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    Mercury Thruster R28 Wiring

    This is my old Mercury Thruster R28 bow mount trolling motor. The foot control, cables, and wiring was completely trashed, so I just removed all of it. I removed the busted up bow mount assembly, and cut off the excess shaft. The trolling motor works, but its been 3yrs since I tore down all the...
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    Depth finder not working?

    I recently picked up a sweet 06 G3 19' with a 115 Yamaha, eagle fish finder, and only 45hrs on the whole rig. I found only one issue with it. The depth finder stops working at about 20mph. So I have no depth at 1/2 throttle and above. The transducer is mounted about 16" from the side, and at...
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    Transom failure & repair

    I had my wife & kids out in my ancient 76 Kingfisher 15'. We were having a good time just cruising around the lake for a few hrs. My daughter was wanting to go faster, so I throttled up, and BAM! I feel an impact on the rear of the boat, hear a cracking sound, and the motor make a funny...
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    motorguide ?

    I have an old motor guide hawk bow mount. The release strap broke off about 2" from the hole in the bracket. How does the bracket come apart to replace the strap? I hope someone has a trick, because all I see are the 2 roll pins that arew the hinges. Thats gonna be a PITA to get apart.
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    newb prop ?

    I have a 1980 Mercury 50HP serial #500 series outboard, exhaust throught the prop. The current prop is a 3 blade, roughly 8" diameter, kinda beat up. I want to upgrade, and replace the prop. My boat is a 15' kingfisher bass boat. There are no gauges so speed & rpm are a guess. It seems to...
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