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I was looking in to buying a larger motor when someone told me I could change my jets for the extra I have a 99' yamaha 40 w/o oil injection and when I looked online at part break downs every thing but the jets were the same between the 40hp and the 50hp of the same year model. Can any one tell...
i read another thread that said that a 220 single float carb swap was a popular hop up adding a extra few hp due to a larger throat. I was wondering if i could do this to my 92' 150 trlq and were i could get them from or what model,year,size and so on also what else would i have to do to make it...
I just bought a 1998 mercury 40elpto and was wondering what the diff. was between the larger size hp with the same block ie. reads, programing so on. i guess what i am trying to ask is what would it take to up grade mine. i used to have a 97 50hp that was the exact same and when i bought it the...
well i have yet another problem i was out last weekend running along when the boat slowed down by about 5-7 miles per hour and lost some rpm thinking i may have picked up some grass i stoped but nothing so i jumped back up ok but no w.o.t. about 800rpm shy and a slight vibration so with about 6...
i have a 19' flats boat and have a problem with the rear of the boat taking on water over the transom and washing the deck while stopped. The boat has a 150hp on it but it still should not take water in on a lite chop i would think I have looked at the foam and it does not seem water logged even...
i just bought a 19' sailfish flats boat with a 150 on it and think i have wasted my money. I need help with what will help me get it up in skinny water right now i need 3' of water and thats no joke. It will jump up fast with no bow rise at all i think a jack plate might help but what set back...
i have looked everywere and cant find a seal kit for my 74' e-rude 70 does any one know what it is or were to find it if it exsist i need to replace the output shaft and dont know the seals i need but would rather replace them all i have the OE#5000309 but it says it covers 76' and up
i want to polish the hull but dont know what compounds to use or polish to get i used a hull cleaner to get rid of the dinggy stains but now it looks a little chaulky and i want a glossy shine do i use a varriable speed buffer like i would on a car or will it mess up the gel coat
i just got a 18ft sailfish flats boat and want to paint the deck a light grey right now it is white and its to bright to have to look at all day what kind of paint or gel coat do need and what do i need to do to prep it any help would be great
how do you know if your engine is running lean? i have read a little about what will happen if it does but not to tell if it is i have an 73' e-rude 70 that i have to choke to crank every time but runs great no probs accelerating or running out topend it had sat a while before i got it all i did...
i have a 24v 82lbs thrust great white and i am using two 700cca flooded batts. they seem to loose charge after only an hour or so of use the dont go dead but there is a noticeable diff. kind like it running on 12v im pretty sure the batts r good do i need larger batts. any sugestions i have...
i was givin a 19' stott craft hull and sub floor and i am planning on building and have a few questions the boat was run a ground and cracked the hull so the top was removed and put on another hull and i got the cracked one. the firt question is when i seperaited the sub floor it was (glued?)...
Im looking at buying a used motor and was wondering if the hours realy matter i have found a motor that i want but it has 648 hours on it to me that seems like alot but it was owned by a camp and was governed to 3700rpm and was hooked to the computer to prove it like 380hours were between...
I have a 89' bass tracker with a broken console badly broken it was a big limb that fell on it. I need a new one but cant find one for the life of me i went to the local dealer and no luck I would like a plain auminum one some thing somewhat cheap in fl. any idea's
Does any one know if a 76 evinrude 55hp foot will fit on a 73' evinrude 70hp. if not how hard is it to replace the output shaft? do i need any special tools I have already bought the shaft but would almost rather just change the foot
