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    What size Kicker??

    I want to get a kicker for my 19ft Century bowrider. It's and old boat and I want an auxiliary power source so I can fish and recreate and not worry about getting back. The dry weight is 2100lbs, probably add a 1000 pounds to that for me and equipment and people. I won't go off shore but I...
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    Flushing the Power Steering fluid, Getting the water out.

    My cooler went bad and I replaced it. now I'm having trouble getting the water out of the system. I've already flushed 6 quarts of new fluid thru and I still have water in the fluid. Any products like a gasoline tank water remover or techniques for flushing it that I'm missing here? Thanks...
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    Technique for repairing small mounting holes in the fiberglass body.

    I looked in the stickies for this and did a search, I know I missed something. I have seen these type of repairs and they look horrible, Cracked and uneven, mis colored. Any help would be appreciated. I don't mean the transom or under the water line. Holes where former owners had things mounted.
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    OMC Blues

    I bought a 84 Century with a stringer 800 in it, runs great. Now I'm spending $ trying to get this boat the way I want it. The more I read about OMC the more I question if it's worth it. I have to do the stringers in the boat, big job and Now instead of keeping the boat for years, I think I'll...
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    Low Voltage at the Ignition switch

    i'm wiring in new switches on my 84 century i/o. i disconected all on the switches and now my 12v battery wire is only reading 5.7 volts. this is the main 12v wire coming up to the dash from the battery. battery test fine at 12.7 volts. I rewired a 17 foot outboared a few years ago, so I...
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    1984 Stringer 800 tilt switch issues.

    84 Century 3000. I have simple toggle switch for raising and lowering the out drive. If I just throw the switch the drive slams pretty hard into position, so I have to finness the switch to prevent this. Is there a different switch type, or circuit type I can install. I don't think it was...
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    Couple of qustions about SI transducers.

    I have smart tabs on my boat and my pitot is on the starboard side as well. The Humminbird instructions call for mounting on the starboad side and 15 inches from the edge of the prop, well it would be a little crowded and the Pitot sticks a few inches below the transom pretty sure this side is a...
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    Water in my power steering pump/ part numbers

    My pump froze up and when I looked in it the fluid was contaminated with water. I think that the only way for water to get in there is the heat exchanger. It must have rusted on the inside, or froze. Am I correct that this is the only way for water to get into the system? I pulled the cooler...
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    New rules for eating fish caught in SF bay?

    I was dissapointed to read that eating Stripers or Sturgeon out of the Delta or SF bay is not recommended. Please somebody tell me I'm mistaken.
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    Does weight affect WOT rpm

    If I have three or four hundred extra pounds in my boat wide open throttle rpm stays constant that doesn't change with the weight, is that correct
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    What is the effect of this chewed up prop on performance., (with pics)

    this is a 15x17 on a 230 HP Stringer 800. I GPS ed at 39 MPH. I don't have an accurate rpm number, my tach is off. The boat is a 1984 Century 3000. 19ft Bow rider. I bought a used 15x17 omc prop with no dings in it, I'll try that one this week end, I'll try and get a good rpm reading as well...
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    Trim Motor requires a good smack to work sometimes.

    Trim motor rebuild? or replace the brushes? I'm just dropping so much $ on this this, i want to be sure before I start shotgunning parts.
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    Is this Transom seal safe for one more weekend?

    New to the I/O arena, shoot, new to boats and boating in general. Just as the post title is asking, am I ok this weekend? Just bought the boat and the guy said his outdrive mechanic " left it on because it was still good",. I have ordered a new one but I would like to go out again this...
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    Low RPM @ WOT

    I just bought a 1984 Century 3000. It's an 8 cylinder, I'm guessing that the motor is the 228 HP and not the 260hp. I can't find anything on the motor to indicate which engine it is. OMC V8 and those are the HP ratings for that year Century. The 3000 Sport model had the 260. I'm pretty sure mine...
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    Bought a new to me boat today.

    I picked up an 84 Crestliner. It's a 19 ft pen bow. Has an 8 cylinder in and it has Century on the side, back end. I would assume it's Crestliner built, Century is the model? Crestliner is on the title. Motor sounds amazing, outdrive was rebuilt last year. It's in ok shape. What sold me on this...
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