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    Disguising a Suzuki as a Mercury

    My thoughts too 👍
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    Disguising a Suzuki as a Mercury

    The carbon fiber sounds interesting and may look into that. More info on that, if you have it, would be greatly appreciated. Mc Tool, I've thought of just putting the Mercury decals on the Suzuki hood too...the hood shape is really close to the Mercury, I may do that to keep it simple but would...
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    Disguising a Suzuki as a Mercury

    Hello guys. I have a 2001 bass boat with a 225 Mercury Optimax. The motor is weak and tired and I don't plan to spend any big money on a motor unless it's to upgrade to a 4 stroke. I love the original look my boat has and the era it came from...including the motor that blends in nicely with it...
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    Replace my Mercury EFI w ProXS?

    Mercury ProXS reliability???
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    How to restore this 1961 hull?

    I'm not sure about stringers but pretty sure they didn't touch transom but they inspected it and then replaced the floor and then recommended the roll-on coat on the outside. So epoxy doesn't strengthen the hull? That's why they were recommending it (whatever "it" was). I wish they hadn't gone...
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    How to restore this 1961 hull?

    Yes mine had balsa wood in it too and it was rotted... the fiberglass shop put in marine plywood when they replaced the floor. They had recommended putting a fresh coat on the exterior of the hull to strengthen it so that's why I made this post...so that's my next project (a layer of epoxy I...
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    How to restore this 1961 hull?

    Ok thanks!
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    How to restore this 1961 hull?

    Hello everyone. I have a 14 ft 1961 Crestliner Mustang fiberglass runabout. It was my father's and it has been stored in a barn most of it's life so it's in good original shape for its age. However, the boat is over 60 years old and the hull is covered in very tiny stress cracks. It needs...
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    25 HP 4 stroke vs 40 HP 2 stroke???

    Jbcurt00, glad to hear this. That's the only thing holding me back on buying the motor is wondering if it'd be a waste of money because performance wouldn't be satisfying...and I'm not just talking about hole shot and top end speed (I'm not as worried about those things) but the way the boat...
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    25 HP 4 stroke vs 40 HP 2 stroke???

    Hello all. I have a 1961 runabout that was my Dad's boat and I've been wanting to get it back on the water for years. It originally had a Johnson 40 HP 15" shaft. I don't want to build the transom up and I also want to go with a 4 stroke. Looking at buying a low houred Suzuki 25 HP 4 stroke. I...
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    225 EFI throttle body leak

    UPDATE: took the boat out on a short run this morning and there was no oil/gas on the motor afterwards. All the old was gone and no new leakage - lower unit was clean. No new leakage under the hood either. Oil levels in reservoirs fine. I had been running it on muffs the past few months just to...
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    225 EFI throttle body leak

    I've had a leak seaping out from below the cowling and down onto the upper gearcase housing of my 1998 225 EFI serial number 0G68-2033. Underneath the cowling looks mostly clean compared to the slightly larger amount that leaked onto my garage but today I did see signs of leaks around the back...
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    Oil leak

    Yes it's a 2 cycle. I've checked the engine mounted tank and didn't see any leakage. Everything under the hood looks clean.
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    Oil leak

    I did, it didn't seem to have much of a smell.
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    Oil leak

    Hello. I have a 1998 Mercury 225 EFI on my bassboat. I walked past it the other day in the garage and seen oil on the back of the casing. I know sometimes unburned gas appears on the outer casing after idling but that's not what it is this time. There's more of it this time and the boat hasn't...
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    No power to trolling motor

    UPDATE: I found a wire connector unplugged under the foot pedal. Disregard my post - didn't see a delete button.
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    No power to trolling motor

    I have a Minn Kota Edge 12 volt trolling motor on my boat (a Ranger 155VS). Trolling motor is only about 4 years old. It's never gave me an ounce of trouble. The other day, I charged the battery up, charger showed it to be good to go, got out on the lake and it wasn't doing a thing. It has the...
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    225 EFI not peeing

    UPDATE: Tried my other set of muffs and it peed just fine 🤷🏻‍♂️ I had bought the new set a few months ago just to have an extra set. They are the rectangular kind, never dreamed they wouldn't seal good enough for water pressure for the impeller. My other set is the round kind.
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    225 EFI not peeing

    Thanks for the reply. I used a new set of muffs when running my motor this time. Impeller always pumped fine with my other set, so I'm wondering if it's the muffs. Going to try my other set tomorrow.
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    225 EFI not peeing

    I have a 1998 Mercury 225 EFI not peeing. Water impeller is less than a year old and was pumping fine last time on the water (5 months ago). Noticed it not working today on muffs. The water intake shows to be clean and clear and I've stuck a piece of wire far up the pee hole. On this particular...
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