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    procuring a 2004 honda 4-stroke 75hp outboard - things to look for

    We are getting a 2004 Honda 4-stroke 75hp outboard that is currently on a neighbors pontoon and plan on putting it (and the controls) onto our 1994 pontoon (which currently has a 2-stroke Mariner). Best guesstimate for hours on the motor is 1700-2500 hours. It has been run this year and has...
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    Swap 2014 Yamaha in place of 2006 mercury?

    Are these compatible or would we have to get new controls? We have an older (1985) pontoon with a 90hp 2014 Yamaha 4 stroke outboard, and there is a nice 2007 pontoon with a 2006 Mercury 90hp 4 stroke outboard on it... Would rather have the newer motor, is this a compatible swap or would we...
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    1985 3 cyl. mariner 75 hp onto pontoon (swap for force)... thoughts?

    We have a 1994 Playbuoy 20' "challenger" (model name) pontoon. We got it last season, used it all last season, and since memorial day this year (we trailer) It came with 40hp force outboard with tilt.. the motor cowl says "force by mercury" on it. It starts up and runs fine, though we had to...
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    1988 johnson 88spl sudden drop in rpm

    We have an issue with our 1988 88spl (we just got and installed this motor) We ran it friday and sat am with no issue, it gets up to 5000rpm with the 13 pitch prop we just put on it. However, yesterday afternoon it started running rough. My husband went to check it out and foud the plug wires...
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    Prop adjusting for pontoon boat

    I posted this in a thread in regard to the motor, but I think this is where I should have posted it: Boat 1985 Harris flotebote 24' according to specs it weighs 1,849 pounds Engine 1988 Johnson 88SPL Current prop 17x13 - 3 blade aluminum - don't know the brand, probably originial prop from...
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    tight steering cable outboard pontoon

    We are swapping in a 1988 johnson spl88 in place of a evinrude vro40 and we have the motor on te transome and went to hook up the steering cable and it is TIGHT. This is in our 1985 flotebote. When i turned the wheel is fairly tight and especially seems to get real hard to turn when turning the...
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    What gauge wire for fuse panel

    We are installing a new fuse panel in the helm of our pontoon boat and were wondering what the consesus is as to what guage wire to run back to the battery. Thanks :) Melanie
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    Speedometer on pontoon? Where? What? huh?

    Okay, we have a 1985 harris flotebote 24' pontoon boat. It has a OMC speedometer on it. We got the boat last year, the speedometer didn't work.. (the tach works) We are putting a new outboard on it right now and my husband says there there a tube for the speedometer (that works on pressure...
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    johnson 88spl vs. evinrude vro

    Okay, we are going tonight to go look at a 1988 Johnson 88SPL outboard to replace our 1987 E40ELCUD - Evinrude VRO outboard (40hp) in our 1985 pontoon boat. Will there be much issue with making this swap? the VRO was a direct oil injection? Will we have to be mixing the fuel/oil for the...
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    I love our pontoon boat (new member)

    Hey there! Im Melanie from Zelienople, PA. My family and I bought a 1985 Harris Flotebote Heritage 24' pontoon boat last year. I scoured craigslist and the local "horsetrader" papers before I found this one in one of the local papers. It was kind of hard finding a pontoon boat that was still...
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    1975 stinger2 75hp - new to us! (tips appreciated)

    Hey there! My family and I have a 24' pontoon boat (1985 flotebote). It currently has a 40hp Evinrude on it, we got it last year and the 40hp really is just underpowered for that boat. An acquiantence of ours had an old boat with a 115 mercury on it he was willing to sell me, but after...
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    1974 Mercury 1150

    Howdy all! My family and I have a 1985 Pontoon Harris flotebote that currently has a 40hp Evinrude outboard on it and it is pretty underpowered. A guy we know (that lives about a hour away) has a runabout boat (with trailer) with a Mercury 1150 on it that he is willing to sell us for $1,000...
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