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  1. skyking897

    Motor will start and run but......

    Previously posted about this 25XD not starting. Removed carb/fuel pump, diss-assembled and soaked in carb cleaner for 2 hours. Used compressed air in all passages and ran a wire thru passages too. Used the 18-7212 overhaul kit on carb and fuel pump. It will now start up normally but not stay...
  2. skyking897

    Mercury 25XD won't keep running/hard starting

    Had this motor given to me. Not sure of the year but it's probably late '80's, 25XD long shaft tiller. Was told it hasn't run in years. It will not start unless I spray some fuel into the carb throat and then it will only run for a few seconds. It has good spark and compression on both...
  3. skyking897

    Cleaning a neglected boat hull

    Recently acquired a '93 Sylvan 14' Sea Snapper with a 20hp Merc. Problem is, the previous owner (now deceased) put it in the water (small freshwater lake) last spring and pulled it out last fall before he past and it was never cleaned. It's sat in his shed all this summer with the crud and...
  4. skyking897

    Broken starter bolt

    Last couple of times we had the boat out last fall, I thought the starter sounded different. It always turned over normally and never made any ginding noises, but just sounded different. With scheduled knee replacement surgery (first of October), I had to winterize the boat early because I...
  5. skyking897

    Wheel Bearing Grease is like soup after one season!

    Brought my boat home from winter storage today and proceeded to do the spring maintenance on the trailer. Pulled the wheels and hubs to repack the wheel bearings and found this black soupy mixture instead of the nice grease I packed in there last spring. I used a different grease than I...
  6. skyking897

    Looked at a '72 Mercury 7.5 and have questions!

    First off, I know very little about outboards, so bear with me. I looked at a Mercury 7.5 for a kicker. Visual inspection looked good. Everything was clean, wiring in good shape, overall condition good for the year etc. Nothing stood out yet. Pulled it thru a few times, and compression...
  7. skyking897

    What to look for when buying a 7.5 for a kicker?

    Like the title says, anything in particular I should be aware of? It's a 70's vintage Mercury 7.5 tiller that I'm consisidering using as a kicker on my 22' Sylvan Offshore. The boat already has a kicker mount. Seller has said all the usually good things, like just professionally serviced...
  8. skyking897

    Electric brake wiring question, 2005 F150

    I just traded my Sportrac for an '05 F150. I had a Prodigy brake controller in the sportrac which I'm going to install in the F150 which has the trailer towing package. I was checking the round 7 pin connector and it is plugged into the vehicle wiring harness up by the spare tire. My question...
  9. skyking897

    Redesigning engine cover on a Sylvan Offshore

    I've got a 1986 Sylvan Offshore 22 with a 3.0 I/O. My winter project is to redo the vinyl covered flat side and rear panels. The engine cover on the 3.0 extends quite far forward of the engine using up valuable floor space, about 12" past the engine. I know I could just shorten it but was...
  10. skyking897

    Question about reversing with Smart Tabs

    After reading here about smart tabs and talking to Nauticus I've decided to buy a set of PT 9510-60 Smart Tabs for my boat. But I forgot to ask them one question and hope some one here with personal knowledge can tell me. Do smart tabs affect your boat in any way when reversing? By that I...
  11. skyking897

    Another winterizing question

    Not so much a winterizeing question as a what to do about water in the bilge area. Finished winterizing today and have water in the bilge area that won't drain out the transom drain. My boat (86 sylvan offshore) has lateral ribs tight against the hull and water has to be higher than the rib...
  12. skyking897

    Starting motor on the ramp

    Someone else posted here that they had seen people starting their boat motors while on the ramp before they put in the water. I'd never seen anyone doing anything like that unless hooked to a hose with muffs on, that is until this past weekend. We went to a ramp about 25 miles away, been...
  13. skyking897

    Changing trailer height

    My boat sat real high on the trailer and made launching/loading in shallower water a real problem. Had to back in soooo far my truck was in the water too. Anyway, I flipped the axle to sit on top of the leaf springs (dropped about 4 1/2") and now have almost no ground clearance and the trailer...
  14. skyking897

    How do you check tachometer accuracy?

    Well the title about says it all. If my tach is correct, I'm way underpropped. Let me back up and start over. I bought this boat last fall and everything was ok on the test drive and still is except the tach ( I think). At WOT the tach is reading 5500RPM today but the engine didn't sound...
  15. skyking897

    Hull Numbers???

    I bought this 1986 Sylvan late last fall and just pulled it out of winter storage. While cleaning the hull I came across this number plate (161346) riveted on the port side of the transom. I know the HIN is on the starboard side but what is this number on the port side?
  16. skyking897

    Which manual should I buy?

    I have a 1986 Sylvan Offshore with a 3.0 mercruiser and I believe it's an alpha 1 outdrive. Been looking at manuals and am not sure which one of these I should buy. 1) Seloc 64-86 Stern Drive Repair Manual 2) Clymer 64-85 & 86-87 TR & TRS Models (don't know what "TR & TRS" is) 3) Clymer...
  17. skyking897

    How do you crank up an electric downrigger when the motor quits?

    Never had electric downriggers until this past fall when I bought a new to me Sylvan. It came with Cannon electric downriggers (2 Marlins & 2 Mag20's) that work great. I never thought about this until I was searching ebay and someone was selling an emergency crank handle for the large body...
  18. skyking897

    Bought a Sylvan Offshore 22'

    After coming so close to buying that '88 Offshore I found an '86 in even better condition and no issues with the keel. Had the floor and transom replaced a year ago along with a rebuilt engine. So many new things, seats, batteries, carpet, cushions in cuddy, mooring cover, storage cover, and...
  19. skyking897

    Excessive camber on trailer tires

    Since my buddy's truck was in the shop for a couple of days, I towed his boat to his winter storage yesterday. Did my usual walk around, kick the tires, check the lights, transom tie downs, double check the coupler is locked, etc. Couple of blocks down the street, I notice in my side mirror...
  20. skyking897

    Sagging springs cause boat damage

    I posted about this problem in the Sylvan boat forum too. 22' Sylvan Offshore boat I'm looking at. The springs are sagged so much the keel guard(think that's the right name) is only 3/4" above the axle and badly hammered from hitting the axle while bouncing up and down while driving. I'm sure...
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