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    Best Brand Of Storage Cover???

    In reality, you might have to get out there in the rain and see where the water is comming in !! Easy to just blame it in the cover, but...mabey leaking some where else...worth climbing in there and looking, just to be sure !!
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    Marine hand held radio

    Just be aware, those batteries won't last long and batteries are getting expensive!! Consider a unit that plugs into a cigarette lighter plug or such. In my smaller boat days, I used good quality lighter sockets and plugs for all my electronics. Had a master panel to plug in my gps, radio, vhs...
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    Need help with delayed power to trolling motor, Nav lights.

    Take an actual voltage reading on your battery, are the TM wires getting hot ?? Should be some type of fuse between battery and TM or your asking for trouble.
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    How to tow a 9.9 Johnson

    When I had my '94 9.9 evinrude, I made a rubber block at work the wedged in the tilt mechanism to soften any road bounce. Had a nice heavy bungee strap to hold the motor down....didn't care what it looked like, it cushioned the motor and the strap ( bungee) held it in place for the ten years I...
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    Marine hand held radio

    Fewer antennas is certainly true, my radio is used mainly for fishing reports, weather reports and gossip if a busy day. Cell phones have certainly changed everything !! My boat came with the marine radio, otherwise I probably wouldn't spend the money !! I see even the bridges now post phone...
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    Marine hand held radio

    With a hand held you need to be closer to other boaters. If fellow boaters are a longer distance apart, then bigger radios are required. Many radios are small and compact today, finding a place for the antenna is the biggest issue, but the easily fold down. I have an 8' antenna and full size...
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    Best Brand Of Storage Cover???

    Keeping the cover clean, and well supported is key, no flapping in the wind are all critical to keep a cover in good working condition no matter what material it is made from. Have had sharkskin in the past with good results as well as other various materials, but they were all maintained...
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    Non conventional issues.

    Appearance from the outside if a carb means very little...so you need to see the inside, if you can drop the carb bowl see how much crud is inside. Typically this is where the issue is. Once an engine gets to be around ten yrs of age, crud in the fuel system can start to show. Best thing you...
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    1980 StarCraft 181 holiday power upgrades

    My neighbor has the 21' version of your boat with a 140 hp I/O, his boat will do 40 plus mph !! You have a problem somewhere, you should be in the 44 mph area...
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    Raising the Transom?!

    That 9.8 is minimal hp for that boat, a 25 hp would be much better. You might consider getting a larger motor with the right length shaft before raising the transom. Unless you have a specific reason for a small motor, that 9.9 might be dissapointing... Just a thought !!!
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    Mercury Flo-Torq II Locking Tab

    Amen, that is how it is designed !!
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    Mercury Flo-Torq II Locking Tab

    I velieve that is how it is designed, two tabs only, saving the others for future use
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    Stalling Motor at higher Revs

    Check fuel filters, if there are none, add one !! Water in fuel ?? Crud in fuel or fuel line. Not sure what a fuel demand valve is...
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    My poor old Buick took a hit

    Hafta wonder if that driver got her license during covid....you know, where they drove around a parking lot in order to pass their driving test ?? The road today is full of them !!
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    Wondering why my boat drain plug is at the bottom not on the transom?

    Yep....gotta watch those !! When I had these clamshell drains, I either used a screw in plug or a rubber adjustable stopper type plug. A spare was tethered close by in case the original moved out of reach.
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    My poor old Buick took a hit

    Kinda big to miss wouldn't you say !?
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    Wondering why my boat drain plug is at the bottom not on the transom?

    When underway, the clamshell creates a vacuum and pulls the water out thru the bottom. Very popular back in the 40-60's...Amazon has them, can be riveted or bolt and nut screwed to the bottom over the drain hole...Just be sure the plug is back in the hole before you stop....
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    Wondering why my boat drain plug is at the bottom not on the transom?

    Put a clamshell scupper on the bottom, it will suck the water out while underway..
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    Boat is slow

    Ok, thought you meant his 60hp
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    Marine Carpet Glue For Wood Decking

    Guess it is time to start building some ...lol...or mabey my boat is to important to me....some like motorcycles, some cars, me...it is boats and my side x side.
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