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    what to do with bare fiberglass

    Hello all. I have a charger bass boat and I am just finishing the repair of the bottom of the hull, mostly along the keel. I had to sand alot of someone elses repair off so I have some bare fiberglass to deal with. I have also went ahead and fixed a few other gouges in the bottom of the hull. My...
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    repairing keel

    Hello All. I have an older Charger Bass Boat that has a couple of pretty good gouges in the Keel along with gouges in the other protruding edges on the bottom of the boat. There is not fiberglass hanging out or anything, but while washing the boat, I did notice that the boat leaks at these...
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    89 200hp spark plugs

    Hello All. I have an 89 evinrude 200xp running premix fuel. The clymer manual lists 2 different spark plugs-ql77jc4 and another that is a gapless plug. It says that the gapless plug is for sustained high speed use. Which plug is going to be the best bet for a bass boat? Thanks in advance....Jon
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    200 xp wot surge

    Hello Again Everyone. I have a fresh 1989 200 xp that is surging at wot. The motor has around 6 hours on it with all new bearing, pistons, rings, all new electronics and rebuilt carbs. I am running a 4 blade 25 pitch prop and all I was getting was 4900 rps. I have had this surging problem for...
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    head bolts

    hello everyone, I am putting together an 89 200 hp evinrude after a long drawn out rebuild. I have misplaced the head bolts and was wondering if they are special bolts or if a good hardened bolt from the hardware store will work ok....Thanks, Jon
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    2000 225 HO Johnson Carb. Motor opinion

    I am looking to upgrade my boat to a 2000 225 H.O. Johnson carberated motor. Is there any reasons that I should not buy this year/type motor? Are there any known problems or things to take a look at? The motor has been rebuilt by a trustworthy dealer and comes with a 90 day warantee. I dont...
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    Dhadley Piston question review

    About a year ago I was just getting started with rebuilding a 1989 200hp evindrude motor that the compression was very low on. You (dhadley I beleive) told me about using some Wiesco pistons from a 1993 and newer 200 hp because they were lighter and it would idle better. I just got the engine...
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    1989 200 spark problems

    Hello again everybody. I have finally finished up a rebuild of my 89 200 hp. After all new pistons, bearings, rebuilt carbs and everything I have a spark problem. Before the rebuild, the engine would be very hard to start after sitting for a week or more. It would only spark intermittently but...
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