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    Borg Warner makes a "klonk" sound when it goes in to reverse.

    My neighbor had this turned out to be a loose sink sliding down the shaft and hitting strut
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    Boat Ownership Share

    There have been thoughtful responses, I started thread after conversation with friend who is in partnership on plane yes it’s an LLC they have a pretty well defined agreement Fortunately all parties behave well and in friends case did not know the other parties until buying an existing share...
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    Boat Ownership Share

    In the aviation world, there is such thing as an airplane ownership share. This would be a group of people that own the aircraft, split time on piloting, but also splits costs on maintenance andother expenses . Does such a thing exist in the boating and trawler world? I know that there are...
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    Sewing Machine?

    On the subject of tenara thread it has a tendency to twist and knot eventually if pulled off the cone like normal thread So I dreamed up a pvc pipe as a roller bar such that cone sits horizontal and entire cone spins elliminating twist
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    Solar Panels

    Check polarity
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    Jetski on swim platform

    We considered carrying a jet ski on our platform some years ago a local fiberglass guy talked me out of it. Seems the platform is not the failure point it’s the transom evidently 500 lbs takes its toll over time ours towed easily we invented a tow line that ran thru sch 80 pvc pipe such that we...
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    Secrets and Tips

    Great thread for changing impellers I use two zip ties to compress the vanes then start the impeller onto splined shaft then cut first tie then slide further then cut remaining tie as always use lubricant
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    Ozone for Odor Control

    I know it sounds crazy but try leaving ground coffee sitting open have had good results just leaving can sit open can spread out on platter or something have also spread on subfloor before installing new carpet seems to draw out fuel smells
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    Thoughts on inverters

    We have a 3000 watt modified sine wave that we manually switch runs fine for fridge and coffee think we may install true sine wave if we do more cruising of interest is using a Bluetti and a dc To dc charger
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    GB 36 deck drain holes obstructed

    I have had success using a strong shop vac overtop of stuck sewers in residential setting form a seal with a wet towel and suck then fish then vacuum repeat works pretty well
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    Towing a Dinghy

    Towing tender For many years have towed using floating line our unique thing is ran line through 1/2 schedule 80 pic with knot in line to keep pvc close to carabiner gives us a handle to push or steer the towed when close or maneuvering and yes you get good at walking the towed to back into slip
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