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False alarm. Cut open my filter today and discovered minimal sediment and the mystery gunk was in fact adhesive for the pleats.

I have easy access to the fuel gauge sending unit and can be peering in the tank in short order. I could use my Harbor Freight handheld suction pump with straw to draw some gasoline from the bottom of the tank. Offseason I will leave the tank half full with a good dose of Stabil fuel...

I will divulge more about the crud on Monday after the Rivian delivery van presents cardboard offerings to the porch.

Engine is a Marine Power 350 Vortec with about 250hrs. I bought the boat a few years ago from the second owner who used the boat but didn’t maintain it with love. I am told by my wife and coworkers that I am OCD. Every season I change the fluids and all filters. Boat maybe sees 40hrs of use on...

It’s only 3/4 thick and the surface is raised dots/antiskid. Would be tough but not impossible. I’ll keep that in mind for plan C. ;)

Plan c. Plan B is inserts. I really don’t want to see fasteners in my platform surface.

I will flame the plastic before I prime. That’s about the best I can do. I had some luck with that when I used this board on another project and sealed a butt joint with 3m 4200. Noticeably improved bonding.

I ordered some Loctite 770 primer and some 425 from Grainger. I'll give it a try and report back on the results. Thanks!

I built a swim platform for my Sea Ray and used King Starboard(HDPE) for the decking material with a 304 stainless structure. I didn't want any visible fasteners so I tried using #12 Stainless wood screws from the underneath into the bottom of the deck. Overtime, these screws slowly work...

It was an inexpensive synthetic used in a low demand application. Luckily the engine didn’t spin enough revolutions to realize it was fed an oil that wasn’t officially MB certified. 😆 I should be safe now.

1995 Mercedes E320 m104 3.2l 131,100miles Out: 2yo Kirkland Signature 10w-30 that was still fairly clean with 1000miles on it from 6/2/2024 and a Mann filter. In: 7.5l of Castrol Euro Car a3/b4 5w-40 with a Hengst Filter Cam and internals look nice and clean. Car has only put on 6,000miles in...