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  1. JB

    70hp evinrude

    Howdy, Birdman.<br /><br />I think it is more likely that there is a loose connection somewhere in your ignition system or a bit of trash floating around in your fuel filter that temporarity blocked the outlet or the fuel pump.<br /><br />Check your tank and filter for any water or bits of...
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    Side Boat trailer guides

    It might depend on the boat, RSG. <br /><br />Mine are about 1" from the sides of my boat when it is fully loaded.<br /><br />Red sky at night. . .<br />JB :)
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    I want a boat that can do this!!

    Check this out.<br /> www.cncphotoalbum.com/archive/tugboat <br /><br />Red sky at night. . .<br />JB :)
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    Mysterious: Gap closes on spark plugs, '74 Johnson 115 hp

    Howdy, Preston.<br /><br />I have seen chainsaw pistons get so carboned up that they banged the plugs closed. You may have an excessive carbon build-up in that cyl.<br /><br />Red sky at night. . .<br />JB :)
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    Post 2K!

    Dang! I didn't realize until last night that I have caused so much confusion.<br /><br />Thanks for putting up with me.<br /><br />Red sky at night. . .<br />JB :) <br /><br />
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    Red sky at night. . .

    A few folk have asked me what this means. I guess that a few more would like to know but haven't asked.<br /><br />An old mariners' weather forecasting aid was the couplet:<br /><br />Red sky at night, Sailor's delight.<br />Red sky at morning, Sailor, take warning!<br /><br />A red sky at...
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    The season

    Froeliche Weinachten, Felice Navidad, Mele Kalikimaka and a Merry Christmas to all you boatheads and motorheads out there!!<br /><br />Red sky at night. . .<br />JB :)
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    Yammy carbs: will 150 carbs fit a 130?

    I have a '92 Yammy 130 with 2 bad carbs (salt water bath).<br /><br />ebay has a set of 3 '89 Yammy 150 carbs that will go cheap.<br /><br />The 130 is a V4 that is identical in displacement to 4 cylinders of the 150 V6.<br /><br />Does anyone know if two of those 150 carbs will bolt up to my...
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    Which hi-bux troller?

    I want to mount a troller in the bow of my Boston Whaler Outrage 18 when I am musky-walleye-bass fishing big fresh water.<br /><br />On my Montauk I have a MinnKota Auto Pilot AP55. I really like the AP feature, you point it and set it and go back to fishing, but raising and deploying the motor...
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    Remember Pearl Harbor!

    On 12/7/1941 I sat with my family and listened to the news reports of the attack on Pearl Harbor. I was barely old enough to understand what was happening.<br /><br />On 12/7/1954 I stood on a small platform built over the bridge of USS Arizona and peered into the slightly silty water at the...
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    Luxo-Ute tow vehicles

    I'm a little embarrassed to mention this here, but this is where the guys who know, and don't get into ego games, are.<br /><br />I Have a Mercedes ML320 that I have had for 3 years. I have towed my BW Montauk 17 all over the continent with it. The only complaints have been that it wanted to...
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    Used Salt Water trailer woes.

    Maybe this should be in Stupid Human Tricks, but I'm putting it here to help trailer buyers avoid similar troubles.<br /><br />I went to Ft. Lauderdale to pick up a boat I bought on ebay and put it on a trailer I had bought VERY cheap via Yahoo classifieds. At $250, the 2650#, 18-20' galvanized...
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    Drowned Yammy 130

    I just got home from a trip to pick up a boat I bought from a salvage outfit. It originally had a '92 Yamaha 130 on it.<br /><br />That engine, with all of the cables and harness cut, and unbolted from the transom, lay under salt water long enough to grow some barnacles. I think someone tried to...
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    Appropriate sentence for OBL?

    One of my daughters (great genes) suggests that we can end the whole thing by changing all of the male terrorists we catch to women and sentence them to live in Afganistan under the Taliban. Sounds like a great idea to me.<br /><br />Red sky at night. . .<br />JB :)
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    Need a transducer

    Howdy, Phil. You must be the guy who outbid me on ebay. Just to show that I have no hard feelings, go to: www.Interphase.com <br />You can order parts and manual from them.<br /><br />Red sky at night. . .<br />JB :)
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    140 Johnny: cross or looper?

    What year (if ever) did the 140 OMC V4 go to loop charging?<br /><br />Red sky at night. . .<br />JB :)
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    MSG for 12FOOTER

    Could you help me on a private matter? jbshideout@aol.com<br /><br />Red sky at night. . .<br />JB :)
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    Interphase Scanning Fish Finders

    Who know something about these units? I am interested in the Sportsman model but can't find any data on it. According to their web site the new models either scan horizontally in front and to the sides of the boat or they scan vertically in front and down or both. Their Email site is down and...
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    First year of OMC 60 degree looper V4s??

    I have a chance to buy a '90 'Rude 90 that is broke and 600 miles away. Is it a looper or crossflow??<br /><br />Red sky at night. . .<br />JB :)
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    Hey, 12 Footer! Let's go Florida fishing!

    I need to decide whether to go to the Sea of Cortez or South Florida in December for a week or two. I would have a son-in-law (fishing fool) with me.<br /><br />I want to fish blue water for dorado(mahi mahi, dolphin, etc.), blackfin tuna, wahoo and other light tackle blue water fish...
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