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    Running the control wires through the deck?

    I am trying to remove the ignition wiring from the quick silver control so that I can run it up through a hole in the decking. Am I doing this backwards or something because I can't get the controller apart far enough to get the ignition wiring loose from it? I can take the shift and throttle...
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    Plastic console?

    I am switching from the old wood- fiberglass console to the new thinner plastic console. The plastic is a lot thinner so I wondered if I need to use wood backing behind the plastic when I install the steering assembly in the plastic one? If for no other reason so the fasteners will fit about the...
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    New decking on old pontoon boat

    I am changing out the back three sheets of plywood on the deck. I had to replace the front sheet quite a while back. I am using the CCA plywood that costs $95 a sheet because this is something I don't want to have to do again in five years. I want to find something to replace the carpet with...
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    86 Mercury 50 HP cooling system problem?

    When the motor wouldn't pee this spring I figured that it was probably the water pump impeller so I took the lower unit apart and the impeller is intact. I have run water back up the water tube and down through the weep hole but nothing came out. I took the coil pack out of my way and pulled the...
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    Can't find the specs.

    Picked up a Motorguide trolling motor at a garage sale. The sale was at some peoples house that is quite a distance from where we live and I didn't get a phone number to contact them and ask questions. So if you can tell me a few things about a 9BD31EAAN trolling motor I would appreciate it. It...
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    86 Mercury 50 HP water pump problem

    When I dropped the lower unit to change the water pump impeller there were small pieces of rubber that I thought were from the impeller in the area around the outside of the pump. Turns out that the impeller was intact and the pieces of rubber look like they used to be a thick black rubber seal...
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    Hard to find decking?

    I need to replace the front section of decking on the old bass buggy but when I looked at Pontoon Stuff they only sell the good plywood four sheets at a time. Any ideas as to where I can go to buy a sheet of CCA treated marine plywood?
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    Brake line popped

    We waited until most of the crowd had loaded up before the wife backed our trailer down and I loaded the pontoon boat up. She drove on up to the parking lot and told me "we have a problem I felt the brakes pop while backing down and so I threw the truck into drive gear and yanked the boat out."...
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    Big fish lake

    We fished a lake that has bigger fish in it for a change. The surface temperature was in the low eighties according to the Humminbird so we fished the open water behind an island. I caught one small bass on a spinnerbait and then I caught a blue catfish on a chatterbait that would weigh around...
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    Hold onto the rope.

    The guy told the little boy to hold onto the rope and as he launched the boat it drifted away from the dock. The little boy reached for the rope but he couldn't get it back. The guy got all excited and started telling the little boy how screwed they were. I towed the boat back to the dock for...
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    Brake and turn signal light out.

    I found out that the right brake and turn signal light were out on the boat trailer when I got home yesterday. This has happened before but not often enough for me to remember, right away, what causes it. The culprit is the #3 position 7.5 amp. mini fuse in the fuse box under the hood on the...
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    Brake and turn signal light out.

    I found out that the right brake and turn signal light were out on the boat trailer when I got home yesterday. This has happened before but not often enough for me to remember, right away, what causes it. The culprit is the #3 position 7.5 amp. mini fuse in the fuse box under the hood on the...
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    New format

    I hadn't been on the forum for a while and when I got on here after the new formatting it said I had a personal message. When I try to open it it wants me to download some kind of program. I don't like downloading programs for just any reason because they have a way of taking over the computer...
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    Man is that slick?

    The first time out with the pontoon boat and the trailer just wasn't set up for loading up easily. I had the wife back in far enough to hit the bunks. The ramp was slick with slime and algae at the power plant lake and the tires would just spin as the truck eased its way deeper down the ramp...
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    Tank full of winter fuel?

    I just started the old outboard today on the muffs to run the storage oil out of it and then shut it down when it quit smoking. Then I got to thinking that the oil gas mix that is in that full tank has probably separated over the winter months. Now I got to wondering how other boaters remix the...
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    Tilt on older Mercury 50 hp

    I am thinking about adding power tilt to the old 85 Mercury 50 hp motor on the pontoon boat. Can this be done without having to make a lot of changes to the motor housing or mounts. Would I be better off buying an old used tilt unit with the center part of the motor housing attached and trying...
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    Trying to troubleshoot Humminbird problem?

    I posted awhile back about having problems maintaining depth readings with my Humminbird finder. I found out that it does it with the 581 unit or the 561 unit in place on the pontoon boat and it does it at any speed even sitting still at times. It does continue to read the water temperature and...
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    Tune up on old motor?

    I called a Mercury dealer and asked to speak to the service manager. The guy on the phone asked me what I needed and said that he might be able to help me. I told him that my old outboard didn't perform up to it's maximum when I had it on the big lake last week so I wanted to get it tuned up. He...
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    Prop size for old Mercury

    I have had the chance to run the old 1986 50 hp. Mercury on the 18' Bass Buggy-wot- lately and it looks like it tops out at about 4500 rpm and 15 mph. tops. I dinged the prop that was on it shortly after we bought the boat and replaced the prop with a different sized one. Could anybody tell me...
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    A few problems with the Humminbird 581 Hd Di combo

    When I start crossing the lake with the big motor the depth readings start jumping from like 47.9 to 2.4 and then down to 50.5 and back up to 3.6. I know that the middle of the lake is nearly 50 feet deep so I don't know why the unit quits reading properly. It doesn't matter how fast or slow we...
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