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I have a 1989 Maxum cuddy. The deck has a soft spot on it, so I think I will just replace the whole thing. I have access to sheets of steel that are about 1/8" thick and about 4' x 10'. I am thinking about maybe making a new floor out of these. What do you guys think? I believe the sheet metal...
I have another thread related to this issue, but I think I have narrowed that problem down to a weak spark so I wanted to make a thread specific to that.
The problem is I can only get the spark to jump a very small gap. Probably about 1/8". I did DVA the stator and timer base. Stator was...
Ok heres a little background first. The motor is an 87 225. E225TXCUB. So far I have replaced head gaskets, fuel pump, fuel water separator, and rebuilt all 6 carbs. When I bought this boat about 2 months ago it wasnt running at all. So I did all these things to get it going. Now it runs...
I have a 1987 Evinrude 225, and I believe the fuel pump went bad. It would not idle for more than a few mins, unless I pumped the primer bulb. That was the only way I could keep it going. I had the fuel line hooked up to a portable tank to eliminate fuel line problems. The engine had the VRO...
This is the second time the motor is doing this. The first time I was cruising just fine and then the rpms dropped to 2500 and wouldnt go past it. I checked the oil tank for the oil injection and it was kinda low so i added some. It ran great after that so i figured it was like a low oil...
My boat is a 17' weighing just around 1500 with a 100hp mercury. The boat tops out at about 30 on calm waters. shouldnt the boat be a little faster than that with that size motor?
I just bought a 1988 sea ray seville with the 100hp engine. It has the all white case with seville emblems, but i have been told it is a mercury engine. i took it out on the water today, and it was having problems staying at full speed. it ran good for most of the day, but on the way back it...
