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    Attention Admins and mods

    I came to this forum seeking help and wanting to learn as much as I can and to help me save money by learning from the people here at iboats. Some here are great assets and you should praise them for what they do for your site. But I am displeased with some of the others here that make the good...
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    Some input Please

    OK I have to admit I am totally ignorant and utterly useless when it comes to trying to find what GPS unit I need. The more I research the dumber I get :$ .Take it easy on me fellas. I only fish one lake but its a big lake. Lake guntersville in North Alabama its about 69,100 acres. I have a map...
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    Does this qualify?

    Yesterday we (my brother his boy and myself ) on a journey to catch some bass. Got to the boat ramp right at the break of daylight and arrived at out fav. fishing hole and started on the up wind of the grass matte and first thing my brother caught a small bass and I caught a keeper and what...
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    Im so dang PeeOED ! (Up Date)

    I'm So freaking angry at the local boat dealer/parts dept.(yeah I could have saved a little money buying the part here at iboats but i wanted to do business with them and help them out as well and maybe set up wash my hands I'll wash yours) so much for that CRAP. I have been having some problems...
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    Still Not Firing

    I have a 1977 85hp Johnson that is not firing in the #3 cylinder,,, I changed out the #1 and #3 coils and it followed to #1 cylinder so OK I thought bad coil. Today I put on a new coil on the #3 and it still didn't fire so just out of curiosity I switched the #1 and #3 and it followed the #1...
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    Bow eye replacement

    I have a 1977 Terry bass boat and I want to move the bow eye about 12 to 18 inches lower..There is nothing wrong with the eye itself except the placement of it now, The way it is now the eye is above the roller and It's right at the very top of the bow and it catches on the bow roller when I...
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    Question about winch and roller placement

    I have a question or rather some extra opinions on my boat set up. Ive never had a boat before like this one with the boat eye so close to the front edge of the bow before.. My problem is that where I dock the ramp is so steap and when I release the rope the eye hangs up on the roller. I have...
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    For you jet ski haters

    I was sent the video in an email ..thought you would enjoy [url]http://s106.photobucket.com/albums/m265/jall65/?action=view&current=jet_ski_crash.flv
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    Question about Ignition coil..

    I do not have any spark in the #3cylinder... I did switch the coil to the #1 coil and no spark there and spark was back in #3 so that tells me that the coil is bad right? I can replace that coil but is there anything else I need to worry about? Like why it went out to start with. I am getting...
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    A couple more problems

    OK, I've been having problems with with my 1977 85 hp Johnson.. running lean. Got a manual and I rebuilt the carbs installed new plugs and de-carbed the motor...was going to do a link and synch and having problems now and cant do one until I get these 2 other problems fixed... 1) The engine will...
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    ITBarLayout Removal

    I keep getting an registry change from spy-bot search and destroy that ITBarLayout has changed the registry..I have removed this crap from my registry value many many times and it still keeps coming back as soon as I open a new browser..I am running spy bot search and destroy pro, ad-ware pro...
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    I rebuilt my carbs.

    I rebuilt my carbs yesterday with the help of iboats, Thanks... Truly saved me some bucks which makes the misses happyd:) Here is what I found... When I took the silencer plate off it had a bead of silicone around it. I exactly knew what was wrong with it,,,sure enough some silicone had gotten...
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    I'm ready

    OK I've got my manual and carb kits, new plugs and the sea foam.(deep creep& motor treatment). I've read the manual and going to tear into the carbs this evening on my 1977 85 hp Johnson... after tearing down the carbs, Do I spray the spark plug holes and inside intake with the deep creep? I...
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    Carburetor rebuild kit part number

    I'm having a hard time finding the rebuild kit for my carb... I have a Johnson 1977 85 hp outboard.. model#85ETLR77. I have a parts book and the original part number in my parts book is 383906. I'm assuming there are new numbers sinceI have an original parts book. Is there a new parts number...
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    difference between 85EL77 and 85ETLR77

    Can anyone explain the difference between 85EL77 and 85ETLR77 model #'s on my outboard. I know that the 85 means hp and the 77 is the year model....but I do not know the difference of the EL to the ETLR .Thanks
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