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    Winterizing?

    Hello everyone, I just bought a new 25hp Mercury 4 stroke today which I have been waiting on for two months. Anyway I live in Savannah, GA where it rarely ever snows. Last year it only got below freezing maybe ten nights all year. I'm just wondering whether I need to winterize the motor in...
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    Trolling motor stopped working?

    I have a Minn Kota 30 pound thrust trolling motor. I have used it a good few times. The other day I was using it and it just stopped working. The batteries still had plenty of charge. I tried to get it to work and the propeller barely turned a few times and then wouldn't turn at all after...
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    What paint is good to use

    I have a 15' fiberglass jon boat. I bought it used and the exterior is faded a good bit. I'm trying to figure out if i should just paint it or if I could just wax it or something. If it is better to paint what is a good kind of paint to use. I mean it is not faded horribly its just not shiny...
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    Pull rope stopped working?

    I went to test my motor last night which is a 25hp Mariner manual (rope start). I pulled it one time and it started up for a second but then cut off. So I pulled it one more time and there was no resistance at all. An infant could have pulled it out. Anyway, I'm not too experienced with...
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    What is Seafoam and what does it do?

    I keep hearing about seafoam but I just want to know what it does for your engine, how to use it, and where to buy it from?
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    What hp motor to use for 15ft fiberglass

    Hello everyone, I am trying to go as cheap as possible because I don't have that much money and I had bad experience with buying a used motor. Anyway my boat is 15 feet and weighs approximately 550 pounds. I had a 25 hp on it and was going about 30mph. I don't need to go fast. I just want...
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    86 Mariner 25hp not much speed

    The motor is running at about half the speed it is capable of going. I had a mechanic test it out in the water the other day. He ran some tests on it. First he bent the propeller back into normal position, he said it was bent pretty bad. That made it go a little faster. Also he said that...
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    Please help with year of 25hp Mariner

    I'm trying to get a picture attached on here of one that looks just like it. I need to at least find out if it was built before 1990. I'm trying to get a manual for it. The years of the manuals are 1977-1989 and 1990 and after.
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    25hp Mariner starts but barely moves

    Hello Everyone, I have the worst luck with things. I bought a 25hp Mariner and could not get it to start. So I took it to a shop and they had the boat for four weeks and they said they cleaned the carberator and replaced the water pump. So I go to take the boat out today and it started up...
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    what kind of knots for anchor?

    I'm trying to figure out what kind of knots are used to tie rope to an anchor. Also what kind of knot would be used to put a loop at the end of a rope for easy the easy tiedown method
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    need year of Mariner 25hp outboard

    the plate on the engine says: Mariner 25M 695-5022216 or it could be 695-S022216. I'm not sure if it was a 5 or an S
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    Liquid electric tape on trailer light wires?

    Hello Everyone I'm new to boating and I had to rewire my boat trailer. I used that liquid electrical tape and completely covered my splices with it. Is that enough to keep salt water out? Also I bought some stuff called Gunk Silicone spray and it says it has high dielectric characteristics...
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    Battery acid built up on pos. battery terminal

    I'm trying to figure out why my left turn signal isn't working on my trailer. Well the hoppy 4 wire flat connector kit I bought for my 2000 Ford Explorer had a power wire that had to be connected to the battery. It has been about 5 months since I hooked it up and I just checked the battery and...
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    What preventitive maintenance should I do on 25hp Mariner

    Hello everyone, I recently bought a boat with a 25 hp Mariner. I'm not sure what year it is but I'm pretty sure it is an 80's model. Anyway since I bought it i've had problems starting it. I finally took it to a shop and they said the carberator needed to be cleaned and the water pump had...
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    How do you run a ground wire from trailer lights

    I know that the lights are supposed to be grounded through mounting bolts on the trailer lights, but everyone says to run a separate ground wire up to the ground point on the coupler. Do you have to attach this ground to both the wires coming from the trailer light or to the mounting bolts on...
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    What is used to fill in chipped fiberglass

    I recently bought a 1991 South Seas 15' jon boat. Nobody has ever seemed to have heard of it. (If anyone knows where I can get information about this brand of boats let me know). Anyways there are some decent sized chips in the hull in the front v which a repairman pointed out to me but he...
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    Left turn signal on trailer not working

    Hello everyone, I'm pretty new to boating and I just bought a used boat and trailer. I had to wire my Ford Explorer with a flat 4-wire Hoppy connector. Also I had to rewire the trailer because the lights weren't working properly. Well after doing all that I still have a problem..... My...
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