think there sh...

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The GSD21 is analog and costs less than half of the GSD22 which is digital. The picture is more detailed with the digital but unless you are making a living fishing or just plain hard core about it the analog GSD21 is fine. I have the 50/200 shoot thru the hull ducer on my 28 and it reads fine all t...

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It may hold the screw in place but it will likely come undone after some rubbing. There is wood backing inside and it is kerfed to form to the hull. Kerfing is small cuts in the wood which allows it to conform or bend woth the hull. The cockpit is the easiest place to see how it works if you have st...

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Marinas with normal fuel are popping up all over down here in Marathon. The fourth one to sell the 90 octane non ethanol fuel has a large banner outside that "no ethanol". I asked the lady working the pumps why they have a big banner.....just to see what she would say. She said these other places st...

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I used a two bank hand me down ProMariner for three years and was happy. It just stopped working a few months ago. Replaced it with a three bank 20 amp ProMariner. Seems to be fine, although I have added water about once every month or two to the batteries. I am not sure if they should take topping ...

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Some other things to consider: How much weight is up front? The radar arch and canvas is all wieght and drag which will affect handling, especially in 3-4's. If you use those giant trim tabs I see in the photos, they can and will steer the boat, especially if you are bow heavy. My tabs are not nearl...

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Harry,
Well organized, easy to navigate. I am kinda jealous because my metal shop consists of a Makita grinder and a sawsall with a bent blade.

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Why does it need a tank? Just curious. Mine was a gasser, switched to deisel and just cleaned the tank with a prof. tank cleaner. My glass tank seems to be good. Red all the way to the bottom..... some coffee grains in the filter bowls about once every 10 12 months or so. did the switch in 2006 .

Kevin

That's some funny sh!t

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I had the C80 on my last work boat. I did like the Radar despite the low 2 KW power. It had lots of user adjustable settings. Things I thought were nice were small target enhancement, Pulse length adjustability, mini automatic radar plotting aid and it would dim to a acceptable brightness even on th...

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Scot,
Next time you are at the public bathrooms take a look at the metal sheilds in between the stalls. They are usually very rusty/corroded. I read somewhere that urine was VERY corrosive and I am guessing that is why they use that plastic stuff. I am sure the pros will chime in.

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Yes the snaps are in the metal frames.

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Well I finally installed a Ultra Senior with high water alarm feature. Quality of the product looks to be top notch. Read about them a long time ago but never got around to buying one. That switch is what they use on our 39' Midnight express so I figured what the heck. It has a green LED on the swit...

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I had a sunbrella cover made for my front windows mainly for the sun, but the water will roll off it for about 6 months or so before you hit it with that tent waterproofing stuff again. Mine covers the triangular portion of the side windows for about one foot. There were some leaks when I got the bo...

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Got it figured out. That price was for 3 five gallon buckets. On SWDE website they have one pail listed at 159 just like ebay. Order it directly form their website and you only pay 172 with shipping instead of 220 on ebay where they really get you for the shipping. I ordered a bucket of it. They sai...

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Ebay has 5 gallon bucket for about 220 shipped. It comes to about .06 per treated gallon. Is that a good deal, I have never looked at Worst marine, not sure if they even sell it. How is the shelf life of Stanadyne? It would take me a while to use the whole bucket.

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I agree, more chain will probably fix the issue. I may start with buying a 30 shot of chain. With what little knowledge I have of chain should I buy the G3 or the G4(HI Test)? I would love that shiney stainless stuff but holy molly way too expensive for 30 feet. JB, left you voicemail....going fishi...

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I guess I anchor in several bottom types . First is the good old sandbar. No problems there. Last week it was blowing 20-25 but had lots of company here. took them out anyways for little cruise and anchored in front of Sombrero beach since it was somewhat sheltered. about 5-8 feet deep and lots of s...

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Dug,
That is one heck of a road trip. You will have to drive right by the house to make it to KW. Boat is always ready to go. Let's make it happen!

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The old Danforth just does not seem to cut it around here unless there is less than 5- 10 knots of wind. I priced out a 22lb manganese steel Delta plow achor at Worst and it would cost me about $148. I am figuring about 25 feet of chain. Does this sound about right to you guys? Weight, chain length ...

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One simple thing I learned from my last job that can save you from a big headache......when you buy or sell car, boat moped or whatever from someone, go to DMV with that person and sign the title over on the spot. Get it out of your name especially if you are selling something.

Kevin

Buju, Don't do it! The vessel still has an owner by law.....even if it is a shit bag. Even after the state puts a DV number on it. Beleive me they are trying to hold these people accountable for leaving their boats behind. You also have to remember what if it was your boat. What if you landed in jai...

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Vic, I assume it only does it when car is running and not just KEY ON. Vacuum would change with RPM and I would think that the sound would change also if that were the problem. You got any more signs or symptoms you can give us. My buddy is a mechanic and he owns a 98 Tahoe. He said there are a few ...

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Still works!

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Well after a couple of years with out nav lights I finally got tired of looking for a way to rig this....... so I made my own. I think Rude Goldberg is the expression that would define it. I purchased the lenses (perko) from Danny. Looked identical to the original. I experimented with some LED light...

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I did have to use several layers of gasket on mine too! I also stuck LED inside the lenses. I have been happy with the results.

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Mine are fairly smooth for the most part. At times....randomly they shake rattle and roll in reverse. You just need to remember that props are made to go in one direction......efficiently. We just spin them the other way because we can. Not really sure if it is something to worry about. As long as i...

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When did they open a season on turtles?

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Danny at High Tide Marine has them. They are 30 each. They are made by perko.

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Now you guys know what I have been going through. The guy that did my bimini top brought the rod holder set up for my bench seat with him last month when he installed the bimini. The rod holder set up I built it and installed my own about 4 months ago. the first one I ordered when the boat was going...

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I can attest for the misery part. It was not that bad but could have been. About 20 or 30 hours after the new install I had company down and we were boating of course. We were coming into a narrow winding channel near Duck Key and my cruising RPM had become my WOT RPM. When I cam off plane both engi...

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I did not know that those programs did nothing for viruses. Well I did download that trial version of AVG. I took about 20 minutes to do the scan and came up with nothing. This computer is only about 3 or 4 months old though. I should probably do the same procedure on the antique that we still use. ...

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I do not have any norton or other crap on mine either. I only use Superanti-spyware and Adaware. They are free downloads and have worked great for me. Run them a couple time per month and gets rid of all the bad stuff. i have not ried the one Pat is using but I just might get it.

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Steve, We just detailed out 39' Interceptor. We used Collinites fiberglass cleaner. I can't believe how well it worked. It even takes the brown stainning that the 3M leaves behind on the non skid. We have waffle pattern and sprayed non skid on the boat and it worked on both of them. It took out all ...

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Stainless is good but do not mistake it for the answer. Any other gun will be fine if properly maintained. Stainless will just take longer to develope rust if left unmaintained. I carried the same Glock 17 on my duty rig for almost 8 years. On a small boat it was always getting wet from direct salt ...

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Down here in the keys the seas can really stack up and get confused. Everyone in the cockpit said it rides great. I think it rides ok up top. It can be wet at times but it is a boat afterall. Now it handles well when docking. It is very responsive. Not sure what you mean about the out riggers. Its n...

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Wow it sure sounds like you have a plan. I hope you get it done in your time frame. I did the same thing with my velvet drives when I first got my boat. Guy in town tore em apart and sure enough they needed nothing. He put them back together with new seal kits and I did not spend much. This guy is o...

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I remember hearing that about the impellars because I asked along time ago about having a spare. I was told they dry rot like Bruce said and they can separate from the core probably another result of dry rot. I just carry coolant and basic tools. I do have wood plugs for damage control but that is n...

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My Steyrs are 212hp. So far 230 hours and have not had any problems . Gears are 1.5 to 1. The tides are crazy here. Last night I was out in my "other" boat looking for some bad guys. The book states the 39 Midnight needs 26" of water. I say hogwash, you only need 20" to get around.

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I do not do any fishing like that. How about the 7 mile bridge rubel, that is around 100 feet or so. I can get you the numbers for that. Are you here now?

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Dick,

No PM here. I checked a couple of times through out the day.

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Fred,
I should have mentioned I am not familiar with butterfly jigs, but if you can elaborate on bottom type and depth I most certainly can help you with spots. Let me know when you are coming down here. Maybe we could drink a few cold ones and trade stories.

Kevin

Yup, right in the middle of it at the 50 mile marker. I live right on the beach. Only a few minutes by boat to the 7 mile Bridge.

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