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    How fast should my boat go?

    I have an 18 foot 1991 bayliner with a 90hp Force. I also have a hydrofoil (don't know the brand. It was on when I bought it), so I don't know if that matters. It planes right away, and handles waves perfectly. All around it's very good. I can only get about 28mph out of it though. Is this...
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    Help with steering manual selection?

    I have a 91 bayliner 17.5 capri with a 90hp force outboard. The steering is really stiff on it, so I've been doing some reading on iboats and found the teleflexmarine site with the manuals. My problem is that I don't know which manual I should be looking at. The boat is at the lake 2 hours...
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    How to premix with a built in tank?

    I just bought a new (to me) 1991 bayliner with a 90hp force outboard of the same year. I've mixed gas for many years for many toys, but I was wondering about doing it properly with a built in gas tank. I usually add the oil so that it gets mixed while adding the gas, but with a built in tank, I...
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    Proper use of power trim (New user)

    I've just bought my second boat but this is the first time that I've had power trim. The boat is a 91 18' bayliner with a 90 hp outboard. How do you usually start off with the motor trimmed? Do you start with the motor all the way down and trim up, or some other variation? What about pulling a...
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    New to this. Is my outboard 'dragging'? Please help.

    Hi, I just bought a used 83 Deltacraft 14 foot bowrider with a 83 40hp Merc. It's a pretty shallow boat with manual trim. I took it out this weekend and there is a pile of water shooting out from each side of the motor BETWEEN the motor and the transom. Quite a bit is flowing back into the...
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    Initial hookup of battery/wiring???

    I'm trying to start this boat that I just bought, and am not getting any spark, but I don't know if I've missed hooking something up. It's a 83 merc with remote control. I've run the two battery cables and that's it. Is there any other wiring that I should hook up to the battery? If not, then...
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    Another control cable question

    I was hooking up my control cables to my 83 outboard and everything went fine, until I realized that I don't know how the cables will stay on. At the engine end of the cables there is a small round hole that attaches to a small post on the throttle and another to the shifter. These fit fine...
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    1983 40hp have Oil Injection?

    Or will I be mixing gas and oil. If so, what is the correct oil/gas mix?
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    Help hooking up Merc controls

    Now that I've found out the year of my Merc (1983 40 hp), I need to know if there are any good writeups on hooking up the controls for a newbie. thanks.
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    Searched, can't find year from serial number (Canada)

    Hi, I've been reading a lot of the posts here and have searched for this info. I've just bought my first boat, and it came with a 40 hp Merc. I have the serial number and tried the suggested charts for finding the year, but it seems to be missing on every chart. I know that it's about 1984 and...
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