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    Better solution for this "seat"

    After doing some research, it seems that most all leaning posts are designed to be used while in a sitting position. Kind of a confusing name to be honest. Most boating I do is in >6ft of water, so I need to be standing almost all of the time while piloting to be able to see any hazards or...
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    Better solution for this "seat"

    This makes a lot more sense. Thanks for the input ya'll. Because this is a very small boat, adding a whole seat like that would take up valuable space. I think I'm going to do away with it entirely and go the leaning post route.
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    Better solution for this "seat"

    See the attached pictures. This thing really sucks. It's way too low to actually sit on while piloting, it's difficult to get things in there for storage, it's really difficult to clean, etc. This is on a 19ft Skiff, so I don't have a ton of room to work with. I'm thinking maybe a small leaning...
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    Wildly surging RPMs

    Check this out That left side of the screen is where I hit it with contact cleaner. I genuinely was not sure that it was a screen because of how clogged with junk it was. The high pressure fuel pump screen looked similar, though not quite as bad. I don't think the regulator has been off and...
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    Wildly surging RPMs

    I'm not familiar with scanning codes on outboards, but I'm doing some research now. I'm looking at Rinda. Any suggestions or sources for info?
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    Wildly surging RPMs

    0T991605 I totally forgot that I took apart the VST. It's been a minute and I'm picking this back up after a couple months. I took apart everything except for the pressure regulator assembly, which I might should do... Float wasn't filled with gas, no pin hole in it as far as I could tell...
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    Wildly surging RPMs

    This is a 2005 50ELPTEFI. It previously had been running fine but suddenly began having this surging RPMs issue. The video shows the issue pretty well. The engine will run as normal and suddenly begin doing the surging at idle. Throttling up and getting up to speed causes the surging to stop...
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    Intermittent "surging" issue

    I haven't checked it yet, but I will definitely do that. I just put a fuel pressure meter right onto the shraeder valve on the VST, right? Also, this motor doesn't have a fuel rail per se. It's just high pressure lines after the VST that go into a distributor sort of thing.
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    Intermittent "surging" issue

    I have a separator, and the gas is very new. Maybe a month old.
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    Intermittent "surging" issue

    This is a 2005 50HP Mercury EFI. It's been having weird fuel delivery issues that have been intermittent and displaying a wide variety of symptoms, making it really confusing and hard to diag. It started with low idle while warming up, to excess fuel spilling out of the VST at idle (twice), and...
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    2005 50HP EFI - Fuel spilling out of VST overflow at idle and also stalling at idle

    This is what I'm looking at to try to help myself understand how the fuel pump works. I'd just take it apart but I a little more input before that step so I don't unecessarily damage a diaphragm.
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    2005 50HP EFI - Fuel spilling out of VST overflow at idle and also stalling at idle

    This is a Mercury 2005 50HP EFI outboard. The SN is 0T991605 Was out yesterday and noticed fuel coming out of the VST overflow, only at idle speeds. This hasn't happened before, and only happened for two times and idle speeds, then stopped. Later on, when putting the boat on the trailer, the...
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    Stiff throttle, and it's not the cables or shifter!

    Okay gotcha. Will I have to throttle up as well? It'll stall if I don't, right? I guess there will be no resistance on the prop though so it might just not stall.
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    Stiff throttle, and it's not the cables or shifter!

    I kind of have an idea of how to do that, but I just want to pass it by you so I don't damage anything. Would I disconnect the shift cables and then manually move the shift rod while having someone spin the prop? And moving the throttle rod to test if it's stiff wouldn't do any harm right? And...
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    Stiff throttle, and it's not the cables or shifter!

    I've got a 19 ft Carolina Skiff with a 2005 Mercury 50hp EFI 4 stroke that has a stiff throttle. It's not impossible to use and have been running it with a stiff throttle for a while now. It just takes more effort than it should. I hung the cables and dripped oil through them recently and tore...
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