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    Bass Buggy Pontoon Boat

    Hi Guys,<br /> I need to repair the floor on my pontoon boat due to a slight "accident". There's a spot on the floor where the plywood cracked/broke and when you step on it it is sort of springy. Other than expense, it looks to be a PAIN to strip everything off and try to get it all back on...
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    50 hp 'rude WOT

    Anybody know the WOT rpm for a 84 50 hp rude? I got a Clymore Manual and all I can find referencing to rpm is 3500 to set the timing.
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    TNT units and water

    I got a 84 evinrude 50 hp with a tnt unit that sets outside of the mount brackets. I was thinking of putting it on my BassBuggy pontoon boat but the tnt motor would be to the right, out past the transom. In other words, it looks like the motor of the tnt would get a great wash-job every time I...
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    Old boat

    Not sure if this is the right place or not. When I got back from VietNam, back in 70's, a guy gave me an old boat. 58 model, I think. It had a 35 hp Buccaneer engine and was a single hull fiberglass boat with balsa wood floatation . I was told that this was the only boat that the Buccaneer...
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    Steering

    I have an old 76 Chrysler runabout. I removed the chrysler eng (45 hp) and put a 50 horse evinrude on it. When connecting the steering, I hooked it up like it was on the chrysler., ie a slipjoint on a ball mounted to the steering arm of the engine. There are two places to mount the ball. The...
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    Primer valve

    Hi, I got a 50 hp Evinrude, model E50TLCRM, serial # J043816. I was told this is an 87 model, but not real sure. Anyway, on the fuel primer solinoid there is a red lever. For normal starting and running, does the lever point toward the solinoid or away from it?
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    87 'rude 50 hp question

    I've aquired a 1987 50 hp evinrude that I want to put on a 76 14 ft chrysler hull. Currently, there is a 45 hp chrysler hanging on the back of the boat. The control box and cables for the 'rude are a LOT shorter than the cables for the chrysler. <br /> 1. Should I be able to to just change the...
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    94 SeaRay

    A friend of mine is looking at a 14 ft 94 Searay with a 90 horse merc inboard. Is this a jetboat?<br /> Price is around $2500. Does this sound about right? It being sold due to a divorce. He wants me to look at it, so what should I look for?
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    Sea Foam

    I have a 1990 40 hp Johnson, not sure of the model number right now but is the "Tracker" version mounted on a Bass Buggy Pontoon boat. Engine has working VRO on it. Any thoughts on running SeaFoam in the gas tank? Not a Decarb, but just as a fuel additive.<br />Thanks
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    Tachs for 457HF

    Ok, last fall I got my 45 running decent. I had a regular Telex tach and tried all sorts of ways to get it to work. It would either work on low end be waaayyy off at top end or the other way around. Same results. The wiring diagram from a Clmer book says the white wire off the top coil is the...
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    Bigger Motor

    On my 20 ft pontoon boat, Sun Tracker Bass Buggy, 1990 model, The data plate says recommended engine hp 70 hp. A buddy has a 1988 model that says max hp 90. Currently I have a 40 hp Johnson (history unknown) on it. I have a 1997 90 hp Evinrude (total time 50 hrs, owned since new)that I would...
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    Impellers

    I have a 45hp and I used to have a 70 hp. The 45's impeller, from a merc dealer, goes by the brand "QuickSilver". It has 6 blades. The 70, wich sank to the bottom of the lake and was, damaged, had a impeller with about 12 blades. The blades, or fins were totally differnt in design. I've been...
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    Water in pontoons?

    Yesterday I was changing a low tire on the trailer of a 20 foot SunTracker BassBuggy when it slipped off the jack. I heard s "sloshing" sound, as if one of the toons had water inside. Is there anyway to get the water out? I didn't spend a lot of time looking because of a storm that blew in...
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    TNT Unit

    Anybody know if a tilt and trim unit from a 85 horse will fit on a 45 horse?
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    Does anybody know.....

    How to interpret the chrysler model numbers? Foe example I have a 457HF. I understand that the first two mean it's a 45 hp. What about the rest, and what are the differences of , oh, say a 458Hf, or a 459 HB?
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    Tach setting for 45 HP

    While having my flywheel off, I counted the ,uhhh, copper wire wrappings on the stator of the altinator. I came up with 24. There are 8 magnets on the flywheel. With this being a battery/points/coil type ingnition, What would be the "pole" setting for a teleflex tach? At present, it is hooked...
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    It's Me and the 45 again

    If you have read the previos posts from me then you know that the 45 is hanging on the back of a previosly sunken boat. After about a year and a half, I got the thing back on the water and running....decent. I finaly talked my wife into going for a spin. Sort of a "See, I told you I could do it"...
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    GRRRRRRRR $%#^ Chrysler!

    76 45 hp batt ingition motor hanging on a 76 14 ft chrysler runabout. Boat speedometer says I am doing a blazing 23 mph. Cocker spaniel up in the bow, ears flapping in the breeze and grinning ear to ear. One happy dog. Let me break here and explain that this boat originally had a 70 horse...
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    quick question on 45 hp chrys

    What are gap settings on 76 45 hp battery type ign for points and plugs? Left my manual in town
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    45 hp Lower Unit.

    I had to tear down a lower unit and put the shift fork back in place. The gear that is fartherest away from the prop had to be pressed off of the prop shaft. The thrust washer between the gear and the 'dog' looked rolled over just a tad ( a texas word meaning just a little bit). The brass...
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