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  1. Sea Rider

    Water in gear oil.-

    A friend of mine bought a boat with a 5 Ltr Gasoline Volvo Penta inboard motor, when changing the lower leg's gear oil was found quite milky. Question : to change all gear case's related parts such as o'rings, seals, is it a straightforward work compared to doing same on an outboard lower leg...
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    Denso U Groove Spark Plugs.-

    Need to install a set of Q20PR-U spark plugs which somebody told me that were factory gapped to 0.8 mm, question : if my motor works with regular spark plugs gapped to 11 mm, should the Denso plugs be re gapped to 11mm to work properly. These plugs have a middle internal groove under the tip...
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    E-Tec Tech Inquiry,-

    A friend of mine which knows 0 about boating just purchased this nice 16 footer open boat with an E-Tec 130 HP motor with less than 100 metered worked hours. As an E-Tec it's a different 2 strokes motor would like to know more about the following : 2 Strokes Oil : Evinrude recommends the use...
  4. Sea Rider

    Tohatsu/Merc 8 to 9.8 HP Conversion.-

    Paul, Assume that the only part needed for such spot on conversion is ordering a new 9.8 CPU, if so, how much would it cost ? Happy Boating
  5. Sea Rider

    Are Yam's Really Though Ones.-

    Watch how this nice 2 strokes 15 HP motor is being extremely punished....Ouch, Ouch!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBUOZRQj_tk Will have nightmares after seing this video... Gee, what has the punisher been smoking lately..LOL!! Happy Boating
  6. Sea Rider

    M70C Prop.-

    Need to buy a 3 blade alum15 pitch prop for a M70C motor. Does the prop comes along with the hub kit or needs to be purchased separately ? Happy Boating
  7. Sea Rider

    Propping Right a 45 Ft Sailboat.-

    My cousin just received a brand new out of the french shipyard Beneteau 45 footer. It's equipped with a Yanmar 40 HP saildrive unit, the lower leg and prop is located somewhere middle to aft of the sailboat. Much better than the traditional shaft and prop drive method. Motor specs states max...
  8. Sea Rider

    J24-Tohatsu 5 HP Raid.-

    Paul, Will be making a 100-120 Km water raid on a J24 sailboat powered with a 2 strokes Tohatsu 5 HP motor. Being a 1 ton sailboat was wondering if throttling to say max 3/4 throttle at whatever rpm runs will be OK as not to stress the little horse. The motor has been prop maxed with a 3 blade...
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    Fuel/Oil Mix Ratio.-

    Was wondering in which year did Yam started using 100:1 fuel/oil ratio on their 2 strokes 8 HP motors ? Is there a missing collar that holds in place the thermostat inside cylinder head, or this model only uses a thermo without collar. Someone stole what was inside.. Year is unknown, but...
  10. Sea Rider

    Will Lose it if Loose.-

    A costly hardware mistake, check minute 15:30, seems that all 4 bolts and nuts were installed backwards, became loose and motor dived into the deep blue...thoughts.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42a5ZX3d5FU&lc=z22zslo5oxflfl5usacdp43bplr5ftskcjfzfe2ns1xw03c010c.1554900516374080 Sad Boating..
  11. Sea Rider

    Gear Oil Change.-

    Changing lower leg's gear oil most times results in a messy and oily operation, Was wondering if there's a friendly procedure starting dumping old oil and adding new one in. Where do you guys usually dump, collect old oil exiting lower leg aside from the floor..:grumpy: Happy Boating
  12. Sea Rider

    Tohatsu's M Bolts.-

    Will a 13 mm head hex metric bolt with 0.8 mm diameter body, is a M10 bolt ? Happy Boating
  13. Sea Rider

    Font Intensity.-

    Don't know if it's only me, but lately find the font tone intensity appears to be very light which is hard on eyes. If not mistaken moons back used to appear much darker which is the way to go to read and write text without stressing the eyes.. If possible darken the fonts accordingly, more...
  14. Sea Rider

    Is your Beloved Outboard Overheating ?

    Examples of outboards experiencing overheating issues run constantly in salt water and how those issues were solved.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuL3rTtc-VA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9SmeQo_6p4 Interesting comparison of 3 products used to try to clean cylinder heads ...
  15. Sea Rider

    Song Volume Intensification.-

    Need to intensify the sound level of a nice jazz song played live that has a poor volume output, was wondering if someone has a music console which can do that to send the MP3 music file by email, let me know. Thanks in advance.. Happy Boating
  16. Sea Rider

    2 Strokes Tohatsu 8 HP Gear Problems.-

    It's a rebadged 8 HP Merc version, the issue is that when the OB is started at neutral the prop spins with thrust. If spinning prop by hand whith OB OFF and geared forward, there's a clak sound when turned left, locks when turned right. At neutral prop locks somewhere, at reverse prop spins...
  17. Sea Rider

    Maxum 28 footer.-

    Been offered a neat condition 2001 Maxum 2800 Express Cruiser with dual 190 HP Merc Inboard engines with 240 metered worked hours. Does anyone have same boat in current use that will share his boating experience with this model. What to look for, flaws, engine related issues... Asking price is...
  18. Sea Rider

    Sleep ot Hybernate ?

    If you don't want to shut down any Notebook or Desk PC permanently as will be using them say some hours latter. Which modality is best to use : Sleep or Hibernate ? What's the tech difference between those 2 if any ? Happy Boating
  19. Sea Rider

    Lower Leg Plates.-

    As there is too much upper and lower plates controversy going on the forums as which lower plate dials top water performance have made a fond research at my boating Club about different outboards living there. 3 types were found : Old and New ones being bolt on transom OB’s in which the height...
  20. Sea Rider

    Susy Spark Plug.-

    What's the spark plug type, brand and electrode gap of a 4 stroke Suzuki DF6A outboard ? Thanks in advance. Happy Boating
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