MrGiggles

It's an old drag racer's trick, too. Much more common back before ignition systems were as hot as they are today. Also, some engines with flat top or popup pistons don't have the clearance for a ground strap.

I've jumped on the cordless bandwagon (Rapala R12), but prior to that, I had a Mustad from Wally world that kicked butt. Think it was like $20, has a black and green handle. I'm a firm believer in that any knife which may leave the house and costs more than $20, is soon to be lost. I have junkers that are many years old which are still around, and probably a half dozen "nice" knives that apparently didn't like my companionship too much.

How do you get it out of there? Hope to float it off by pouring in some new oil with the plug out? The guy has some trust in those chains, those powerhead bolts would turn his arm into a pincushion if it fell.

Not telescoping, but Midway had these on clearance a couple years ago. I think it's a Diawa. For the fisherman with an on-the-go lifestyle. Have only caught a few fish with it, seems to work fine.

If this isn't a scam, it's a bargain and a half.

Those big gouges in the port opening are the deal breaker, it ate something. If those weren't there I'd say you could probably clean up the bore and throw a piston in it. If you enjoy the tinkering, I've seen a lot of good used powerheads on Ebay that aren't too expensive. If the rest of the motor checks out, being that it's got electric start and a clean title, it may be worth the investment. Or find a good running 25hp with no paperwork and steal the powerhead.

As I recall the bolt circle on those flywheels is quite a bit smaller than your standard harmonic balancer type of puller. Nothing really works aside from the OMC tool. Additionally, don't thread the puller bolts in too far, I see the ones in Wrench's photo have a should to prevent doing so. Stator coils tend to not work so well once they've had a bolt crammed into them.

From the little I know about them, they are pretty expensive if you wreck one. But being able to see the oil level through the cap, and if there's any water in there would be nice. The only experience I have with oil filled hubs is on those older Polaris 4x4 ATVs that had them. No bigger piece of junk ever made, there's a bunch of seals in there, getting one to hold oil after any amount of neglect is next to impossible.

I've got an axle stub welded right to the trailer frame, and have an assembled spare hub/tire assembly with me at all times. Just don't try to use it as a step, it rolls! That's one area where a tandem axle can really be worthwhile. Worst case you can remove the lame wheel, tie the axle up, and limp to where you're going. I've often considered upgrading to an ez-lube style axle. I seem to get about 3 years out of a set of bearings, not sure if it would pay off or not.

Last couple times I've went, I did pretty well. Lots of barely legal fish in the 10.5" range. Not getting as many big fish this year. I was finding them on main lake brush, 25ft or so.

I think they turned it loose in one of the tanks at Bass pro. Not kidding either.

If you want something that'll make anyone laugh, get yourself some big iron. It'll eat anything from CBs to 22 Mags. I have another with an 8" barrel that was a black Friday deal a few years ago. Both are pretty good shooters, just don't stand beside them. https://www.academy.com/p/heritage-rough-rider-22lr-16-in-cocobolo-rimfire-revolver

They need to start paying a competitive wage if they ever want to staff offices in bigger cities. Pay is the same across the country (aside from Hawaii and Alaska I believe.) $19 something for city carriers and $20.38 for rurals. No set schedule or guarantee of hours, may be 8 or 60 hours a week. Not really a surprise that turnover is so high.

You'd think the guy would know a snake when he saw one....

Been seeing the big horseflies and a new hatch of cicadas this week. Spiders still stringing cobwebs all through the woods. And plenty of those little flying gnats that like to hover right in front of your nose. Seems pretty normal to me.