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    help with pulling out the fishbox/seat valco 18 bayrunner

    Re: help with pulling out the fishbox/seat valco 18 bayrunner Thanks for that response, this should clear it up: I think is going to show up sideways but should give folks a good idea of what I have. the main idea is that I dont want to destroy something that is easy to replace. thanks for...
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    help with pulling out the fishbox/seat valco 18 bayrunner

    Im trying to pull all the stuff off my little aluminum valco bayrunner , time to re-floor it before new motor. Im having trouble getting the stainless box seat off, the screws are pulled and now im trying to free it ( UP ) out of the aluminum case...figuring that will expose the screws that...
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    what would toast my tacho?

    WHat would burn up my tacho in the process of trouble shooting wether my starter solenoid or starter was bad? After reading the forum I jumped the the starter straight from battery , did this send something strong current to the tacho, It did rev pretty high at the begining. Im interested...
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    70 hp no crank

    After a great day getting beat up in the SF bay, motor firing up many times through the day , finally when we really needed to get off the water the the starter / solenoid stop cranking over. Hard to describe if there was clicking , there was a lot of chatter coming from an hour meter under...
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    prop replace ...do I really need this extra do-dad

    Thank in advance for you patience. New boat owner, first time out messed up the prop pretty good ( or it came that way and I didnt inspect closely, so I read these forums for about a week and located my prop 13 inch 17pitch 3 blade for 1987 70 hp johnson OB. I ordered from Iboat and took the...
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    can I shorten transducer cable?

    The ( 2 ) transducer cables are to long , is there any problem with cutting them and re-terminating the one end ( that attachs to depth finder ) This is assuming I can re-use the factory end or purchase a new one. I know that in some sensor applications the wire length is carefully sized at...
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    engine hours guage

    I just bought my first boat and its got lots of dangling wires and some guages that dont work. Not sure if the engine manual that is on its way will address the issue , but where/how does this datcon counter hook in, Id like it to keep track of the time the motor is running to start a...
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