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    Tin Boat Rebuild continued...

    I finally got around to building and installing a front deck on my Jon Boat project. About 20 years ago when I rebuilt my old Cobia I did this in the non-skid sand on the deck; So I decided to do something similar to my Jon Boat just for fun. After I cut out the plywood and I epoxy coated it...
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    135 optimax hard to restart

    My 1998 135 optimax fires right up at the boat ramp when I head off for a day of fishing but, when I stop and fish then try to restart the motor it cranks and cranks and sometimes back fires and is very hard to re-start. Seems to start right up when cold it is after using it that it is hard to...
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    225 OptiMax Smartcraft gages

    2 years ago I purchased a boat with a 225 opti max, the boat and motor are 2001 models. The boat only has analog gages and no smart craft anything. I would like to get the smart craft gage. I am basically interested in the fuel flow details and alarms. Can someone tell me exactly what I need to...
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    PT Wood on Aluminum

    Okay, here we go again, I am sure some of you are saying. Anyway, I am repairing my aluminum jon boat because PT plywood was used by the manufacturer in the transom and it is causing a significant amount of corrosion. I think I have caught it before it was too far gone. What I want to know is if...
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