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Repeating what has by now become my standard "nag" caution when messing with fuel tanks: I have personal, sad, experience with an otherwise healthy fellow who is living in a nursing home, with a serious, permanent brain injury, from an exploding tank. If you've got fumes in the tank, you've...

I'm no electrical engineer, but I'd leave the fuses alone. The purpose of a fuse is to prevent something "bad" from happening when a circuit shorts, or overloads. If all the nav lights have been getting power through a common fuse, the risk of an overload at one light knocking out the fuse...

Don't buy it. Instead, go to West Marine on "Black Friday" (the day after Thanksgiving) and get a brand new NUVI 200w for $129.99. One day price only. If they're sold out, place a backorder for one. Either way, has to be done that day, unless you can get them to take your payment on a "will...

I don't know which particular water pump you are using, but if it's the standard Cal brand, or anything similar, the trailer setup is probably working a little different than thought. These pumps are centrigual, rather than fixed or positive displacement. Both types have an inlet, chamber, and...

I've never bottom painted, but can tell you how one of the local fiberglass repair men says he does it on bunk trailers, and I suppose it would work on rollers, as well. His trick is to jack up the front of the trailer as far as it will go with the trailer's own jack, block the keel toward the...

Kevin: I've never pulled window frames on a C-Dory, but have removed hatches from other boats, which are pretty much the same thing. The biggest problem is that after you remove all retaining screws, the frame is still locked in place by adhesives. What you want to avoid at all costs is to...

If you're drawing a vacuum at the fuel bulb, there's one quick way to eliminate the tank vent as a source of the problem: crack the fill. If the vent is plugged, and you crack the fill, any vacuum in the tank will be eliminated, and the bulb will retake it's normal shape. If that happens, you've...

Try this map out. The ramp is at 35 1 32.35 N, 76 42 02.38 W, while the marina is at 35 01 49.50 N, 76 40 49.43 W. It's been a year since I was there. I'm sure about the marina, but have only used that ramp once, so someone might want to check me there. Problem with the map: I can't figure out...

A question on launching, etc. Are we supposed to launch at the ramp at the end of SR 1361, NNW of Red 10, or at the ramp off Midyette St., on the Oriental side of the bridge? Once we launch, can we park our tow rigs at the W.P. Marina, or do we need to leave them at the launch area? I'll call...

I've used Mobil 1 since the first 20 hours, and now have about 975 trouble free hours on the Honda 90. Mobil 1 meets or exceeds all Honda oil reqirements. Would never use anything else. The recommended oil change cycle is 100 hours. I'll usually change oil at or about 100 hours, and filters...

Dave: Be sure to post the part numbers for the rest of us, who are sure to follow! david

Widget: I've not had to replace these, but it shouldn't be that big of a deal. I suggest you pull what's on the boat, and take them into West Marine, or whereever else you want to go, and get precise replacements. They're probably Teleflex, which is what is available at WM. So, you should be...

Don't know if the 40 differs from the 90 on zinc placement, but on the 90 the two zincs in the cooling system are accessed by pulling the intake manifold. You'll need a new intake manifold gasket, and possibly an impact driver to unscrew the zinks. You can do it yourself, but will have to be...

Try a rubber strap wrench. Works for me.

Although I'm pretty conservative about securing the boat to the trailer (I use a pair of transom straps, one gunwale strap, one bow eye strap, in addition to bunks - not rollers - and a bow stop with mechanical winch and safety chain), any discussion about boats bouncing up and down has to...

Art: You'll go south to ICM Mile 180, then turn starboard about 30 degrees, and head another couple of miles, to the outer marker to Whitaker. Looking forward to seeing you again. A couple of us are looking at a pre-gathering loop down Adams Creek , out to Lookout Point, then up to Ocracoke...

Regarding octane ratings, I used to have a motor bike which ran on regular gas. I thought I'd up the performance by switching to high octane, and all I did was overheat the air cooled engine to the point that it would seize up until I stopped and let it cool down. Stop, start, stop, start, all...

Pete: Sounds like a good technique, but I am confused by the reference to a return tube. My Wallas just has a fuel supply tube, and a vent tube coming off the plastic fuel jug. Both are clear plastic. Does your's have a return line, or some kind of combustion chamber overflow? Thanks, david

The R12T is a 10 micron element; the 2 micron is the R12S. They are both Racor 120 Series, and interchangable, depending on your desired filtration level.

Per Racor technical representative, and Racor product literature, you can substitute their diesel replacement cartridges for gas versions. There are only two differences: diesel has more antifungals, and generally go to smaller micron ratings. You can go around and around on spin-on filter...