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    Tritoon vs Large Bowrider

    My folks just bought a place on the Lake of the Ozarks known for its large chop on crowded days. There are plenty of large cruisers and go fast boats down there. Know they need to buy a boat that will work. Mostly for cruising on less crowded days but can still handle it if they want to get...
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    '83 115hp no power under load

    Past Friday, on the way home with a full boat, lost power at almost full throttle. Engine would start up, idle fine, but has little power at WOT. You can hear the engine rpm increase and the boat try to increase power but would only run at slightly higher than idle speeds even at WOT. Had a...
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    '83 Mercury Tower of Power Curious Issue

    Took the boat out yesterday, started it up and ran across the lake with no issues except a bit of surging on its way up to WOT. Once it got there, ran great. On the other side of the lake, I idled around for a bit then when I went to throttle up again and it bogged down and died. I could idle...
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    New Lower Unit, less acceleration

    I clipped a submerged wingdike with my '83 merc 115. It slightly bent two flukes of the SS prop and slightly bent the prop shaft. I had a shop retune the Prop and it looks like they bead blasted it as well. The guy that was going to replace the prop shaft for $200 ended up just swapping the...
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    Merc 1150 Tower of Power Dies when put in gear

    Quick question - I finally got my motor running well and has run that way for a year or two until I had to replace my lower unit a few weeks ago. I always thought it idled a little high so the mechanic made some adjustments while he had it. It idles much lower now which is a good thing but...
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    1987 85 HP lower unit on a '83 115HP?

    Will it work? Is there somehow I can check this?
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    Merc 115 Very Weak in Reverse

    I have an '83 mercury 115 tower of power. Ran fine last year. I winterized it last year (fogged the carbs and cylinder). I went the leave tank full with stabilizer route. Have not replaced LU lube yet. Boat fired up and ran fine on the muffs. Took it on the water today. Neutral and...
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    DIY Copper Ladder?

    Anyone see any issues with building a boat ladder from copper tubing? (freshwater boat) I have an '83 checkmate enticer that lost its ladder before I got it. The screwholes are all there but the ladder is gone. I can not find a ladder that fits the same pattern. I can have a SS one made for...
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    Smart Tab Experience

    Hey, I just wanted to take a minute to share my experience with Smart Tabs. I bought my first boat last summer, a 17 ft checkmate enticer with a 115 merc outboard. When I got it running and on the lake it porpoised like crazy. With the help of people on this forum I tried a bunch of...
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    Porpoising while trimmed down

    Re: Porpoising while trimmed down 2 more...
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    Porpoising while trimmed down

    Re: Porpoising while trimmed down Also, if I don't have a jack plate, how would I lower the motor. It looks like the motor mounts that "clamp" onto the transom dont have much room to move even if I took the steel plate off. Is this gonna require some transome drilling. What am I missing...
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    Porpoising while trimmed down

    Re: Porpoising while trimmed down Took some more pics. The cav plate is about an inch and a half above keel. As far as the "jack plate" goes, it is just a quarter inch thick steel plate looks like reinforcement to me. I do not see how I would be able to lower the motor any even if I take the...
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    Porpoising while trimmed down

    Re: Porpoising while trimmed down more...they are all a little out of order, but here they are...
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    Porpoising while trimmed down

    Re: Porpoising while trimmed down Sorry, I thought the link worked...ok, apparently picasa sucks at posting links. If anyone wants to see the whole album of the boat and has a gmail account let me know and I can send you a link. I did not want to just post pics on the thread b/c I know some...
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    Porpoising while trimmed down

    I have a 17' checkmate enticer with a 115 Merc outboard on the back. I took it out for the first time two weeks ago and it would porpoise really bad at speed. I am trimmed all the way down and it has a hydrofoil which are the two things I keep hearing to do. I think my weight distribution was...
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    How much fuel is enough

    still troubleshooting my '81 mercury 115 straight 6 fuel pump. My mechanic is saying that the pump is not pumping enough fuel. When I have the line off of the carbs and crank the engine fuel spits out in little spirts. (does not look like enough) but I rebuild pump and then replaced pump and...
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    Merc 115 Carb Rebuild

    I have a '81 Mercury 115 "tower of power". Looking to rebuild my carbs but have not decided to do it myself or not. Is there any good tutorials out there for these. I figured there has to be because these engines seem to be so popular but have searched all over the place and cannot find...
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    where to find a fuel pump assembly diagram

    Quick, help please. Got down to Kentucky lake yesterday for a family weekend at Kentucky Dam Marina. Anyways, I spent 2 hours yesturday trying rebuilding and then replacing my fuel pump. I am pretty sure I am not assembling all the gaskets in the proper order. I have a 1983 merc 115...
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    Your opinion please: should I buy this boat?

    Hello all, I posted this on thread in the VIP boat section, but it wasn't getting any traffic so I bumped it to here. I hope to join your community soon. I am hoping to buy my first boat. I am looking for a openbow for coving, fishing, and some skiing. I have recently been negotiating with...
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    2000 VIP VIVA worth the Money?

    I have recently been negotiating with the man selling this boat. I was willing to go $4000 He would only come down to $4300 from $4500. The boat is winterized, but he said he would run it for me and rewinterize it if I want... I am very hesitant to buy a boat without getting it on the water...
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