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    buying old diesel tank. Cleaning and filter question.

    Hey guys, Im thinking of buying a 50 gal diesel tank, with hand crank to store my 2cycle fuel for the outboard. My questions is do i need to clean the diesel tank before putting in gas? Or just empty and fill? Also the hand crank has a canister fuel filter, im sure its for diesel fuel, What...
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    rhino lining/ carpet replacment.

    The carpet on pontoon boat is in bad shape. I was thinking about removing the rails, and seats and haveing the boat rhino lined. wanting to know if anyone has done this and what you think about it. a couple of cons i can think of is: it would be almost impossible to replace part of the...
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    Temps

    I was running my outboard the other day on the muffs, and telltale was extremely hot, so was the thermostat housing, the water never cooled off, but just before I turned the engine off, the talltale stoped spraying water and just begain to blow steam, Did that mean the thermostat just opened...
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    reed problem???/ update may have found carb problem, need help, thanks :)

    I have blowback out of the carbs, I believe it to be a problem with the reeds. Ive taken them off and i can see daylight though a couple of the reeds valves, but i dont think its bad. What kinda of problems could i expect for bad reed valves? This inside of the motor housing (and the motor...
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    pics of cleaning carbs, what am i missing???

    alright everytime i explain what is wrong with my boat everyone points to carbs. so after cleaning it over a dozen times, I decided to clean it one more time... I took pics of everything, all jets are wide open! i sprayed carb cleaner through all holes untill it came out other holes then shot...
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    max rpm 5100

    johnson 75 hp 1979 75elr79r just got my tach hooked up, and all my motor would do is 5100 rpm. I have to keep my idle speed in gear set up to like 1100 rpms or it dies all the times it also has no power, when i was trying to trailer it, I would give it some gas to pull up on the trailer...
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    new tack, rpm ?

    75elr79r I just hooked up a new tack, im going to try to set my rpm. What is recomended rpms for on the muffs?, in water at idle? ive seen this answer a dozen times but i sure cant find it now that i need that info. thanks
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    break down insurance.

    this is my second season with a boat. I live in kentucky, I only boat on ky lake. ive seen some ppl talk about it on the forums, but its not like im trying to cross the ocean. is thier a need for me to carry break down insurance. ive never had any problems but a dead battery once, and...
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    us coastguard sticker

    ive got a 1988 20' grumman pontoon boat, the coast gaurd sticker is worn out so bad it is unreadable. ive go several ? 1. do i have to have this sticker, 2. how do i get a new sticker, 3. i once read somewhere that the max hp for my boat is 70hp, but it came with a 75hp, if i get a new sticker...
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    Kentucky Boater!!

    Re: Kentucky Boater!! paducah boater here, i hope im not too late for the meet up :) u will find me at the rock quarry, or smiths bay ( i think thats the one with the steps coming out of the lake.) mostly at smiths bay, especially when my little girl is with me. to many girls tops (cough fall...
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    how to install a tachometer

    ive got a 75elr79r johnson 75hp 1979 stinger I want to install a tach, i dont have a clue on where to start. thanks john
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    1979 Johnson stinger 75 hp / reed boxes

    1979 Johnson stinger 75 hp 75elr79r so i think i really found the problem this time. We were double checking the timing with the timeing light when we saw a spray of gas coming from the top carb so with the strobe light we shot all 3 carbs and large amounts of gas were spraying out from the...
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    crankcase busted

    ive always seen that the starboard side has been covered in gas, finally found the problem yesterday. ive seen that their are some hairline cracks where the crankcase is connected to the intake manifold. the cracks are on top of the bolt holes on the top/middle cylinder, i can not see the...
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    pee hole frezzes

    75 hr johnson 1979 stinger every time i start my motor my pee hole just spits (kinda like sucking water through a broken straw) for a few seconds 15-30 sec, then it pumps water strongly, it will push its pee water about 6 in below lake level, so it pumps hard when it spits, the water gets very...
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    75 hp runs good for 45 sec, then starts surging.

    75elr79r johnson 75hp 1979 stinger during a carb clean we knoticed that the needle was sticking on top carb. We cleaned the needle and was able to keep it from sticking. all other carbs were fine. after the carb clean, we dropped it in the river while trailer-ed she ran full speed for about...
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