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    Battery Switch for a Yamaha

    I'm looking to install an on/off type battery switch on my starting battery. Motor is a 2015 Yamaha FL50 . Any recommendations? Blue Sea looks like they make a good switch but I'm not sure which size matches my motor.
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    Replacing Trailer Hubs

    I have a 16.2 Princecraft Holdiday Deluxe with a 50 HP Yamaha outboard. The bearings were replace just before I bought the boat 2 seasons ago. I trailer the boat a fair ways each year and even though there are no issues with the bearings heating up, I'd like to have the bearings done for next...
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    Charging 24 volt battery setup

    I'm about to re-do the wiring for my 80 lb thrust trolling motor and was wondering about a couple of things. 1. Its a 24 volt motor and I have 2 12 volt batteries wired in series. I charge the batteries using a 110 volt charger at home in the driveway. Question - Does it make any difference...
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    Yamaha Pro 50 Arcing at battery

    My buddy has a pro 50 (circa 1985 ?). It occasionally has a problem which has been described in other posts - starter just clicks and won't turn the motor over. Battery connections have been cleaned and are solid, but we will do the same for the ground connection at the motor. My question...
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    Blowing oil at start up

    Friend has an older Yamaha 50 2 stroke motor that just started throwing oil on startup. The motor starts no problem, but it looks like the lower end is throwing out globules of contaiminated oil. It's not coming from the cooling water. It is being ejected under the water. Lots of brownish...
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    Basic Question re: switch panel

    I'm installing this switch on my boat. After some initial confusion, I think I've figured it out but wanted to run it by folks who actually know what they're doing. Looks like I need to wire in a grounding bar from the battery where all of the circuits connected to this switch get their...
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    grounding running lights

    I wired up running lights on a friends boat last week and did a quick hookup for testing. I just ran a hot and ground wire from the battery to the lights and he went out night fishing to test things out. An hour after turning the lights on, his motor died while trolling. It's in the shop now...
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    Bench seat replacement - aluminum hull

    My first project is a 14' Espadon boat (made by Peterborough I think). I have stripped out the old wooden bench seats and floor that the previous owner had put in and fixed up a couple of holes/cracks. Next up is building a replacement bench for the middle. The original construction had 6...
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    Waterproofing transom

    I am going to be replacing the wooden transom in my 14' aluminum boat. I've been reading the various posts on the topic and I'm thinking I'll use these steps 1. Cut exterior grade fir plywood (3/4 ") to size using the old transom. 2. Drill all holes for bolts etc. 3. Remove new transom and...
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