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  1. Texasmark

    83' 115hp Mercury, prop slip

    As a rule of thumb, it seems that for a given size....lets use 13" +/- for small gearcased higher Hp engines, the diameter will drop fractions of an inch as the pitch is increased....part of the design formula for props. Has little to do with performance like pitch changes. First of all the...
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    STAINLESS OR NOT

    It all depends on where you fish and I agree SS can tear up a LU/geartrain. I fish clean water and keep track of the depth. When I was having problems in 1972 the lake had just filled about 3/4 of the way and the saplings were still alive and everywhere. A lot of times the engine was near...
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    STAINLESS OR NOT

    I remember the $185 easily as that was a lot of money back then for just a prop and wife and I had 4 offspring to raise trying to have some fun with water sports........but it was well worth it. No more prop problems, or lunch breaks across Dallas to a prop shop hoping to make another trip...
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    Prop for Evinrude V4 crossflow

    His numbers are good. My avatar is my 90 Merc pushing a 17.5' aluminum bass boat with a stepped hull, not dead rise but 3 distinct steps with the one on which the boat is riding in the picture about 10" wide.....a "pad" of sorts. It had a 24P SS Ballistic running right at 5800 RPM and 50 MPH...
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    83' 115hp Mercury, prop slip

    Having diddled with alum and SS, 3 and 4 blade props on 90 and 115 hp 2 stroke later year Mercs, a 4th blade can help you maintain plane just above planing speed but you will suffer otherwise with the extra blade....that's why Karl K. used 2 blade props on his engines until he came out with the...
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    Outboard ran without water for about five minutes

    My mercury service manual for 3 and 4 cylinder early 2000 era 2 stroke engines says that 120 is your dividing line....above ok, below expect problems.
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    Does winter cause odd purchases ?

    Wow on the front wall removal. on doing the work in the house, I have seen pictures of guys working on engines in the house on the kitchen table. One of them showed the gas hot water heater up against the wall (not in a ventilated closet) not far from the table where the guy was overhauling a...
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    Conversion from I/O to outboard on Islander.

    Its a guessing game. You want the correct AV plate height at/near the surface when running but you want all the height you can get otherwise. A 30 may work and if so great but running a straight edge back from the hull bottom, may find the AV plate several inches below the line.....which you...
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    Outboard ran without water for about five minutes

    Me too on the impeller. On replacing the impeller, Dad had a 1957 Scott Atwater 10 HP that I played with quite a bit. I had a 55 gallon drum in which I ran it usually. Sometimes I would just have it sitting on its storage rack and fire it up for a bit. I had to have a melted rubber mess for...
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    Does winter cause odd purchases ?

    You did an excellent job of restoring that beautiful classic. Those old OMC 25 HP engines powered a lot of wooden fishing boats, loaded down with fishermen and gear down on the Texas Coast (Galveston Bay in particular) when I was a teen. Question: My impression of a basement is a foundation...
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    Conversion from I/O to outboard on Islander.

    If I recall correctly, back in the '60's I was in Austin, Tx. and Glastron was built there. Glastron has always been a top rated boat in my opinion. Anyway, on one occasion I was looking at the engine well of a good sized boat..maybe 20' and the transom wood didn't go all the way to the side...
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    Need Help & Advice on a Purchase....

    FW my bid.
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    Advice needed on 12'-14' jon boat purchase.

    The Lund reputation may have to do with the location of their customer base dictating their popularity. Down here in Tx. they are a minority. I have currently have a Crestliner 1750 Fish Hawk and they are few and far between down here....but you go up North and they are popular....same thing...
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    Anchor Industries Deckette Pro 160 16 foot Specs

    I agree. 100d HP is too much for a 16' boat of any kind unless you are into racing and most are structured to handle that kind of power.....ask Faztbullet....he used to race and his Avatar shows some of his handy work and operator skills.
  15. Texasmark

    Lowe 1667

    Not familiar with a 1667 but if an open boat with cross seats there are many seats avaiable to make you outing comfortable that bolt right up to the cross seat. On the V hull vs the John hull, John hull is fine on rivers. Other than that you want the V for a softer ride....BTDT
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    Need Help & Advice on a Purchase....

    You can never get salt out of your equipment. When a teen and fished both, I had 2 tackle rigs....one tackle box and rods and reels of salt and another set for fresh. I grew up on the Texas cost and fished both environments. Boat equipment is the same senario. I would take the Four Winns in...
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    No fuel. Mercury 115 2 stroke

    If the bulb is new and "functioning as designed"....ha ha with the new EPA mandated bulbs........ and doesn't get hard on prime, either the tank isn't supplying fuel to it or there is/are leaks within the engine proper. First place to suspect are the floats in carb(s) not closing off...
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    Boat Pricing

    Why? I see Troy is upset about Sam's choice for head coach.
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    1981 Mercury 7.5 2 stroke

    Before you reassemble it, get a cylinder hone and run it up and down at a slow rate making X designs on the cylinder walls....just enough to rub the glaze off....be sure to wash out the dust. The purpose of this is to allow the new rings to wear off slightly and seat against the cylinder walls...
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    Might be dipping my toes back into boating

    Opinion: Only good thing about a cuddy is when you are out fishing the Gulf of Mexico and the normal summer time afternoon "squalls" come up and blow like hell and rain like hell, plus a few pops of lightening just to remind you that you are vulnerable for about 5 minutes, is that you have a...
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