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    Question on different drive ratios 4cy VS V8?????

    My curious mind has gotten me once again into a spot that I can?t figure out what?s the best way to go. I currently have a Mercruiser 140hp in a Pontoon I built. On a good day she will run around 26mph. In the quest to make my wife angry I dragged home another boat with a 350 SBC Mercruiser in...
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    Changing a reverse rotating motor to a standard rotating motor.

    To make a long story short. Last yr I built this(Completed Boat Projects) I/O pontoon that has a 140hp 4cyl mercruiser, because I?m a guy who like to go fast and cant leave anything alone, and spends to much time search craigslist for deals.:D I ended up buying a 22ft celebrity with a cracked...
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    Pontoon Polishing

    Thought I would do a quick right up on polishing my pontoons toons. My boat is a 89 Bass Buggy that I complete restored last yr. (http://forums.iboats.com/completed-boat-projects/pontoon-conversion-inboard-outboard-573089.html) I first started with getting the boat off the trailer Then I used...
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    Not charging/alternator issue please help

    OK I have a mid 70 mercruiser 140 that I think the alternator has giving the ghost up. I just used the pontoon last weekend and noticed at first start my volt gauge would read battery voltage till i reved it bast 1300 rpms then it would jump up to 14.0v. Tonight I was finishing up on my fuel...
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    A few questions about Tilt/trim having some issues

    I have a 1972 mr-1 drive with a 3.0l mercruiser that I installed in a pontoon. As far as the electronics go they function fine. I did have to remove the trim up safety switch since that part went bad. I?m having two issues and they may be related. First one is when in reverse harder then normal...
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    Fuel Issue when Idling for a long period of time. (10 min)

    Adding more information. Ok I changed out everything but the fuel pump and everything seemed to be working fine. Except I had to take out the anti-sphion valve because my local marine place was out of stock on them, so I just replaced it with a normal brass barbed fitting. Drove the boat last...
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    Need help with Boat insurance (having a hard time getting it)

    First off new to this forum but not new to boats. I’m having a hard time getting insurance on my pontoon boat that I built my self. Here’s a link to my build thread. http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=556911 My “current” insurance company is making me jump thru a lot of paper work and...
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    Building of an I/O pontoon (lots of pics)

    I have had a few people ask me to do a build thread on my I/O pontoon that I built so here it is. (first off I know my spelling and grammar sucks so just look that the pictures if you?re a grammar nazi) First off lets start with the back ground story. When I got married I acquired the pontoon...
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    Pontoon Conversion to an Inboard/Outboard

    I have had a few people ask me to do a build thread on my I/O pontoon that I built so here it is. (first off I know my spelling and grammar sucks so just look that the pictures if you?re a grammar nazi) First off lets start with the back ground story. When I got married I acquired the pontoon...
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