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I just got a 1989 stratos 201 pro that I know nothing about..From what I understand it 20.2 feet long.. I'm not use to a boat this big,,I'm use to 16 to 18ft boat with a max hp of 90hp..I was wondering what's the least and max hp I can put on this boat..I'm not looking to go very fast..I want to...

I have a Mercury 150hp that cut off on me on the lake. It would ran fine for about 3 hours and it just died. I had it looked at and I was told that the motor was Carbonized and when it gets hot, its going to die. I guess my question would be, have anyone heard of that, and if so is there...

I'm trying to get my fuel gauge to work right. As I put fuel in my tank the gauge stayed on empty. So I decided to check the sending unit. As I was taking the sender out of the tank, the needle went to full and stayed there. I tried to play with the float to see if the needle would go back to...

I have an electrical issue that I need help with. I have a 1996 Mercury 75hp, I just got it after sitting for awhile. I tried to start it for the first time on Tuesday, but for some odd reason I wasn?t getting any power to any part of the motor. I kicked both tires and all of a sudden I got...

I have a 1996 75hp Mercury Force Outboard, that had not run in 2 years. Yesterday I tried to start the motor and everything was dead (no power nowhere). Brand new batteries, but no power nowhere. So, I decided to finish up something else on the boat. By the time I was done with that, I...

I have a dual Teleflex rack steering helm that I picked up really cheap. My question is has anyone taken a dual helm and made it a single. It looks easy, (pop off the retaining clip, pulling off rear gears replacing the retainer clip. Thanks Mav

I have 1995 Mercury 60hp. I just picked up this motor the other day. I was told the son went out in the boat and hit something with the lower unit and the foot was bad and the foot was making some noise when I turned it. I was also told and the motor was good, but I'm finding out differently...

Need a little help with a question. Here is the story, I just bought a NITRO boat, I was told that the motor was in good shape. The only thing that was wrong was the foot. I was told the prop hit something on coming in.. And as you turn the prop, you can hear that something is just not right...

Got a questions, I hope somone can help me out. I helpped a friend repair some nicks in his boat. The top of the boat were the paint is, (I think that is called the gelcoat) dull. If you wet it, it looks like it came off the showroom floor. What he wants to try is a gallon of clear...

I have a general question, I have a 1998 Evinrude 90hp. My question is, Is there differance between cleaning a set of carb's and rebuilding a set of carb's. I thoiught you just rebuilt carb's. I took my motor in to have the carb's done, I was asked did I need my carb's cleaned or rebuilt...

I have a 1990 NITRO BASS BOAT that has a hairline crack in the gelcoat above the waterline (Please see picture). Is there any to repair with messing up the gelcoat. Thanks mav

I have a MOTOR-GUIDE BRUT HYPER. I'm missing speeds 1 & 2 on both the 12 & 24v side. I do have speeds 3, 4, and 5.. Speeds 3 & 4 are the same speeds with no change on both sides (12&24v). Any ideas... Thanks MAv

Question, I have the opportunity to get a 2003 Mercury 125 HP for a really good price.. The only problem is During a leak down test the following was found; The cylinder leak down test results are as follows; #1 - 10% #2 - 12% - #3 - 100% - Bad cylinder- #4 - 10%. I'm asumming cylinder 4 has...

Good evening everyone, I just trade up and got rid of one bass boat headache for another.. This time I got a NITRO, I was going through the wiring because everything on the boat was diconnected..The young men that I brought the boat from was using it as a party boat with 15 inch sub's, I mean...

Good afternoon everyone...I'm trying to hard wire a set of controls to a Evinrude 1998 90hp. The controls look like the control that came with the boat..its a 1992 Nitro... The controls that are on the boat came with the big red plug, and another harness with 5 wires that look like they might...

I have a Minn Kota PD 65, and I noitced that the motor was making a great deal of noise. I took the motor a part and replace bushing and 2 other bushing around the prop spindle. I also nticed after putting the unit back together, I can grab the prop and I have about a quater of an inch...

Ok, I got all the wires connected under the dash, so I'm go there.. I'm working with the trim/tilt wires at the moment. And at this stage I am totally lost. I just found out that I have something called a trim/tilt box, which I thought was just another fuse box. In the pictures below, I have...

Here what I have, I have a OMC set of controls with the following wiring coming from the controls. Red, Black/white, Black/yellow, Yellow/red, Purple and Purple/white. What I'm tring to fine out is the Sender for the tach gage. I have the following wires from the tach, Black, Gray, Purple...

Ok have a question, I'm having a problem with this motor staying running. It will run for 20 seconds and die. I have change almost every part on this motor. I took the motor to a marine shop that told me that everything was on the motor was fine, that I had a fuel problem and all I needed was...

I need some help with my boat gages. I never had the gages hooked up in the 10 years. Until yesterday,when I ran out gas (for the 5th time), but that another story.. Ok Here is my situation. I have the following gages Tilt/trim, Gas, Tech, Temp, and MPH gage. The Gas and Temp gages with MPH...