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The manufacturer of the boat that I'm looking at went out of business 20 years ago, so I can't ask them what they recommend, the seller of the boat isn't the original owner, but he said that the original trailer rusted apart so it was replaced with an Easy Loader all roller trailer.
Many years ago a salesman at a boat dealership told me that a trailer with all rollers will damage a fiberglass boat, that’s why Ranger, Skeeter, Hydrostream, Chrckmate, etc are sold on bunk trailers. But, is it true???
I'm looking at buying a mostly white fiberglass bass boat. The top side looks kinda sunbaked and dull, (no clear coat) looks more matte than glossy. Is there a product/method to shine up white gelcoat? make it look glossy and shine?
A buddy of mine bought a used bass boat that came with an aluminum prop on it, I said find a stainless steel prop that gives bow lift and you will increase your speed. He went on Mercury's prop selector page and it said an aluminum prop would offer the "top speed". I looked and saw that they...
The Tracker 125 is a Mercury outboard with "Tracker" decals. The 125hp is a four cylinder two stroke that runs on two cylinders till it hits 1800 rpms, called a 2+2.
Got a 1988 200hp Merc V6 2.4, today when I went for a ride it kind of hesitated when I was accelerating through the mid range, when I decelerated it slowed down then sped up, It repeated this behavior when I tried it again. It goes full speed fine and starts right up.
got a 1982 Evinrude E8RLCNR that is a long shaft and would like to convert it to a short shaft. I had a short shaft gearcase from another motor and the mid section also. How do you remove the water tube?
I have read that most outboards produced in the 70's and early 80's were sold with higher horsepower numbers than they actually produced( i.e. the Merc 50 was actually 45hp, the 80 only 75hp), was this true with the Merc V6's also? I've found a good running 1980 Merc 175 and was curious if it...
