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  1. Texasmark

    22' pontoon prop question.

    Turning Point, Hustler come with all the amenities of upper class SS props except for their high grade aluminum construction that causes the blades to be thicker than SS blades. One of the amenities is prop blade tip cupping. Cupping helps the prop to grab water better and reduces slipping...
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    22' pontoon prop question.

    He's 200 RPM above the limiter.......it's 5250 and Faztbullet said that if you disable it and go over that speed with those engines expect piston problems. I just sold my 2002 115 so I know......about the limitation, not that I had problems. My engine pushed my 2002 17.5' Crestliner Fish Hawk...
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    Mercury Tempest, Turning Point Mach 3 or Michigan Wheel Apollo?

    Well sir, we both know that a lot of pitch will do exactly that!
  4. Texasmark

    Family of 5, 19ft or 21ft?

    Wow! Nothing like the boat I mentioned. I snooped around the boat looking at the construction and rugged, first class all the way.......snooping since it made me want to buy one and I wanted to check it out.
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    Family of 5, 19ft or 21ft?

    "I had a SeaRay 19 footer which handled the waves real well, as the hull was really good and it had a 4.3LX so the weight was on my side. " Coworker had a 19' Sea Ray with a 165 I6. That was probably the finest boat I ever entered. The deepV hull was (as you say), great on our windblown lakes...
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    Lowe 185 Ski & Fish with Verado 150 – bow won’t lift

    Sure would be nice if posters on here show us the courtesy of giving us closure on problems they have and our efforts to help them solve their problems......How do we know that the ideas we have did any good or not so that in future postings with similar problems, we know what worked.....at...
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    Family of 5, 19ft or 21ft?

    I had a family of 6. We bought a new 18' Caravelle tri-hull, bow seating with a 125 Johnson. We boated on 40-60k acre lakes around here which were usually wind blown. It was a good match. Kids would ski in tandem and I could slalom with the rest of the family in the boat at 35 MPH or...
  8. Texasmark

    What is this connector? 60HP four-stroke tiller

    Couple of thoughts: Assuming you only have one switch for your tilt and this is suspected as being in the wiring harness between the switch and the unit. Unplug that connector and see if your tilt works or not. If no, then you are on the right track. In my last boat I had 3 PTT switches: On...
  9. Texasmark

    2000’s Bayliner 175 I/O

    I noticed the hand rail on top of the cabin offering support when you walk on the Gunwale around the cab and want some support.......I really like that...find it to be a must have!!!! You really ought to enjoy that boat. On what you paid for it.........forget it!!!!! Money is long gone and...
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    Aluminum Boat Paint

    On the topic of this post: I forget what it was but decades ago I painted something with Aluminum Paint. The problem I had with that choice was that the pigment that was at the surface of the painted surface was not sufficiently bonded to the paint and the Aluminum rubbed off on me and my...
  11. Texasmark

    How to Run on stand

    You didn't ask any questions about cooling water to the engine. Muffs and a water hose would be your best bet and I wouldn't attempt anything else.
  12. Texasmark

    Mercury Tempest, Turning Point Mach 3 or Michigan Wheel Apollo?

    Since you mentioned the prop, were the two pictures....the upper picture of your boat on the water vs the lower right picture of that black prop taken with the prop shown being used in the upper picture?
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    Mercury Tempest, Turning Point Mach 3 or Michigan Wheel Apollo?

    Even if you were (over trimming) that's one helluva picture. What's your MPH....65? I don't see a "pad" but the lifting strakes down the hull surely help you to get where you are......the fine spray mist helps to support your speed.....moving right along....noticing your caps on backwards so...
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    Lowe 185 Ski & Fish with Verado 150 – bow won’t lift

    Are we getting any feedback on our efforts to solve this problem. Has the owner checked for a hook? What I'm seeing in the pictures posted, if the owner doesn't have the engine tucked all the way in, he has a horrible hook and it ought to be noticeable with the necked eye....wouldn't even need...
  15. Texasmark

    Tricks to hold flywheel to tighten nut

    Ok change the direction of the impact wrench for another bullshit post!
  16. Texasmark

    Tricks to hold flywheel to tighten nut

    You don't have to have a hassle, or hold anything. Just get out your "impact " wrench and have at it, no holding required. Nothing like impact to remove a nut.....BTDT many times...like just yesterday I was trying to remove the alternator pulley on one of my tractors. It had a hex socket...
  17. Texasmark

    Electronic steering

    Noticed how many "new??" companies are getting into the auto repair insuring business. They use that logo "remember, everything man-made will fail." Gotta be money in the business.....I guess....time will tell.
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    Mercury Tempest, Turning Point Mach 3 or Michigan Wheel Apollo?

    Well if they quit doing that, what are they making...just props for larger vessels or going out of business?
  19. Texasmark

    Lowe 185 Ski & Fish with Verado 150 – bow won’t lift

    Long stints sitting on a trailer with inadequate support is what causes a hook in the hull. Easy to spot. Agree with Chris on the comment. Just think about it.....if you have a depression in the hull preceding the transom, the water flowing down the hull underneath, depresses in the center of...
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    Lowe 185 Ski & Fish with Verado 150 – bow won’t lift

    On the "tricky trim" something that I learned: If the front edge of the AV plate is below the hull line (as measured herein) bow lift at higher trim angles responds much better. Problem is that if you want speed, having the AV plate below the hull line adds drag to the system and top end isn't...
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