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    Torque Steer Problem/Suggestions?

    Not sure if in the correct forum, but, pretty sure I'd not have this problem if I didn't have a prop....so....here goes. The boat is an 04 Skeeter zx250. Motor is Yamaha 250hp. Prop Yamaha 25p three blade. Boat has hydraulic steering, so, it doesn't really PULL to the right like a cable...
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    03 HPDI Vmax excessive oil consumption?

    Compared to several other Yamaha Vmax engines I've run, this latest one sure drinks the oil, and LOTS of it. It's an 03 Vmax HPDI 250 2stroke. Only had it a couple of months now and it uses about the same amount of fuel as my 99 Vmax carb 150 motor. But, the 250 uses three times as much oil...
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    Stump proof hull

    Thow me some ideas on what you would do to make a really strong hull. Top cap off and floor out. 95 Stratos fiberglass bass boat. Boat has LOTS of dead glass under the water line. Stringers and Transom "suprisingly" good though. Boat is used in a stump filled lake. Stays on and off stumps all...
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    VRO Removal/Bypass/Throw away...Idea?

    92 Johnson 150 Fast Strike. I want rid of that mess in between the carbs. My idea is to take that mess of gaskets, warped/cracked plastic housings, and diaphragms off of it COMPLETELY. Install a Holley Blue electric fuel pump and regulator and just be "done" with it. Will 5lbs of fuel...
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    I need some help with Terry Bass Boat history..please?

    Not sure if this is the right place for this, but, here goes. When the rubrail gets here, my Terry bass boat resto will be complete. It was a Rags to Riches resto. That was the boat, my wallet did just the opposite. I look at the finished product and proudly think to myself....."Self, thats a...
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    Jerkbait question

    Around here, when water temp gets down below 45 degrees, seems that a hard plastic, suspending jerbait, is hard to beat. BUT, not being a "self-professed" power fisherman, I find it difficult to know when to move. If I'm not pitching a jig or slow moving some type of soft plastic and spending...
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    Yamaha P150TLRW Timing Problem.

    You can almost set your clock by it. Once a year, without fail, my motor presents itself with one of "those" problems. The kind of problem that gives a person fits trying to solve. It does this when it's 20 degrees outside, 15mph wind on the side of the house where the boat stays, and anything...
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    98 Yamaha 150 V-max Problems.....

    Cold weather blues.... Engine/Heads/Carbs 89 Excell. Electronics and everything bolted to it 98 150 V-Max. Been running fine for 9 months. Several weeks ago it began to get difficult to "keep" running when 1st started in the morning. (just figured it was cold natured and cold air and cold...
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    Bow Eye pad

    Fiberglass hull boats. Gain access and look at the area inside the hull where the bow eye goes through. You should see a re-inforced area here. The bolt or bolts should go through that pad. The pad should be solid. Most boats have a v-shaped chunk of wood placed there, which is then glassed...
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    Help Please. What's this stuff called??

    The compartment lids on my bass boat. Carpeted with a piece of aluminum trim wrapped around the lower edge. Aluminum trim looks like welting of some sort...wraps almost all the way around with a rivet every few inches holding it to the bottom edge of the lid. I guess it's for cosmetic and/or...
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    Making a boat hull tougher? Possible?

    I have a fiberglass bass boat that I used for one specific lake. At least, once a year it gets flipped, patched, and put back on the trailer. Sometimes more than once, depending on how bad it's taking on water. The question is....Anybody know of anything that can be done to the hull to make...
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    Polygraph tests Tournaments?

    Let me start by saying that I've never taken a polygraph test (hence my concern and the questions to follow). Some tournament rules are "clear". OFF LIMITS is an easy one (I have control over that and just stay off the water) ANGLER CANNOT SOLICIT, RECEIVE, ANY INFORMATION DURING "X" TIME...
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    Tachometer Pulse Setting EFI 175hp Faria?

    I just installed new Faria gauges. Motor is a 96 Merc EFI 175. The old tach was set on 5. I set this tach on 5 also. My first trip out in this boat is showing WOT at 7000rpm with a 25p prop......this can't be right. I just think there is no way this 175 will pull a 19ft bass boat to that many...
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    Poor idle, excessive smoke, plugs fouled

    98 Yamaha 150 V-Max (carb 2.6L). Been getting harder and harder to start. Especially in cold weather. Once started I have to bring rpms up with the throttle in order to "clear it out". The smoke covers the boat. It's a "whitish/blue" smoke and it does not disipate like steam. Just looks...
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    Leaking Carbs 150 Fast Strike, help please.

    Apologies up front. I know the answer to this question could be found with a quick search, but, my isp is not quick...and I think every post has the word carb or leak in it's contents. So, for those of you who have answered this question a thousand times...please, one more time? The composite...
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