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    Engine support while towing.

    While you boat is underway at speed, the power trim is under far more strain than when it is just holding your motor while traveling down the road. If you have power TT, use it...thats what it is there for.
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    How Filters are Made

    The cut outs we made years back just showed the insides of the filters and what materials were used. Sad to say on more than one big brand name filter the pressure relief was a piece of waxed cardboard about as heavy as the back of a writing pad... some of the no name filters at least used a...
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    73 50 hp johnson quit, now nothing. Help please

    Perhaps the shift rod is broke, did you hit anything while out cruising. Electrical trouble shooting is a real pain !! I know, just had an elec issue on my outboard.
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    1988 Bayliner Restore or Replace

    Buy an aluminum boat, you won't have the rotten wood issues, and if there s...much easier to fix!! They have better resale, and generally sell quick. Only owned one glass boat in my 60 years of boat ownership, never again. Alum gives a better return on your money.
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    What type fuel hose?

    That is what the hose feels like...but there is no liner ( inside hose) as most talk about when reviewing the gray hose. Just trying to figu4re if mine is a new (improved) version.. even trimmed it back for fresh ends when I replaced the in line fiter, previous owner had a 5/16" filter on...
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    FACTORY PARTS..... a bit of a rant....

    If anyone recalls, just a few years back the GM guy stated on public TV that GM was proud to partener with foreign manufacturers and GM was proud to be the leader with over 90% of GM parts made in foreign countries !! Have not owned or looked at a GM vehicle since...
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    Which towing position

    I wouldn't go any higher than needed, but...no matter where you position it, it needs held in position so it can't bounce up and down !!
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    What type fuel hose?

    The gray line I now have is the first I have ever owned, was replaced by the previous owner two years back. Mine has no liner inside, the gray is translucent, you can see the fuel inside if you hold it to the light. So far still soft and pliable, ethenol approved, so....is this the same stuff...
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    How Filters are Made

    Many of the off brands had serious increases in sales, AC Delco increased in sales and Fram dropped in sales, that was all the feedback we recieved from the marketing company.
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    1993 Reinell 196brxl fuel tank cap

    Also loose wires and or corrosion or gunk creating a poor connection right at the sender unit on top of the tank. Had to cleanup many over my years of boating.
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    How Filters are Made

    Some 16-18 years back, a small marketing company representing a large auto parts chain, wanted to do a cut away oil filter display to show customers what the inside of a typical oil filter looked like. This would allow customers to make their iwn decisions on which brand/ brands they thought...
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    Stiff throttle, and it's not the cables or shifter!

    Best to do it running just like a real life scenerio. Just unhook the shift rod and move the shift lever, that will tell you if it is in the motor.
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    Stiff throttle, and it's not the cables or shifter!

    Shift your motor manually and see how that feels
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    KIA Telluride for towing?

    In my 50 plus years of towing, I have learned to have very little faith on towing tests... When your towing at max capacity of the tow vehicle, it might pull it fine on level ground with no hills and no head winds. When it comes to stopping, how good are the trailer brakes ? Would never tow...
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    What type fuel hose?

    Not to hijack a thread here...when you mention old gray fuel lines, how old? On my boat that I bought last year, the PO had replaced fuel lines with gray, but from the videos I have watched, my gray hose does not have a liner and says ethenol approved on the hose. Does this mean my hose is a...
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    Blogs plug housing loose and turns

    If you really want to know, drill holes from the inside of the transom. Just deep enough to get wood chips, if water comes out...your in trouble, but if wet wood chips come out....your still in trouble !! If dry wood chips come out, your good....seal the holes back up with good sealant and...
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    Fuel tank leak

    Best to empty the tank if possible, why take a chance ?? While your at it, remove the sending unit, and you will have an acess hole there to check the underside of that fitting. That rubber gasket under the sending unit needs replaced anyway before you have another leak. Might as well fix all...
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    XR 4 Hydrofoil

    You have a heavy boat and a small motor, so lots of force will be on the cav plate so the risk of damage will be high. These fins are designed for lighter weight boats with smaller motors to help get the stern up and the bow down. Folks have saw they work on small boats so they started pushing...
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    Taking apart command 2000 remote control

    well, hopefully, mabey I won't have to take the controller apart....decided to go back into the motor wiring and take a deeper dive first. I did see the key switch was loose and tightened that up so no more wobbling about, not sure how I didn't notice that thru all my frustrations yesterday ...
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    Taking apart command 2000 remote control

    Thanks folks, my factory service manual has the diagrams, just wondering if there were any tricks, tips, things to be aware of when taking one apart. From all my research, beginning to think it is the key / choke switch that is the problem. Looks like the whole darn thing has to come apart...
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