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    merc 80hp - similar to wrenchtrnr72

    Hi, I had an earlier post about my boat's performance, but had never compared in and out of water. After reading wrenchtrnr72's post, decided to put muffs on in the back yard. Anyway, the motor runs great with the muffs on and throttles up fine. In the lake, with the throttle pushed all the...
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    purred like a kitten....yea right

    Here is original posted info on buying this boat.<br /> http://www.iboats.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=008948#000000 <br /><br />Anyway, picked the boat up after the mechanic did the said work. He said it purred like a kitten. We put it in the water last weekend, and idle...
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    heck of a deal? what do you think?

    Hi, my wife and I are buying our first boat, and we think we've came across a good deal. 1979 Glastron open bow, with 80hp Mercury. He asked $1500 for it, and said he would pay for recommended repairs from mechanic. I picked the boat up from his house, took to local Marina. Suggestions...
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    1966 18hp Evinrude won't start ! Help !

    Hi and thank you all so much for running this board ! We have just purchased a 1966 18hp Evinrude. It had been sitting for a year. Got it home and changed the impeller. That night we got it started by pull start. Fired, spit sputter, lots of cob webs and little bugs came out of it. Lots of...
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