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    Fuel tank pick ups

    I have a 1978 Starcraft 22ft cabin cruiser. When I bought it about 6 years ago, it had original o/b's on it, and the gas/oil was premix in the tank. I started having fuel delivery issues, and originally thought it was one of the motors, so bought a 200hp yamaha o/b that I got a great deal on...
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    Trailer tires

    My boat trailer has B78-13st tires on it. They are quite dry rotted, and I need to replace them. Do I have to go with the same tires, or will any 5-hole 13 inch tire do?
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    Yamaha 200 TXRS warning buzzer

    About a year and a half ago, I was on the water and got a warning buzzer. I limped back in, and tried to duplicate the buzzer on a hose after going over the motor with a fine toothed comb. I have not gotten a buzzer again until today. It was while I was starting it, and it immediately went...
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    Closed end blind pop rivets

    I'm trying to do some hull repair to my 78 Islander. I've got a few of the old rivets that have sheared off and I have to find a suitable replacement that doesn't require me to gut the boat to get a bucking bar in there to install solid rivets. So I found these nifty blind pop rivets that are...
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    1972 sea ray cuddy cabin

    Got a call from a guy with a 1972 Sea Ray cuddy cabin. It's got an straight 6 in it, he says the outdrive and motor is in good shape, but the boat hasn't been out in 2 seasons, so it needs some clean-up, etc... theoretically, it needs old gas out, new in, oil, etc... he wants $1200 for it and...
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    Looking at a new boat

    So I need a trailer for my 78 starcraft v5... And I found a boat I might want. It's a 78 Sea Ray v-220 with a hard-top. The out drive is diconnected from the boat as the outdrive joint was broken. Also the interior needs some work, but the trailer is in great condition!! Anyway, the guy...
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    Odd trim actuated buzzer

    Okay, so I've been reading some of the old posts about buzzers and trim being related, and they all point to the oil level setting off the buzzer (as opposed to overheat). When my engine (yamaha model 200txrs) is at idle I can trim it all day long with no buzzer. When it is at anything above...
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    1994 Yamaha 200hp wierd idle, surging

    When I say wierd, I mean that it sounds sort of like a Harley Davidson motorcycle idling. Not very smooth at all. I took it out on the water for the first time ever today to test it out (just bought it, installed it) and it seemed to run a little rough at low speed, then when I brought it up on...
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    Seloc or Yamaha manual?

    I am re-powering with a 1994 Yamaha 200hp. I am having problems with my Seloc manual being exceedingly confusing for the intitial rigging/wiring I think because it covers so many motors. Am I better off paying the $80 for a yamaha service manual for this motor? How much will this help me, as...
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    need wiring help/diagram!

    I just re-powered for the first time ever, and am having issues with wiring. I bought a seloc manual but it covers so many motors that the wiring diagrams are extremely small and very difficult to make any sense of. I don't have a wiring harness for the boat side yet, and not sure exactly...
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    New (to me) yamaha 200txrs

    I just put a 200hp yamaha on the back of my boat today, replacing two 1978 johnson 55's. right now I have no idea where to get the boat side wiring harness, oil tank, etc... I've never replaced an outboard, but i have plenty of experience working on the ones I've owned. Will a seloc manual...
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    Hopefully in the right thread

    I just got offered a deal I could not refuse. A 200hp yamaha 4-stroke (don't know year yet, just that it has very low hours) from a very good (very rich) friend for $2k. I need to finance this purchase and have 2 1978 55hp johnson outboards on the boat right now. I just don't know what they...
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    Need a place to start

    I just got back from a 7 month deployment and would like to take my boat on the water soon, however... I had a nagging problem with one of the motors before I left (1978 Johnson 55hp), and was not able to sort it out. Soooo... I want to get going on it as soon as I can. Here's the problem as...
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    Wierd Problem

    Okay, I posted on this before, but now I've got more info. I posted it as motor surging before. After running my 1978 55hp Johnson for awhile, the rpms will suddenly back way off to mid range or so, then intermittently go back to wot for a few seconds and back to mid range. It's hard to tell...
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    New wiring harness

    Where can I get a new wiring harness for a 1978 Johnson 55hp outboard? Model 55EL78S. I have been having problems intermittently where the starter will not work, and then the electric choke won't work, so I started looking at the wiring, and sure enough, the insulation is crumbling on some...
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