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    What type fuel hose?

    The gray line I now have is the first I have ever owned, was replaced by the previous owner two years back. Mine has no liner inside, the gray is translucent, you can see the fuel inside if you hold it to the light. So far still soft and pliable, ethenol approved, so....is this the same stuff...
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    How Filters are Made

    Many of the off brands had serious increases in sales, AC Delco increased in sales and Fram dropped in sales, that was all the feedback we recieved from the marketing company.
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    1993 Reinell 196brxl fuel tank cap

    Also loose wires and or corrosion or gunk creating a poor connection right at the sender unit on top of the tank. Had to cleanup many over my years of boating.
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    How Filters are Made

    Some 16-18 years back, a small marketing company representing a large auto parts chain, wanted to do a cut away oil filter display to show customers what the inside of a typical oil filter looked like. This would allow customers to make their iwn decisions on which brand/ brands they thought...
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    Stiff throttle, and it's not the cables or shifter!

    Best to do it running just like a real life scenerio. Just unhook the shift rod and move the shift lever, that will tell you if it is in the motor.
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    Stiff throttle, and it's not the cables or shifter!

    Shift your motor manually and see how that feels
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    KIA Telluride for towing?

    In my 50 plus years of towing, I have learned to have very little faith on towing tests... When your towing at max capacity of the tow vehicle, it might pull it fine on level ground with no hills and no head winds. When it comes to stopping, how good are the trailer brakes ? Would never tow...
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    What type fuel hose?

    Not to hijack a thread here...when you mention old gray fuel lines, how old? On my boat that I bought last year, the PO had replaced fuel lines with gray, but from the videos I have watched, my gray hose does not have a liner and says ethenol approved on the hose. Does this mean my hose is a...
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    Blogs plug housing loose and turns

    If you really want to know, drill holes from the inside of the transom. Just deep enough to get wood chips, if water comes out...your in trouble, but if wet wood chips come out....your still in trouble !! If dry wood chips come out, your good....seal the holes back up with good sealant and...
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    Fuel tank leak

    Best to empty the tank if possible, why take a chance ?? While your at it, remove the sending unit, and you will have an acess hole there to check the underside of that fitting. That rubber gasket under the sending unit needs replaced anyway before you have another leak. Might as well fix all...
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    XR 4 Hydrofoil

    You have a heavy boat and a small motor, so lots of force will be on the cav plate so the risk of damage will be high. These fins are designed for lighter weight boats with smaller motors to help get the stern up and the bow down. Folks have saw they work on small boats so they started pushing...
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    Taking apart command 2000 remote control

    well, hopefully, mabey I won't have to take the controller apart....decided to go back into the motor wiring and take a deeper dive first. I did see the key switch was loose and tightened that up so no more wobbling about, not sure how I didn't notice that thru all my frustrations yesterday ...
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    Taking apart command 2000 remote control

    Thanks folks, my factory service manual has the diagrams, just wondering if there were any tricks, tips, things to be aware of when taking one apart. From all my research, beginning to think it is the key / choke switch that is the problem. Looks like the whole darn thing has to come apart...
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    Taking apart command 2000 remote control

    My fuse blowing issue came back today and I think it might be in the remote control key switch. For some reason the motor flooded this morning and it took a lot of cranking and a new set of plugs to get it going. Not long after it started blowing the 20 amp motor fuse each time the key was...
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    Dieseling 3.0

    Seafoam won't hurt anything, according to the mfgr they almost flood the engine with it until it stalls, then let it set......after 10-15 minutes run it with a rich mixture of seafoam in the fuel. Often a small external tank is used for this. When it fires back up, it will smoke like crazy...
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    Dieseling 3.0

    Watch your engine temps, check your gages to see if they read correctly. Often run-on comes with high cylinder temps. You might run a compression check also, as worn valves can cause this as well. A good carb cleaner won't cure your issue, but it wouldn' t hurt either.
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    Syncing carbs?

    On my jonny, the instructions called for setting the plates to a certain dimension opened, I used drill bits of the proper dia called for, then a feeler gage was used to set the gap on the lever that controls the plate. This is the only one I have done, so not sure about others.
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    Syncing carbs?

    Cant speak for Yamaha, only had to do a linc and sync on my jonny 70 with three carbs. Everything in the manual was mechanical dimensions and feeler gages to get them set correctly. After all settings were done, minor idle fuel mix adjustments were made in water under power at idle with a 1/2...
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    Need Advice on a Evinrude 15

    Pull the head and check the cylinders, if scored, no oil...
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    Gas cap ? on a 1989 bayliner capri 85hp force outboard

    Clogged vent hose ??
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