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    Lowrance depth guage loses it's marbles

    I have a lowrance 3500 that reads the depth ok when I'm stationary, but when we get underway it loses it's marbles - starts counting up by the hundreds and just keeps cycling through what appears to be random numbers. fwiw we boat in depths from 5ft to 40ft, but the depth guage is often telling...
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    replacing fuel sender

    Haven't tried this repair before - any tricks? Is there a certain sealer compound I need when installing the new unit to the tank? A year or so ago a friendly boater helped himself to the fuel in our tank one night - ever since then the dash guage bounces around +/- a quarter tank while...
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    seawater pump failure on merc I/O 7.4 - more damage?

    Have a '96 mercruiser 7.4 B1 in my Cobalt 220. Pulling a skier the other day and heard an 'off note' exhaust sound - moments later the overheat alarm sounded. Paddled the boat back to shore & pulled the seawater pump apart - all the rubber blades were shredded from the hub - replaced it, but...
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