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  1. Kiggsia

    What's A Drain Wire?

    Thanks for definitive reply here. I'm thinking that 75 ohm coax is similiar, where the return line is woven shielding around the power wire, grounding out any rf interference from the unit through the power wire?
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    What's A Drain Wire?

    I installed a Raymarine Element fishfinder last week. The power cable, in addition to the red & black battery wires, has a gray wire called a drain wire intended to be hooked up to a common RF ground point. Would this be the metal chassis of my stereo radio/cassette player which is insulated...
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    Would Like Accurate Diagrams For My 30 Horse Johnson

    This is the picture of the hose not on the diagram for this motor
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    Would Like Accurate Diagrams For My 30 Horse Johnson

    It is a 1998 BJ30BAECS Serial No. G 04519320. Last Autumn I did a head gasket job on it due to only 90 lbs. compression in each of the 2 cylinders even with oil squirted into them. Cylinders and pistons were not scored. I didn't make as many notes as I should have because I had bought a big...
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    I'm Needing To Vent

    Until my two 6 gallon outboard gas tanks are getting low on fuel, gas sloshes up into the small tank vent thumbscrew, and runs out a bit along the top of the tanks, and the smell in the gas tank compartment leaks out into the boat and is sickening. Even the regular vented fumes are strong enough...
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    Sealing Seam Below Waterline

    I have a 15 foot aluminum boat with leaking keel seams under the bow shelf, below the waterline. What would be the best sealant to use to seal these seams and around the keel mounting nuts, from inside the hull of the boat, per photos? The keel itself makes the seams inaccessible from outside...
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    Compound Rib Fracture

    One of the ribs in my 15 foot aluminum boat is broken in two places. After I replace the loose rivets there, I need to repair the crack. Might JB weld, perhaps in several layers, work, or must I take it to a shop to have it welded?
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    Leaky Keel

    My 1957 15 foot Crestliner Voyager has a leak at the joint where the keel meets the bend of the bow, as shown in attached picture. I want to caulk the part of the keel from inside the boat, trying to reach it under the riveted platform under the bow. What type of caulk should I use? But I hope I...
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    Lucky Clutch

    I did a lower unit reseal job on my 1998 non electric shift 30 Horse Johnson. Watched an excellent youtube video showing how to do it. The gentleman doing the job on the video had told how to refit the detent ball bearings and their tension spring under the dog clutch, when the clutch slides...
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    Can't upload photos anymore

    A few years ago I was able to upload photos to my posts and to the photo library. When I follow the prompts to try to do these things today, the end result is an "error uploading image" error message. What might be wrong?
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    Need Illumination About Boat LED Spotlight Issue

    I do a lot of nightfishing on Maumee Bay in Toledo Ohio and up the Maumee River. A lot of sunken logs to be ever on the alert for there. I bought a 27Watt 12 volt LED Headlight advertised as a 8 degree pencil beam spotlight. It is so bright you can't look at it without eyestrain. But it makes an...
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    Tired of Repainting Props and Skegs!

    Rather than having to keep repainting props and skegs, when the paint gets galled off over time, I removed the paint from them and now all I'd need to do is brighten them up when needed with the acid you use to brighten up aluminum like on screen doors, Airstream brand bare aluminum camping...
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    Steel Tank Fuel Guages

    Does anyone know who may still sell those mechanical fuel guages for the old 6 gallon OMC steel fuel tanks? Some were round and a part of the vented fuel cap, with a cork float that slid up and down between rods, and operated a dial like a car gas guage. Others were a rectangular flange that was...
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    Rounded Corner Seats Edge Molding

    Can one obtain some sort of flexible aluminum edge molding for 3/4" thick boat seats with rounded edges?:confused:
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    Poor Luck Buying and Selling Boat

    Last summer I bought a 16 foot Lund with 40 horse Evinrude and trailer for $2600, couldn't get the guy down any lower. This ("red") boat didn't meet my needs, so I bought back my favorite boat ("blue boat") I had sold 2 years ago, due to upkeep expense, and will grin and bear the expense, the...
  16. Kiggsia

    To Run My Minn Kota?

    :confused:I Have a used Minn Kota Mag 36W bow mount electric trolling motor that came on a boat I bought. Can't quite figure out how to operate it especially the steering. I believe the 2 cables along the power cord to the unit are seized, as well as that shaft turned by the teardrop shaped...
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    Convert Tiller Control to Remote Control

    Where might I go online to find a kit to replace tiller controls with remote control steering, shifting and throttle on a 1987 Evinrude 40 Horse with electric start and power tilt?
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    Motor INSISTS On Veering To Starboard!

    The used 16 foot Lund boat with 1987 40HP Evinrude has an unbearably strong pull to the right which of course becomes stronger with boat speed. I found the small trim rudder over the prop set to trim to the right and thought that was the cause. There is very little travel in this adjustment, but...
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    Lund Boat Info

    I bought a 1981 Lund 16 foot aluminum open boat, and the Coast Guard Info data plate is almost completely obscured. Model # is LUNF1069M81F. Might anyone know the rated horsepower on the data plate and other pertinent info, or where I could go online or call on phone to get info on this Coast...
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    Evinrude Kept Breaking Flywheel Keys

    I had a 40 hp Evinrude, uncertain of year probably 1960's, that would start, idle, run slow fine. But when I tried to accelerate, the key securing the flywheel to the crankshaft would shear every time. Of course I made sure it was timed right, all ignition components seemed ok, and I don't think...
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