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    Towing vehicles

    Here's my rig. haven't weighed the trailer with boat but guessing about 22 to 2400. V6 4x4 2001 Tacoma. Rarely go more then 10 miles to my ramp although it could. . 17.2 Smoker Craft 115 Yammy 4 stroke and 8 HP troller
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    Seat Socket plugs?

    Curious as to whether anyone makes plugs that go in empty seat sockets not being used. I have three sockets not being used in my 17.5 Smoker Craft and I see the floatation foam in the bottom that gets wet of course. I can make something but time is money. Thanks!
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    Neutral Detent

    My detent on my 2001 Yamaha engine control is not working and wondering if any of have seen this problem and what the solution was. 115 4-stroke if that matters. Thanks
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    Whats your Smokercraft story?

    Re: Whats your Smokercraft story? Glad I stopped by to check out the Smoker-Craft section. I've had a 2001 -172 Stealth for going on 4 years now and it's been a great boat. Got a 115 Yammy and a 8 hp Yammy troller on it. Mine porpoised like a S.O.B but Smart Tabs smoothed it out a lot.
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    Fold away hinge kit

    So I've decided to buy myself another 30" of garage space so I ordered a fold away hing kit from the Iboats store this week. Now I'm wondereing how much harder the boat will be to maneuver around if it's in the "folded" position. What have you folks with that folding feature experienced. My...
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    Bunk Rollers and aluminum boat

    Tagged this question on to someone elses thread and thought better of it and decided to start my own. My primary launch has a pretty decent incline when the tides around 4-8 feet but higher then that and it's less of an incline and I have to back the truck tires deeper into the salt water in...
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    H2O in Oil--Maybe Solved

    Just reporting back about what I think/hope is the answer to my occasional water in oil syndrome. I have a 2001 F115 that has twice now shown enough water in the oil to make it look like creamy coffee. When it first happened about a year ago I changed the oil and the t'stat and the problen...
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    Hour meter batttery?

    My hour meter on my 8 horse is totally dead and the one on my 115 is flashing. They must have batteries in there but I don't see anyway to change them. Thanks.
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    Question Regarding 2 holes

    This is on my 2001 F115 but I think common to many other models. I've looked in my service manual but not found what the two holes are on the mid section, back side between the crank case oil drain hole and the upper cowling. The lower hole is round and the upper one rectangular. I should know...
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    Water In Oil

    2001 F115--300 hours. Did the following maintenence prior to seeing the problem: 1-Changed oil and filter 2-Changed fuel filters 3-Changed spark plugs 4-Changed timing belt 5-Change T'stat 6-Performed Leak Down Test Ran the boat 3 hours and in checking the oill level when I returned saw the...
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    Oil Capacity 01 F115

    So I was doing a search of posts with "timing belt" in them and came across this comment regarding oil capacity on Yamaha F115's. It's a couple years old. Just looking for verification. "Redsken-the correct amount is 4 quarts only...there was a service bulletin on the earlier models (00 , 01 ...
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    Great Deals at Iboats Marine Store

    Just ordered an Eagle 640 DF from the store here at a great price. Use Promo code "yearend08" for 10% off. I've been looking around for the best deal on this fish finder for a couple of months and was holding off until after Christmas. It paid off. Thanks Iboats!
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    Trolling Motor Prop Selection

    Have a 2003 8 HP Yammy 4 stroke on my 17.5 Smokercraft that I use for trolling. The prop is a liitle beat up and I'm going to replace it. It's a 8-1/2" x 7-1/2" pitch curently. Not sure what wot RPM's are but will check that next time I"m out. Question I have is would you still try to hit that...
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    Have Gone Digital on Home TV-Question

    I live in the sticks. Have been using rabbit ears so because analog signals are going away purchased a converter last week and hooked it up. Great picture I must admit. Only problem is that on some stations we get a kind of pause in the audio signal and a funny little "jiggle" in the video at...
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    WOT question on my F115

    I have a post going in the Prop section but thought I might get a response here regarding this. Just wondering if 5600 RPM might be a little under where I should be on this motor. 2001 F115. This is with just me on the boat and my normal load of gear. Probably accounts for half or a little more...
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