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My friend has a 22' Twin Vee with two 2001 Ficht Evinrude 115s. He just blew the powerhead on one of them. Both engines have about 600 hours on them. My question is what to do?
A new Evinrude E-tec 115 is about $10k, so $20k for a pair. It is $6k to have the powerhead rebuilt on his...
I have a Sugarsand Tango Jet Boat with a Mercury 175hp Sport Jet. At idle or low rpm's, it began sounding 3 long beeps. It beeps 3 times upon startup and also 3 times when idling down after running at higher rpm. Both oil tanks are near full and it doesn't seem like it could be overheating...
We purchased a cottage on a small lake. It is deep in the center but is shallow and weed/muck around the edges. I would like to get about an 18' boat for skiing and tubing along with some fishing. It will need to cross 100 yards or so of 2-3' water to where it will be docked. What would be...
I have a Twinvee catamaran with twin 150 evinrudes. The steering is hydraulic. Somehow during the winter the steering changed and the engines point much further inward than before (they always were angled in some). Since it is a cat, they are far apart so they cant hit each other. Also, at...
I am looking at buying a brand new boat that is a model year 2001 with brand new twin 2001 150hp ficht engines. I have the following questions:<br /><br />1. Is the 2001 ficht a problem? There are a lot of posts on fichts late 90s through 2000 but not 2001. <br /><br />2. Is buying outboards...
I am looking at buying a brand new boat that is a model year 2001 with brand new twin 2001 150hp ficht engines. I have the following questions:<br /><br />1. Is the 2001 ficht a problem? There are a lot of posts on fichts late 90s through 2000 but not 2001. <br /><br />2. Is buying outboards...
I have a 1993 200 hp Johnson on a 23' Proline that has about 400 hours on it. Over the weekend it developed two problems. Problem 1 occured after trolling for a couple hours at around 1100 rpm. When running in at full throttle (around 5000 rpm), engine lost speed (from say 40 to 35) for maybe...
