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    Helped boat seller

    There has been an older Bayliner Capri for sale by a motorcycle shop on my way to the lake I fish. I finally stopped by today to take a look at it. Being an older model 1983 it was in pretty much as expected (fair) condition. But I have learned to look things over from top to bottom to assess...
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    Outboards are like Harleys

    I've been checking over my 89, 90hp Johnson outboard. I've only had it about a month. It would run on muffs but would die while in idle in the water. I figure it had to be sucking air from somewhere so I replaced the fuel line, bulb and filter. I also noticed some seepage on the carbs. So I...
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    Kids will be kids but

    The small lake I fish at has a large open area for sking and recreational boating as well. It narrows down and winds along for about a mile. I had been in the narrower channels doing some fishing and decided to move out into the bigger open part of the lake just to get some air and run the motor...
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    Fuel additives

    With Seafoam being the marine standard for a fuel additive, I am sure there are those who want to get their reccognition as well. The question is, are they equal or better than Seafoam. I went to the local autozone to pick up a can of Seafoam, when I took it to the counter to check out the...
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    Tom Tom speed

    Went to the local lake this morning to do a little fishing. My boat is an 89 bass tracker 16 ft fiberglass with 90 hp Johnson. The pitot was broken off when I bought it so speedo doesn't work. I borrowed the wifes Tom Tom and took it out on the lake with me.. Cool it worked as well as any GPS...
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    toxic lakes in Ohio

    There are 5 lakes in Ohio that have a blue/green algae that is supposed to be toxic. Not sure what it will do to the fish but is not good for humans. Still trying to find more info on this, the lakes are not in my area that I frequent but sure would like to know the source of the algae. This...
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    Shark Week

    Anyone watching Shark Week on the Discovery Channel? Tonight they are showing a segment in South Africa and this guy is on a Kayak with several Great Whites nuddging and even show one mouth his kayak. Personally I think he needs a bigger boat.:eek: Also watching a Great White sailing into the...
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    Weep hole told me

    With my recent purchase of an 89 tracker bass boat I knew there would be trouble. It has a Johnson Traker 90 hp motor on it. Oh well. I put the muffs on to adjust the idle speed the other day and noticed a stream of water coming from a weep hole on the right side of the motor (drivers side)...
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    Check your fire extinguisher

    Nope didn't have a fire! I recently bought a new to me boat. It had an extinguisher with it, but notice it was an older one and the pressure had bled off some. I went to the local place that refills extinguishers and found that it was as old as my boat made in 1988. Well to rechage it they had...
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    Wet / cell phone

    Ever drop your cell phone in the lake? I did. I reached for the back of the boat to pull it in towards the dock, plop, fell out of my top pocket. I landed flat a slowly started to sink, I made a grab for it as it started to dissapear into the depths of the water and luckily grabbed it first...
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    1/4 inch prop differance

    There is probably a simple answer but hear goes anyway.:) I have an 89 Johnson outboard. The prop size is 12 3/4" x 21 pitch per specs. These props are getting hard to find in stainless, there are several 13" x 21 pt available. Will the 1/4 inch make any differance, Or effect the lower unit...
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    Boating? starting to worry

    I bought my first I/O boat in 03. It was a 1993 Maxum 18ft runnabout, after putting a new starter on it I never had any trouble out of it for the past 7 years. I just sold it a couple of weeks ago to get a smaller Bass Boat. No one wanted to go boating so I got the smaller boat. The rest of the...
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    fuel/oil mix

    The 89 Johnson Tracker motor on my new to me boat. The motor states it is oil injected but is not now. The previous owner told me he runs a 16 to 1 ratio. That mixture equals 8 oz of oil to 1 gallon of gas. Does this pretty rich? While doing some investigation while searching for a boat I...
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    Johnson number location

    Hello, I recently purchased an 89 Bass Tracker. It is 16ft long and has a 90 hp Johnson Tracker motor. I have to find the serial number of the motor so I can get a title for it in Ohio. I bought the boat in Ky and they do not have the same rules as Ohio. Anyone have any idea where the serial...
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