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  1. dwco5051

    1998 Johnson 90HP (J90TSLECM) voltage too high!!!

    What are you relying on for the 16V reading? Hook up a known accurate voltmeter. Do you have any electronics hooked up such as a fish finder that is turning off and displaying high voltage on the screen when this happens. Last time I had a similar problem the dash voltmeter wasn't accurate...
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    Multiple Electrical Issues

    Not that I know of. If someone knows an easier method to chase wiring gremlins in older boats I wish I would have learned it earlier in my life.
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    Now what

    Where did you cut the kill switch wire? Did you have the control box apart when working on the motor to check wiring at ignition switch? If so I would suspect the problem is in the control box.
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    Lot more new boaters and large wakes?

    At least Johnny could play a little Haggard or Wayland now and then to make that inner feeling in me to launch a flare into his toon go away.
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    Lot more new boaters and large wakes?

    I have yet to see a jet ski with a 1600 Watt Stereo yet so there is a good side to them.
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    Need options for making the ground flat enough to roll the trailer. Drive way pad.

    This is the first thing I thought of as I have a couple if these I got used many years ago. Then I saw what they cost today!!! May be cheaper to pour concrete. I have seen people pave with concrete blocks on edge, fill with dirt and plant grass. Labor intensive to excavate and lay a good...
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    20 seconds to start peeing on muffs

    I have never timed any of my motors but none ever had a tell tail stream the moment they start. To fill a drained block and start spitting will take some time. Don't know if 20 seconds for your motor is normal or not.
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    Random

    6 pumps on the grease gun every time I tow the boat and I know I will never have a bearing go out.
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    best way to tow with a lund baron I/O?

    Like the others said go with a bridle and float. A pylon mounted over the turning center of the boat is good for competition slalom skiers cutting hard and otherwise pulling the stern to one side or the other. Helps the driver keep in a straight line on a marked course but not necessary for...
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    Drain plug question

    Glad to hear you got it out. Now you have two things to worry about. #1 As I said in an early post it is a good idea to keep a spare in the boat. #2 This is the big one. Remember to put it back in before launching the boat. It is preordained that every boater will some day launch without...
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    Unknown reservoir

    Master Cylinder for surge brakes???? I take it this is on the trailer tongue close to the coupler.
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    Old Glastron identification

    Need a little more information. Measure the overall length of the boat and let us know what it is. That appears to be some thing in the CV series. Depending on the length that hull may of been originally been I/O powered and the transom converted at sometime for an outboard. The metal on the...
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    Old Glastron identification

    Not to rain on you friend's parade but unless he has all the paperwork in order he may never be able to get that boat registered for use. #2; Just to make it seaworthy will cost more than the boat will ever be worth. #3; That trailer is way to small for that boat and will have get another...
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    Drain plug question

    If it will come out just #1. As Scott said if the plug doesn't come out with out a lot of force replace the whole thing (1 & 2)
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    Drain plug question

    I can't tell from you picture if that is a 3/4" or 1/2" plug but if you get it out ok consider getting two nylon plugs as replacement. Why two? Keep one in the glove compartment of the boat because sooner or later someday you will go to launch and remember you left plug #1 on the workbench at...
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    Drain plug question

    Been there, common problem. That plug is a tapered pipe thread and once the initial corrosion bond is broken it will unscrew easily. The tapered thread is designed to be leak proof so it is hard to get any solvent into the threads. Try putting pressure on it with a wrench and tapping the...
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    What's the difference between QL77JC4 and the QL82C

    Or 1950 when every angler kept a least one spare set of plugs in their tackle box. One quart of Gulf motor oil to 5 gallons of gas was the mix for my motors for years. Never owned a 50:1 motor until I bought a new Mercury 850 in 1977. In 20 some years only changed the plugs (surface gap)...
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    Trolling motor not move boat fast enough in my opinion.

    It sounds like you are not getting 24v and only running on 12. You should almost be able to ski behind a 17' bass boat with 82# thrust. Is there a rocker switch beside the plug on the panel marked 12/24? My older 20' Nitro had one and it was for a charger plug that would plug an adapter...
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    Elgin 5HP motor

    Don't know what year that motor is but if it is one of the air cooled Eska built models the water pump only pumps water up into the lower leg to cool the upper seal. Does your motor have holes on the sides of the leg like the one in the picture? If so that is what the arrows are pointing to...
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    Rec gas prices???

    Here in Pennsylvania they use a formula to figure how much gas was bought by boaters. That amount is transferred from the DOT general fund to the Fish & Boat Commission boat fund. The monies are used for boating safety education, aids to navigation, boat law enforcement, access and launch...
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