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    Third Battery?

    Hey everyone, quick question before I make a huge mistake. I have an extra battery laying around that I'd like to put in my boat to run the audio off of. Right now I have a 4 position Perko switch (off, 1, all, 2). What I'd like to do is run a second battery off my secondary battery in parallel...
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    Installing trailer brakes

    Hey guys. Question. I failed pretty miserably on my trailer brake setup. I bought a 10" kit thinking everything would work fine, but apparently the hubs were too large for my axle. I had existing surge brakes on there, and I'm wanting to convert them over to electric. The old surge brakes are...
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    I need some reassurance from my fellow boaters...

    Tell me it's going to be okay... LOL! My mechanic has had my boat for a few weeks now before getting to it on Tuesday. Today I get a call on my way to work from them. They told me they had started it, which had me really pumped up. HOWEVER, my $800 bellows job turned into quite a bit more than...
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    Wakeboarding behind my boat... Possible?

    Hey all, I've got a '90 Cobia Spirit 2250 Cabin Cruiser. It has a built 305 V8 in it. I'd like to learn how to wakeboard, but I'm wondering if it'll be possible. I know it's best to have some sort of way to get the rope high up with like a tower or something. I don't really have that luxury, nor...
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    My boat bellows!

    Hey everyone, so I just got my boat out of storage last Thursday night! My excitement was short lived as I brought it to the mechanic on Saturday. There's nothing better than looking out your window and seeing your boat in all of it's glory! LOL! Don't laugh too hard, I was having some SERIOUS...
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    MN Boaters! Is it time yet?

    Hey everyone. I live in MN, I'm wondering if anyone out there with an I/O boat has de-winterized yet? I need to get mine to the shop, but I'm trying to find that sweet spot between way too early to de-winterize and get out of storage and way too late where all of the sudden my mechanic is going...
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    Stereo Upgrade

    Hey everyone! It's getting to that time here in MN to get the boat out of storage I think. I'm not quite sure if it's time to de-winterize it and throw it on the water yet, but I can at least start tinkering with it. One of the things I didn't quite get around to doing last season was the...
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    Newbie to boat trailering... I need some help...

    Re: Newbie to boat trailering... I need some help... Hey thanks everyone for the help! I really appreciate it! From what I'm gathering, I shouldn't need a weight distributing hitch just yet then. I will attempt to move the boat forward. I guess I probably gave the wrong idea as to what the boat...
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    Newbie to boat trailering... I need some help...

    Hey everyone. I'm more or less a newbie when it comes to the boating world. I've been dabbling over the past 3-4 years with 60s-70s Larson runabouts, but purchased a 23' Cobia cabin cruiser last season. Right now it's in storage (and I CANNOT wait for the season to start again), but I figured...
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    I broke a leaf spring... Can't find new ones?

    Hey everyone, I just recently purchased a 22' cabin cruiser. It seems my already short boating season got cut even more short as I was on my way to the lake a few weeks ago and broke a leaf spring. I can't for the life of me find another pair. You would think with all the power the internet has...
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    Trailer winch questions.

    Hey everyone, kind of new to boating, but you'll find me in the Johnson/Evinrude area mostly. Well recently I just purchased a new boat. It's a 22' Cobia (I think a sub-division of Yamaha?) It has a 350 V8 in it, inboard/outboard. It's got a fairly large cabin in it too, so it's not really a...
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    Ancient Steering Issues/Advice!

    Hey everyone! I have a 1963 Larson. It's like 15' or 16', something like that. I was on here a few years ago and found a diagram on how to thread the steering back together. Well tonight it failed miserably again. It's got a REALLY old steering system. There are two wire cables running down each...
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    Throttle and performance issues.

    Hello everyone. I have a 1963 Johnson Evinrude motor on a 1962 Larson runabout. I've had it out many times within the past few days, and it's been running great until I put it on the water today. It always starts right up without any problems, but today it would not run at full throttle. I was...
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    63 Evinrude Crankshaft issues?

    Hey everyone. Kinda new here. I have a 1963 Evinrude 35HP. On my last trip out I seemed to have destroyed a lot of things with this engine. I fixed the gear case issues, but within the last few hours realized that I think the crankshaft is screwed up. The flywheel somehow got loose, broke that...
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