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    Opinion asked for restoration of 1988 25 ft. Bayliner

    Would anyone bother to restore a Bayliner? Everyone I talk to hate them and think they are junk. But I think it has nice lines and it is machanically sound. Boat has been in the sun too long and is heavily oxidised. Thinking of repainting it instead of trying to restore the fiberglass gel...
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    15 hp Mercury prop question

    I have a 15 hp Mercury on a 14 ft. jon boat. The prop is a B9 X9P. I have no idea what the letters mean. Normally this pushes the boat like a bat with just me, the dog and fishing gear. However, I am about to take it on a trip where there will be 3 men and all our camping gear in the boat...
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    15 hp mercury coughs at low speed

    It is a 1999 Mercury 15 hp 2 stroke electric start with remots controls that sat in a barn for ten years with old gas in it. It has almost no hours on it. I had a professional rebuild the carb. It starts and idles great. It will run like a bat at high speed. But at low speed, just a little...
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    engine shut don when hot

    1985 OMC 5L V8. I think that is a 302. Engine quits while it is running. First time we had been running at 2000 to 2500 rpm for about an hour. Coming into a marina I throttled back a little and the engine died while running at about 1800 rpm. Engine would just spin on starter and sounded...
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