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    test oil injection

    I have a 86 115 Johnson with oil injection, how do I know the injection system is functioning correctly? Boat has a bulb for the fuel and a bulb for the oil, when i squezze the oil bulb it seems pretty solid, so how do you know if the system is working before you burn up the motor and discover...
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    86 Jason boat

    I bought an 86 Jason 1570 FS, my question is the live well in the front, there is a factory hole on the side of the boat that looks like a bilge exit, when I blow air into it you can feel it goes to the live well. My question is shouldnt this be plugged before going into the water? Seems like...
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    Jason Boats

    I recently purchased a 1986 Jason Boat (1570 FS) for next to nothing, it has a 115 Johnson OB and the entire boat looks like brand new after a little cleanup and TLC. I've been looking everywhere and cant really find anything out about them. Is there anyone that can lead me to a site or has any...
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    Shuttle Craft

    Anyone have any experience with these, I recently was presented with a chance to purchase one and while it's an interesting concept which would really fit my watersports needs I havent heard anything good or bad about them? Anyone?
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    Shift Cable

    I've had some issues with going into reverse, it would grind and never really back up so I decided it was either out of adjustment, cable was stretched or problems with the reverse gearing so I adjusted the cable the other day and seemed to be able to get reverse good but for some reason I...
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    Reverse Grinding

    This forum has been helpful this year so lets see about my latest problem, I have Capri with a 76 Merc 650, runs great forward. Put it in reverse today for the 1st time since getting the lock fixed and it tries to engage but it makes a grinding noise and you can feel it in the throttle. If I...
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    Max Hp

    I recently purchased a really nice shape 85 Bayliner Capri 14' with a 65 hp Mercury that seems to run pretty good. I was thinking about using to pull a skier but it diesnt seem to have alot of bottom end and not sure it's enough to do what I want. I'm gonna try to reprop it (currently has a 15...
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    Getting boat to plane

    Kinda new to boating and this forum has been helpful already, I recently bought a nice little 85 Bayliner 14' with a 65hp Merc, the prop is a 15p stainless. This weekend my brother and I took it to the lake to try it out after getting it checked by a reputable shop, when we threw the throttle...
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    Reverse lock not working

    This weekend when i tried to back the boat up in the water the motor reared up towards the boat then slammed down as i got off the throttle. I checked the locks on the trim bar and they are present but they dont work, the shaft that comes from the lock to the lower case of the motor doest feel...
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    I need advice, please

    I just bought what I believe to be a nice little boat, It's a 85 Bayliner Capri that I think came with a 50hp Force engine, but someone has put a 1976 65 hp Mercury on it. The prop from what I can tell is a 15p(numbers are really faded, it's stainless)I keep reading about motor height...
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