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    What is this plate by the transom

    Re: What is this plate by the transom Should look similar to this one..
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    Slow pontoon boat 50hp merc, installed a 90hp merc, no change in gps speed

    Re: Slow pontoon boat 50hp merc, installed a 90hp merc, no change in gps speed You have found your problem. Is the motor you have on there now a long shaft (20") or an extra long shaft (25")? 10 to 12 inches below the waterline is very deep.. In this picture, with my 90 HP 4 stroke, you can...
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    Need Drain Plug Help On Sun Tracker

    Re: Need Drain Plug Help On Sun Tracker Leave the top plastic one in and put one in the bottom rear of the log as suggested. A quick fix that I did on an older toon that I had was to drill a 1/2" hole about 1/2" above the bottom of the back of the log and inserted a rubber snap type bailer...
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    Need help finding a standard fuel pump.

    Re: Need help finding a standard fuel pump.
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    Anybody have experience with Lumber Liquidators?

    Re: Anybody have experience with Lumber Liquidators? I bought Bellawood 3/4" solid wood Brazilian Cherry from them 6 years ago for my Kitchen and love it. Has held up very well. I found their customer service was great. Probably varies with location.'
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    Fuel/water separator

    Re: Fuel/water separator This is where mine is mounted..
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    Corner casting measurements way off, Help!!

    Re: Corner casting measurements way off, Help!! A sweep 90 has a wider radius than a standard 90: Sweep 90: Standard 90:
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    new boat possible problem

    Re: new boat possible problem This is how mine looks. How does your's compare?
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    Throttle Controls

    Re: Throttle Controls Johnson/Evinrude 75 stinger. Any Johnson/Evinrude control of that time period (And then some) should work fine. Should be able to pick up some controls on Ebay for less than $200.00 easy. $1000.00 is way out there..
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    Idle advance 88spl

    Re: Idle advance 88spl Red arrow points at what should be the idle screw.
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    Replace a VRO pump with a standard fuel pump

    Re: Replace a VRO pump with a standard fuel pump This is before and after pics of the replacement pump on my 70 HP.
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    Pontoon deck lighting?

    Re: Pontoon deck lighting? One of these placed every 4 feet or so on the bottom of the seat bases will really light up the deck. Easy to install and wire.. http://www.pontoonstuff.com/led-pontoon-courtesy-lighting.aspx I wanted some light for the insides of the seat bases and installed one of...
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    Bunk Length???

    Re: Bunk Length??? Those U shaped logs on the Starcraft are long suckers. I had a 20' Sundancer that was the same way. Pretty much one piece from the nose cone on back. Here's a pic of another 1986 Starcraft 240..
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    Suntracker pontoon trailers

    Re: Suntracker pontoon trailers They came with the trailer Coop (Bear). But it would be super easy to have a welder make up four brackets and bolt the carpeted 2 X 4's to them. On my 20' setup, it consists of these dimensions: My guides boards are 10' long. The bunk boards that the toon sits...
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    Suntracker pontoon trailers

    Re: Suntracker pontoon trailers I don't know what kind of guides the Tracker trailers have, but the horizontal ones I have on mine line the boat up perfectly every time. I know after having other toon trailers that didn't have them, I'd never be without them again..
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