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    Garmin 160 Blue depth/fish finder not working correctly

    I got a Garmin 160 Blue for free brand new in the box for my 19ft Carolina Skiff and decided to install it. The transducer has the optional speed sensor on it. Once mounted per the instructions in the box, it reads speed and water temperature fine, but only reads depth sometimes. At first it...
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    70 Johnson breaking up

    Need a little help with my 2000 Johnson. I just got this boat about 2 weeks ago and have been doing odds and ends on it. I adjusted the timing according to the seloc book and it fires right up but it has a slight miss at idle and under throttle. When is under throttle I've noticed the motor will...
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    2000 70 johnson motor breaking up under throttle

    I have a 2000 johnson 70 2 stroke with a vro system. The motor had old fuel and bad plugs and caused it to smoke like crazy..so I drained the fuel in the tank and fuel line, and put plugs in the motor. Fires up right away and seems to idle pretty well but when you give the motor throttle you can...
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    Removing paint and gel coat questions

    I've got a 19ft carolina skiff that has been painted. When the paint was sprayed it was applied directly over the existing gel coat. Is there a method or solvents I can use to remove the paint without damaging the gel coat? Also, I can see a few areas where the paint was taken off and the gel...
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    new owner of 2000 johnson 70 2 stroke.need some help!

    Hello all, I recently inherited a 2000 19ft carolina skiff with a 2000 70 johnson 3cyl. Outboard.I know nothing about 2 stroke motors at all so I have a few questions. I put some mickey mouse ears on it and fired it up.it starts with no problem, but smokes worse than I've ever seen any 2 stroke...
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