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I have 2 issues.
1. When in a hose the engine runs fine. Better than fine like new. But when i put it in water it looses RPMs like a big dog and dies many many times. I have replaced the fuel filter and the fuel lines. My thought is I need to either rebuild or replace the carb. I have...
Having a problem with the wireing for the lights and the bilge. It is all hooked up correctly but still wont work. I have a 2 possition switch one each for the lights and one for the bilge with the poss to them and the neg to the battery. Any ideas of why it isnt working?
I have a 165 HP inline 6 I/O that starts just fine but when you go to engage the outdrive the motor dies. I have been told that i need to move a cable closer for the drive but before i do that i want to know if there are any other ideas that anyone has.
I was reciently told about how in medium to high chop a tri-hull had the tendancy to flip at a medium rate of speed.... more so than a non tri-hull.... is there any truth to this???
Has anyone EVER heard of someone taking HOUSE paint and painting the hull of a boat? I am currently taking the paint off and plan on wet sanding and re gell coating it but REALLY?!?! WTF?!?!?!
New to the life of owning a boat. I just bought a boat that needs some work. So I will probably be comming here if I run into problems with the repairs and work needed.
