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    1993 150XRi putting out 16 volts

    Was breaking in my outboard after a complete overhaul and was monitoring gauges closely as I ran it. Suddenly I saw the voltage jump to almost 16 volts and stay there. Back to the ramp to take her home. My outboard has two rectifier/regulator modules mounted under the coil plate. No biggie I...
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    OK, 1993 150 XRi ate #4 cylinder

    From the scoring on the walls it looks like the cylinder went super lean and it wiped out the walls. Piston has an eaten away section right by the port. Compression was 115 across the board but #4 was 20. Engine lost RPM on the water and then quit but started back up and ran on 5 for a few...
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    Aftermarket Voltage Regulators- Good, Bad or ?

    Hey all, Have a 1993 150XRi that has recently begun to act up a bit after warming up completely. She'll run the voltmeter at 13.5-13.7 all day long and then start pegging it up to 15+. It'll stay there for the rest of the day it does it. it will run for the first 1/2 an hour or so normally and...
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    Antenna parts question- don't know where to put this

    Not a question on electronics per se so I put it here... Have an 8' Shakespeare antenna on my boat and found the ferrule stripped after a road trip. It must have loosened while we drove and the vibration ate the threads off. (Chrome plated brass.) I contacted Shakespeare and they said I could...
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    Reality TV- waste of air time?

    The advent of reality TV has caused this genre to explode into areas I never thought I'd see on TV. From Survivor (one of the first) to such silliness now as home buying, pawn shops and the like. One channel comes up with a "new" area to film in and all the other stations run to get something...
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    Simple question a basic piece

    Picked up an old aluminum beater that needs a lot of TLC but she'll be worth it when done. A little 14 footer that has seen better days. I am looking for the brackets that go from the seats to the hull. 8" long aluminum brackets or so with an embossed oval in the center for stiffening. They...
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    1957 (I think) Evinrude 5.5 Fisherman help please

    I just picked up a beater aluminum boat, rusty trailer and 2 (two) Evinrude 5.5hp Fisherman O/Bs for $100. One 'Rude is pretty clean and already showed signs of life with a squirt of fuel in the intake. She ran about 3 seconds and actually sounded quite smooth. The second one is locked up and...
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    Don't really know where this question belongs

    I just wound up with an old Powerwinch anchor windlass. It's a model 410C and is a capstain style windlass. It's 110V AC powered. (Yes, you read that correctly.) It works fine but I have no use for it and wanted to know what one would do with a unit like this. Do the big boats use 110V...
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    Is this an issue?

    1993 Merc 150 XRi has been having overheat issues that I thought I fixed a while back but it's still acting up. Did T-stats two weeks ago and found an issue but it didn't fix it completely. Poppet was cleaned at the same time. Ordered a water pressure gauge and plumbed it last night. WP at idle...
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    What a hoot! Misdirected priorities...

    As I type I'm watching a guy boating on a small Metropark lake near me. This little 185 acre bowl is deep and clear and draws local boaters who want to play a bit. Motorboats are allowed on even days and sailboats/pwc are allowed on odd days. No HP limit but there's a 35 mph speed limit. Cool...
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    Why do people even bother

    I love looking through the boat 4 sale ads and coming across this creampuff. "Great little fishing boat". This is usually followed by desciption of how the floor is soft, that the engine ran two years ago when it was parked and the tires are good on the trailer but are flat and need air. What...
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    Silly question? Water pressure help needed.

    My old girl is getting a new water pressure gauge this weekend for several reasons. I'm having overheat issues and the boat has never had one. I will be checking pressure once the gauge is in. My question is: When running an engine on a hose with muffs, does that impact the water pressure...
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    Fixed my overheating issue- 1993 Mercury 150XRi

    After a year of on again, off again overheat issues I finally found my problem. Two years ago I had run through some sand while on the Ohio River. This sand was talcum powder fine and clogged the poppet valve cavity. I immediately got an overheat alarm at speed. When I went to make the repair...
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    Oblivious boaters!

    Went to put the boat in Saturday night on the river to go out and play a bit. While at the ramp I watched a guy and two buddies work on an older 24' cuddy. They were having issues keepng it running. I asked if I could help, got a wave and a "we got it" and left it at that. I launched and ran...
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    Steering tube question on Merc 150

    Hello All, I have a 1993 Merc 150 and while working on the engine over the weekend and doing some regular maintenance I noticed that there is some play in the tube/shaft that the engine sits on. This is the tube that allows the engine to swivel left and right. I see a gap at the bottom on the...
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    Please tell me where to find this?

    I'm posting this here due to the higher numbers of viewers and hopefully someone can help. I am looking for a 10 (TEN) wire ignition switch for my 1993 Proline center console. It runs a Mercury engine. I have an internal short to ground that is causing issues and all I can find are the 6 wire or...
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    Electrical issue- ignition switch?

    Hello All, Had a recent issue with my boat that has me scrathing my head right now. Took the boat out and 5 minutes after being on the water I lost my tach, my volt gauge, fuel gauge and accessories like the radio and depth finder. Temp gauge pegged to the 250 degree mark. I saw the temp...
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    Oh, it needed that piece?

    Last Saturday I had absolutely nothing to do so I drove over to a local lake that gets lots of weekend traffic. (And I mean LOTS.) It's only a 2,500 acre lake and it gets killed on the weekends. The ramps can be quite interesting to watch. Found a shady spot and plopped my chair down to watch...
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    Arrgghh- Stewpit Boat

    Why is it that my boat will work perfectly when I am out fishing by myself but seems to screw up EVERY time I take the family out? Does it just not like them? How does it know who is in my boat and who isn't? Took the family out yesterday for a day of tubing and swimmng- within 10 minutes of...
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    Time to pile on- anchor winches

    I'm tired of pulling up a 22 lb anchor a dozen times a night so I've been having thoughts of buying an anchor winch. My boat's anchor locker isn't big enough for a true windlass and the deck mount jobs are $500. I'm looking at the drum-style winches. Howvever, after looking online and seeing all...
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