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    bonding wood and plastic

    I need to bond a piece of treated wood to the top of my plastic gas tank in my bass boat. What is a product that will work for this that will hold good and take just a little flexible movement. Any help or suggestions appreciated.
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    Wiring Perko Switch Between Trolling And Starting Battery

    I have a 12 volt trolling battery and a dual purpose starting battery. Sometimes I run down the trolling battery before I stop fishing for the day. I would like to connect a Perko switch between it and the dual purpose starting battery. Could someone help me with the right wiring connection for...
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    Help On Slow Draining Livewell

    I have a bass boat with a livewell drain hole at the bottom of the boat. It is also equipped with a aerator and overflow hole in the livewell. My problem is that when I quit fishing and load up the livewell drain hole somewhere between the back of the boat and the livewell is partially or fully...
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    Evinrude foot control trolling motor

    I posted earlier about this problem. I have checked a few things. My problem is that the foot pedal is so stiff under high speed that I cannot depress it to make it go where I want. I disconnected it at the top where it connects to the gear on top. the foot control is very easy to move up and...
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    Cannot control trolling motor

    I have a Evinrude foot controlled trolling motor. It has three speeds. In the middle and high speed I have almost no control of making it go in the direction I want it to go. The foot control is very difficult to press up and down when it is running. When it is not running the foot control works...
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    Compression on stored engine

    I went to check out a 1997 90hp Johnson that was for sale. It has been in storage for two years on a wooden pallet laying on its side. A mechanic told me to check the compression before considering buying the motor. I took out the spark plugs and then turned the engine with some jumper cables...
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    Running light switch

    I have a two circuit switch for running lights. It is Off- On 1, On 1&2. It has 3 screw terminals. The terminals are marked individually as "H","R" & "AB". Could someone tell me which wire goes to what terminal?
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    Fiberglass floor repair

    The fiberglass floor in my boat is cracking in some spots. What is the best way to repair this?
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    Vacuum Line on 1985 90hp vro disconnected

    I just discovered one end of what I think is a vacuum line of some sort disconnected. The other end is attached to the center of the engine block on the throttle control side. I cranked the engine and while running could feel a vacuum being pulled on the loose end. Does anyone have any idea...
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    1985 90hp vro

    What is the best method to see if fuel pump is working properly?
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    compression

    What are some of the reasons a outboard will lose compression in one of the cylinders? My outboard is a 1985 90hp. I have 120,120 on one side. I have 115,95 on the other side. Also what potential effect will this have on performance. Thanks for any help or suggestions.
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    90hp rpm loss

    I have a 1985 90hp vro. It has lost rpms to the point that I can barely get on plane. I have checked fuel line, fuel filter, fuel tank vent and also installed new plugs. I decarbed the motor and checked the output voltage on both power packs. The dc voltage readings were 240 on #1 primary 250 on...
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    Help with voltmeter on power pack output

    I am trying to check power pack output on my evinrude 1985 90hp. The manual says to use a peak reading voltmeter inconjunction with a stevens adapter. I have the adapter and know that it works. My voltmeter is a Fluke 179 true rms multimeter. It has a choice of maximum, minimum and average...
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    1985 evinrude 90hp vro

    Does a 1985 90hp evinrude have two power packs? Someone let me borrow a clyers manual, but it covers motors from 1991 to 1995. These motors seem to have one power pack. I want to do a power pack output test on my 1985. Since I think it has two power packs would the test still be performed in the...
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    peak reading voltmeter

    My manual says to use a peak reading voltmeter to check power pack output. Is there any way around this? I already have a good analog and digital voltmeter. What is the difference?
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    decarb and rpm

    My compression readings are 120,120,115 & 90. My rpms have dropped to about 4000. When a motor is decarbed and the compression is succesfully raised, do the rpms pick back up?
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    Advice on compression & other problems 90hp vro

    I just checked the compression on my 1985 90hp vro. It was 120, 120, 115, & 90. Am I in trouble with the one reading 90? My motor has cut off suddenly twice as if the switch was turned off while running at full throttle. It has not cut off on me again but I can only get about 70% power out of it...
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    Power pack output test (please help)

    I want to check the output of the power packs in my 1985 90hp vro. The clymer manual says I need a load adapter in combination with a voltmeter. Is this load adapter something that I can make? Is there any other method of checking out power packs? Any help or suggestions appreciated.
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    Checking Power Pack

    I have a 1985 90hp vro Evinrude. It has suddenly died on me a couple of times while running at full throttle. After this it ran just good enough to get me on plane and run about 60% throttle. I now can't get enough power out of it to even plane off. I have verified that the tank vent, fuel line...
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    90 HP VRO cuts off at full throttle

    My outboard has cut off on me a couple of times while running at full throttle. It will crank back immediately after cutting off. Gas line, Tank vent, fuel filter and spark plugs are okay. Any ideas out there on what this could be? Is there such a thing as a half bad fuel pump?
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