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  1. Texasmark

    What you need to know about props. Prof. JB a Sticky?

    I ran across this info today and it covers a lot of info that we have to keep relaying to newcomers. What about a Sticky so that we can just refer the newbie to it and they can get the word from the horses mouth. Some points of interest include where the engine rpms matter in selecting the...
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    Swamp People TV Show

    Saw the first of the new season shows the other night. Ole Troy was his finest as usual. Waiting for him to get some holes in his "lucky" tee shirt. The hour before the new season show, the Texans, who were to go back home the next day to enter the Texas season, had a contest with Troy and...
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    Is it Ready to Go or Not?

    Over the winter I cleaned out the carbs and put in a new impeller. Every thing went without a hitch. Fired it up on muffs afterward and was very pleased with the results. All systems go. Yesterday I pulled it out to get it fired up as the weather is warming and we are getting some rain here...
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    Fuel Issues with Marina Boats

    We have been serving the fuel issue back and forth again and I have a curiousity for those of you who anchor your boats out in the bay or dock at marina for extended periods of time. Every time I was around such places there may be 100 boats but only a hand full used. What happens when you...
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    My Ethanol Experience.....yes here we go again, but it happened to me

    Guy across the road is an urbanite and comes out to his place seldom. Was out yesterday with a seldom used, in new condition APU. Comes over to the house and want's me to help him get it started. Draining the gas in the bowl indicates degraded fuel.....yellow ethanol. Bowl inner surface just...
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    Attention ADMINISTRATORS........................

    Now that I have your attention, today's cartoon tops them all. Was it Queen Isabella or Columbus or one of his advisers that said that the world was square you could just sail off the end of it. Your cartoonist has a wonderful imagination. For comedy to be funny and not tacky like a lot of so...
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    Boat Topic

    In the recent past I have noticed a rash of "Newbie" boat owner postings. One thing lacking on here is the news media and their bias to support their own ends which we have to tolerate any time we want to know anything about anything. Well not this time. It looks to me like the economy is...
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    Yammie no clunk prop and other things about props.

    Since we have had precious rain for the last two days I was surfing to compete with the cabin fever boredom. Wound up on the Yammie site and on into the prop section. Some really good info in there that answers a lot of questions that people ask on here. Figuring out how the no clunk works...
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    Hey Mercury Fans

    If you are curious about history, I was surfing yesterday and wound up on you tube with about 5 movies covering the history of Mercury engines. Really interesting. Thing is, I remember reading newspapers covering some of the events, like their 24,000 mile endurance test of the "Tower of Power"...
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    Well Folks, Here We Go Again......Ethanol and Marine Propulsion

    Personally I don't care what your mind set is. Ethanol in a marine environment has gotten a lot of attention on this site. I have used this companies product to preserve my farm diesel and it has done a stellar job. I had nothing else to do today since it is cold outside and my cows are fed...
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    How's Walleyehed Doing?

    Quite a while back, he said that he was moving from the midwest to Florida to get involved in offshore racing. Thought maybe he would give us a situation awareness report. Maybe someone has heard from him. Mark
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    Learned Something Today

    I bought this "rig" in 2004 with an engine what was built in '02. The seller changed the impeller, actually the whole water pump, housing and all, gave me his old parts as part of the deal (whoopie) but apparently he was fighting a stuck shut thermostat that I realized was stuck the first time...
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    Evinrude E-Tech

    I was watching Dish Channel 193 a couple of nights ago and the program title was "How It's Done" or "How It's Built", or something like that and the subject was a tour of an E-Tech assembly line. No brand loyalty or anything else but I was amazed at the precision maintained in the manufacturing...
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    Mercury vs OMC Forum Size

    Just happen to notice the OMC site forum has almost a 2:1 lead on number of posts. Soooo speculation would have it that either there are twice as many OMC engines floating around or there are twice as many problems with them. Don't know. Have had both and were fine engines. Mark Edit...
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    RPMs and Two Strokes

    I have discussed this topic more than once. I helped a guy with an OMC Sea Drive not too long ago that wouldn't respond to the throttle to get his boat up on plane....all he did was to allow the prop to spin up in the hole and the engine responded to the throttle. I suggested that he port his...
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    Carb kit. This is getting disgusting

    I have a '02 90 triple and have Walbro (I guess) WVE carbs. Engine S/N is OT525XXX (last 3 numbers omitted for security). I want a full kit with all gaskets and needle valve and if a float is part of it great. Iboats doesn't include the needle nor the float. I can't find any online. Help...
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    '02 90 hp triple sneezing

    Ok you guys in the know. I have a real tongue twister. What causes sneezing in recent technology loop charged triple with triple carbs engines that is temperature related? Occurs on muffs at idle and slightly higher rpms. The last time I had the boat out in Feb, '12 it was a stellar...
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    Yammy 115 2 Stroke Questions

    Was over at the Yammie site just now and saw little mention of 115 2 strokes. Any ideas? Thinking about changing badge on my boat and I like the V-4 loop design of the 115 2 stroke. Problem is, can't find any for sale, nor any that have problems in the problems forum, which is great news if...
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    Anybody Running NGK BUZHW-2 Plugs?

    I had my boat out yesterday, after all the repairs and as usual it was wimpy till it warmed up. Once it did the performance, all over the rpm range was stellar. Called NGK yesterday and talked to their tech guy. Really impressed with this man and I told him what I had for an engine and what I...
  20. Texasmark

    Going to disable my oil pump. Where in the archives is the process?

    Ok guys, you know who you are, having helped me and hundreds of others with problems. This guy (me) is still on the receiving end with my current fix my machine which is detailed in this sub forum and surely you have read. After pulling my fuel pump and looking at the fuel/oil inlet plumbing...
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