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    Buy Now or Wait

    Planning on retiring in 3 or 4 years and will need a fishing boat for off of Dunedin FL in the winter. Have my eye on the new Rabalo R200 Center Console w/ 150 Yamaha which I saw at the Boat Show in Boston. It seems like it would be a good boat for my needs and is at the right price point. My...
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    nmea 2000 device on lowrance x510c ??

    Has anyone successfully connected any nmea 2000 device to a lowrance x510c fish finder? I believe that there is a software issue as my x510c only intermittently recognizes the nmea device(s) on the network. I have tried troubleshooting all connections and swapped ep-65r sensors, Ts, and...
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    lowrance ep-65r fluid sensor help needed

    Does anyone else have one of these? I have mine connected to my Lowrance X510C fish finder. It only works intermittently, usually when I first turn it on. I installed a 12v regulated supply to see if that would help, but it didn't. Any suggestions?
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    voltage regulator

    I have a 96 Johnson 112spl which produces unregulated voltage. My new NMEA 2000 Lorance Fluid Level Sensor, is apparently very sensitive to this fluctuating voltage, so only works intermittently. Is there some kind of voltage regulator available that I could put in-line to the connection to...
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    Battery Carrier/Cart

    Anyone have a good idea for a wheeled carrier for a Group 27 size battery. My trolling motor battery has to be taken out of my boat, walked about 200 feet up a dirt path to the parking area so I can bring it home to charge. It sure gets heavy lugging it by hand, and I'm not getting any younger...
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    96 Johnson 112 spl Thermostat Replacement

    Just in case someone else needs to do this... I was having an overcooling problem which indicated that I needed a thermostat replacement. It wasn't the easiest job due to the location on this engine, but I'm pretty confident it went correctly. Using the tips from this board, I removed the...
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    96 112 Thermostat replacement

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    1996 112spl (j112tsledr) thermostat

    Had the boat out this morning, first time this season. Last season I replaced the impeller/housing. Today at headway speed the temp just started to come up, but at running speed the temp dropped down right off the gauge. Water temp was 50 degrees F. I'm thinking I should check thermostat...
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    battery lug nuts

    My battery came with wing nuts. I want to replace with hex nuts. This may be a stupid question, but can I use any nuts? I think they are 5/16 - and 3/8 + right?
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    Fuel gauge question.

    Is the fuel gauge just measuring Ohms from the sender? I was having a problem with my dash fuel gauge not going to full even though the sender tested OK. I bypassed my dash fuel gauge to hook to a NMEA 2000 network and read off my Lowrance fish finder fuel management option which worked fine...
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    oops, left upper shift rod seal out

    96 112 spl. Changed water pump, so had to drop lower unit. After I had the whole thing put back together I found this large round washer looking thing, (about 2" diameter). From looking at the parts diagram it looks like it is the upper shift rod seal. I don't have my service manual with...
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    96 J112TSLEDR Rectifier Replacement Question

    Last season I had a battery go weak. The battery checked out OK so I suspected the charging system. I drained the battery to 12.4V. Connected and noted no change from 12.4V with engine on or off. Ohm tested stator and was within spec. Ohm tested Rectifier, came up with 1 bad leg on...
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    1996 Johnson 112 SPL Maintenance

    My engine has 161 hours on it. Winterize each year - Run in Stabilized Fuel, Fog, Change Lower unit Lube. Change Spark Plugs every 2 years, Replaced impeller and housing last year. Grease all fittings yearly. Replaced all sacrifical anodes. Visually inspected ignition wires, which look fine...
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    Water Trampoline Liability

    We wanted to put one of these water trampoline's off the beach and was somewhat concerned if some neighbor was to swim out and get hurt on it. I thought maybe a keep-off sign would be good. I called my insurance agent just to make sure my liability clause would cover me. They told me that if...
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    1996 170 Horizon O/B Dash Module Removal

    Anyone have the steps to remove the dash on this model? I got the 2 large wing nuts under the dash removed but can't seem to get the dash module itself to budge. Don't want to break anything. I need to pull out to check my gauges. Having a fuel gauge issue. The sender checks out OK but...
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