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    Wide transom notch: Mounting kicker straight onto transom

    This hyper-cutting-edge drawing looks like it was drafted on a 1985 Macintosh Plus. Forgive, but I'm about 20 minutes away from the actual boat and I don't have any pictures of it with me right now. Question: I have a wide cut outboard transom notch as shown in the illustration. Is there any...
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    No latch to hold kicker in up position?

    Hello folks, I recently acquired the following: Johnson: 6HP Seahorse model: 6r-71e year: 1971 serial: J3374393 I want to use this for trolling. When I'm not trolling, I want it up and out of the water so it doesn't disrupt the performance of my main outboard. When I tilt it up, there is no...
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    RTV Silicone for Garboard Plug

    Hi all, It appears that most people recommend using 5200 sealant for installing a brass garboard plug flange. I was at a marine store the other day and the salesperson said I could use this stuff and it would work just as well...
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    0.1V DC multimeter battery reading when motor is running

    I have a 1965 Mercury 1000 (100 HP) connected of course to a 12 V battery. When I connect the multimeter to the battery without the motor running, I get, as expected, 12.34V DC. When I connect the multimeter to the battery when the motor is running, I get 0.01V DC. I'm not the world's greatest...
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    Prop engaged when mercontrol set in neutral

    I have a 1965 Mercury 1000 (100 HP). The motor seems to run pretty well actually, but when the mercontrol is set to neutral, the prop is engaged (slowly, but spins nevertheless). This remains the case even when the neutral throttle is engaged. This is cause for concern to me, needless to say...
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