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    Bleeding after tilt rebuild

    1999 Yamaha 130hp 2 stroke. I was having a leak from the tilt (not trim) cylinder so I pulled it and replaced the o-rings in the top cap and the piston as well as the dust seal in the top cap, I did not pull the floating piston. Now with the reservoir full, I am fully air locked, can't even get...
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    Gas-how old?

    My ski boat has been mostly in storage for the last four years. I top it off at the end of the season and add Stabil. At most 10 gallons of fresh e10 gas in a 30 gallon tank. This year I put less than an hour on it. Each year it starts up ok. How long can I keep doing this?
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    Digital depth sounder help

    here is the digital depth sounder in my ski boat. No idea of the brand. Trying to adjust it for proper depth, right now it overstates depth by about 2.5 feet. Anybody? Thanks for your response.
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    1999 Yamaha 130 HP 2 stroke stuck in forward

    My fourth year with this boat. Each year it has been getting more difficult to change gears. After sitting 3 months, it is now stuck in forward so I can't even get it in neutral to see if it starts so I can launch. Disconnected the cable at the motor and the shift lever now moves...
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    Boat hoist winch

    Not a trailer question, but as close of a category as I could find. I have an old aluminum 2400# capacity hoist, mfr no longer in business. I need to replace the manual winch, I already have the motor that turns the big wheel. Probably 30 years old and no identifying marks or stickers left on...
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    Rusty trailer lug nuts

    I bought an old galvanized two axle trailer to store and launch my boat in a storage facility, not to open road trailer, not licensed. Salt water has gotten to the ungalvanized springs, bolts and wheel nuts/studs. Any source on galvanized springs? 4 leaf, 1.75" x 25.25". 2.375" axle. And how do...
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    1989 40 hp Evinrude tilt issue

    I told my neighbor I would help him today with his tilt issue on a 40 hp 1989 Evinrude on a pontoon. Tilt goes up ok, but now it won't go down. No pump noise when tilt switch is pressed for the down position. Switch, relays, what is most likely? Where to look for relays? Is there an emergency...
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    2000 350 mag mpi fuel pressure issue

    2000 Ski Centurion, 165 hours Had to get towed in Sunday (my son's boat, mine is up north) after tubing for an hour then fishing for an hour (father's day present from my boys).Thought low fuel so we added 5 gallons in the middle of the lake, started fine, ran 100 yards and started sputtering...
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    Yamaha trim oil replacement

    1999 Yamaha 130 hp 2 stroke Saltwater. Raising the unit, as it hits the tilt cylinder, it sounded like barnacles scraping off. Then it stuck at full tilt. After an Internet search I realized it might be low on fluid and/or needs bleeding. When I removed the fill plug, air vented out, but I...
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    cleaning white vinyl upholstery

    My '89 Malibu spends the summer outside, under a hoist cover. The vinyl upholstery is getting pretty gunky, with a lot of little black spots speckled all about with a light grey haze. What is the best current thinking on cleaning boat vinyl?
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    Many read, no replies.

    I can't help but notice that there are several posts just in this section with nearly 1000 views with NO replies. What is up with that? Not even a "gee I wish I could help you, try posting in----, good luck". I thought boaters were more friendly than that, guess not. Most other forums I...
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    Bought 1999 Cobia 194CC

    Having lived on freshwater all my life and owning ski type boats, we are now snowbirds staying 2-3 months per year in SE FL on a canal connected to the ICW in Cortez near Badenton. We dragged our kayak down for the last 4 years, but all the paddling was getting old, so this year as soon as we...
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    WOT problem list item #4

    1989 Mercruiser 5.7 Comp Ski engine w/ 700 hours. QJet carb, Complete head and valve job 2 years ago after an overheat. I added the overheat alarm since. I lost 800 rpms after the rebuild. Changed distributor to the Delco EST, no change. Main filter was changed and the carb filter was...
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    Delco EST distributor issue

    Boat is a 1989 Malibu Skier with the Mercruiser Comp Ski 5.7 engine, 700 hours. Rochester carb and a point distributor. After a head replacement due to overheating I lost 800 rpms, used to get 4400, now only 3600. Based on the bad advice of a mechanic ("you need 36 degrees of advance, you are...
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    Distributor not advancing

    1989 Malibu skier w/ 350 mercruiser comp ski, standard points ignition, 4 bbl carb, 680 hours. I lost 800 rpm late last year, was hitting 4400, now I only get 3600. Mechanic looked at it, tweaked my valve adjustment (overheated last year, did valve job and new felpro gaskets) and said it was...
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    Warning buzzer stuck on

    The warning tone is stuck on; 60 hp 1998 Evinrude. Buzzer is in the shift console. Oil is in the tank and the tattletale "pisser" is peeing. Where do I start? What engine functions could it be warning me about? Seems to start and run fine.
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    Add overheat warning light?

    After having my engine (1989 Merc 5.7 Ski) blow an impeller, overheat and then blow the head gasket, I am wondering, is there a way to add a warning (idiot) light? I don't want the whole noisey warning horn system, just a light that came on at, say 200 degrees.
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    Compression/overheat on Mercruiser 5.7 ski

    I have a 1989 Malibu with the Mercruiser 5.7 Ski engine with 660 hours. I am the original owner. It overheated and stalled a month ago when the impeller fell apart. Been idling rough since. Did a full electrical tune up and that helped, but it still feels like it is missing at less than 1500...
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