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    Solar Power, Hydraulic Boat Lift Not Charging

    To measure DC current you need a meter with that function. A clamp on style is easiest. They sell them at Lowes. Be careful to get on that does DC amps, nit just AC amps. This system is supposed to put out AC? That requires an inverter to turn DC into AC. Likely it should be 120 volt, not 40...
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    Faria Voltmeter repair possible?

    They will repair it. I've had my tach repaired twice. It is more than a new one but I wanted to keep all the guages matching. I can't buy a new one that matches.
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    Can i cut my bunks down?

    You won't get and don't need 10% tongue weight with a boat trailer. Between 5% and 10% will be fine. Unless your hitch or tow vehicle can't handle it more tounge weight is always better than less.
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    Stereo system suggestions?

    How did you wire the 7 speakers to the 5 chanels? You may have too many or too few ohms depending on how you did it. Also polarity is important.
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    Deep cycle or staeting battery

    I'd use dual purpose marine battery. As large as will fit assuming at leadt as many MCA as your engine requires. I run 2 dual purpise on my boat. I use 1 on one trip and 2 on the next. It's giid to have the other battery if my stereo drains one down. In 15 years of boating I've never killed one...
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    Truck reporting over hitch weight

    Until you weight the rig and get truck axle weights and tongue weight this whole discussion is pointless. Your truck doesn't know the weight of your trailer and neither do you. It's entirely posible you have enough people, pets, tools, cargo, and accesories that you are over on payload.
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    Boat choice

    I'd guess a garden variety I/O woukd make a better wakeboard boat than a ski boat would. A ski boat us the oposite of a wake boat. A ski boat is designed to keave smooth water behind it.
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    Bravo 3 stuck in reverse

    So, to update my own old thread . . . The boat has shifted just fine since the new shift cable was installed last year until this past Saturday. It would go in an out of reverse just fine but not forward. It would take 2 or 3 attempts at moving the lever forward for it to go into gear. This...
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    2004 Mag 350 giving 2 or 3 beeps every minute

    It must have been the IAC. A replacement from NAPA cured the beeps. It's weird because the boat always did start and idle just fine. I never had to bump the throttle or anything else to get it to start and idel.
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    Hopkins 4 pin tester

    I'd start with the fuse for trailer lights in the truck.
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    Single point drain leaks. Serious? Eliminate it?

    I finally pulled up the removeable floor section to get a good look at tbe drain. The housing had a small crack in the bottom. I applied some JB Weld. We were on the lake for 6 hours yesterday and my bilge stayed dry.
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    2004 Mag 350 giving 2 or 3 beeps every minute

    Last Sunday after boating for a few hours my boat started giving what I thought were intermittent beeps. All gauges, fluids, and functions were fine so I unplugged the beeper and enjoyed a few more hours of boating. This evening I hooked the beeper back up and put the boat on muffs in the...
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    Rinker 7.4 b3 performance expectations

    I bave a 2004 Rinker 232 with a mag 350 and B3. With a full 75 gallons if fuel, me, and my son I got about 54 MPH out of it.
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    How much water is too much in water seperator

    When I change my fuel/water separater every spring I dump it in a glass jar and watch to see if there's any water. There never is. 1/4 cup seems like a lot.
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    Towing a Chaparral 23 H2o Sport boat with a 4Runner that has a 5,000 pound tow rating

    I too think you'll be over. Also, check the manual but mist tow ratings assume an empty tow vehicle. And passenger and cargo weight subtracts from the tow rating.
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    BATTERIES HOOKED UP WRONG (Help)

    From your pictures I think what you had was the batteries in series for 24 volts and then a dead short thru your switch set to both. This may have damaged the switch. Depending on which battery is which you may have applied reversed polarity to your boat's wiring when you moved the switch thru...
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    Skiing behind Scarab Jet Boat

    I don't ski but my sister does. She skied behind a Yamaha jet after always being behind prop boats. She didn't like it. Saud the water felt "soft" like it wasn't as bouant. I'm guessing it was the areation.
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    negative

    Your current is flowing to the motor somehow. Could be steering linkage, mounting brackets, shift cables, fuel line, etc. Hook up the proper negative like you intended.
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    2010 Tahoe Q5i 4.3l will only make 3500-3700 rpm, 32 mph

    You need less pitch, not more, to get your WOT RPM up where it needs to be.
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    Prop for Bayliner

    If WOT is only 4,000 RPM it was likely the wrong prop.
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