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    Picked up an 86' 9.9 HT, bit of a cold starter.

    Picked up an nice old 86' Yamaha F9.9 HT Electric start off craigslist for 450$ that has good compression, runs good once warmed up a bit, and needs a reseal on the gear case as there is a bit of cloudiness to the gear oil. Only "Issue" it seems to have it that is takes 3-4 cranks to get it...
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    low speed fuel screw setting for a 28spl

    I have a 28spl that I go with my pontoon boat last year which I replaced with a larger 4 stroke. Now I want to use the engine on a small fishing boat but It had issues with "sneezing" at idle an will sometimes die if it sneezes too hard. I played around with the low speed setting and got it to...
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    F40 remote conversion

    I'm going to look at a older F40 Tiller steer with tnt and 20" shaft for a great price. I need a remote steer and I'm wondering how much is involved in changing it over. I have 703 control box/cables of a older 130 V4 in the garage. do I need anything else besides the steering rod to finish the...
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    Looking at a honda BF45

    I was wondering how long they made them for, the owner claims its a 98' model but I've tried researching the BF45 and Only seem to see them made until 94'. Its from a boat dealer in a different state that doesn't sell honda outboard but the compression and everything checks out and the price is...
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    40hp vs. 50hp engines with the same engine block (suzuki df40/df50)

    I'm looking to repower my pontoon and was looking to purchase a DF50 for it (its rated for a 60hp max). The difference in price is 800$ between the 2 and its only 300$ more to get the DF60 over the DF50 but its too tall to fully tilt up and I feel the 360# is just too much weight for this old...
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    20' Toon' with a Johnson 28spl

    Decided to leave the 87' johnson 28spl on the pontoon boat for now instead of taking the 70hp Johnsuki off my fishing boat. I need a new prop for the 28spl as it still has the "shipped from the factory, light weight boat, 9x12" prop on it with a few decent dings in the blade. I bought the...
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    Bought a Toon' and putting my 70hp Johnzuki on it.

    I just bought a 20' Kennedy pontoon and its rated for 70hp max. it has Octagon pontoons on it so it has flat bottoms on the tubes and its pretty light at a listed 700# with no motor. Currently its bare with just a captains station and no other seating (the way it came from the factory). I plan...
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    looking at a 87ish 28hp johnson....

    I'm going to look at a 20' pontoon tomarrow for a good price and it has a 28hp Johnson on the back that looks to be a mid 80's color combo. The boat is a 87'. I was wondering what engine this oddball 28hp is based off of, what the compression should be, and any know issues to look out for. The...
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    OMC Evinrude Trolling motor info.

    I have a 24v Evinrude trolling motor on my boat and its seen better days as it needs quite a few parts replaced to make it operate smoothly. I was wondering how much thrust it has since It moves my boat good enough at 2.5mph in 24v mode and want to replace it with a new minnkota V2 Power drive...
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    Stainless for a multipurpose boat

    I've got a 70hp 4stroke Johnson on my boat (Suzuki rebadge) and It came with a 13x17 prop. This engine takes V4 props with a 2.42 gear ratio. With this prop I'm hitting the rev limiter @ ~37-38mph when I run empty with one person aboard. I'm looking for a good stainless that would work well for...
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    system check gauge functions on a 4 stroke?

    I didn't get a manual with 99 Johnson 70hp 4 stroke. The boat I pulled it off of had only the trim gauge hooked up and no working tach. I'm looking at picking up a system check tach for this motor but descriptions on the BRP website are pretty short but they do state it works with "all 96+...
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    vented props and trolling

    just a quick thought, how would a vented prop effect trolling. My Johnsuki trolls down to a nice even 2mph but would slower speeds be possible with a vented prop? or is this a bad idea?
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    installing a permenent tank.

    the floor was getting bad in my boat so I currently have the floor ripped out (16' aluminum) I really wanted to install an underfloor tank but I only have 5" of room between the floor and the hull and I can't find one that will fit a semi V like mine thats only 5" tall. I have a storage area up...
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    Johnson 70hp 4 stroke ?'s

    Are these engines 100% suzuki built with a white paintjob and an OMC electrical connector or are they Suzuki powerheads on a OMC mid/lower? The reason I ask is I've worked a person down to 4500$ cash for a 1995 17' Northwood aluminum boat (average condition) on a like new roller trailer with a...
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    trim tabs on a "rowboat" style hull.

    My 16 foot Lund has what I would call a "rowboat" style Vhull. Its a V-hull but the V slowly dissappears to Flat at the transom like most aluminum row boats do where as most 16'+ concole steer boats are V'd all the way back. With the 90hp V4 on the back now it jumps on plain dang quick but I...
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    V4 block machineing

    I got my OMC service manual today but I can't find any specs on how much material is allowed to be machined off the cylinder decks to true up the block on a crossflow V4. My block has a sleeve that was installed a few years ago and its about .012 below the rest of the deck height where it blew...
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    V4 crossflow block interchange

    I need to overhaul my 88' 88spl I bought a few weeks back due to excessive wear on #3 cylinder. The sleeve that was installed on #1 cylinder seems to have been installed too deep as its sits .015 lower than the block and has trouble with blowing the headgasket. I was wondering it if ok/common to...
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    cylinder wear

    I just got my 88' 88spl last week and the previous owner had it overhauled 2 years ago (1 new piston/sleeve and 3 hone/rering) and he showed me the reciepts. It has about 100 hours on the overhaul and the compression looked good on his gauge (110-120 on all 4). So I bought it and brought it home...
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    Trim questions (88' 88spl)

    the Tn'T seems to work just fine unless I trim the motor all the way in. When I do that and try to trim back out/up the motor working but it sounds like there is no load on the pump and it will do that for 15-20 seconds then all off a sudden it will start moving again and will work all the way...
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    rev limiter on a 88' 88spl

    Just picked up a 88' 88spl yesterday and mounted it on my boat today. The guy I bought it from had it on an 17' cuddy which ran 32mph on gps with it. He gave me a spare prop and both props are 13.5x17 and I think there probibly too short of a pitch for my boat as I should get 40mph+ out of my...
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