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    Mariner 4 Motor and Battery Question

    Unkown model to me, I have always been a MinnKota fan for over 40 years.
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    2003 50 HP 2 stroke water pump question

    Is this a salt water motor ? Seems like lots of corrosion or crud.
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    2003 50 HP 2 stroke water pump question

    Running on muffs will not confirm the pump is pumping, as the pressure from the muffs will make water come out the telltale. Running in a barrel or on the lake will let you know for sure....however, being a new to you motor, a new water pump should have been done right away !!
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    2 hp Johnson: My 2 HP Johnson is a model 2R78R a 1978

    These little motors don't gave much compression, I have the 2.2 hp Merc single and it pulls very easy. Wouldn't want a hard to pull start motor on the back of a canoe !!
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    Water keeps filling boat cover, please help!

    Your cover is similiar to mine. My cover is 24x40 with a second story for junk !! Never had to replace it, never leaks, and it works on multiple toys at the same time !! However, I have to say that my second best cover is the semi truck tarp, that has been awesome.
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    eska golden jet 5 Hp

    Different brands of two strokevoul may cause more or less smoke. I use Pennzoil tcw3 just for that reason, very little smoke !
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    Water keeps filling boat cover, please help!

    Buikd a framework from 2x2's or pvc pipes, make steep angles to shed water and tie it down. If your cover is puddling water, you don't have enough angle to shed the water or you need a stronger cover !! My last tarp/ cover was nade at a semi truck tarp shop, very heavy duty, about 15 yrs old...
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    Getting ready for the ice and cold in central Texas!

    It won't be getting better in our lifetime either...people need to make preperations to live with it, rather than fight it by buying EV's thinking everything will change when we do. The climate has gone thru numerous changes over the past hundreds of thousands of years and it takes hundreds if...
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    1997 Johnson 40 no spark

    Sounds like a bad design...being a two stroke, that fuel is how they get lubrication....no lube and those cylinders would't last very long........I have a 4 cylinder Classic 40 Merc. Excellent running engine, idles very slow !! I have also owned a twin cylinder 40 hp Merc and a twin cylinder...
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    1995 Mercury 40hp 2 stroke- It Cranks, Has Spark & fuel. Won't start!

    Using a wrench or socket ratchet and plugs removed you should be able to turn flywheel easily!! If not, you have a seruius problem. Arevyou able to pull the head off ??
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    Filling Holes

    When filling screw holes, I always put a screw into the hole along with sealant, especially if the hole goes thru...what would happen if the sealant popped out of the hole ??
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    1995 Mercury 40hp 2 stroke- It Cranks, Has Spark & fuel. Won't start!

    Can you turn it over with a pull start rope ? If you had enough water in the fuel, it could gave rusted and siezed, but overnight ?? If you can turn it over by hand then the starter is bad or the battery is low.
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    Oar length

    Today's trolling motors could easily bring you home. I can get over 8 hrs run time from my setup. Even at only 3 mph it would cover 25 miles, plenty to get me back even if slow...not sure your gonna go much faster with oars.
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    Mercury 30hp non starter?

    Can't say for sure, but I would think 125 or there abouts but compression can be low from sitting and having dry cylinders.
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    Mercury 30hp non starter?

    A little low but should be workable, could be a little low from sitting....dry cylinders from using ether starting fluid, you might try wd40 so it doesn't scuff the cylinders like ether can do
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    1988 Bayliner Capri 2.3 ford engine

    The main reason I have nothing but aluminum boats !!
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    Mercury 30hp non starter?

    Could be many things, because it has run in the past are the carbs clogged from sitting ?? Any rodent damage in the electrical wiring, they love to chew on wires. Are the plugs firing ?? Have you run a compression check ?? You might find a reason it has sit all those years!! Many years...
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    FWY Trailering 2855 with Dinghy on swim platform

    Many states have overhang laws, meaning the rear most part has to be a certain distance from the tail lights on the trailer. Last time I looked, our state was 36" so if your platform and dingy hang out more than 36" from the tail lights you could have an issue, or might beed to add tail lights.
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    1988 Bayliner Capri 2.3 ford engine

    The name Bayliner (an old one) and OMC are terms that scare people away. You would ve better off to pull rhe engine and outdrive and remove all salvageable items, scrap the hull and try to sell the parts.
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    Boat Pedestal Question

    All it takes is one accident and a big lawsuit to stip production on most anything, doesn't mean the product was bad...tadays engineers are task with the job of fixing " stupid" ...and that is not likely to ever get fixed !
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