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    No spark 55 HP Evinrude triumph 1969

    I would isolate the points .....remove all wires to the points and then connect one probe of your meter to one side of the points and other meter probe to the other side of the points , set meter to ohms and rotate whatever you have to to make the points open and close . When points are open you...
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    1974 Chrysler 135 hp limping

    Stale fuel will do that too ......looses some of its octane rating and detonates.
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    Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

    Im thinkin its not as bad as it sounds but yeah ....nah ,youd wanna give it a good sniff test ....and then still not eat it 😆
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    Nobody fishing?

    Wel I had a bit of a measure up of my other spinning reels , not all of them but the ratio of spool size to the distance from the roller axis centre line to where the line touches the spool at a tangent is about the same . I dont understand how you say flipping the bail over manually is the...
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    1974 Chrysler 135 hp limping

    I had a 2000ish yam 90 and never had any issues . 🙂
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    Nobody fishing?

    I bought 2 x surf casting set ups and havnt used them yet. I want to go fishing for elephant fish (shark related ). Do you use a bait cannon ?
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    Nobody fishing?

    😃One thing I can assure you is that I am NOT going to be manually closing the bail....may as well use a hand line.😁 The spool is def not over full ...now as I have lost about 50m of line offa it in the last couple of days and I think it only held about 100m .
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    No spark 55 HP Evinrude triumph 1969

    This is probly a long shot but some of those under flywheel ignitions rely on the locating of the flywheel on the crankshaft to be spot on , and if I am understanding you the flywheel key has some slop so its no locating the flywheel precisely on the crankshaft. When the magnets in the flywheel...
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    Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

    Yeah it is . Nature sure does have things sorted when it comes to seed dispersal . There are a couple of places on the way to my parents that have acres of sunflowers growing. Local girl does a program on TV farming stuff just on the Queenstown side of the Crown Range......"Nadia's Farm" if...
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    We had a bit of wind last night

    The whole of Southland looked like that a couple of months ago ,100mph winds and still all around my place there are either trees still down or you can see where they were. I aint that fussed on pine for firewood but when the lord giveth ( I aint even slightly religious 😃). Maybe trim the fluff...
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    Ideas for planters/raised beds?

    Damn ! I been looking for a truck like that for a while now ,cab and a half ,most here are double cabs (4 doors ) with the small cargo tray ....that aint big enough for a quad. If its automatic too I'll die of envy .😆
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    Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

    Looks like a nice day there ,and you guys are all moaning about the snow😃. Nice detective work .......but I reckon a squirrel is guilty 😆.......you do have squirrels there ? 😁
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    Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

    Well I had another look at supermarket and one frozen ,about 10" long vacuum sealed was 12 bucks and I couldnt see and no one could tell me if it was gutted or gilled or even scaled so I left it there.
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    Old 4hp Evinrude takes a nap

    Overheating can also cause the piston rings to loose tension which wont help compression 🙂
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    Nobody fishing?

    I think that....... The drag knob sides are cylindrical and as I cast the line the braid prescribes an acr and when I wind as the bail arm goes over there is enough slack line to allow the 1st loop to wind around the knob ...if I had noticed at this point I could save it but......so it winds...
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