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    Questions on Mercury 125 ELPTO (2+2)

    Well...finally took the boat out on the water. The motor got rebuilt because of a low compression cylinder. <br /><br />First off let me say that I love this motor. Pulls skiers just fine for me. We had them put on a 13x19 prop and with two people in the boat at 5200rpm we were doing right...
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    1996 Mercury 125 ELPTO Compression Question

    I just recently bought a used 1996 125ELPTO and I want to do a compression check on this motor, and want to know what kind of numbers I should be expecting. I am going to run the numbers cold, since I have no gas tanks in the boat currently. <br /><br />Thanks...<br /><br />Also if there is...
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    Where can I find these hub caps

    I have a set of rims but am looking for the "smoothie" hub caps that have a hole in them for the bearing buddy...Heres a picture of what I am looking for.
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    how to clean fuel tanks

    I have some aluminum fuel tanks in my 73 gemcraft southwind. The boat sat for a long time (around 19 years) and they never drained the fuel (2-stroke), so looking in the tanks there is a brown layer of sludge all over the inside of the tanks, I beleve to be oil and gas deposits. They wont wipe...
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    Herculiner

    Anyone ever used herculiner on the top surface of their boat trailers to help with traction when the trailers wet? I was thinking about doing that to the painted diamond plating I have on top of my trailer
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    Which Prop for this Combo

    Ok...I finally am getting a motor for this boat. I could not get myself to spend $10,000 on a new motor, so I found a nice 1996 Mercury 125HP 2-stroke Classic motor for a good price and it has about 100hours on it. My question now is prop. It currently has a 15pitch prop, and that seems like...
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    1973 130HP Chrysler Weight

    May have asked this before, but how much does the 1973 (maybe a 1972) 130HP Chrysler weigh...I am trying to determine whether my boat can handle todays 2-Stroke V-6 motors like the Evinrude 135HP, or if I should get the Evinrude V-4 115HP.<br /><br />Oh yeah...one more thing...I am trying to...
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    Rebuilding a Chrysler 130

    I have a 1973 Chrysler 130, wondering where I could get pistons and rings and other stuff to rebuild it...what about boring out the block how much can you go, and where could I take it?<br /><br />Thanks
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    Mercury Outboard selection for 18.5' Southwind

    I posted this in the Boatrestoration section, but was thinking maybe this is a better section. <br /><br />I have a 1973 GymCraft Southwind its 18.5' long This is a picture of it when my dad had it back in the 70s. I ended up buying the boat back from the guy he sold it to and gave it to me as a...
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    HP Required for Southwind

    I have a 1973 GymCraft Southwind its 18.5' long This is a picture of it when my dad had it back in the 70s. I ended up buying the boat back from the guy he sold it to and gave it to me as a gift..I remember sitting in his lap driving it back in the 84 time frame. <br /><br /> <br /><br...
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