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December 5, 2019 at 2:51 pm #188650
frankr
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    I serviced a fleet of 9.5hp rental motors in the 1960’s. Yes, at some point the aluminum prop was superseded by a plastic version. Believe it or not, the plastic ones far outlasted the aluminum ones. Those rental motors got ran over sand bars and oyster bars on a daily basis.

    I go with whoever mentioned monofilament line in a previous post. The stuff gets wound in there tight and actually melts and fuses together. You wouldn’t think it could get hot enough to melt, being underwater, but it does.