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    !/2 ton Truck towing limitations

    You could set up a 5000lbs trailer with 10lbs of tongue weight, but you'd jacknife and crash the first time you took a corner down a hill. The assumption being made by ford is that the trailer mfg has specified correct weight and balance of the trailer, which is going to be around 10% tongue...
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    Yamaha cavitation plate repair

    Many yards have welders they use, call around and see if they can reference you to a welder; it might be cheaper than you expect. Also I don't know what you were planning to use as replacement material, but you DO NOT want 6061 or 6063, it will corrode in marine use and if it's welded to cast...
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    1981 Evinrude 35hp tiller conversion kit?

    the casting between the mid section and the clamp bracket is different; you should be able to find a cheap engine with a broken lower unit, blown power head, etc. really cheap. Take the tiller specific parts and put it on your motor. Not really a huge deal honestly, just finding the parts is the...
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    How long is the skeg on a mariner 30/40

    I put less heat into the gear case than sitting outside on a hot day. With a thermal gun I measured 90F at the gear case.
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    How long is the skeg on a mariner 30/40

    I didn't pull any gear case vents; I put a wet rag over the gear case and welded an inch, then let it cool for 10 minutes, and welded another inch. In between these passes the rag didn't even start steaming, stayed cool as a cucumber. I'm sure it gets hotter sitting outside in the summer...
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    How long is the skeg on a mariner 30/40

    Well, it's not perfect, but as some schmuck who learned to weld by watching youtube videos i'm pretty happy with the result
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    How long is the skeg on a mariner 30/40

    it's a mercury mariner, the roundy one with oil injection that's painted an awful grey colour.
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    1979 Mercury outboard

    Your best bet is probably to find a complete used engine, i'm sure if you buy just a block you'll be missing a ton of brackets and linkages that will be difficult/expensive to find on their own.
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    How long is the skeg on a mariner 30/40

    I have bought a boat with a 1996 mariner 30 that has a damaged skeg. I straightened it out and plan to weld on a replacement cast aluminum skeg with 5356 but I have one problem... How long is this supposed to be? I'm assuming maybe 1/2" or so below the prop? Any help would be great, thanks!
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    25hp Evinrude

    The wiring is really simple on these, not a big deal to fix. If it has good compression and it's cheap I'd take the gamble. Sitting that long you may have to replace upper and lower crank seals, but that's not hard if it isn't all rusty. Water pump is a must.
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    Need to reduce ventilation

    Thanks! I found a PTT unit on marketplate for $200 (that needed a coupler... weird story), anyway doing the conversion from manual trim to PTT was fantastic. Cupping makes sense, I'm gonna have to take what you said about the blade angle of attack and sit down and look at the thing real close...
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    Need to reduce ventilation

    How does rake actually cause bow lift? I'm not doubting that it does, I'm just failing to understand it.
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    Need to reduce ventilation

    I have mounted the motor so the A/V plate juuust skims the surface and doesn't throw a wave on a plane. It is my understanding this is the correct way to mount an engine. With the only change being the propeller I now need significantly less trim for the same amount of bow lift, have better...
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    Need to reduce ventilation

    Well, the big brown truck showed up so I ducked off work early to go try this new propeller (I work from home and don't really have set hours anyway). I'm posting from my boat because this thing is ridiculous. The most obvious thing right off is it has a lot of bow lift, I don't even know how...
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    Motor stops under power

    hard to start cold is likely that you either have your idle mixture too lean or something wrong in the priming circuit. This has a priming build that feeds off the bottom of the carb, right? You need to squeeze the ball to fill the carb before using that primer.
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    Motor stops under power

    If you continuously squeeze the bulb while the engine is running does it still stall?
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    Accidentally ran 2 stroke mercury 15hp without oil for an hour.

    If the bearings don't make angry sounds under load it'll probably still work. You almost certainly scored up the cylinders, how much? Who knows, take a look and do a compression test. My guess is that it'll make less power than before but otherwise still work.
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    Tell tale or bubbler what’s normal w/o a thermostat

    Without a thermostat you'll have a hard time getting it to idle right in cold water, if you do a lot of low speed trolling you'll foul up spark plugs and carbon up your engine without one. If you always run above like 3000rpms or whenever the poppet valve opens you won't notice a difference. I...
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    Need to reduce ventilation

    The previous owner put this prop on it and it appears unmolested, just a low performance prop. I ordered a turning point prop and hub kit, it's real surprising how cheap those are! The nice thing is if i ever want to go down a pitch the props are like $80 and I just use the same hub. Should be...
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    Need to reduce ventilation

    Here's a picture of a high contrast "straight" edge across the root of the prop: And a picture around the middle: (yes i know the bottom of the skeg is broken, i need to weld a new piece on; cheap boats are cheap for a reason....) Anyway, this prop has very thick blades and don't appear to...
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