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  1. rolmops

    Lake Ontario fishing

    We went out on Lake Ontario this Friday and we caught a nice 7 pound steelhead (rainbow alias bug eater on steroids) a 14 and a 23 pound king salmon.Not bad for a 3 hour trip to enjoy the sunset. We caught the trout 35 feet down but the salmon was caught when we lowered our down rigger balls to...
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    1964 9.5 Evinrude

    This is a longshaft with aftermarket remote control setup little 9.5 trolling motor which does great on my 19 footer.There probably are only a few longshafts 9.5s. Anyways,the problem is water coming out from between the outer cover and the exhaust housing.The water is cold while at the same...
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    shock absorbers

    I tow my 19 footer with a grand caravan,but the rear end of the vehicle goes down a bit mostly because it is not fitted with a tow package. I put an extra tranny fluid cooler and the weight on the tongue is only about a hundred pounds the trailer is about 500 pounds below the tow rating of my...
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    exhaust trouble/tachometer

    This is for a 1984 4 cylinder 75 horse Mercury outboard,which I picked up with a 1984 18 foot sylvan for $1000 bucks.This is my second Merc,all my other outboards are OMC This engine has a through hub exhaust system, which should dull the noise and leave very little smoke to come out of the...
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    Mercury remote controls

    The remote control system on my boat,is a quicksilver that is original with a 1984 75 horse engine. The handle (without t/t) is quite wobbly and after some reading I found that it has a screw at the bottom of the handle that can be tightened. I checked on my handle and found a hole that is...
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    Home Depot into boating business???

    I got this Home Depot Email Add for an automatic 500GPH Sahara bilge pump for $39.98.$10.00 less than I-boats.After checking it out I ordered one and that is when strange things started happening.First the site claimed that the pump was back ordered,but as soon as the pumps become available...
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    exhaust bellows

    This is for a Volvo-Penta AQ 170 straight block with what I presume is an AQ270 outdrive. The exhaust bellows are ruined and my friend asked me to replace them for him.He bases my I/O expertise on the fact that I like to fix late 1950s 10 horse Johnson outboards.... Anyway,replacing the outboard...
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    great stuff foam

    I have to replace a small section of foam under one of my deck boards and I wonder whether it is possible to use "great stuff" instead of the 2 component foam that is normally used.It just seems to be so much easier and cheaper.
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    trial by water.

    Today was a bad day. The original plan was to fishing on Sunday,but the weather report looked nasty. The plan changed to today.Then the weather people issued a small craft warning for Lake Ontario. So I went to Owasco lake.By the time I got there there was a stiff northern breeze but nothing...
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    Connecting a GPS to a radio.

    I have a Garmin 182 GPS and a Uniden Oceanus ship to shore radio.The radio has a few extra plugs hanging out of the rear.One for a PA system and the other to hook up to a GPS so in case of a MOB or MAYDAY the radio will automatically start broadcasting the ships location combined with a constant...
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    fuel connector.

    Hello guys, I just rebuilt a little 10 horse 1959 Johnson and it runs real sweet.One of the changes made is the introduction of a fuel pump so as not to have to deal with different type fuel tanks in a boat.That works fine too. One thing that bugs me is the fuel hose connector on the engine...
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    beyond the plug club.

    Just wondering,did YOU ever forget to remove the strap that holds the boat to the trailer and then you did not understand why the boat did not slide into the water? Or even better,did you ever forget to remove the transom saver?Or worse did you ever forget to put it back on? Or how about,did you...
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    trailer tires.

    I was just offered to buy a few sets of 7.75-14st tires on wheels for very cheap.Are these tires interchangable with F78-14st tires? Thank you help.
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    1959 10 hp Johnson.

    I picked up this little 1959 10 hp Johnson outboard to rebuild and keep me out of trouble this winter and it left me with a few questions that are better answered before I do things the wrong way. In the Seloc manual ( yes I know,it is not a factory manual)it states that it produces 10 hp at...
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    Can I hook up a remote on this?

    This is for a 9.8 hp little merc that I can get for $175. The serial is 7196133 which makes it a 1985 ,or so I think. I would use this as a trolling motor and it would be important for me to be able to hook it up to a remote shift and throttle setup. Can I do this with this little engine? Thank...
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    measuring pitch.

    I have a Michigan propeller on my mercury.After having scrubbed off all the sooth I found it to be a "PM 3 CUP".After having done some cross referencing this turned out to be one of the following: Michigan 031042/3/4. So now I know that the prop is roughly a 13 inch diameter.The pitch is one out...
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    Tales of the improbable.

    I just read through this 2010 language thing and it read like one of the tales of the improbable. Let's make our own tale of the improbable.Just add your own few lines. Here goes. As I rode my camel in the desert to breath the air around Tom Paine. I met a lovely lady,as she was walking in the...
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    Is this highway robbery?

    Leafing through Craigs list this afternoon, I came upon an ad for a 1959 10 horse Johnny for 125 smackeroos.So I drove out there to see what's cooking and checked the engine.It has spark and an even 90 pounds in each hole.Not bad says I to myself.I thought about the deal a bit and decided...
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    transom replacement.

    This is for a 1984 aluminum sylvan 18 footer outboard transom I have to replace the transom wood in this boat and I am wondering about how to do this. The boat has an aluminum outer skin and the wood behind it is very rotten. I did some reading up on the subject and found some people advising...
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    replacement windshields.Sylvan 1984

    the boat I just bought misses the window that sits in the middle and can be opened and closed. Does anybody know of a website where these parts are for sale? Thank you for your help.
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