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    Uncommanded tilt up

    The motor is a 2015 Mercury 150 HP 4-stroke. It started going full up on it’s own a couple of weekends ago. When I was called to the boat I used the throttle to trim it all the way down but it came all the way back up as soon as I released the switch. I then used the switch on the motor and it...
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    Fuel coming out VST vent hose

    I got lucky this morning. Someone offered to help me tow the boat and was able to use a boat that had to come off the lake anyway. So, possible stupidity was averted. The boat with the VST issue spent a week in the shop a year ago with the same problem and the mechanic told me he wouldn’t be...
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    Fuel coming out VST vent hose

    This is a generic engine question prompted by a Suzuki DF250. The VST vent is pumping raw fuel into the air intake which in turn floods out the engine. I know there is a VST issue and have one ordered but the boat is on the lake 3 miles from the nearest boat ramp and swapping out a VST is not...
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    Is it feasible to straighten a prop shaft?

    Don’t get me wrong. My preference by far is to replace it but it’s coming up on 6 months waiting for the order to come in with no updates on the status from Suzuki. I had the lower unit for that boat on order for a month before I was able to source a replacement from another dealer 300 miles...
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    Is it feasible to straighten a prop shaft?

    I may take a stab at it. I have a press and a dial indicator. I can easily make the V-blocks out of steel or wood. I can’t think of a better way to get experience and the owner knows the situation with getting a new shaft. I could actually practice on the one from the old lower unit. It hit a...
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    Is it feasible to straighten a prop shaft?

    2017 Suzuki DF200A mounted on a 2017 Crest tri-toon. Definitely happened in the water. I am the only one who has trailered that boat all year. I pulled it out this time for general servicing. As soon as I put it in reverse to back out of the slip I knew something was bent. Boats shouldn’t shake...
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    Is it feasible to straighten a prop shaft?

    The title says it all. Brand new lower unit in July that a renter bent the shaft on in September. Have had the lower unit disassembled and sitting on the bench ever since waiting for a shaft that I can’t even get a status on. Stainless prop doesn’t show any impact damage. I have seen some...
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    Yamaha F150 tilt/trim limiter

    The actual switch didn’t mount quite as easy as it appeared it would. The steering cylinder had to be removed. I probably didn’t do that the best way possible. There isn’t enough room to install the bolt in the steering arm when the switch is installed so I had to leave the switch mount bolts...
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    Yamaha F150 tilt/trim limiter

    I finally got a chance to go back out and have a second look. The connection is pretty well hidden on the F150. That’s it wrapped in yellow tape next to the oil filter and behind the starter cables:
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    Yamaha F150 tilt/trim limiter

    I bought one of these limit switches today and took a quick look at the boat to see what the installation will take. The switch mounts easy enough but I didn’t see where to plug in the wires. I followed the harness from the trim switch on the side across the bottom of the cowl to the main...
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    Pontoon parts?

    I may be looking at this too critical. I wanted to duplicate what was there for the missing door but it may suffice just to weld up a rectangle with a couple of tabs on each side to attach the panel. Or I could buy a little extra and put a couple of cross bars and leave it open. My bender will...
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    Pontoon parts?

    Does anyone know where to source the materials? I have been searching for the aluminum tube but can’t seem to find anything close to what I am looking to match on the boat. The tube has some sort of extruded pinch tab to hold the panel.
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    Pontoon parts?

    I have a 2013 Silver Wave in the fleet I manage. Very nice boat but one of the users let a tube blow out hit and the rear gate. The gate went to the bottom of the lake and now I cannot find a replacement anywhere. Silver Wave doesn't support anything more than 6 years old. I only found one fence...
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    Engine alarm won’t stop

    Did that many times as well as tweaked the location of the oil pump shaft to allow the distributor to drop in at the different locations. New distributor doesn’t go in the same as the old. Maybe a quarter tooth off at the closest location. Haven’t done very many distributors but have stabbed...
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    Engine alarm won’t stop

    I half expect an issue. The rotor didn’t line up exactly the same.
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    Engine alarm won’t stop

    Code reader only showed a code for a misfire when the the boat was in the shop. The mechanic recommended the cap and rotor change which I had to do myself. One of the cap screws didn’t feel quite right but I let it run thinking there wasn’t any real force on a cap. Bad screw came loose and...
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    Engine alarm won’t stop

    I downloaded an owners manual for the Cobalt and the Volvo Penta. The Cobalt manual states a variety of reasons for a beep every minute and claims the various reasons are identified on the gauge by an abbreviation. All the gauge says when it beeps is “check engine”. The Volvo manual states any...
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    Engine alarm won’t stop

    Could be too much oil. I have found more than one of the boats over serviced. This boat in particular was above the full mark when I started extracting oil the other day. Unfortunately, my extractor pump quit pumping after removing a quart and I didn’t catch that it had only removed a quart...
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    Engine alarm won’t stop

    I can’t run the boat for a couple of days but I don’t recall the oil pressure being low the last time I ran it. It has a digital display that I usually step through to check things when on a test ride. if I knew how to silence the alarm I would. I did find a reference to a lower unit oil change...
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    Engine alarm won’t stop

    Here is the tag from the other one:
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