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Hot day working in the engine room? Crank up some air conditioning!
I can't believe I never thought of this before today. Are you tired of working in a hot engine room? Run a cheap piece of 4" dryer ducting from your cabin AC vent into the engine room!
Today, I worked in the engine room from 6AM until 10AM. It was already miserable at 6AM. I got back around 2PM to start the task of replacing my 4" blower hoses. Said to myself, "Self, what if you used a binder clip to connect this ducting to the HVAC?"
My life as a boat mechanic will never be the same. And I hate the world for never informing me that this could be done.
Today, I worked in the engine room from 6AM until 10AM. It was already miserable at 6AM. I got back around 2PM to start the task of replacing my 4" blower hoses. Said to myself, "Self, what if you used a binder clip to connect this ducting to the HVAC?"
My life as a boat mechanic will never be the same. And I hate the world for never informing me that this could be done.
LaRea
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Aerospace 303
Good little deal going on Amazon if you use the 303 stuff (not trying to sell it, but I do buy it myself).
https://www.amazon.com/303-30313-CSR-Protectant-Plastic-Fiberglass/dp/B00KN0UOEE/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=aerospace+303&qid=1595867690&sr=8-2
10 bucks if you set up S&S (can cancel after shipped). Or $11.80.
https://www.amazon.com/303-30313-CSR-Protectant-Plastic-Fiberglass/dp/B00KN0UOEE/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=aerospace+303&qid=1595867690&sr=8-2
10 bucks if you set up S&S (can cancel after shipped). Or $11.80.
Dream_Inn
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Re: Pic Of The Day
Suppose you follow the Potomac River to DC, then keep going. Past Reagan Airport, past the Kennedy Center, Georgetown and the Key Bridge. You go another three miles, where the river is narrow, fast and deep, with huge rocks on both sides. Just past Chain Bridge, this is the sight that will greet you.
Little Falls is the end of the tidal Potomac. It's quite a thrill to see and hear the falls from the helm of a cruiser. The river is maybe 60 feet wide there ... just enough room to hook a fast U-turn. I felt like one of those Niagra Falls boats.
Had to grab my good camera for this shot.
Little Falls is the end of the tidal Potomac. It's quite a thrill to see and hear the falls from the helm of a cruiser. The river is maybe 60 feet wide there ... just enough room to hook a fast U-turn. I felt like one of those Niagra Falls boats.
Had to grab my good camera for this shot.
LaRea
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Re: Breaker panel on 270 helm
That's the spirit! Totally unrelated, for example, in our living room I pulled a ceiling fan and installed a really cool light. There is a switch on the wall...I assumed the switch controlled it....the switch actually controls the lower half of the outlet and the wires that go to the light are just hot so no way to control it. I had to pull the bulbs out and that was 5 years ago!
rasbury
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Re: Starting Problem 350Mag 2004
OMG I think I got it! Cleaned and brass brushed terminal, reinstalled and it has started PERFECT 3 times so far. Still testing but so far so good.
halifax212
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