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    Battery Straps?

    Anybody found a better way to strap down batteries than using those nylon straps that never seem to last a season?
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    Old Mercury won't pee!

    I dug up a can of WD40 that has the flip nozzle and I stuck that straw in as far as it will go as I sprayed. somebody says that might loosen it up. Hope that does it because I always have a can like that in my truck and it would be an easy fix if I got to a lake and it wouldn't pee. I was told...
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    Old Mercury won't pee!

    Found my old posting from 2016 where I had the same problem. I should be able to clear this clog the same way.
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    Old Mercury won't pee!

    I just watched a youtube where the guy takes the thermostat cover off to see if there is water coming from the lower unit. I will try that tomorrow and maybe work from there.
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    Old Mercury won't pee!

    I haven't run the Mercury on my pontoon boat for a few years and it has sat outside. Hooked it up to the muffs and got it running. That is when I found out that it wouldn't pee. I pulled the rubber tube off that goes from the top of the motor and goes out the side and it was clogged up to the...
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    Tire cover for pontoon trailer tires

    Anybody got any suggestions on how to cover the tires on an old tracker pontoon trailer. The tires are 205-65-10 and I am beginning to think that they don't make covers to fit smaller tires like these. Put new tires on this year and the old tires had weather cracks from the UV rays. Any DIY ideas?
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    Old mixed fuel

    I pulled the boat trailer down the driveway away from my neighbors window and hooked the muffs up to the old 50 horse Mercury. I hadn't run the outboard in a few years so I didn't know what to expect. It started with just a little cranking but it wasn't running strong and then it would die after...
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    Stained pontoon seats

    I bought new seats and covered them individually but didn't use the boat for a couple of years. I just pulled the seat covers off and the seats have a lot of spots and stains on them. I mean all of the seats. The captains seat, the fishing seats and the furniture too. Any tips on how to make the...
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    Draining the cup holders?

    I installed the nice plastic console that the wife picked out and it has cup holders all across the top. Does anybody have any ideas on how to drain the water out of these stationary cup holders? There is a rectangular recess in the middle too that holds water. Just wondering what other people...
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    Neutral start switch for old 50 HP Mercury

    I had a heck of a time finding out why the old 50 horse wouldn't turn over until I bought a 12 volt tester that I could stick into the wiring and check for voltage. It turned out to be the neutral start switch and although I couldn't get to the switch I did manage to get the wires loose from it...
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    Running the control wires through the deck?

    I am trying to remove the ignition wiring from the quick silver control so that I can run it up through a hole in the decking. Am I doing this backwards or something because I can't get the controller apart far enough to get the ignition wiring loose from it? I can take the shift and throttle...
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    Plastic console?

    I am switching from the old wood- fiberglass console to the new thinner plastic console. The plastic is a lot thinner so I wondered if I need to use wood backing behind the plastic when I install the steering assembly in the plastic one? If for no other reason so the fasteners will fit about the...
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    New decking on old pontoon boat

    I am changing out the back three sheets of plywood on the deck. I had to replace the front sheet quite a while back. I am using the CCA plywood that costs $95 a sheet because this is something I don't want to have to do again in five years. I want to find something to replace the carpet with...
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    86 Mercury 50 HP cooling system problem?

    When the motor wouldn't pee this spring I figured that it was probably the water pump impeller so I took the lower unit apart and the impeller is intact. I have run water back up the water tube and down through the weep hole but nothing came out. I took the coil pack out of my way and pulled the...
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    Can't find the specs.

    Picked up a Motorguide trolling motor at a garage sale. The sale was at some peoples house that is quite a distance from where we live and I didn't get a phone number to contact them and ask questions. So if you can tell me a few things about a 9BD31EAAN trolling motor I would appreciate it. It...
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    86 Mercury 50 HP water pump problem

    When I dropped the lower unit to change the water pump impeller there were small pieces of rubber that I thought were from the impeller in the area around the outside of the pump. Turns out that the impeller was intact and the pieces of rubber look like they used to be a thick black rubber seal...
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    Hard to find decking?

    I need to replace the front section of decking on the old bass buggy but when I looked at Pontoon Stuff they only sell the good plywood four sheets at a time. Any ideas as to where I can go to buy a sheet of CCA treated marine plywood?
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    Brake line popped

    We waited until most of the crowd had loaded up before the wife backed our trailer down and I loaded the pontoon boat up. She drove on up to the parking lot and told me "we have a problem I felt the brakes pop while backing down and so I threw the truck into drive gear and yanked the boat out."...
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    Big fish lake

    We fished a lake that has bigger fish in it for a change. The surface temperature was in the low eighties according to the Humminbird so we fished the open water behind an island. I caught one small bass on a spinnerbait and then I caught a blue catfish on a chatterbait that would weigh around...
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    Hold onto the rope.

    The guy told the little boy to hold onto the rope and as he launched the boat it drifted away from the dock. The little boy reached for the rope but he couldn't get it back. The guy got all excited and started telling the little boy how screwed they were. I towed the boat back to the dock for...
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