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  1. Texasmark

    Considering upgrading this season - prop exchange programs

    James Propeller Service in Carrollton, Tx. is a shop that does that.....did for me. He loans you a prop after a consultation and you put it on, get the numbers and take it off, replacing with your old prop to complete the outing. Bring the prop back to the shop with the numbers and get...
  2. Texasmark

    Mercury 2+2 introduced?

    I'd say a production run of 17 years with minor upgrades (for that whole series of engines....60 HP Jet thru 125 HP pretty much defines the word "Quality"......survives the test of time...... and electronics (fuel injection and EPA) shut it down....opinion. I accidentally purchased an Optimax...
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    Does a Mercury model 200 (1978) 20hp have a kill circuit

    Have the cowl off and access to the carb venturi with a rag....red shop rag should work fine.....or a small piece of wood, or the heel of your hand. Do what you want and if reducing the throttle to the lowest position doesn't stop it or you can't find a usually black kill wire that is grounded...
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    Mercury 2+2 introduced?

    "Having said all that I have had times where I plunge the throttle wide open and it stumbles and bogs for a second and then catches. That problem seems to happen more often after long periods of trolling at slow speeds before opening it up." I solved that problem by tilting the engine up...
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    Mercury 2+2 introduced?

    The engine runs on 2 cylinders operating while at the lower speeds. I assume the designers designed this function for Great Lakes trolling or such where the majority of the outing is trolling....fuel economy in mind. The lower 2 cylinders get fuel mix but not enough to light off and produce...
  6. Texasmark

    Hydrofoil or Trim Tabs??

    Questions: 1. How do you "hole shoot"????? Angle of the engine vs transom, what do you do with the throttle when executing? 2. What are the RPMs when you are up and running and have trimmed out for maximum speed with your normal load and persons gear in normal position in the boat? 3. What...
  7. Texasmark

    New comer like to buy a boat!

    Hi, Soon to be Boater....grin, Chris Craft made some gorgeous boats over the years. Many have been restored and there are quite a few Chris Craft boating clubs around. Lots of cabinet type craftsmen (craftspersons) out there that restore those boats....plank by plank and some post their work...
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    Mercury 2+2 introduced?

    Well I bought a 2002 90 in 2004 and kept it about 12 years and gave it away....local fire rescue team. In deciding I wasn't out of boating after all, year before last I bought another 2002 rig, this time with the 2+2 115. I did my usual diddling with things to suit me and I am extremely happy...
  9. Texasmark

    3 blade stainless vs four blade aluminum

    I use them religiously especially on questions in the propeller section where somebody is looking to change and what to expect. I use the Go-fast.com Prop Slip Calculator. QBhoy, My 2002 Crestliner with it's aluminum hull and reverse chines, runs single digits also with it's normal load....me...
  10. Texasmark

    Co-Ownership Question . . .

    I think comparing this to airplanes is like comparing apples to...........a pile of dung. Air operation is highly regulated and if you break something, you probably don't live to tell about it.
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    Co-Ownership Question . . .

    Nope. Too much "Stuff Happens" on the water and following you on here for years, tells me you are fully aware of that sort of thing and the person having the happenings forgetting to tell others, not realizing what they did to other things, how it would affect the next user, bla bla......
  12. Texasmark

    18 foot fibreglass bow rider minimum engine size?

    Save yourself a lot of trouble for nothing but a disappointment. Forget the 65! Find yourself a 115 (prop rated) or better and get it propped right.
  13. Texasmark

    Prop boat to jet boat?

    That is the synopsis of my reply, a Mercury OB commercial, in a Merc OB catalog with a 75/60 hp Jet on an aluminum boat, specially designed for the Pacific NW, on a river full of rocks.
  14. Texasmark

    3 blade stainless vs four blade aluminum

    You nailed. You can bla bla all day long but the "proof is in th pudding" (how does it taste). Only way you will really know is to run it. Yes the tabs are designed to deflect water down at the transom which helps to trim the boat out and stay on plane at a lower speed with lower HP required...
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    Wiring diagram for 2002 mercury 90 hp

    I agree on the sense circuitry being fed by the smaller red wire and it being high enough impedance to prevent problems. What I don't know and assume is that the regulating device is a series pass element, Silicon transistor (probably) or MOSFET and, the mechanism whereby it also shorts out...
  16. Texasmark

    Prop boat to jet boat?

    Only 2 things of which I am aware: 1. Had a friend suck up his ski rope in the impeller and had a bear of a time getting it out without putting the boat back on the trailer and trying there. 2. Pumps aren't all that efficient. In outboards, the 75 hp triple 2 stroke Merc is rated at 60 hp...
  17. Texasmark

    Anchor advice needed for rocky and tree bottom lake

    I used mine in lakes and had no problem with current as there wasn't any. If you maybe had chain attached and backed up hard enough.......I usually carried 100' of anchor line and never anchored in more than 25'. I think I am remembering an occasion where I couldn't get the anchor loose and...
  18. Texasmark

    Wiring diagram for 2002 mercury 90 hp

    Fuse is 20 amp but not sure it would have prevented the problem. Reason being, there are 2 red wires emanating from the module with the smaller one being power"input" from the battery....aka one terminal of the starting solenoid.....(12v distribution point).... which is a low current...
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    Anchor advice needed for rocky and tree bottom lake

    I used to fish places like that and I too would get the Danforth hung up. I found a Danforth that had a bent rod attachment that allowed you to drop the anchor, and then back down to set it but if hung up, you drive against the wind/current pulling the rope with you and a slip ring that was at...
  20. Texasmark

    Wiring diagram for 2002 mercury 90 hp

    Geez another brain fart.....getting too frequent. With your reply, I looked at the picture again and see that the rect-regl has a hole blown in it and the wire from the starting to the solenoid is burned where adjacent to the input battery wire, but looking on towards the starter, it's...
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