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    Help with bow roller setup

    I found a roller on Amazon from Tiedown engineering that seems to fit pretty well compared to the others I picked up. I did notice it is considerably more pliable that the others which helps, or is that a bad thing. I would say its closer to the black rubber that the other yellow rollers I...
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    Help with bow roller setup

    It is 3" roller. I havent tried that one yet, I picked up a few different ones locally and none seem to really fit that well. I have a couple more coming tomorrow that I came across on Amazon and will see about those.
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    Help with bow roller setup

    So I tried lowering the bracket to place the roller just above the winch line. It doesn’t look to bad but the strap does run uphill to the boat a little bit. I may split the difference and call it good. Now to figure out a bow roller. I can’t seem to find anything that fits very well. I...
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    Help with bow roller setup

    Needing some advice. I know in general you want to bow eye to sit just below the bow roller and the winch strap to be level. I am replacing the bow roller and trying to adjust the current setup. I have the boat positioned front to back where it needs to be and slid the winch post away to let...
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    cover prop for winter?

    Thanks all. It’s stored inside but I know it got rained on at the shop before I brought it home. just hadn’t thought about it before or how much water would collect and stay trapped.
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    cover prop for winter?

    Maybe this is an odd question but I got to thinking about this the other day while driving.... if while parked outside rainwater gets in the exhaust opening in the lower half of the drive through the prop hub does it have a way to drain out or does this become a freeze hazard in the winter...
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    cavitation burn

    I have 2 props, different makes but both 14.5x18 4 blade. Performance is very similar but one has paint coming off through the middle of the blade on the pressure side. The othe looks like new. Is this an indication one prop is working better than the other or just a fluke? Was told the...
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    Neutral Safety Switch

    2000 Maxum 2100SR, Quicksilver controls, having trouble intermittently with a no crank situation. Have narrowed it down to the key switch or neutral safety switch but leaning toward neutral switch. How hard is it to access the switch and does the control have to come apart and/or off the...
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    different props.... MW, PT, Solas

    I'm curious if anyone has had similar experience with Solas props. About a year ago we had been running a Powertech aluminum 3blade 19p and would run at rev limiter of our Merc. Decided to try 4 blade and local shop had a 19P Solas aluminum, thinking we could sacrifice a little rpm due to the...
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    snap on cover replacement snaps

    I have some loose and some missing snaps for the cover and don't know where to look to find new ones. These are screwed on but the problem is many of the screws will not hold. What is the best solution? Cant go bigger with screw because it wont fit through the center of the button. Should...
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    replacement blower

    I need to replace the blower and looking for suggestions. It has an attwood turbo 4000 on it right now. I have no problem replacing it with the same, but wanted to see if many thought there was something better, be it Detmar, Rule, etc. I know they should all function the same, Im more...
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    bubbles in gelcoat

    This past weekend I went to look at a project boat (03 Larson 180 4.3 with Volvo drive) on a local marine shop lot listed as needing a motor and as such was deeply discounted. The boat overall seems pretty decent shape although dirty. The interior is better than I expected, no rips or...
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    does fogging oil kill spark plugs?

    How many change spark plugs in the spring after fogging the engine in the fall? I pulled a plug the other day after finally getting it out of storage and some other maintenance taken care of and noticed they were completely black after the engine was fogged last year. No real deposits just a...
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    fuel hose routing

    Does anyone see any issues with this fuel fill hose and its proximity to the exhaust manifold. Its the same basic position as the old hose but I raised the lower portion to help drain better. The old hose dropped down to the floor, (you can still see the darker area) then had to make a small...
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    anti siphon valve or not

    I have read many posts about the ASV causing issues of fuel starvation and wonder if I should just change this to a brass nipple? I have noticed on line there are 2 different ones noted sometimes, one for 200HP and less and one for 200HP and up. The one I have is aluminum which seems like it is...
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