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    Two-stroke with oil crankcase

    A Detroit-Diesel is two-stroke with oil in crankcase.Few moving parts.Never needs much maintenance.Twice horsepower as four-stroke.Very light.Very,very dependable..Very easy on fuel.Why dont somebody build gas boat motors on this priciple?
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    hearing vocies

    I know nobody will believe this,,,But Im setting here reading these messages and somebody starts talking on the puter.I was reading the thereadHAS W GROWED A PAIRMight have been my imagination,but I dont think so.Did anybody else hear them?
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    Magellan Map410

    My friend brought it to work today and wanted me to check it out.It has a map on the screen.I cant get it to do anything.Is it worth sending to Magellan for repairs or should it just be throwed away?
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    1995 25hp.Shift-rod removal

    I got a water pump kit today ,but cant figure out how to get upper shift rod loose.Its a J25TEEOR
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    I got followed

    A week ago ,I loaded my boat and was eating supper at the ramp.A couple in their high seventys came up,started talking and asked me what I used for bait.I showed them.Today,my wife and me put in and headed to ourhoney-hole.We caught two eighteen-inch Rainbows right quick.Here come the same...
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    Mercury history

    If anybody interested in Mercury history,"http://www.mercurymarine.com/company_history
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    Outboard Repairs.com/

    Outboard Repairs.com/ I found this sitehttp://www.outboardrepairs.com/.I guess everybody knew about it but me.It has a lot of good stuff.Maybe if JB or somebody would put it in a place where everybody could find it.It really has been a big help to me.I didnt know it belonged to IBOATS.
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    Not all idiots drive seadoos

    I went to the upper end of the lake today.The old riverbed is real winding,about a hundred-yards wide and ten feet deep.They backed lake up two more feet,that made lake about a mile wide .They put red and green bouys at old river banks.I could see this big in-board coming up two or three...
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    89-150Johnson temp.gauge sender

    I got a temperature gauge for a J150STLCEM.I thought a sender came with it,but no.Is there a sender wire on the motor or will I have to get one? Thanks.
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    89 150 johnson time seems strange

    Hello everybody,I bought this motor when it had 10 or11 hours on it in 1990.It ran 73 mph then and still does,but i got a gps this spring,found out it only goes 60-61.I started working on it.only gets 5000rpm regardless of what i do to it.Ive cleaned the carbs twice.My question is;I used a...
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    newbe

    Good evening everybody,,Just wanted to say hello.Sure do love you all.
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