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    On board charger options

    Soon after purchasing a motorguide dual on board charger 15/15 I upgraded my trolling motor to 24 volts. The convenience of charging my two sole batteries was short lived now that I have three. Can I wire up the dual charger to simultaneously charge the third starting battery without damaging...
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    1996 200 EFI Intermittent Power Loss

    The engine will lose power, not shut down, but just drop back to idle intermittently after about 10 minutes on plane. It can be powered back up and may or may not have the problem the rest of the day. My fishing partner, the boats owner, seems to think it helps to trim the engine up then back...
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    Trolling motor plug/receptacle

    After doing my homework here, I upgraded to 6 gauge wire for my new trolling motor. Now, where do I find a plug and receptacle for 6 gauge wire? I found some locally and on the net for wire up to 8 gauge but I have yet to find one for 6 gauge. Is it a dealer item?
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    12/24 V trollling motor

    I have done a search on this and other sites on how to wire a 12/24 trolling motor. I think I pieced it all together but I would like confirmation. <br /><br />My current unit is a straight 12V (two wires only) and so is the wiring harness (two wires only). The unit I am replacing it with has...
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    Livewell overfill/drain

    Thanks in advance for all the help so far as I work through the many different issues of being a new owner of a used boat.<br /><br />I have a 91, 16' Cajun bass boat. It has one small baitwell up front with a larger livewell at the rear. I have the front fill and drain figured out. I am...
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    Trolling Motor Bow vs Transom

    I would like to upgrade my 28 lb Motorguide trolling motor with a gently used much higher lb unit. I have found several reasonably priced transom mount units. The complete bow mount units I have found are considerably more expensive. If I keep the original bow mount bracket, can any transom...
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    VRO Reservoir 91, 90 HP Johnson

    91 90 HP Johnson with the vro removed. Since I am premixing now, I would like to disconnect the wires and remove the oil reservoir tank. I have searched the archives and found several good posts but I could not find one that applied directly. I have traced the wires from the tank to what I...
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    90, 90 HP Johnson RPM (long post)

    I just recently had my engine repaired. All four cylinders were bored,new pistons, etc, etc. etc. <br />I have had an opportunity to take it out about half dozen times but all have been relatively short runs. All was working well. On my last trip out as we were heading back the rpm's dropped...
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    Piston slap?

    My engine (90, 90 HP Johnson) has been diagnosed with piston slap, among other things. It runs but knocks. Was told it is precursor to major engine failure. There was some scoring on one cylinder wall and the piston moved excessively within that cylinder.<br /><br />Should I "park it" until I...
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    Impeller/lower unit binding 90, 90 HP Johnson

    Replies on a previous post help me get to this point. I was having trouble with heavy starting. It turns out it was a combination of a problem with the impeller/water pump that has caused my starter to "blow". Removed the new lower unit as was suggested and replaced the starter and it turned...
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    Johnson 90 HP Binding?

    I just bought a 1990, 90 HP Johnson VRO as is from an auction. Compression was 115-120 all four cylinders. First time out it turned over very heavy but started after a few attempts. Ran well one trip out but there was a knocking sound such as with poor gas in a car. VRO bypassed mxed oil in...
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