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  1. Texasmark

    Don't know where to put this

    Bought some stuff from you (iboats). Also bought some stuff from Cabela's. Got this March-April Journal from them (Cabela's)....roughly 185 pages.<br /><br />Looking thru it were some advertisements that were/could be of interest to me (unlike stuff that just nausiates you) and lots of fishin...
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    I died and went to (boater's) heaven

    Can't believe I was banging on this keyboard till 11:40 last night. No wonder I felt tired when I looked at the time icon on the screen and saw the time.<br /><br />-------------<br /><br />Anyhow I have been boring you with the tales of my little tin can and thought you might enjoy this. (You...
  3. Texasmark

    Same old 7 and 6 on Oil

    You know I left the tractor forums just because of this oil bashing. Guess that's why when you go to the store, there are more kinds of oil on the shelf than there are kinds of bread on the grocer's shelf.<br /><br />Mark
  4. Texasmark

    Ok I give........ouch!!!

    So I buy this '02 90 hp Merc in December and the first time I take it out I get the overtemp horn at low speed. <br /><br />Get home and pull the thermostat, put it in a pot of boiling water and it doesn't open. <br /><br />Fine I said, I'll do without, (for one thing I figured the replacement...
  5. Texasmark

    Lugging a 2 Cycle

    Gotta share this.<br /><br />I'm relatively new to this site. I have come to realize that there are some real "old salts" on here that know their business through education, hard knocks, mechanicaning, and experience.<br /><br />So I start reading about where to run your 2 cycle (rpm's at WOT)...
  6. Texasmark

    Slippage change awesome

    This is either props or boats. Will try props.<br /><br />So I finally hit a calm day at the lake and the temp was bearable. I just drained the tank, put in clean fuel, and added some Sea Foam to do my maintenance per you guys. Did the 1 oz per gallon thing and after 4 hours of goofing off...
  7. Texasmark

    Washing Machine

    DO NOT mention to your wife how proud you are of your 15 year old washing machine that has faithfully washed countless loads of work clothes of yours and other things for the household. If you do you are asking for it. I did it yesterday and my machine of the vintage mentioned politely croaked...
  8. Texasmark

    Decarb, different twist this time

    Peace Bro's<br /><br />Been reading about the decarb thing since joining the site and seems that I missed something in my initial analysis. Maybe it's the wedge shaped piston rings with the nowadays popular loopers that makes it necessary whereas it wasn't when I was boating before with...
  9. Texasmark

    Simple solution to litigation/imprisonment

    Just dawned on me. All the litigation and police activity, and need for lawyers and suits and all that crapola is based upon only one premise.......we co-exist with homosapiens.<br /><br />So if you don't want to endure the above, stay away from people. Plain and simple. I try, but they keep...
  10. Texasmark

    Simple solution to litigation/imprisonment

    Just dawned on me. All the litigation and police activity, and need for lawyers and suits and all that crapola is based upon only one premise.......we co-exist with homosapiens.<br /><br />So if you don't want to endure the above, stay away from people. Plain and simple. I try, but they keep...
  11. Texasmark

    Thermostat necessity question

    Just bought this boat and have had it out 3 times in the past 60 days. As mentioned in another post, the thermostat was stuck closed and I limped home.<br /><br />Since Merc did without them long after OMC introduced them I said what the heck and tossed it.<br /><br />Was out again yesterday...
  12. Texasmark

    Engine temp gauge questions

    Got a '02 90 Merc. Had a stuck thermostat when I bought it....found out the first time I went to the lake and the overheat horn went off. But It has a pressure relief valve also so if you hook her up and get some water pressure into the lower unit she opened the press relief valve, which...
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    Still on steering replacement

    Since the hole on the deck is very close to the engines bracket, I don't see any other way to replace the cable than to unbolt the engine from the transom and suspend in on a hoist away from the boat (clumsy idea I think...having not done it) and remove the old and then after installing the new...
  14. Texasmark

    Best OB steering for 90 hp engine

    Best OB steering for 90 hp engine In case I have to replace my steering, the whole Teleflex steering system is about as cheap as just the cable. It will be NFB but I was wondering if anyone has any hands on info on rack and pinion, vs the other round type (I guess you call it). I think I have...
  15. Texasmark

    Rack and Pinion Steering binding

    Searched and only found 2 posts on the topic but not the exact answer. <br />--------------------<br />Lengthy, but needs to be to fill you in on the facts to get at the best answer. Sorry<br />--------------------<br />Have a newly purchased bass boat that has a Teleflex rack and pinion...
  16. Texasmark

    Question about Gear Ratio's

    Was surfing this am and a Mr. Rhodes wanted to upgrade his '02 from 40 to 60 hp.<br /><br />In the replies, one person mentioned that the gear ratio was different; like 2:1 for the 40 and 1.64 for the 60.<br /><br />Does the selection of gear ratio have to do with which end of the lineup the...
  17. Texasmark

    No Need to Decarb this Merc

    No Need to Decarb this Merc Well, I may have had my curiousity answered about this decarb thing.<br /><br />Just came back from the "FAQ" section and learned a couple of things about it and why it is or is not needed. Like 20 hrs and killing it lugging vs 500 hrs and still purring by keeping...
  18. Texasmark

    More on the 200 EFI Siezure problem.

    Was just wondering yesterday in looking at my service manual. I understand how a carbureted 2 cycle lubes the mains, wrist pins, and rod bearings on the crank.<br /><br />What I don't understand is how the EFI gets lubed? So in the case of the 200 mentioned, how do you get lube to the bearings...
  19. Texasmark

    Please explain the "Why" for DeCarb to a dumb newbie to this site

    Help me understand this Roscoe and "gss036" if you see this, please, or anyone else who has the answer.<br /><br />This DeCarb thing is new to me. Till I popped onto this site a couple of weeks or so ago I never heard of it.<br /><br />On carbon, I always associated it with leaded fuel. When...
  20. Texasmark

    Are you an oil nut....check this out

    http://www.nmma.org/certification/programs/oils/ <br /><br />Interesting, just what all these specs are and why they are there and what they are supposed to do for you, your engine, and the environment. For the mentally inquisitive, makes for some interesting reading.<br /><br />Like take Merc...
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