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    Lowrance or hummingbird ?

    Can't make up my mind between a hummingbird or a Lowrance sonar/gps. I'm looking at a 597 verses a Elite 5 series. I've heard stories of poor customer service from lowrance and your sensor is an additional cost as well as hard to understand installation instructions. I personally never had a...
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    Owners manual?

    I have a 1989 merc 40hp and it didn't come with a manual ( I bought it used and the original owner said He would send it to me but I don't think thats going to happen) Don't confuse this with a shop manual. I'm looking for the owner manual that show proper starting and operation as well...
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    My fish finder lies

    Just tried out my new hummingbird piranha 180 and when the motor is running it shows all kinds of fish but when I shut the motor down they seem to disappear.This seems to be common to my other units too. I own a paramont and a 383 that does the same thing. They do give a pretty accurate depth to...
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    Opinions on a 93 25hp merc

    Hi folks, what a great website, I wonder why I haven't found it sooner. It looks like a little of everything is here both power and sail. Anyway let me start my first post with opinions on the 25 hp merc, I have own alot of them over the years but not a 25, I heard that they have a rough idle...
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