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    How to install a pedestal seat in a fiberglass boat?

    Hello all, I have a 1990 Arima Sea Sprinter and want to put a pedestal seat on the port side of the boat, the floor is fiberglass and I?m not sure how to mount it securely. The port side currently has a back to back lounge, but it isn?t conducive to fishing because it takes up to much room on...
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    1986 Mercury lower unit install question.

    I am putting my lower unit together and I have run into a problem, I didn?t take the unit off so I?m not sure how this plastic washer goes. I know it goes on the shifter rod but I?m not sure which way, one side has a grove around it and the other side is flat. Can anyone identify which way it...
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    Outboard and brackish water.

    Once I get my boat running I want to go to NC and fish the Cape Fear River and Snow?s Cut Intercostal Waterway, both are brackish water. I have read that you should flush the motor after every time out. My problem is we will be camping and I can go thru the carwash and spray the boat off, I?m...
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    1986 50 hp compression.

    I have a 1986 50 hp. 3 cyl. Mercury was checking the compression and all three cylinders were at 140 psi. Is this good compression for this particular motor? I know for a car or a motorcycle it would be on the topside of good. But for boats I?m on foreign ground. Also while checking the...
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    Power trim question.

    I have a 1986 Mercury 50hp. With power trim, when I raise the motor it won?t raise all the way. The trim motor just stops and the motor is approximately halfway between full down and full up to the lock. It also bleeds off, it will take a couple of hours to bleed down from the halfway point to...
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    Deciphering prop numbers.

    I have a 1986 17? Smoker Craft Bass Catcher with a 50hp. Mercury, I just ordered a new lower unit and was looking at the prop to see what pitch it is. I found these numbers on the prop but I don?t know what they mean (48-73136-13) So what do the numbers work out to be? Thanks Jeff.
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    1986 Mercury 50 hp motor questions.

    I just purchased a used 1986 Smoker Craft with a 1986 Mercury 50 hp. Ser# A925548 How do I determine the model? Also the motor needs a lower unit rebuild, I can buy a reman for about the same as it would cost me for just the parts. If there is good compression are these motors reliable and...
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