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    1960 rds-22 40 horse

    I just aquired the above mentioned motor and was reading another post about the spark on this motor and was interested in the part CATransplant was saying about the two wires that come from under the flywheal. Acording to the post the one wire comes from under the flywheal and goes to the vacume...
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    NO Capacity plate

    What a delema, I have been running this 14' trihul for the whole summer and it has no capacity plate on it. At the begining of summer the coast guard auxilary was at the ramp doing safetey inspections and said that the boat did not need one because of its age. Yes its that old. Anyway I want to...
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    what should I look out for

    Ok so Im going to look at a boat and wondering what to look for. The boat is a 99 bayliner, 20 ft with a 3 liter i/o. I have only had smaller boats with outboards before and I dont know what to check for with I/O's or cuddy cabins. PLEASE EDUCATE ME!!!!
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    Thats karma for ya

    So Saturday I go the extra 10 miles out of my way to go to the ramp thats never that busy so I wouldnt have to deal with any idiots while Im trying to launch my boat. So after fighting the traffic and dealing with all the spring breakers on Siesta Key I get all the way to the south end of the...
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    looking for a solution to my transom problem

    Okat so the problem is my transom is just to low. When I got the boat it came with a longshaft honda 15 hp and it runs great but obviously the prop sits to low in the water. I bought the bat thinking I could just put a jack pltae on it but quickly found out that whenever I slow down the water...
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    do I have to rebuild the transom?

    Okay so the boat is a 14 ft trihull and it has a longshaft on it. This is not the only problem thouh, the boat sits to low in the water or the transom does anyhow. Wen I got the boat I could run it at any speed and when I let off the throttle The wake would catch up to the boat and water would...
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    honda four stroke maintnence??

    I just got a used 15 hp honda four stroke and it seems to be in great shape. The oil is clean the plugs look good and the fuel filter is brand new. All the outboards I have ever owned have been two stroke so I am wondering what other maintenence needs to be kept track of besides fuel filter...
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    honda bf15 wires??

    I just got a boat with a honda bf15, electric start. Runs great but im wondering what the four wires are hanging out by the tiller handle. the wires for the starter are on the other side and Im thinking these must be for charging the batterey but why four wires so I dont want to hook anything up...
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