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    prov 150 carb question

    Cad-ess . I swapped the labels on her shampoo and conditioner bottles :D took her about a week .......no sense of humour :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
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    Evinrude 55 1978 gearcase

    One thing to remember , specially if working on older stuff . There may be a modern alternative to the factory recommended sundries .
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    prov 150 carb question

    Yeah , the wife's nail polish:rolleyes:🤬 . I have bought bottles of clear polish and cleaner in the past ( for patching fishing rods bindings , stone chips etc ) and they have all been stolen .... right out of my fishing box , talk about brazen:LOL:
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    Ideas for using scrap fiberglass.

    Oh , you guys got a modern boat ?:LOL: and anyhow its gunna take more than carbon fibre to get you guys up to pace . 'Bout time we re-named that Auld Mug.:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
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    Ideas for using scrap fiberglass.

    Ha ha :LOL: See if your Americas cup team can use it , they need all the help they can get :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
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    Going straight at low speed?

    I did wonder about that :)
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    Weird wiring issue

    Sounds like an earthing issue . Check all the negative connections from each load ( vhf , bilge pump , gps , etc ) back to the negative terminal on battery . Ideally all the negs off each load should go to a common point rather than just be attached to an existing neg wire , and then one main...
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    Help with Trailer Bunk Spacing 1971 13'

    How many are you planning on sleeping ?
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    Going straight at low speed?

    Oh yeah , wanna give us a clue what sort of weight we are talking here :D ? Im 265 lb's, you'd think moving that lot from side to side would turn the boat fast enough to run over the skier being towed :LOL:
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    Going straight at low speed?

    Yes ,when on a bicycle or motorbike , when travelling in a straight line its actually a slow weave continually correcting an out of balance situation . If you tried to ride in an actual straight line you'd fall over .
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    Rubberized or Epoxy undercarriage roll on for salt water trailer?

    I would pick something that can be easily patch repaired . I have no idea whats on my boat trailer but it has stayed clean looking . Only thing I have done is cleaning and regreasing the spring mounts/ slipper pads and refilled the bearing buddies . Ha ! probly hideously rusted inside .:LOL:.
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    Going straight at low speed?

    I spose its pertinent to mention free play / backlash in the steering system , coz any of that will certainly make things worse . Also there may be some gain by adjusting the trim tab/ anode above and behind the prop . Its my understanding that this cant really be adjusted to suit all speeds...
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    Going straight at low speed?

    Ha ha yeah , my friend Pierre bought a jet boat ( we all fell about laughing coz hes a blimmin ***** ) any how come Monday and he looks like he got beaten up ( all jokes aside he looked bloody awful ) . He had got all gung ho with the throttle ............until he gets to a sharp bend...
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    prov 150 carb question

    Any of the ways mentioned above will do fine . They are not under any stress. When I said about wanting to look at the balls re the poor idle I meant thats where I would look to fix the idle as someone has done , not that I suspect that the sealed in balls are causing an issue now . Sorry...
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    prov 150 carb question

    Different takes . I usually get a fn small drill , like .75-1.5mm depending on size of your balls (literally ) and drill into the ball about 1/2 way thru then put the shank of the drill in the hole and lever ball out . Do what you have to and then refit the ball hole facing out , maybe...
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    Going straight at low speed?

    That depends on so many things . How much weight on board ? how is it distributed ? Whats the water like ? . Basically you need to experiment to find the best setting at the time . Sometimes the only solution is to re distribute weight . Smaller boats can be sensitive to weight distribution...
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    Engine Hard Starting when Hot

    Scuse my ignorance but does it have a separate cold start injector ?
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    M40C Tachometer install weird readings

    Not necessarily , MY Tohatsu M18d is a fine example Two cylinder 2 / one coil , two plug leads , fires both pots every 180deg , one pot at tdc and the other at bdc .... ergo .... wasted spark ...........so there:p:LOL:
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    prov 150 carb question

    Those balls are there to seal off the ends of internal passages. The fact that they are sealed suggests that some previous person has removed the balls/plugs to gain access to the passages for cleaning . That they have sealant on them is not a worry but if I had coughing at idle issues thats...
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    1975 Evinrude 9.9hp won't shift out of reverse

    Pixies ? :D
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