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  1. Texasmark

    St Mary's Ohio Lake

    When I was a teenager learning to ski we used Taylor Lake, drained into Clear Lake (Nasa's Houston Facility location). It was a coastal marsh. Mud was 1'deep at least and if you fell off your skis you just stood up. Water was about 2'deep at low tide, 3' at high. Our boats were semi-vee...
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    New Boat For Christmas

    I remember the ones with the wings. Tail fins were bad enough but the wings....can't imagine what they were like in heavy seas...bone jarring for sure and whether or not the "chopper gun" glass would hold up was anybody's guess. Course on the cars, 1957 Ford Fairlane 500 2 door hard top and...
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    1989 mercury 115 ignition test

    Agree on older engines having them. First nothing...hit a stump, engine lower unit slammed up out of the water, engine went to "destruct" rpms, gravity put the lower unit/prop back in the water running at max RPMs then whammo, knock out the transom or a mounting bracket. Then comes shocks and...
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    Question about engine oil

    Probably its the additives and anti-rust would be the king pin. Course any additive dilutes the lubricity of the oil so they aren't always all that great.
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    1972 evinrude 9.5 need long shaft or different trim?

    Go to the lumber yard and get a piece of wood....HD or Lowes for a couple of sources.
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    2014 Tracker 24 DLX vs 2015 Lowes SF 214 - Help

    My first thought would be which one has the potty?
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    1972 evinrude 9.5 need long shaft or different trim?

    Never saw an engine do that. Course I never saw a RIB. Whether its purely a RIB phenomenon or something else, who knows....surely Sea Rider does.
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    is it to heavy

    I'll iterate.....get the 25 HP!
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    Used boat I might buy

    Ebbtide was in the running around here in the early days of bass boats, around 1969 when they started becoming popular. My definition of quality is that it withstands the test of time............
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    is it to heavy

    You won't be happy with it.........you may think you will but you won't.......spend the money, get the 25 back on there. The money will be gone but the performance will be with you every time you turn the key to START. You'll pat yourself on the back for being so wise..........
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    1972 evinrude 9.5 need long shaft or different trim?

    What is the blue wheel Bondo mentioned. I see it but what function? Surely it's not in the water when running the boat???? Agree on transom is correct height. Those engines ran with the AV plate about an inch below the transom bottom. Get better prop-water connectivity in all water...
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    2005 Mercury 90hp 4 Stroke

    Interesting comments, glad you are happy. Interesting on the weight equalization comment, and the MPLiter efficiency. On what I said, if the part isn't in the engine it can't possibly fail, regardless of the impeccable reliablity of the 4 strokers and the 2 stroke Optimax.
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    Mercury inline primary pick up 4-6, which is better, 4 or 6?

    600-700 is the right range idling and in the water boat moving in F gear per the manual....slow enough to shift without a "klunk" yet fast enough to keep the engine running. I agree with Racer on what he said. On later engines of that size idle speed is set by engine timing so changing the...
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    Best way to mount a 20” Evinrude 110 on a 25” transom?

    I gave you the numbers I did for the reasons stated and iterating that was for each 6" of setback...aka adding a jack plate or having your bottom (pad) stop 6" from the transom (like is done on popular bass boats), the AV plate moves up 1" from where it would have been if mounted on the transom...
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    Need help identifying the worth of a 1948 aluminum fully restored John boat with a 1993 Johnson 9.9 outboard & boat trailer

    I agree on Lone Star not making Johns: Defined as a flat bottom, flat nosed usually aluminum boat normally used in protected waters like rivers and small lakes. Lone Star built Aluminum up to 20', some with a cabin, and later maybe fiberglass when that craze hit the market but they were...
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    2005 Mercury 90hp 4 Stroke

    So 4 strokers don't have more parts to break than 2 strokers........really???????
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    Aluminum 12’

    That was the time line of my stuff mentioned, give or take 10 year window.
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    2005 Mercury 90hp 4 Stroke

    Amen brother. I have a 2002 115 2 stroker and my neighbor just bought a 2017 115 four stroker. Doesn't take but a heartbeat for you to realize you are getting in way over your head with all the gadgets that can break and cost you money on that 4. Don't rely on gas savings to push you in that...
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    1986 lowe 160 16ft -motor weight problems

    No doubt that will probably double your MPG but at what price. Buy the new engine because you want it and economy is a plus......not a mandate. You'll never get your money back.
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    Aluminum 12’

    I had a 12' Alumacraft that my 7.5 pushed out nicely. Ran that engine on a 10' Lowes Lake John too....Lake Johns are high sided and wider than ragular Johns. I thought many times of seeing what 9.9 would do to either. Were it not for having to buy one I would know the answer. If you can...
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