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    Swing away tongues?

    I had one installed when I bought the unit, the setup worked out real nice as the hinge spot was directly under front of the winch stand
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    omc V6 prop choices

    Kind of like my Deeper Vee I/O in my avatar... It is not over trimmed very much, you can see the bearing cap on the top of the I/O. but it is moving. and not much is in the water My 18 ft runabout with a 150 running a 21 in prop with 25:14 gears, your 135 has what 26:13?
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    omc V6 prop choices

    Our Evinrude Sweet 16(16ft) weighed in at 800lbs for the hull my Crestliner Crusader 550(15 ft) weighed 950 for the hull
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    1991 Johnson 150 Question regarding tuning and no exhaust housing

    So which parts are missing?
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    Servers must be getting overloaded

    Lately I seen the people accessing the board is getting close to 100,000. that's a lot
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    size help... switching from aluminum to stainless

    Stainless Steel props weigh a lot more than Aluminum so they do take more power to spin up. The weight increase varies depending on how close the SS prop copies the AL, or being much stronger , are the blades thinner? Thinner blades are more efficient so that will work in SS favor. Being...
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    OEM Prop

    The engine was rated 40hp @4500 rpm. WOT range is 4000 - 5000 rpm. We used a 12 or 11 1/2 on a 14 ft Skagit with a 1963 40hp Electramatic. A 13 1/4 did give an extra 1/2 mph but it took a bit longer to plane.
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    1985 "tower of power" question

    A 1985 motor would have most likely came with a 'push the square button' on the pivot point of the throttle lever for fast idle in neutral, type of control
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    HEATHKITs

    I found an old transparency(1976) of my Heathkit AD-27a
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    How many leave hitch on all time ? It it legal in Illinois?

    I got rear ended about 15 yrs ago, the cops never said boo about the ball and bar being there, it did bend the hitch, Class II at the time. In the 40 yrs I have been towing, not once have I ever been jacked up for having the drawbar and ball installed. Hitch Balls on the Bumper, if they are...
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    My '60s, '70s, '80s-something Crestliner Muskie RestoMod Project

    My earliest Crestliner catalog is 1978, I think your hull, based on what it looks like, evolved into the Muskie 440. so here is a bit of info
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    90HP Inline 6 (tower of power) carb rebuild - what size jet?

    From an 1985 Merc Service Manual
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    HEATHKITs

    This may have been discussed before, but with trying to restart an old thread... How many here were avid Heathkit builders? I was 12 yrs old in 1972 when I discovered Heathkits. I was in total awe of building a Stereo, as my dad was tone deaf and hated good music, there was no reason in his...
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    Garbage on the water after ice out

    My best Memory of Downtown Montreal in March 2009, on Avenue du President Kennedy. and Rue City Councillor(that's what Google Earth calls the streets). There were bikes littering the sidewalks everywhere
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    Must have improved it again

    It's back to kicking me out at least once a day
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    Johnson Evinrude HI-VIS Gearcase Lubricant 775605?

    Yes, you can use it
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    Standard or modified prop?

    A selection of several props, all stated to the same pitch, say 20", can deliver very different results, speed wise and RPM wise, how the boat rides and handles, how solid the props grip on the water. Unless you are comparing two different pitches of the same prop model/lineage, it often is an...
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    Need help on my 1995 Volvo Penta

    You think carbs are a pain in the butt to troubleshoot. They are easy compared to the mischief and headaches a FI system brings to troubleshooting, diagnostics, and repairs. Give me a carb any day. Jets, power valve calibration, Secondary opening calibration, are some of the calibrations that...
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    Repower 1998 Glastron GS 249

    I put a Holley 650 CFM Spreadbore carb onto my 2002 5.7 VP. A manifold swap was not needed as Volvo used a very good 4bbl intake and adapter with the 500 cfm Holley 2bbl. the swap increased my WOT rpms by about 450, so I had to increase the pitch by 2" to get the rpms back to where they were...
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    Evinrude G2

    Anyone on the board with any experience with them?
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