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    General Question

    I am a first time boat owner, and my youngest asked me a few questions that turns out to actually be important. How would we know if the boat had a leak? What would we do after noticing it? How would we find the leak and fix it? Does anyone have sound advice on this?
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    ARRGHH!! Evinrude 70 H.P.

    I have a Evinrude 70 horse powered flats, E70TLCEM. I have had my share of problems with this boat. I had water in the fuel system, which I have resolved. I took it out to a nearby lake today, started it up, let it idle to warm up, and when i put it in gear, it stalls. Stat it back up and...
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    Idle\wide open problem

    OK, I got a new VRO unit, installed it. Went to the library and got a manual to correctly install it. If I push in the key about every 10 seconds it will keep running. When I put it in gear and throttle up, it will run for about 10 or 15 seconds then die. All these problems started 2 weeks...
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    Weight of boat and trailer?

    I have a 15ft flats boat. It is a Happy Traveler made from a now out of business company from Georgia. My question is, how much could this boat weigh? My dilemma is simple. I got a trailer from my brother in law, fixed it to work with this boat, had a really hard time getting the boat on the...
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    Evinrude 70H.P. not running

    OK, you guys gave me a lot of pointers before. I had found water in my fuel in which I drained the carbs,the fuel tank and lines. I used ISO Heet to help dissolve any other water issues. I put fresh fuel\oil mix in today along with a new fuel filter and bulb pump. The engine starts up, but I...
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    Starting Issues

    Been reading some threads here about this. I bought my boat last month, ran the motor for a while but ran out of gas and was a little busy with a funeral, moving my mother in law, christmas, two B-days, you get the idea. Well today I bought a gallon of gas (yes it is 10% Ethanol) and mixed it to...
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    trim\tilt relief valve

    I loosened this valve to let my outboard down, turned it back in to snug, not overtighten. I had to loosen it 3 times. I found the problem causing my trim\tilt to not work. There was a break in the wires from where they were pinched from the cover. Now the relief valve leaks,not heavy, but slow...
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    Trim\Tilt

    I got my 2 deep cycle batteries. Everything works, but the tilt\trim. I can get the hydraulics to work every now and then, but not by choice. Tried to jump a hot wire straight to the motor to no avail. All I can get from the switches are a click from the relays. I believe the motor is going, if...
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    Trim\Tilt

    I got my 2 deep cycle batteries. Everything works, but the tilt\trim. I can get the hydraulics to work every now and then, but not by choice. Tried to jump a hot wire straight to the motor to no avail. All I can get from the switches are a click from the relays. I believe the motor is going, if...
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    ? about Marine Batt's

    I am new here, Hello all!!! My question is what type of battery (Marine) should I get for my boat? I have a '88 15' Flats (HPY Traveler) that I want to use primarily for fresh water fishing. I have a Minn Kota 55 ST trolling motor, and a Lowrance X135 Fish\Depth finder. There is a Live well...
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