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    Turn key and nothing then fires

    Today we went out for the first time in almost two weeks and turned the key and nothing then after a few twists of the key she fired right up, I'm thinking ignition. Did it after sitting for a few hours at the beach too. There was no clicking like a bad starter or any noise for that fact. Could...
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    Smart Tabs really do work! A little over view to maybe help others.

    After installing Smart Tabs on our 20ft Stingray 597ZP we had to let it sit for over a week due to time and weather. We finally went out yesterday and it couldn't have been a more perfect day for it, very warm, warm breeze, hardly anyone out and no one at the dock. Heres the issues we were...
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    May have jumped the gun buying this boat

    Just like the title says, may have jumped the gun buying our boat. So far its been fun but honestly it gets pretty boring after driving around for an hour. My Daughter loves it only to swim but we can do that from the beach, my Son seems as though he could care less if he goes or not, the Wife...
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    Speedo tube plugged off but....

    I removed a few things to make room for my smart tabs. I was going to replace my speedometer tube but found it was capped off just inside the transom but the speedometer still works. This boat came with a functioning fish finder a hummingbird 1100 tournament. Could the speedometer be hooked into...
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    Mounted Smart Tabs....kind of a pita

    I finally got around to mounting these things and they were easy but had to move speedo cable and fish finder wire and now have to install a new rubber tube for the speedo because of course its too short. It was looking kind of dry at the end any ways. I just hope they are out far enough due to...
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    Do the nerves ever go away? LOL

    I am new to boating but have been around them. The worst part of boating for me is coming back to the dock. I don't know what it is but I get so freakin' nervous even thinking about it. So far no issues and we've been out and back a bunch of times. The last time we were out, we approached the...
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    I have all the numbers with new prop. Please help.

    After a couple posts ago I finally had the chance to get all my numbers with a new prop. Here goes.....We went from a 14 1/4 x 19p to a 14.5 x 17p prop. My 4.3lx mercruiser's max rpm's are 4400-4600 and yesterday I really watched the rpm's and we were running at 35mph at 4400 rpm's. When I went...
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    Can not mount Smart Tabs!

    I ordered and received my Smart Tabs and did a dry fit only to find the rear tie downs are in the way, also the fish finder (I'm guessing) wire is also in another mounting spot. I hate the idea of relocating the fish finder wire and having to patch those holes and making new ones or is that an...
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    Pick my prop! or at least give me a clue

    I started a thread "getting on plane" and some other info was needed, I believe I have everything. The problem is our 20ft Stingray 597ZP has a heck of a time getting onto plane with about 900lbs of people and gear, plus towing a tube with a small child I want to stay on the low end of speed...
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    Trying to figure prop slip...dont know gear ratio

    Im trying to find prop slip but don't know the gear ratio. Its a 4.3LX mercruiser. Are they all the same or where can I look. Thanks in advance.
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    Docking lights, are they worth it or not

    As we get more familiar and comfortable with our boat we wanted to try camping out on it or at least staying late and take in a concert at a pavilion our city provides every Tuesday but that means not getting back to the dock until 11ish pm. I see a few boats that have docking lights but don't...
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    Winch number two shot!

    So we were at the marina and about ready to hook everything up and the winch decided to bend and skip and with the help of another boater we were able to at least get it on the trailer and secured. The following day the only place to get one was Tractor supply, so I buy a 1600lb winch which was...
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    Getting on plane question

    When we take more than myself, wife, son and daughter out our boat does everything Smart Tabs says will fix. It bounces all the time, (Ive tried adjusting the trim over and over), it takes forever to come up on plane then when it does it seems to take off. This weekend there were our usual 4 and...
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    Drain plug question

    We were going to head out today but as we got to the dock the black storm clouds come rollin' in so we covered ours up and hung out to watch the show. It was quite a sight to see about 50+ boat scrambling to get out. Actually everyone did very well, I bet it took about 45 minutes to get all of...
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    Who's right of way would this be? Kind of P.O.ed me!

    Yesterday we were out and two issues happen that left me kind of ticked off. First was two jet ski's were well behind us about 100 yards. We were cruising at a much lower speed because the waves in that area were pretty big and we were coming in to drop anchor at a beach. These two stupid jet...
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    Interesting day yesterday!

    Took the family out for a few hours yesterday and it was the first time without either my brother in law or father in law. Everything seemed to go pretty good until we were heading back. We get back to the dock, everything went well docking until it was time to connect the winch. I was going to...
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    vibration at low speeds

    Hi guys a quick question. We're new to boating and had a local dealer go through everything and so far so good. However, I've noticed when going through the no wake zones and the boat is in drive, just off idle, I can feel a pretty good vibration through out the entire boat, is this a normal...
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    What a day!!!!

    This may seem corny to some and old hat to others but it was a perfect day! Had the family out along with brother in law and his girlfriend, 80ish degrees out, sunny, water actually wasn't too bad. My 6 year old daughter is hard core, she went in first and didn't care that it was chilly. Broke...
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    Where to find older parts

    I'm trying to find some parts for our 92 stingray and I called a couple dealers and they said they can not get parts for a boat that old. Its not like its from the 60's or something. Looking for some trim pieces. Any other place you guys know of.
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    How did you come up with your boat name

    My Wife came up with a clever name the other night. I said to her that we need to come up with a name for the boat, she said "your a pain in the boat". We looked at each other and both thought it was kind of a neat, funny name and it stuck. How did you come up with your boat name. :)
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