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    Merc 350 MAG MPI Bravo WOT Question

    My boat has a 2007 Mercruiser 350 MAG MPI Bravo with a Bravo 3 outdrive (Serial 0W670262). From what I've read, the MAG is supposed to run faster than a typical Merc 350 at WOT, between 5000 and 5500 RPM. However, I'm only seeing a max of 4100 on the tachometer. This is after coming on to plane...
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    Painless hole drilling?

    I'm sure this has been covered here before, but the search feature was not doing me any favors. What is your method for painlessly drilling pilot holes for screws in fiberglass? What kind of bit do you use, and how do you correctly size the hole for the screw? I know its best to go slow, and...
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    Permanent (Storm) Mooring Question

    I'm looking for some advice on a storm mooring anchor for my recently acquired 2007 Baylier 285 Cierra. I think we've decided on a granite block, rather than concrete, per the harbormaster's request. We also would like to use that rather than a dor-mor or screw anchor because this is only an...
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    5.0 EFI Bogging/Stalling at Idle

    I'm looking into purchasing a 2001 Sea Ray 240 Sundancer with a Mercruiser 5.0 EFI. The boat itself is in great shape and I'm ready to pull the trigger, but there's something going on with the engine. The owner blew the head gasket in the original engine last season, so he put in a new...
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    Advice on Filing and Blending Screw Holes on Console

    I have three unsightly screw holes around my 740s that need to be fixed. If possible, I would love to match them with gelcoat to the rest of the console. I know this will be difficult, but anything is better than what's there. I've been reading a bit in this section and I watched some videos...
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    Yamaha F115 Connection to Garmin 740s

    I have a 2004 Yamaha F115 with the standard round digital gauges and a Garmin 740s with no existing NMEA network. How can I connect the engine to the 740 with NMEA to provide fuel usage information? I don't have experience with NMEA so please dumb it down a little. ;) Here is a picture of my...
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    Grease blow-out

    I recently pulled the aluminum trailer my for 18' Wellcraft down to a storage facility for the rest of the season. The trailer was empty and it was about a 12 mile highway trip where I probably averaged 65MPH. Other than temperatures being in the mid 90s, these didn't seem like very extreme...
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    Heat indicating strips

    Hey guys, I saw something cool at the local airport yesterday. One of the helicopter pilots was showing me around an R22 and he pointed to temperature indicating strips on one of the gearboxes. The mechanics use them to make sure the various mechanical parts that don't have built in sensors...
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    Running lights as signals?

    Can I make the amber running lights on the front of my fenders and on the tongue into turn signals? I assume that would be legal at least. So the turning side would see the taillights on the trailer and vehicle blink along with the tongue and front fender light. Why you ask? Because I like...
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    Replacing brakes, few questions

    I'm planning to replace my trailer's barely-working drum brake system with surge disc brakes. It's time for them to go. I would like to get Kodiak disc brakes after seeing almost everyone recommend them. We launch in brackish water so corrosion is a concern, but as long as I'm diligent with...
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    Anyone tow with a Honda Pilot?

    We're considering leasing a 2012 Honda Pilot. It will need to tow the boat in my signature on lots of short (10 minutes, 30 MPH) trips to the marina and then one long trip each year to the Sebago Lake area in Maine from Boston. Our current '02 Sonoma struggled a little bit on the hilly roads to...
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    Best vehicle for our family

    My family is going to be getting a new car sometime soon and it will tow the boat in my sig, but when it's not towing it will be a regular family car. I didn't put this is the towing section because we're not serious about any of the choices yet, I'd just like to get an initial opinion of the...
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    wire guage for trolling motor?

    I have a 55-lbs. thrust Minn-Kota bow mount trolling motor and I'm going to be installing the batteries for it in the ski locker of my boat. So I was wondering what gauge wire I should run between the three batteries and up to the trolling motor plug. So I guess what I'm really asking for is the...
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    Superhydrophobic boat hull?

    I found this really cool stuff called super-hydrophobic spray on youtube this morning. It's like Super Rain-X. I'll just let the video explain it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7is6r6zXFDc So I was thinking of potential uses, and I thought "What if you coated a hull in this?". This is just a...
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    Battery directly to lights?

    I need to fix a few running lights that are out on my trailer, but to do that, I need power to them to find where the problem is. I can't really back my truck up to the trailer right now, so can I connect a trolling battery directly the the trailer plug? As in, connect the positive to the brown...
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