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    Mercury 60CT Temperature Creeping Up

    OK gents, I think I need someone to confirm or refute a theory I'm developing. 2019 Mercury 60CT strapped to a SunTracker Pontoon. When cruising at or above around 4,000 RPM, eventually an audible alarm will sound and the engine will go into "Limp" mode. Throttle down a bit and the alarm...
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    Pontoon Cover

    22DLX Party Barge here. Same issue as the rest of you. That cover sucks to install/remove while on the boat. Even on the trailer it's a very tight fit. (Hard to believe that's a bad thing.) I've been web surfing looking for an rail-lock extension system that would free things up just enough to...
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    Honda BF50AX dies at higher throttle settings.

    Primer bulb is hard. ( I thought the same thing. ) Tank is vented. (I loosened the cap just in case. It opened freely and there was no sucking sound.) HOW does one check for leaks in the fuel line? Guessing there's be a raw fuel smell.
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    Honda BF50AX dies at higher throttle settings.

    Hello experts! 2000 BF50AX on the back of a pontoon. Been running great all summer. Couple weeks back was at 2/3 throttle or a little higher and it just bogged down and acted like it was starved for fuel. Dies and then restarted. Started back up and ran at idle and comparatively low RPMs. Did...
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    BF50A Stiff Shift

    Thank you for the response AHicks! I worked for American Honda Motor Corp for a number of years. I'm pretty familiar with sticker shock. But, in my opinion, it's pretty tough to beat the quality and dependability. So you have to put the dollars into terms of value. And not just monetary value...
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    BF50A Stiff Shift

    Hey Boat Peeps, I've perused the forums and haven't seen specifically what I'm looking for. So I've got a 2000 BF50A on a 20' pontoon boat. The controls are troublesome. The handle is in rough shape and the white slider part of the handle that bypasses the lock and allows you to get out of...
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    Looking for MirroCraft Logo / Emblem Image

    I'm painting and sort of rehabbing a 12' MirroCraft aluminum boat. Nothing fancy, just a coat of Rustoleum. Both plastic MirroCraft badges are broken / missing pieces. Does anyone have a decent .jpg file of the older logo? I can make the logo with a vinyl cutter but I need a decent image to...
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    Another Overheat Question - This One May Baffle You

    Glastron G1700 Mercury 3.0 Alpha One Gen II w/ new 140? thermostat. Cayuga Lake, NY This one even has my local marina boys stumped. Had the boat out a few times this summer. I can go for miles with the boat at a comfortable cruise speed of 3,000 to 3,500 RPMS. The temp gauge will maintain a...
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    3.0 Hard Start When Warm - Electric Choke Failure?

    3.0 in my Glastron. Cold starts like a champ. Warm starts? Not so much. After pulling the BFA off today to see if I could see anything illogical, I see my choke is full-closed when warm. That explains the tell-tale fuel smell of a flooded engine. Back the choke butterfly off with a finger...
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    Mercruiser 3.0 Rough Run Condition '92 Glastron

    Well, I can't imagine I'm the Lone Ranger on this issue, so I figured I'd better ask the experts. New to me '92 Glastron w/ 3.0 Mercruiser. The shakedown cruise: Took it up the NY State Barge Canal (Erie Canal) for about a 12-mile run. It ran well, seemed pretty smooth. Every so often I'd...
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    Water Wasp Mini Boat

    Re: Water Wasp Mini Boat The flickr page should show a green Wasp from a CL ad I found yesterday. It has four strakes running a good portion of the length of the hull. Each strake protrudes nearly an inch, so it's somehwat agressive in my estimation. Now, as far as flipping while on plane...
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    Water Wasp Mini Boat

    Re: Water Wasp Mini Boat Some pics. Not National Geographic quality, but it conveys what I want it to. In the third image you can see a bracket of sorts. Not sure of the purpose. Others I've seen had a nav light in this hole. Steering wheel had a nice chromed cover with the name "Nautalloy"...
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    Water Wasp Mini Boat

    Re: Water Wasp Mini Boat OK Fellas, just to further reinforce the fact that I haven't been sniffing glue (or fiberglass resin) in regards to mounting an engine, here's an excerpt from another forum. Please don't notify the copyright police. By the way, the data plate on the engine mount says...
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    Water Wasp Mini Boat

    Well, I'm not entirely certain as to the "why", but I've just acquired a Water Wasp mini boat. Evidently produced with love (?) for two years, 1969 - 1970 in Savage Minnesota. That's the extent of what I know about this floating fiberglass high performance turd. Now - what to do with it. I may...
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    Newb - Merc 3.0 overheat issues, throttle control, & trim pump.

    OK, let's get it over with. I'm a newb and I've made some interesting errors in the past few days.:facepalm: '88 Stingray with Merc 3.0 / Alpha One. In my enthusiasm to get our "new" boat on the water, I overheated it. :facepalm: On it's shakedown cruise, my wife and I launched at the canal...
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