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    Shock Absorbing Seat Mounts For A Jon Boat

    My girlfriend hurt her back over the winter. We like going out on our jon boat a lot through the rest of the season. I'm concerned that the jolt of a wave or wake might aggravate her back, so I'm looking for some input about shock absorbing seats. I'm narrowing in on the Attwood or...
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    2010 Yamaha F40LA Stalling

    I bought the boat & motor new and don't use it a lot. Maybe 25 hours a year. Last year it started acting up. While running it would stutter and stall. The boat place where I bought it did all sorts of work over 3 visits to the shop and it's still doing the same thing. What we've done...
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    Replacement Mounting Bracket for Lowrance Elite-5 HDI

    I don't know how it happened, but the mount for my Lowrance Elite-5 broke. It is the part that is adjustable, letting you tilt the unit back and forth. The part that the main unit releases from when you take the main unit off the boat. It would be great to know the name of that guy, and...
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    Prop Not "Biting" The Water

    I have a 28' AquaPatio pontoon boat with a 70 hp Mercury on it. The prop is a 3 blade, 13 pitch. The motor seems to be running good, with a couple of boat people agreeing to that. Periodically, I'll have a problem where the prop seems like it's not "biting" the water properly. Yesterday, we...
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    1999 Mercury 70ELPT Hit A Log

    I have a pontoon boat with a 1999 Mercury 70ELPT (75hp). It has a 3 blade, aluminum, 13 pitch prop. On the 4th, we hit a submerged log on the river. It put a slight bend in one of the flukes. Maybe 1/8" for about 3 inches. The impact knocked the prop "loose". I found a little side to side...
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    '99 Mercury Kicking Out Of Gear

    My '99 Mercury is a 70ELPT. Yesterday we were down the river, beached up for a most pleasant afternoon. When it was time to head home, the motor wouldn't start. When I turned the key to the start position, the gauges all came up and I could hear a humming in the motor. We "played" with the...
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    When Did Yamaha Introduce DOHC's?

    I'm looking at a new F90 that has DOHC's. The dealer wants to sell me a 2009 model new with a full warranty. I don't know if that's a deal breaker. Can someone tell me when Yamaha introduced DOHC's? I'm looking at a price break for buying old inventory. Are there any downsides besides the 3...
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    Pitting On Aluminum Pontoons

    I'm looking at a pontoon boat where the bottom half of the pontoons were painted with black paint. The paint has almost completely worn away. The surface that was painted shows extensive pitting and flaking in the aluminum. It's uniform across all the painted surfaces. The tops of the...
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