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    old 3.5 hp seaking lost spark

    I bought this motor in the spring: http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=300819 here is a picture of it: It was very reliable. At one point when I was having trouble with the motor on my pontoon, I put it on the transom as a kicker so I wouldn't get stuck out on the lake. I never...
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    '98 70HP Johnson losing prime.....(fuel delivery system)

    I'm having a hard time keeping the motor primed. When I do get it started and fuel flows it runs like a top. When I stop the motor for more than a few minutes I have to pump the bulb try to start, then pump again....after a few iterations it will start and run fine When I pump the bulb to prime...
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    Forced Family Fun, We all attended a safe boating course today!

    In TN if you were born after 1989 you need to be 13 years old and licensed to operate motorized watercraft. In order to do that you need to pass a 'safe boating course'. Even though my older ones were born before this (23 and 20 yo's) the appeased me and attended the course this morning with...
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    98 70hp Johnson cutting out

    Just bought this pontoon. We started the motor up in the sellers backyard, fired right up but idled high. We met his mechanic out on the lake the next day and he adjusted the carburetors. We took it out for 20 minutes and it ran smooth, reacted quickly to the throttle control. The next day I...
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    Should a boat cover always be waterproof?

    Okay, I did do some research before posting this and everything I saw said a boat cover should be waterproof. I just purchased a 20' pontoon. It was wrapped and stored under a carport and is in great shape. I have no carport or garage to put it in at the moment, but it did come with the cover...
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    New Owner: 3.5 hp Sea King-?? to do to use regularly?

    I saw this engine pop up on craigslist: $25...I called withing 4 minutes of the posting. The guy said it had been in storage for 25 years, it was his little brothers. It was running when his little brother sold the boat. He pulled the cord, it was free. I jumped on it, took it home, put a...
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    Unread Private Message

    For the last several months it says: Welcome, country_bumpkin. You last visited: Today at 12:08 PM Private Messages: Unread 1, Total 21. My Replies I always get a little jump when I see that as I like sending and recieving these. BUT, there is no unread PM! Anyone else have this problem...
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    Universal 11 hp Diesel-purge fuel system

    At the risk of getting chase/laughed out of here I'm going to pose a inboard/sailboat engine challenge: I bougt a Cal 2-27 (yes that's a sailboat) that has a 12hp Universal diesel. It looks to be in great shape. The PO had is running 2 years ago right after he bought it. He said the mechanic...
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    sold a boat.........and I still have it!

    Me oh my! Many of you know me from 'sold a boat and it busted'. I guess I'm a used boat selling LOSER!. When I sold the 20' I/O cuddy last July I bought a 22' Macgregor sailboat. My family had a great time on it this past year, but quickly realized we wanted something larger, more comfortable...
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    Should it pee when it's cold?

    I have a 4hp 4stroke Yamaha as a kicker on my sailboat. Should it pee when it first starts up and is cold? or only after it warms up? Thanks CB
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    4HP 4 stroke Yamaha, stalls past 1/4 throttle

    Have a 4 HP 4 stroke Yamaha (2000 model, a kicker on my 22' sailboat). Starts easy, runs well at less than 1/4 throttle, but when I try and turn is past 1/4 it stalls........(it will rev up past 1/4 in nuetral though) Took this to an independent mechanic, told him the problem, he rebuilt carb...
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    Cost to Replace or Rebuild Engine

    Maybe this should be in engine topics, but everyone out here knows me and my situation. I probably should have done this before, but better late than never. JUST IN CASE! The people sueing me claim that their mechanic qouted them 3,500 to fix the "boat that busted". Don't know if that was...
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    boating aficionados! expert opinon!

    Would love an older runabout. Something to fix up, but then something that would be EASY to pull to the lake or river. Not like the barge I sold in July. I have no idea about what this boat is, but it looks pretty cool. Any comments? http://nashville.craigslist.org/boa/434569887.html
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    sold a boat and it busted!

    Okay, give you the nitty gritty if asked, but very simply I listed my boat on Craigslist in Nasvhille, some young guy in Knoxville (about 180 miles away) saw it and desperately wanted it. Sight unseen (there were pictures on the listing). oh, here is the...
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    Stumped! No Spark!?

    Mercruiser 488 Replaced and then bypassed shift interput and still no spark. at the coil it reads: pos (5.9V), neg (-.1V) and I noticed that the wires on the pos side are getttin HOT! where do I go from here for a diagnosis? Thinking it's something simple that I can repair and not take it to...
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    1986 Imperial-What's it worth?

    I bought this boat 2 years ago. Did no research, just saw it, was very comfortable with the sellar and with the boats performance during the test drive. She has been alot of fun for the whole family, very dependable, but now thinking about upgrading and have no idea of what to sell it for. I...
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    oil change and raw water impellar

    Thanks for looking at this thread. Probably could find a 100 threads that will answer my 2 questions, but here I go. My 2nd year with a 1986 Imperial, 20ft. Mercruiser engine reads 488 (inline 4) and the outdrive reads 165 alpha one. 1. How the heck do you change the oil? I was successful but...
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    Help! Need (old) Throttle Interruptor Switch

    I bought an old (1986) 20' runabout 2 years ago. It has a mercruiser engine (says 488 on valve cover), an inline 4 cylinder that had been rebuilt. She runs strong, and smooth. Last week she just died in the middle of the lake. No spark. I traced the problem to a throttle/shift interuptor switch...
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