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    1998 Yamaha Salt Water V130

    My son was on some rough water in the Gulf off of Tampa and apparently the engine ingested some water through the intake. The engine ran while being flushed however it sputtered and died. We tried to restart and the engine how ever it appears to be locked up. Plugs were removed and WD40 was...
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    Ladder Part

    Has anyone ever found a source to replace these end caps for a transom ladder? I've looked about everywhere however I may not have used the correct terminology
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    Carpet Glue for Humidity

    I am almost to the point of installing my carpet so I would like to solicit advice from others in high humidity areas for carpet glue selection.
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    89 Mercury 100 Oil Pressure Gauge

    I just wanted to clarify that I do not need a oil pressure gauge for my two stroke, I would like to mount a depth gauge in its place.
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    Control Box Rebuild

    I have a 1989 Sea Ray 16' bow rider with a 100 Mecury engine. The control box had some corrosion and the grease was nasty. I broke everything down and cleaned up the corrosion and now I am ready to reassemble but I am wondering what type of grease and how much.
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    Vinyl for seats

    We have been searching hard to keep our restoration budget under control and made a couple of discoveries along the way. We found marine grade vinyl at Jo-Ann fabrics that was about $20 a yard and used their 50% off coupon which saved us over $300. We also debated about the plywood for the seats...
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    Where is the "I hate fiberglass" section?

    I would like to join those who really despise grinding/cutting/pulling out old fiberglass :mad2: I truly have a new found respect for those of you who do this work for a living.:clap2:
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    1989 SeaRay 160

    We decided to replace the carpet in our SeaRay and after removing all the pieces necessary I discovered some issues. I lifted the panel over the fuel tank and observed the aft wall of the fuel tank area was completely rotted away and found water damage in the ski storage area on one side. I know...
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    Hull Painting

    Hello, we purchased a 89 160 Sea Ray earlier this year and had a great summer and experienced/survived several challenging trips to the Gulf. The boat is in pretty good shape but we have decided to replace the interior and paint the outside. I would prefer to color sand and buff/wax the outside...
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    My 89 Mercury 100 fuel issue solved

    I was browsing through fuel issues and ran across a post that was similar to my issue and was kindly asked to start a new thread. Here is the issue that was of interest. 89 Merc 100 fuel problem or? May 27th, 2013, 10:25 PM I have a frustrating problem and question for any mercury...
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    Part Identification

    Good morning to all, I am new to boating and needed to seek a good source of info and found this forum which appears to be a great source. I tried using the search option for this issue, but nothing came up. I have a 1989 Sea Ray 16' Bowrider with a 100 Mercury outboard engine. We have had this...
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