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  1. roscoe

    Outboard life expectancy

    Does everyone want or need the most powerful or fastest accelerating motor? I sure don't. Not everyone is fishing tournaments, or trying to make up for their male deficiencies. Give me a solid motor that can push my boat at 30 mph and I'm good.
  2. roscoe

    Outboard life expectancy

    Well let's take a brief and incomplete and possibly inaccurate history of 4 stroke outboards.There were several small and short lived companies as far back as the 1920's. But successful companies include: Tohatsu 1956 ! Homelite /Fisher-Pierce 1960 Honda 1964 Suzuki and Mercury tried 4...
  3. roscoe

    Best Sonar

    Price range ????
  4. roscoe

    impeller. 82 50 hp 4 cyl

    50 hp 4 cal 2 stroke impeller oem impeller is $26 at the 2 dealers I checked. Sierra's 18-3007 Water Pump Impeller is $16 Don't use the chineseium brands. Use the Merc oem, or the sierra brand. For the 75 hp, Mercury part number 89984T4, $35. The sierra 18-3017 is $24-29 depending where...
  5. roscoe

    Is my engine mounted low enough?

    Exactly. If you place a wedge between the hull and the bracket, so the mounting bracket is vertical, it will lower the motor several more inches deeper into the water. Problem solved, no new holes in the hull.
  6. roscoe

    Boat floor

    I ran my vinyl past the plywood and 3 inches onto the aluminum. My boat is used strictly for fishing, and wanted to keep sinkers, hooks, swivels, etc., from filing into the crack and being lost under the floor. This was more important to me than aesthetics. It also kept water from getting...
  7. roscoe

    Weird story

    One has a white powerhead, and a newer replacement BRP cd module.
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    Weird story

    Bait and switch, Does it run ?
  9. roscoe

    GARMIN UHD2 5CV software updates and inland SD cards are the price.

    If your unit only came with the "world base map", then yes, The Garmin Navionics map chip is worth it.
  10. roscoe

    Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Munising, Michigan

    I haven't been there since i was a kid, 50+ years ago. Gonna have to start revisiting some of these places.
  11. roscoe

    Water splashing over transom

    He raised the motor 2.5 inches.
  12. roscoe

    Very loud "thunk" while underway...

    A Baby Ruth ???
  13. roscoe

    Steering Slack and Stiff Steering

    Fittings on motor are for the swivel, and the tilt tube. The steering cable is sealed, non serviceable. The helm can be greased, but you're not getting grease into the cable sheath. You need to disconnect the cable from the helm, and the motor. This involves removing the steering rod from the...
  14. roscoe

    Mariner 5M no impeller?

    What cools the gearcase on other outboards? Feeding water into a gearcase would get expensive. At a loss.
  15. roscoe

    Is this a L drive or not?

    YES
  16. roscoe

    P.S.A. . . . SAE J2807 Towing capacity spec's

    Manufacturers are supposed to use the standard testing procedures, so the consumer can compare apples to apples when comparing to vehicles. Do they all comply to the standard testing criteria? You might want to ask. https://www.motortrend.com/how-to/1502-sae-j2807-tow-tests-the-standard/
  17. roscoe

    Replacing old 2 stroke with newer 4 stroke advice?

    You Will be on the lake longer. You will miss the smell of napalm in the morning. You may have to slow down. You will need new controls, shift and throttle cables.
  18. roscoe

    Best fuel stabilizer for older 2 strokes

    Original poster asked if there was a preferred stabilizer for e10 vs e0 fuel, presumably for long term storage, as that’s what fuel stabilizer is for.
  19. roscoe

    Best fuel stabilizer for older 2 strokes

    We've all smelled gas that has gone bad, so how does no stabilizer prevent that from happening to the fuel left in the tank? Sometimes it can go bad over a winter, but usually longer. I've actually used 4+ year old gas that was treated with sta-bil, with no issues. If I had to use e10 gas...
  20. roscoe

    Lake depth and how shallow can you run?

    Gotta go where the fish are. Don't have an hour + to get up the channel, so... I trust my chartplotters. One has LakeMaster chip, the other has Navionics chip. I just have to remember to adjust the water height offset for current conditions.
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