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    Deep Cycle Battery not good for starting??

    I do a jumper cable test on the Honda Accord 1.5 L engine with my digital voltmeter connected. Should be at least 12.5.v d c while cranking. A few tenths lower ? I do a 10 amp charger recharger. If it reduces amps in 10 minutes. I keep it and do a full 5 amp recharge for about 1 hour or 13.7 to...
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    bent cable

    Depends on the motor it is part of. List all the motor data on the motor name tag plate. A photograph of the bent cable AND the motor will get a really good answer. All motor cables are not the same.
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    Transducer mounting best option?

    The different hull bottoms do require thought. About which will work best at all NORMAL planning speeds.
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    Deep Cycle Battery not good for starting??

    I have never had a bad 12 volt car battery size 24 or 27 used in boats or cars. Or in any of my standby lawn & generators. But I do have a load test before buying any new battery. All my motors start in 1 or 2 seconds. Even in freezing cold snow storms. Even the hand pull motors. I am just...
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    2000 30hp Johnson possible water restriction/over heats

    Are you sure the pump impellor blade IS SPINNING now ? With a impellor key. If 1 is to be used ?
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    Advice needed on 12'-14' jon boat purchase.

    The 1980 ? Lowe 16' Aluminum has some rivets in the framing attachments. But never a wet rivet. I have never allowed winter to freeze up any water. I also have never transported it. While off of a trailer anywhere. Sliding around steel pickups will remove some Aluminum each time.
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    Filet Table Engine Cover

    Mount it to the top side of the hull. Then you can angle it down a little to allow washing it off with a small hose. Done that.
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    I forgot the name of a recommended E10 gas tank cleaner.

    You are correct about varnish build ups in run dry motors. Carburetors in general would dry out after shutdown due to hot engine. Then E gasoline was started in gas stations. Loads of Problems as all that old varnish was suddenly dissolved. COUGH COUGH said all the engines. Many did survive...
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    Trailer trouble

    I only used the tilt to hose down the flooring. Never had to launch or retrieve from mud flats or 1 foot of water.
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    Deep Cycle Battery not good for starting??

    IF no Regulator ? Then a slow over charging is possible. If your motor start in 1 to 2 seconds ? Battery is probably slightly being overcharged. Better than under charged. Which decreases battery capacity over time. I would just do a low current 2 to 5 amps. charging if boat will not be used in...
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    Deep Cycle Battery not good for starting??

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    I forgot the name of a recommended E10 gas tank cleaner.

    We geezers never needed to use stabilizers in 0% Ethanol. In boats or cars for years. Ethanol strikes fear on the web. I do not buy that stabilizers are needed in 0 % E gasoline.
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    Deep Cycle Battery not good for starting??

    Lets be realistic about Lead Acid batteries. And their Lead being recycled. WAY WAY too much used EXCESS lead battery lead building up to be recycled. Electric car batteries using Lithium are causing less need for lead batteries. So all those Leads are sitting too long on shelves getting...
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    Tarps

    Canvas on everything marine. If you wash all surfaces first ? The canvas polishes anything it rubs on. Plastic garbage for firewood pile.
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    I forgot the name of a recommended E10 gas tank cleaner.

    I just bought 32 gallons of WAWA 0% Regular gas. Busy at all the pumps in Easton, Pa. In those red rounded top tanks. Will test run in March / April. And in October.
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    Deep Cycle Battery not good for starting??

    Does your motor have a built in Voltage Regulator ? Is it working correctly ? Deep Cycle Batteries are used in OVERLOADED and run until they can not run anymore. All the time. Golf courses. They take all kinds of abuse best.
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    cracks around bolt holes transom

    The boat is a total loss due to so many DEEP cracks. Way too many appearing all over the transom. See if the boat is covered by any warranty. I see a farther cracking non stop. Dealer would just keep putting a coat of glass on it. Until warranty ran out.
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    Best "low effort" towable?

    At 350 pounds. You must be centered in the tow tube.
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    No start after short at battery

    You now now why there are those silly, useless, rubber, RED and BLACK covers on the battery posts ? Rearrange ALL the big wire lugs bolted on each battery post so you can SLIP ON a cover. I slit the rubber cover so they slide on easier. That boat has more wires than my 200 amp Electric...
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    Info on Evinrude 115 E115TLETS

    WARNING !!!!!!!!!!!!! Only change 1 one.....Part at a time. Do NOT do several at the same time !! You will never find what 2 NEW parts were / still are defective. Learned that 70 years ago. 1 at a time then a FULL water test to prove the part is good. (y)
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