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    Ground Wire on EzLoader Trailer--Mystery

    I'm baffled. My flat plug has five wires: two brown, one green, one pale yellow, and one white. The white is clearly the ground--but I can't find where it disappears to inside the trailer tongue. Only four wires emerge from the tongue and go to the lights at the rear of of the boat. Inside the...
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    Trucks for Boats

    I hate to get rid of my '94 350 Suburban (1500 Series 5.7 L Silverado). What a great truck it's been. But it just lumbers pulling my bass boat on any incline, and it's starting to make odd transmission noises. At 158,000 miles, it may be time to sell it or donate it. It sucks, because I've...
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    Steering '96 OMC Evinrude-Grease and Wheel Centering Questions

    What a great feeling to get that done. New 16' dual steering cables for Vindicator 200. Not hard at all. Mostly getting the courage to pull the engine. My steering is very easy and smooth. I had good service from the parts supplier in New York. I noticed the instructions warned not to use any...
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    On the Steering Subject

    And as just a general question, is the steering supposed to be easy and smooth with new cables, with just slight pressure to turn the wheel, or always a bit stiff and snug. Frankly, I just don't remember from when the boat was new.
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    I'm Lifting the Engine (Evinrude 200) Off my Stern: Advice Please

    I'm back to work on my steering. I have a hoist from a friend. It's almost at full height just to get above the flywheel, so I hope if has the strength. It should since at that length it's supposed to be 1/2 ton and my engine weighs 450 lbs. My question now is whether there's enough room with...
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    Lifting the 1996 200 HP Vindicator

    I'm not finding any hooks or lifting points on my engine so I can pick it off the back. I do see some threaded holes for bolts, and I'm assuming there's an attachment mechanism for both sides of the engine? Where do I hunt those down?
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    Getting the Steering Cables Out W/O Removing the Engine

    Following up on a post--I have an Evinrude 200 hp outboard and want to pull the steering cable shafts out of the engine to grease the cables and tubes, but there is insufficient room to withdraw the cables. There is some thought (the weight of it) that I may need to lift the engine off the...
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    Running the Trolling Motot

    Someone wiser than me on this Board warned against letting batteries just sit, then repeatedly recharging them--rather then using them so the charge wears down "by use" and then recharging. It was sort of an "idle use" warning. Assuming that warning had merit, here's my question. Is it OK to run...
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    Just a Minor Procedure: Removing Steering Cables/Evinrude Johnson OMC

    I found this post a few minutes ago: "Re: Steering Cable removal . . . . You remove the steering link. . . . . The cable has to withdraw straight out the left side for that entire length. Usually that requires unbolting and swinging the engine by a lifting eye threaded into the flywheel." I...
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    Two Steering Problems/Issues on Evinrude 200 hp: Could Use Help

    Two issues: a) first, the steering seems increasingly stiff. Hard to turn wheel while docked in my garage. Does the steering wheel and cable at the wheel take any lubricant? It actually seems that the stiffness could be from up front at the wheel and not back at the motor. Back there I've...
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    Gelcoat Repair--1996 Stratos "Off White" Hull

    I want to repair a small 1 inch cut/scratch near the U-Hook at the Bow. I did it by clumsily driving the boat up over the winch. Felt like a class idiot. Anyway, I bought the Gel Coat Repair and Matching Kit from Evercoat but I'm afraid to use it without some advice from the folks on this Board...
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    Batteries

    I've not been able to get to the lake much--twice in two years. I charge my batteries on-board, but I now have three dead batteries, each with at least one cell near dead, and all weak. They are Interstate brand. Why won't they hold a charge? This seems excessively fast for failure, particularly...
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    Tilt and Trim Relays

    How many years should the relays last? Would they ordinarily be suspect after 10 years?
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    Back to the Power Tilt and Trim

    On my '96 Evinrude 200 Vindicator: The relays for the TNT check fine using a multi-tester. I can't find any bad wiring. The TNT works well in both directions with one very annoying exception: There is often a short two second delay while it seems to creak and sputter, and I have no explanation...
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    More on the Tilt and Trim Problems

    I'm reading lots of similar issues here. Some motors will trim down, but not up, and some the other way around. My motor was tilting up but not down on any consistent basis. I had to keep fiddling with the switch. I checked the relays and they showed good, though I sort of question the tests...
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    Power Trim Evinrude 200

    I posted a question on this and should not have combined it with an unrelated question, so this is a follow up to the same issue, by itself. This is a great site and I get a lot from it. OKAY, the down function on my tilt/trim is spotty and inconsistent, sometimes taking a few pushes of the...
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    Two Questions: VRO Pump and Tilt/Trim

    I just replaced my VRO pump. Evinrude 200 HP, 1996. It cost a fortune. Now the worries. Can a new VRO pump be damaged by pumping the oil bulb when the oil line is connected to the VRO Pump? I was told by the shop to be sure to pump the bulb really hard to remove all air from the line, but I'm...
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    VRO Pump 1996 Evinrude 200 HP Vindicator

    I removed the VRO pump and replaced a couple of hoses, hoping a leak would go away. It didn't, it still leaks, right where the 3/8 fuel line goes into the pump. However, it only leaks if I pressurize the system using the manual bulb. I can't explain the leak, but I think I must have slightly...
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    Darn--Cracked my Pump Housing/1996 Evinrude 200 HP

    Gosh, I wanted to go to the lake, and now I've got problems again. Due to the great help here I reinstalled the head bearing assembly on my engine, replaced the O-rings and re-torqued the assembly to spec. I hoped I was done. But my fuel line to the pump was leaking, or the VRO Pump itself was...
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    Replacing the Flywheel Nut?

    My manual says that when you remove the flywheel you should "replace" the flywheel nut, a nyloc nut, with a new one. Is that a bit overkill if it's only been removed once before? Is it really necessary to buy a new one? 200 hp Evinrude. thx
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