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    Aluminum work - riveting?

    I am contemplating building a new console for one of my boats - its an 18ft Lund, not sure the model but it is a bench seat camp boat. The console is too awkward - angled and too low for the bench seat, let alone clamping on a high back seat. I made up a console for a 16ft boat of the same...
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    Smaller garmin plotters - Striker vs Echomap Plus

    Does anyone have experience with the Garmin Striker 5cv or Echomap 63cv? If so - what are your thoughts? Comments, critiques? How is the interface? I have a Garmin 820xs with Bluechart G2 Vision cartography I run on my boat and I want to get another, smaller, unit for another boat we have. The...
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    J25TEETS - Remote controls

    All, I ordered control cables (finally) for my motor - 25hp, 1993, J25TEETS. I have had the remote control box for a couple years and just jerry rigged the controls for throttle and shift with push rods instead. I am looking at how to get the cables hooked up. If I am thinking correctly -...
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    25hp J25TEETS - seems weak on power

    Hi All. I brought my 25hp motor back from my cabins last fall to try and address an apparent low power issue in the off season. I still have some time before I am wanting to use it. The model number is J25TEETS. I run it with a 10.5x11 prop. I switched from a 13 pitch down to the 11 as I was...
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    Hydraulic trailer brake options - electric actuators?

    I am ordering a new boat and things are hinging on the trailer details at the moment. I got the supplier to custom make the trailer - extra axle - but they don't offer an electric over hydraulic actuator. Does anyone have experience with them? What are some good options? What should I steer away...
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    Trailerable sailboats? Researching, looking to get one

    Hi All, I am looking in to getting my own sailboat. I've looked around at MacGregors and Hunters in the mid 20ft range, 90's models or earlier. I am not real sure what I want to get. I need to learn more about the boats. I'd like a boat with a wheel instead of a tiller rudder. That pretty much...
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    Trolling methodology - boat set up and kicker to run down riggers

    Hi all, I am looking at setting up a 19ft boat for down rigger trolling and am curious what your methodology is in trolling. If you could set up a boat for this purpose running a kicker how would you do it? What I am thinking is to run the kicker with remote controls and link the steering to...
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    Outbaord motor questions - New eTec and upcomming regs aound 2025 curbing 2 strokes?

    Just curious here if anyone has heard any rumors from manufacturers or the tournament circuits on outlawing 2 strokes period on US lakes in the future? I would be curious, if there is any merit to that, how in the world every 2 stroke running would hit the wall of no return like that. I heard...
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    Inline Male fuel connector with 3/8" barb?

    Does such a thing exist? I have 2 Merc outboards that I am trying to match up to all of my Johnson tanks and hoses. The mercs have the bayonet style and the Johnson's are all the regular 2 prong. I'd rather not have to swap the whole hose as I want to use one of the mercs as a kicker/back up to...
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    Jon boat ideas? 14-16ft, 25hp rating...

    I am browsing some jon boats here. It doesn't look like many jon boats will take a 25hp motor. Are there any worthy of looking in to that you have/have run? I am looking at multi-use for that size motor between kicker and a smaller boat motor. Lots of skiffs/utility boats are rated to that and...
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    Does anyone store a boat in a garage? How do you make it fit?

    I have been thinking about getting a nicer boat for a while now. I had my mind set on a Princecraft Nanook but I happened to be at the dealer recently and they had both that and a Hudson in stock. Same boat, the Hudson is 19ft instead of 16.5. For what I am looking for in a boat I think the...
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    25hp Johnson, 1993 model remotes

    What I am looking at doing is getting a SeaStar Solutions SL-3 top mount shifter/throttle control to run with this motor. I don't see any "kits" for adding to my specific motor. However, looking at the control rods it looks like I may be able to make something work fairly easily. I think I am...
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    Evinrude eTEC 35.2ci - 15ho, 25, 30hp - kicker?

    I had this posted in the Evinrude forum but that may not be the right place. It isn't a repair oriented question. It appears all of the following eTEC motors are the same motor based on the cubic inches and weight: 15 high output (2 stroke eTEC, not the 4 stroke portable, non-HO version) 25hp...
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    Kicker question - 35.2ci - eTEC 15ho, 25, 30hp options?

    It appears all of the following eTEC motors are the same motor based on the cubic inches and weight: 15 high output (2 stroke eTEC, not the 4 stroke portable, non-HO version) 25hp 30hp Aside from the obvious hp increase, is there anything really different about them? I've been thinking about...
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    Binoculars? Where to start...

    Exactly as the title suggests... where does one start in figuring out the specs on binoculars? I have two uses for them that pretty much encompass what I want out of them: Lake - be able to spot boats and wildlife. An example is I want to be able to see a bear or elk swimming across the bay at...
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    Moeller 12 gallon fuel tank - venting?

    I am not sure if I am posting this in the right forum, but I didn't think it went under the Engine category or Building... I got one of these tanks to run this season and am noticing a bit of a problem - I think. When running the tank collapses and at some point the motor starts cutting out...
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    Starter solenoid coil current? - 25hp johnson - J25TEETS

    Does anyone have any idea how much current the coil on a starter solenoid for a J25TEETS motor would take? Or approximately? A couple amps? 5 amps? 20 amps?
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    Side rail clamp for a utility boat - canopy attachment?

    I am looking for a clamping device I can use as an attachment for a canopy upright on the side rails of a utility boat - an 80's equivalent to a lund wc-16. The closest I can find to describe what Im looking for is a similar style clamp as what is used to attach a tonneau cover to a truck bed...
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    Remote conversion continues - help with controls - Johnson 25hp 1993 J25TEETS

    Attached are a couple pictures of my project. This has been in the works for quite some time. Here is an earlier thread I had on the helm design. http://forums.iboats.com/forum/boat-...and-visibility I was able to get to the lake last weekend and work on things. The helm works very well. I have...
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    Johnson J25TEETS remote conversion - steering parts

    I am looking through some parts here for converting a Johnson J25TEETS to remotes. It looks like the J25TEETC model has the remote controls. Looking at the parts list (http://www.**********/parts/search/BR...ETC/parts.html) for the J25TEETC it looks like the steering link kit is part number...
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