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  1. brooksville_rebel

    Flushing engine when kept in water

    We have our 24ft pontoon wet slipped. Its not a marina or boat related place. A business with docks behind it. Have access to water and electric. Its in salt water. Next to a a bunch of shrimping boats. Is there any tips/advice for flushing the engine while the boat is still in the water. ...
  2. brooksville_rebel

    anchor question

    We have a 24ft pontoon. It came with danforth anchor. Most times we are in shallow water by the islands were its couple feet to 6 ft so its not biggie but the few times been in deeper been a pain to get it to "stick". Have to jump in and swin down and stick it. Should the anchor be tossed out...
  3. brooksville_rebel

    Spark plug question

    Hello Motor is a 2002 Mercury ELPTO 40 HP. Manual says to use NGK BP8N-10 but also list a optional plug BPZ8H-N-10 with two ** which state Suppressor (Inductor) spark plug. Is one better performance or better for the engine ? and What is a Suppessor (Inductor) Spark Plug ? Internet search was...
  4. brooksville_rebel

    Uniden U380 / Garmin 441s DSC hookup

    Could you some help in getting these hooked up. Between the two manuals somewhat confusing to me. Between the two manuals they do not use the same labels so not sure of what goes with what. The Garmin has alot more wires and the Uni 6 so hard to believe only two wires according to the Uni...
  5. brooksville_rebel

    blue seas m-Series Mini Selector Battery Switch wiring clarification

    Hello, Putting two batteries on the used pontoon we just bought. Purchased the 4 position PN 6007 unit (Off/1/2/Both) and after reading through the forums here. Now I am about ready to install it but little confused on were the grounds go. Been through the forums and seen a couple diagrams but...
  6. brooksville_rebel

    That little squirt of water from engine

    Sorry don't know what you actually call that stream of water from near the top of the engine. 2002 Mercury ELTPO 40 HP. Took the boat out today. Had the little squirt coming out. THen on the way back in after a bad storm hit notice that we didn't have it. Keep checking the top part of the...
  7. brooksville_rebel

    2002 ELPTO Mercury 40HP

    Boat newbie. I have a question on the motor that is with the boat. Lady had no manuals or any info and internet searches bring up stuff but not exactly what I am looking for. I see on the engine there is a place to pour the oil in on top of the engine. So assume this is oil injected. Taking off...
  8. brooksville_rebel

    Installig 5ft vhf antenna and vhf radio on pontoon

    Hello Like the title says going to be installing a 5ft fiberglass vhf antenna and Uniden 380 vhf fixed radio on our 24ft Grumman pontoon. Were the original radio was which is under the console alcove mounted to the back wall the new radio won't fit. In fact I don't see any wire holes or anything...
  9. brooksville_rebel

    replacing odds and ends and re-drilling anxieties

    Newbie question. As I have to re-drill new mounting holes for new bow lights, speaker wire run etc do I need to plug the old holes with anything like caulking or some other stuff ? Front speakers didn't work and as I followed the speaker wire along the toons and up through the deck board saw...
  10. brooksville_rebel

    Several newbie light, rocker, cable questions.

    Hello We bought a used 24ft Grumman pontoon off a lady that used it for tours down the river. She was nice and all and we thought we did a good inspection and research on the boat and q&a about the boat but finding maybe we could have done better. Plus she didn't seem to take as good care of...
  11. brooksville_rebel

    Hooking battery back up for just engine to turn over

    Hello, A boating newbie so may seem silly or simple here but I just want to make sure I don't fubar things up. We just bought a used pontoon. They lady had just put a new battery in on 4/29/13. We have had the boat two weeks maybe. Anyways the motor always turned over, battery seemed fine. Now...
  12. brooksville_rebel

    Dual post battery wiring

    Newbie questions. On a battery with dual posts (4 posts) does it matter which of the posts you use for the motor ? Like the bigger one or smaller one ? I wouldn't think so but just want to double check since they are two different sizes.
  13. brooksville_rebel

    Replacing old stereo with new one

    The pontoon has a old Maxxima (by Pancor) model CsC-600hp-x in it ,an old cassette deck. Which works for me as I have a lot of music on cassettes but unfortunately it doesn't work. So she got a CD player one from West Marine. This old one has them pin block connectors (I can't think of what...
  14. brooksville_rebel

    Pontoon tube painting

    Hello Looking buying our first pontoon. All seems good to go so far. Seller says the pontoons need to be repainted. I thought in my readings that once the pontoons are painted they need to stay painted ? Is my recall right or off ? If so how often on average do they need to be painted ? Yearly...
  15. brooksville_rebel

    Newbie questions on buying used Pontoon

    Hello Hope this is okay in the forum. If not please move to proper one but I didn't see a buying question one. The wifey wants to get a pontoon boat. As a kid her dad had one and they go out every weekend. Been out on it myself till he sold it. I'd prefer a boat were we could go out farther (we...
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