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    1997 Mercury 1502.5 xri efi no spark

    I have not had any issues with this motor, It's been awesome. No issues with starting, idling, charging. ect... I was going across the lake and the motor was purring like a kitten,no skippin, not running rough or anything then all of a sudden it just shut off like the kill switch was pulled...
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    1988 evinrude carb float measurement

    I loaned out my manual to a buddy of mine who at this time is not answering his phone or I would have to ask this. I'm rebuilding the carbs on my motor and I cant remember how much the float is suppose to drop. Thanks, Jason.
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    OMC Trolling motor only working on High speed

    My OMC 12/24 volt 3 speed trolling motor is only working on the high speed only. The Light under the directional arrow on top of the unit also quit working, It was working perfect prior to Sunday. I'm in the process of checking the wiring that comes through the shaft and I took apart the the...
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    Trim relay going bad?

    Motor is an 1988 Evinrude 150 model number E150STLCCA. The other day as I was loading my boat after a day of fishing I was sitting the motor on the transom saver and the motor wouldn't tilt down. It would go up but not down, I thought the transom switch was going bad so I tried with the throttle...
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    Sonar/Down Imaging question

    I Just got the humminbird 597 hd di unit and I went and tried it out(mostly played with it) Saturday and I was wanting to know what setting most people use on their chart speed for the 2d sonar and down imaging for fishing? I fish Lake Guntersville, relatively shallow lake with the max depth...
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    Question about charging batteries.

    I just recently purchased a bass boat and it has the 12/24 volt trolling motor wired for 24 volts. I like to keep it that way. I don't have an inboard charger yet and I for the life of me can't remember how to hook the battery charger on the batteries. It's a standard 10/2 amp charger. Below is...
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    Question on a 12/24 volt trolling motor

    My trolling motor is an older model trolling motor(omc cobra) that is a 12/24 volt, It's wired as a 12 volt on 2 batteries right now. If I were to change the batteries wiring to 24 volts would It change the amount of pounds that it pulls? I'm going to replace this at a later date but this one...
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    Uggggg, Crank Baits

    Went fishing (bass) yesterday, I managed to catch one small one and almost landed a decent one 3 pounds or so. I caught them on crank baits one rattle trap and one square bill.. Both were caught over grass. I hate em, I hate fishing with crank baits, But this time of year is the best way to...
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    Fuel Gauge

    I just bough a bass boat, The fuel gauge works but it works backwards, Full is empty and empty is full.The guy I bought it from used a marker and put an E and F on the gauge.:facepalm: He said it's wired up backwards. I have not had time to fool with that because of snow,rain and cold, and...
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    Need some help/advice on steering cables (Update)

    I bought a 1989 Glasstream 17v Hydrabass bass boat with a 1988 150 evinrude on it. I knew the steering was tight/stiff when I bought it. The seller told me that it might need new cables. With that I mind I finally got to tinkering with it this this morning. I removed the steering linkage to...
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    Lightning during snow?

    I live in north Alabama and we are snowed in today with 8 inches at my house with surrounding areas up to a foot .. That pretty much shuts us down for several days. But last night around 11pm it lightened and thundered several times while it was coming down hard. I'm 43 years old and I have...
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    Couple of questions on a 1988 Evinrude 150

    I'm thinking seriously about purchasing a used bass boat and it has a 1988 Evinrude 150 hp outboard on it. I checked the compression on all 6 cylinders and it all were in 3% of each other and in the high 90's. I was basically wanting to know of any know issues with this particular motor, and...
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    Trying to find an NADA value and some info too.

    I'm looking at purchasing a bass boat and I found one that I'm interested in and NADA doesn't list the boat. It's a 1989 glasstream hydrabass bass boat. I am not to familiar with these boats, I know to check the compression,transom,floor,steering ect. Anything else to check? The boat has an...
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    Courtesy Fishing, Where did it go?

    Had a run in with a jerk Sunday morning. I was fishing a grass line boat facing east and I was letting the north wind carry me to the south with the grass as I was making 45 degree angle cast to the grass line when another boat came in 30 yards on the south side of me and starting fishing the...
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    One idiot three boats 2 impellers.

    We have a camper at the lake and I woke up early to head out to my favorite fishing holes and I noticed a fish and ski boat sitting by its self nestled against a patch of matted grass about 50 yards off the bank. There was a guy putting his boat in as I was taking rods,reels,battery to my boat...
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