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  1. MajBach

    battery leak

    This thought came to mind after reading another post about paint blistering and someone suggesting it was a battery leak. My question is, how do you define a battery leak?<br /><br />Is guess this is kind of a two part post. I have a 2000 Sylvan aluminum that the paint started blistering in its...
  2. MajBach

    Scientific explanation please

    Ok, I consider myself quite the academic as well as inquisitive. However, I have never really done a lot of reading etc. to the science behind what is happening on a boat in the water. correct me if I am wrong, but it's true that a displacement hull has a top speed (calculated with a formula...
  3. MajBach

    Is the water out?

    Hi, all. Just finished winterizing (sob). Something I have wondered every year just before I put her up for hibernation: how do you know all the water has drained from the cooling system? Is an outboard designed to self drain COMPLETELY after it has stopped running?<br /><br />One other quick...
  4. MajBach

    Nedd help with a Merc-problem I have seen B4.

    I know I have read of a similiar problem here before but I have not been successful with doing a search. Perhaps it was a different brand of motor and not a Merc.<br />Anyway, my uncle has a 9.9 (don't know how new but has an electric start). He has had a persistant problem with it running at...
  5. MajBach

    Fast accel

    Starting a new thread as we were getting off-topic on another. I have a 90 hp Honda on my boat. It was originally equipped with a 60 Johnson. When we made the conversion, I asked that I get a Honda flush mount, like the OMC that was already there. Long story short, the OMC is still there...
  6. MajBach

    Heads Up for all 75/90 HP Honda Owners

    My 90Hp Honda broke down this weekend, (I consider a breakdown to be anything that prevents operation and requires repair in order to use). <br />Anyway, the first indication that something was wrong occurred after I had stopped to fish and the motor wouldn't start. It wouldn't crank over -...
  7. MajBach

    Rude awakening

    I decided to post a little incident that occurred over the long weekend and was suprised to see something similiar happened to Anita here:<br /><br /> http://www.iboats.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=23;t=000363 <br /><br />Anyway, the story goes:<br /><br />A bunch of us were...
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