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  1. Texasmark

    2002 Heritage single axle 18' bearing buddy service

    Just acqauired. Never saw anything like it. Not a Bearing Buddy with the zerk at the center. This is obviously a non-conventional axle bearing greasing device but how does it work and what kind of service does it require...I think I read it's unique to Heritage trailers. Thanks, Mark
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    Online Parts Manual

    Stumbled across this: http://www.mercurymarine.com/en/us/parts-and-accessories/parts-catalog I pulled up that site 3 or 4 times lately and every time I got different responses as how it lets me use it. One time I can just pull it up, go to the info I want and work the parts list and diagrams...
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    Thermostat temp change on Merc engines?

    Looking for a replacement OEM 14856 143F stat. Popular temp in Mercs. Had it in my 90 and now in a 115. I have used Sierra for years and have had good luck with their parts. Now googling that PN, Sierra comes up with a replacement number and opening tem is 120F and listing says it's a...
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    2+2 Tweaking

    What is the process for converting a 2000 115 2+2 to 4 cylinder operation at low speeds? Thanks, Mark
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    Marine Growth

    I for one seldom consider it when responding to performance problems; just don't usually think about it as I normally trailer and boat sits on the trailer when unused. I recall one summer visiting relatives on Lake Livingston, Tx., on the Trinity river South of DFW..............Spent 2 weeks...
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    Texas Taxes on a State Imported Used Boat

    Reading the TPWD rules on sales taxes (6.25%) as it applies to used boats purchased out of state. The question here is the meaning of their terminology: :......or first used in Texas.......... Not clear on whether this means a new boat and its first registration happens to be Texas (assumed a...
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    Nostalgia and a couple of big bore (40 cu in, 4500 rpm) OMC 25 hps.

    Was kicking around cable steering on another thread and got me to thinking about what things used to be like, with today's age of of gee I gotta have a 300 hp outboard. Here's what we got out of 25 hp (with cable steering) back when I was growing up. These are 14' Yellow Jacket boats (built...
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    Optimax 90 S.S. prop suggestions

    I think you are doing ok. Having run several engines over the years on boats on the 16-18' range, glass and alum, flat, semi-v and pad boats, 38 is a respectable speed for that engine. In answering Sea Rider's comment, (opinion) after following his posts for a year or so, he runs in a...
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    Mercruiser shifter kill switch

    Visiting this site is a never ending time consuming (something for a retired guy to do when nothing else is on the agenda) learning experience that keeps the mind active. I hear that helps to ward off Alzheimers. Also when successful, you get the comfort of knowing you helped somebody enjoy...
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    Whine Whine

    Say folks, sure would be thoughtful of you to show those who help you in solving your problems a little courtesy and get back on here and tell us how it went. Kinda pays the bill if you get the drift. The more time one puts in an answer, the more involved the person is and the more they want...
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    rooster-tail, prop pitch & engine height

    Height looks good. Since you have setback, I think the big guns on here said something like 1" per foot. That would put your AV plate right above the top of the boat's discharge water....perfect for what you want to do. The cup is marginal as I see it. You have very little rake. I'll see if I...
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    Not an issue; a question.

    What are the orange rectangular marks below your name and Avatar? Thanks, Mark
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    Anchor Chain revisited

    Periodically the subject comes up and author of the post gets numerous answers from the following herein. I was watching a movie the other day and it was taken in the waters around Greece. The boat was stopping and anchoring and the camera remained on the Capstan and the anchor line paying...
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    Frozen Hardware Removal

    I decided to plug this in here as there is a stripped head bolt posting below and I have something to say about the subject. In my 50+ years of boating and personal mechanicing, I have had to deal with numerous frozen bolts on equipment of sorts including HD highway equipment, farm, and marine...
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    Comments about boat manufacturers in the 60-70-80 time frame

    The following is the way I see it. I was on this earth before Pearl Harbor. Boating has been part of my entire life. Looking back at the fiberglass industry in particular, I have a few comments concerning the newly born industry of the time. None of the super tech gyzmos of today were...
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    ID tags for sites where one responds are gone and that's just a shame!

    When one responds to a thread it used to be that you could follow up on the item because you had a marker in the listings identifying such. Now, there is nothing and the "Mark Channels Read" window at the top of the page is absolutely useless......nothing happens. So what you have to do is to...
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    For All You Dads Out There......

    Are you going to get to play with your toys today? When my 4 kids were growing up, Sunday afternoons were the family's day together. We had many a memorable time over the years. Hope you do too. Mark
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    Why can't we just go back to the old software?

    I mean I don't see any ads at the top of the page for us to buy things and our buying things is how you pay the bills and this stuff has been in a mess for a couple of weeks now and you still have bills to pay? And we get frustrated trying to make this thing work and just bale out and go off to...
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    Looking for a supplier of Shield Brand Trailer tires......made in China

    Half a dozen or so years ago I bought a pair of Shield brand radials, like 205/75-14 for my boat trailer and Shield brand heavy duty 700-15 8 ply bias tires for my utility trailer. I have a stock trailer in need of tires. My trailers sit a lot and plasticizer loss, aka rubber splitting is a...
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    Where do you and should you run your RPMs on a 2 cycle engine.

    I keep harping on this and it gets little attention. Personally I don't care that it doesn't. I know where to run mine and if you choose otherwise it's your equipment, your boat, your outing. I live in N. Texas and several weeks ago we had a bad ice storm. Ice on the trees was something like...
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