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  1. Texasmark

    yamaha hpdi 150

    Skeeter was a pioneer in bass boats. I recall back in 1968, I had just arrived in the Dallas area was fishing lake Tawakoni, in a quiet cove.....rented boat...my 9.9 McCullough outboard, and in comes this funny looking, bulled shaped olive green thing with stick steering and 2 guys. I never...
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    Donzi Boat Owners Manual

    Try this: donzi boat owners clubs Bet you can find what you are looking for.
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    1992 75hp Mercury 2-stroke, overheating warning

    The OEM stat in my 2002 90 was stamped 143F opening temp. The 2002 115 I acquired last year had a 125F stat and I know not of the origin. The service manual for all these series of engines, including your year-model states that the alarm temp sounds at 195 (with tolerances of probably 5-10%)...
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    Buying Used Boat

    My experience has been rubber problems, fuel lines and wiring harnesses on older boats that used rubber rather than thermoplastic for insulation. Other problem would be salt water operation without engine being flushed after usage and corrosion/marine fungus/slime on lower units caused my...
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    Adding extra riding seats to small fiberglass bass boat

    I'd suggest a light weight, lightly padded to keep the weight down, captain's chair with arm rests on a short adjustable pedestal. Mount to the deck (floor) with the 9-12" regular pedestal mounting flange with the 2" pedestal mounting hole. West Marine has something that will work: Model...
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    Mercury 9.9 propshaft removal from bearing carrier

    On the time to buy new one concept, I have the same opinion. You have a "device" that is x years old with y operating hours. A repair of one element costs ⅓ the cost of the new unit and considering inconvenience in the tear down process and time involved, waiting on parts once identified and...
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    Mercury 150-water from lower unit when ear muff flushing normal?

    Water goes in water goes out. The midsection is cooled with water plus the exhaust cover and engine block are cooled. All but the pee stream and an RPM dependent amount of water comes/is blown out of the "exhaust relief" ports just below the main engine block cowling at the top rear of the mid...
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    Need help with prop and hub kit

    Go to the top of this page and work your way into Props. Fill in the questions...you exact engine model, and look at the props. Usually the correct hub number is either part of the price or available at extra cost. Maybe your prop and correct hub number is posted. Some hubs fit tighter...
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    Aluminum small hull design

    Here are some pictures of a Duracraft which, in the time, was very similar to Alumacraft construction. You get the high tensile aluminum and it resists bending up to it's stress limit (work hardened joint, if hard enough fractures on the 2nd or 3rd iteration)....where it starts to molecular...
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    Looking for Opinions on Super Bowriders

    Totally agree having BTDT with an 18' Caravelle tri-hull back in the early '70's. Mono hulls have solved a lot of the problems of rough ride (deep V design) and water over the bow (higher gunwale off the water) and the length you are mentioning helps solve the problem unless you get into some...
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    Mercury 9.9 propshaft removal from bearing carrier

    " I find it hard to believe that the prop turned a stainless steel shaft like that when it has a rubber bushing inside to prevent damage when hitting stuff." Me too. When I saw the shaft I couldn't believe my eyes.....on a 10 hp engine no less....a 200 anything's possible, but on 10?????. I'd...
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    97, 75hp,3 cylinder Merc - Questions about the shift slide and remote control

    I have the service manual for those engines from '94 through 2005ish and have and had a 90 and 115. I do not recognize your picture and there is nothing in there that looks like that. My engine shift mechanism is a sliding (fore-aft) linkage arm, with a vertical pin (screw) with locking nut...
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    Merc 9.9 High Revs Going Into Reverse

    You are way too high in idle RPMs. Should be a (normally) knurled spring loaded adjustment on the throttle linkage arm in the engine. You need the PRMs fast enough to keep the engine from dying when in F gear and the boat moving, yet rotation be slow enough allowing time for the gears to mesh...
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    Aluminum small hull design

    I don't meet your background criteria but I had 2 Alumacraft boats under 16'. I think high tensile aluminum, like 5052 T6 as an example is inherently rigid. Next their cast chines, keel, and connecting bow and transom caps, when coupled to the transverse ribs and rounded chines (providing...
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    1977 Starcraft V5 22SS

    I had a '65 18' Holiday badly mistreated and lived half sunk for who knows how long. Once I got it home I realized I paid way too much for it even though that wasn't all that much. Restoration main components were the transom and deck...the one you walk on on the hull proper. The hull was in...
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    What's too old to consider?

    I heard that they bought 20 of these boats from Glastron in Austin, Tx. (was stationed there when they were in production....the co., not necessarily that boat) to shoot the Bond film. Didn't get up on how many it took to do the job. If you just want to sport around, maybe with a cuddle bug...
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    Prop selection follow up.

    Thank you sir for the feedback. Helps folks trying to SWAG answers for folks in need. Your comment: "It's a ventilated prop, and one thing I noticed was that if I have the vents open I have to open up the throttle just a bit more slowly because the engine will bog a bit otherwise. Close the...
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    Mercury 9.9 propshaft removal from bearing carrier

    I haven't had a 9.9 for a lot of years and it was a McCullough. I had a new 7.5 Merc in mid '70s time line. The prop shaft was straight. Yours seems to be twisted and looking at the other damages you apparently hit something solid at WOT. Seems to me that if your prop shaft weren't twisted...
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    New boat advice

    Funny, I had initially thought about a Whaler for a reply. Didn't remember that they had rails in the aft section also with a gap midship for boarding. Yes on your CC......but the reason I didn't suggest it was that my preference is bow mounted seat and trolling motor. Rails get in the way...
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    90hp 2 Stroke Temp sensor Kit

    If it were mine and I saw what is in the picture, I'd remove the plug at the right end of the brass right angle and get your water pressure there. Thread sealant sometimes is applied to OEM manufacturing parts to speed up assembly. Teflon tape would work fine on your installation. Seems that...
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