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    Best way to get fuel flow readout from 2004 F90??

    Hey guys - would love to add a fuel flow gauge of some sort to my 90 Yamaha 4 stroke. I've been reading online about these things but am a little confused. Some engines appear to output this info through (NEMA 2000?) connectors under the cowl, others seem to require inline fuel flow sensors...
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    Premature bilge pump auto circuit failures?

    Hey folks. I just had my third pump go bad in the Scout. Always the same issue - namely the internal float sensor goes bad and fails in the on position. I will hear it churning away when there's no water down there and have to pull the fuse to kill it. The pump will work fine if I turn it on at...
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    Storage Shed Discovery - 68 Evinrude Fastwin 18 hp

    Hi all - just wanted to share. A neighbour was cleaning out his shed and looking to unload this engine that has been in there 30 years. Serial number has it as a '68. Obviously not mint but it's not stuck or obviously damaged so I'm hoping a hundred bones was not too much to part with for it...
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    New build - See Our Sea Flea Fly!

    Growing up on the lake where my grandparents had a place I used to watch some of the older kids zipping around in these things with mid-fifties motors of various makes. Mostly OMC, I'd love their mellow exhaust note as they whooshed by. I wanted one so bad I could taste it. At lake association...
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    Help - losing my mind over Windows XP driver search

    We've got an older off-brand desktop that my wife mostly uses (I do most of my recreational online stuff with my iPad). The machine was acting up in all sorts of strange ways a while ago that no amount of fiddling or malware hunting could fix. In the end I decided to wipe the drive completely...
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    Can't create line breaks or edit when posting from iPad??

    Hey folks - kinda weird issue. Since being a member in 2006 my posts were always written on a desktop or laptop PC. The last couple of posts I've tried on my new iPad and, even tho my draft looks fine, when I preview or post what I write it all runs all together. Then when I try to edit the edit...
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    My imagination or did we used to have an electronics thread???

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    8+ mpg from a mid-sized outboard? Please check my math!

    I have never been overly concerned about fuel burn. We boat mostly on inland lakes every few weekends and spend another two weeks on vacation at the lake. Sure, the cost to fill a 30 gallon tank at our local marina hurts a bit but I probably don't burn more than a 200 gallons a summer...
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    Suggestions for removing oil spots from driveway?

    Going to get the driveway resealed soon and wanted to deal with some existing oil spots prior to. Worst area is about the size of a salad plate. Other areas just a few drips here and there. All suggestions welcome (including getting the dang steering rack seals fixed on the vehicle...)
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    Kid wants to wakeboard - ski or kneeboard first?

    My ten year-old is getting bored of tubing and says he wants to get into wakeboarding. My only experience is water skiing. Should he try water skiing as a stepping stone to wakeboarding? The couple of online vids I've seen on how to get up on a wakeboard actually make it look easier than getting...
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    Twin engine skippers - single engine ops possible?

    In my more delerious moments I imagine someday moving up to something the family could weekend on - between 30 and 36 feet I'm thinking. Many boats in this range have twin inboards or I/Os. My question is - can you realistically run with one engine at slow speeds? There are a lot of inland...
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    Uncommanded Command Prompt Window...why?

    Hey folks - I've noticed over the last week I'm getting the following window opening at various times throughout a session. Here's a pic of it just now popping up while I was surfing an iboats thread. Never seen this behaviour before. It will appear for about 5 seconds, complete with blinking...
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    Broken Deck Fitting - Ideas appreciated

    Hey folks - I'm dealing with a broken fitting on my 12 foot aluminum sail boat. The part pictured below serves three purposes. The front piece of it that's obviously broken snapped when I was winching the boat out of the water. (I posted about this event during the summer with a warning and...
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    '77 Merc 7.5 hp issues after running an hour or so

    Maybe some of you will have some ideas. In trying to resurrect my Merc 7.5 (Thunderbolt Ignition series) I had the switch box and stator replaced. The switchbox wires had disintegrated, which seems to be the usual fate for those parts and I was also told that one stator coil was bad. So, used...
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    Garage Door Opener Issue - Chamberlain Powerdrive

    A friend is trying to troubleshoot his opener (single car garage door) and we're both kind of stumped at the following symptoms: >If you press and release the wall-mounted button inside the garage with the door open the motor will attempt to move the door via the chain drive but stops after...
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    Cautionary tale - got my hair parted this weekend...

    ...when the bow eye snapped under load and I had my face nice and close to my ATV winch. Should have seen this coming a mile away since the old, cast bow fitting on our sailboat looked to me both kind of wimpy and, well, old. I was trying to reposition the boat on a set of marine rail tracks and...
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    Anyone have any issues with Photobucket "losing" pics??

    At first I though I was imagining it but now I'm pretty sure that I'm a few pics short on my photobucket account. I don't have a huge number - about 170 and they are mostly for use here at iboats. Occasionally when responding to a thread I will go back and check to see if I have a relevant...
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    Evinrude 5hp - conversion from long to short shaft

    Dear ol' dad has given his grandson a great-running 1985 5hp long shaft motor that he used to have on a sailboat. My son and I would like to convert it to a short shaft motor to better fit on a project sea flea we are contemplating. Any info would be appreciated on if and how this can be...
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    Where to find this fastener?

    I know a pic would help - so I'll get one if necessary. I'm replacing the wooden inserts to the transom on my 14 ft aluminum Springbok boat. There are inner and outer wooden pieces which sandwhich the aluminum transom. The inner piece of wood is fastened with a series of what looks like screws...
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    Advice on retrofiting an engine stop lanyard

    My friend at work was telling me how he managed to dump himself and daughter out of his 12 foot tinny (how - lord only knows :confused:). But anyway - his 9.9 motor has a stop lanyard and luckily he was actually using it. It worked as intended and killed the engine the instant he went over the...
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