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    Honda drawings

    Can anyone tell me where to find, preferably online, 3-view drawings of a 2006 Honda 15hp? I need these to plan the installation in my new boat, tried Honda Marine but they couldn't help, nothing in brochures.
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    Progress

    I've been making good progress on the resto job on my father-in-law's Norman 23 (see "Yet another resto project!" thread).<br />Since posting the previous pictures I've stripped the whole cabin area and made and glassed in new seat bases, 3/4" ply carcasses Mahogany veneered, and also made new...
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    Yet another resto project!

    I started work on another boat project just before Xmas, a while back my father-in-law bought an old 70s Norman 23 that I gave him a heads-up on. The guy selling it had just sold his house and was about to lose the mooring that went with it, and the boat had engine problems which was putting off...
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    Old Evinrude

    Can anyone tell me more about THIS motor? Is it what he says it is, are parts available like coils etc...?
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    Where to buy Smart Tabs?

    I want to buy a pair of Smart Tabs for my boat, but I'm having trouble finding a US supplier who will ship internationally for a reasonable price, some (iboats included) won't ship internationally at all, and others are asking $50 or more for shipping.<br />The UK suppliers are even worse...
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    O-ring woes!

    Just had what should have been a great days boating ruined by the failure of a single 50 cent O-ring!<br />Took my boat out this morning and noticed almost immediately that the fuel line connector was leaking (this is on my Johnson 18), on inspection I found that the fuel line O-ring had...
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    A bargain! (hopefully)

    Picked up what I hope will prove to be a real bargain today, a Johnson 4hp model J4BRECR, which I believe is a '98?<br />It was cheap, and I mean really cheap at £25 (US$45), basically because it has been submerged (fresh water) for a few days, and the owner couldn't afford, or wasn't prepared...
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    Spun prop fixed

    Well I ended up fixing my prop myself. After a few phone calls it was obvious that none of the local repairers was interested in doing it for me, I got the usual comments "What did this come off mate, the Ark?", "You can't get the parts you know", "What you need is a new...
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    Poor fuel consumption...I think?

    OK guys, I've done some reading up of old posts on this subject and I'm pretty sure my Johnson 18 is getting awful mileage!<br />It's on my 11' Glen-L Squirt which I took out on the river today with myself and the wife aboard, and in no time at all I was running low on gas. The speed limit is...
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    New project

    I thought I'd share some photos of my new project with you guys. This is a little runabout I bought on eBay last week, mainly to get the trailer that it came on which is the right size for my Glen-L Squirt, I'm going to do a bit of work on this boat over the winter and sell it in the spring...
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    Tohatsu...any good?

    Anyone had experience of Tohatsu outboards, are they any good? I'm looking for a cheapie motor to put on the back of a small runabout I want to sell, needs about a 5hp, and I notice that Tohatsu 2 strokes are really cheap! For little more than the price of a used motor of another brand I could...
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    New project

    Well I just got myself a new winter project, a nice easy one in the form of a little 4 seater runabout I just won on eBay! It's item <br />#2486717537 if anyone wants to take a look.<br />My plan is to restore it, which won't take much work, fit a steering cable and motor, and then sell it in...
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    Where is the pickup?

    I was doing a bit of fine tuning of my '59 Lightwin last night, prior to using it for the first time on the river tomorrow, but trying to synchronise the timing and carb I couldn't find the primary pickup point!<br />I know where it should be, according to my manual it should be on the cam and...
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    Throttle lever slips

    I ran my '59 Lightwin for the first time this evening after a partial overhaul, new coils, points adjusted, carb cleaned, new impeller etc... It runs great, started after a couple of pulls and throttles well, the only problem is if I let go of the throttle lever it creeps back and the engine...
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    Ducktwin

    Anyone know where I can find some good colour photos of a Ducktwin?<br />I'm starting work on my recently acquired '59 Lightwin 3030, and thinking of repainting it as a Ducktwin, partly because I'm a lazy sod and don't want to handpaint all the Lightwin decals (waterslides for this year being...
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