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    2011 8 HP Mercury 4 Stroke

    Does it misbehave if you hold it at 3300-4000 rpm or does it do it at WOT at 3300-4000 rpm on its way to full revs?
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    Help with Johnson 150 Pinion Bearing Removal

    Top pic , Nah that shaft is custard . What your looking at is the hardened surface (where the bearing runs ) has disintegrated . You may be able to recover the shaft but its either some hard welding , machining and rehardening , or maybe sleeving it ( speedy sleeve ? ). The problem is that...
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    2004 Mercury 115 ELPTO surging

    Sure does sound like a fuel flow issue . Get the carbs primed up and remove fuel feed hose from carbs and direct at a suitable container , start engine and confirm that fuel is being delivered at a reasonable pressure ( put finger over end of hose and try and make it spray a bit ). The...
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    Is 40 lbs pressure enough?

    My Honda has the two ports on the side of the gear case but it also has one above the prop in the underside of the cav plate . When on the muffs a lot of water comes out the hole above the prop ..... so much so that the pump wont prime or flow properly ..... I get a dribble at best from the...
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    Boat cushions

    Yeah but 3 thousand (US ! ) dollars for two cushens is bull ( thats whats given up ) . I can get a whole leather lounge suite for that .:)
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    replacing transom, has anyone used AL square tube instead of wood?

    yeah free is good . I have access to 2m ( 6.56') lengths of 40x40mm (1.574" ) galvanised steel tube 2.5mm (.0984" )wall thickness that comes in shipping containers ( used to stop 1 ton bags of fert leaning against the inside of the doors and jamming them closed , about 30 per container ) ...
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    The Fish Thief a Great Lakes mystery

    Awesome , Thanks rolmops :)
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    The Fish Thief a Great Lakes mystery

    All I could find was 3 minute trailers . I am interested because we have similar issues here. Seems to me that we have peeps keen to spend taxpayer money to form committees and talk about the issue , line themselves up for credit but dont actually achieve anything positive .
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    M40C Tachometer install weird readings

    I can see why an engine could have 2 pulses per rev ( 2 stroke twin wasted spark ) but 4 ? How would you get 4 ? I was thinking tho that maybe it auto ranges if the pulse rate goes out of range for the setting its on . And anyhow dingbat what are you doing reading the instructions :D
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    M40C Tachometer install weird readings

    yes . if its a bit erratic you could try wrapping a couple more turns around the plug lead . I have hour meters triggered off the plug wire and I also wrapped a bit of insulation tape to sorta bind the pick up wire to the plug lead .
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    prov 150 carb question

    Cad-ess . I swapped the labels on her shampoo and conditioner bottles :D took her about a week .......no sense of humour :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
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    Evinrude 55 1978 gearcase

    One thing to remember , specially if working on older stuff . There may be a modern alternative to the factory recommended sundries .
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    prov 150 carb question

    Yeah , the wife's nail polish:rolleyes:🤬 . I have bought bottles of clear polish and cleaner in the past ( for patching fishing rods bindings , stone chips etc ) and they have all been stolen .... right out of my fishing box , talk about brazen:LOL:
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    Ideas for using scrap fiberglass.

    Oh , you guys got a modern boat ?:LOL: and anyhow its gunna take more than carbon fibre to get you guys up to pace . 'Bout time we re-named that Auld Mug.:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
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    Ideas for using scrap fiberglass.

    Ha ha :LOL: See if your Americas cup team can use it , they need all the help they can get :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
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    Going straight at low speed?

    I did wonder about that :)
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    Weird wiring issue

    Sounds like an earthing issue . Check all the negative connections from each load ( vhf , bilge pump , gps , etc ) back to the negative terminal on battery . Ideally all the negs off each load should go to a common point rather than just be attached to an existing neg wire , and then one main...
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    Help with Trailer Bunk Spacing 1971 13'

    How many are you planning on sleeping ?
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    Going straight at low speed?

    Oh yeah , wanna give us a clue what sort of weight we are talking here :D ? Im 265 lb's, you'd think moving that lot from side to side would turn the boat fast enough to run over the skier being towed :LOL:
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    Going straight at low speed?

    Yes ,when on a bicycle or motorbike , when travelling in a straight line its actually a slow weave continually correcting an out of balance situation . If you tried to ride in an actual straight line you'd fall over .
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