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  1. Texasmark

    Boy Have Things Changed

    Someone decided to send me a complimentary troll issue of Center Console Magazine. I just sat here with my jaw on the floor. I couldn't believe the boats and OB engines (number of engines) that seem to be commonplace today. Must be a lotta folks out there with a pocket full of money to be...
  2. Texasmark

    Question for you old OMC Salts

    Back in the days of the 90 hp derivative of the fat 50 V4 (I think Johnny called it a Meteor), Evinrude made a trihull I/O. You could buy it with several engines. As I recall one was a 155 hp Buick V6 4 stroke, and one had this 90 hp 4 cylinder 2 stroke powerhead. Since that was the days...
  3. Texasmark

    Merc 3 cyl running 6500 rpm's

    Felt like fooling around today so I took the 24XP Ballistic off my engine and put the 21 back on. I only ran it once after I bought it and that was a year ago. Forgot how it performed. Thinking about going to the coast and fishing the shallow brackish lagoons and don't want to ding up the...
  4. Texasmark

    He Was Headed Right for My Truck

    Double ramp. Tried to be courteous and stay on my side. Trailer was in the water. Was in the seat starting the engine. Noticed another rig coming down the ramp. Next thing you know it was headed right for the side of my truck (about a 30 degree angle from where it should have been)...
  5. Texasmark

    If your Home's your Castle, What's your boat?

    Just had a thought. Was in electrics and the guy from SC's Avatar showed a toon full of folks and he (I guess) was standing up....obviously he was having fun. So what is YOUR boat to you? I bet we get some interesting replies. Mine, over the years, have been my recreation; pretty much my...
  6. Texasmark

    Improved response time on posts

    I don't know where else to put this and it does affect OB NR discussions, and I usually visit here so here it is. I have been having an lot of delay in trying to chat on this site. Others have mentioned it also and apparently have been in contact with the site. The site (mgr) responded (to...
  7. Texasmark

    What did "setup" mean in 1958

    We are always yakin about proper engine height and trim and all that setup stuff to maximize performance. The last couple of days we have also been yakin about the "Fat 50", first American V4 engine produced by OMC back in the '50's. Also still hammering the question (to me) of torq and it's...
  8. Texasmark

    OEM Plug Recommendations

    You know, you just have to keep asking questions. Still working my clutch dog rattle problem. Figure if I can smooth out my idle, I can reduce it since I am running a big bore 3 cyl and idle (675 rpm) is rough for obvious reasons d:) . So I'm yacking away on here and Silvertip kicks in with a...
  9. Texasmark

    Atta boy for iboats

    Going to the coast with the wife in the bassboat I bought a year ago. Coast is notorious for squalls. Figured I'd get some protection. Bought an iboats bimini top. Ordered it the 18th, arrived yesterday 29th....not too bad. Opened the box and one of the tubes had the end smashed and...
  10. Texasmark

    It's Official: Speedometer is in error

    Noticed a lot of chatter about verifying mph with GPS. Planning a fishing trip to the Gulf Coast this spring and found a $99 GPS receiver....great. Sucked it up. On the way to the lake a couple of days ago, I checked my truck speed and it was dead nuts on to the 1/10 mph.....so the GPS must...
  11. Texasmark

    Yammie 115 questions

    1. Was the V4 always looped charged? If not, what year did it start? 2. In looking at the recent sales brochure it looked like the 115 had no thermostat. Is that true? And if false (they have one) was there always one or was it recently added.....if so, what year? 3. Why does "a dealer"...
  12. Texasmark

    1954 Evinrude Owners Manual. Check it out

    More of being home bound. :'( Been surfing this site: (On the www site is: old-omc.de) for a long time and yesterday I discovered a new attraction. There is now a copy of a 1954 71/2 HP Owner's Manual for your enjoyment. You really need to take the time to read through this whole manual...
  13. Texasmark

    HP vs RPM's Question

    Weather is horrible. Non-home boy is home locked. :'(:'( Surfed the www to pass the time. Thought about upgrading my 90 to a 4 cyl. 115. If you are interested in the midrange higher hp engines you would be amazed at the offerings this year as compared to previous (maybe 5 years ago)...
  14. Texasmark

    Pay attention to the color codes

    Don't know where this goes here or in OB discussions but this is a Merc Repair point: Was in my service manual yesterday and looking at my engine and stumbled across something easy to overlook (I did......but I don't repair engines for a living and don't look in there that often). In the...
  15. Texasmark

    High performance pics; setback and engine height

    I stumbled across a sales brochure for Champion Boats over the holidays while I was at a sporting goods chain store that sold boats too. I like to brouse them (sales brochures) to see all the pretty girls having fun :love: . Believe it or not, they (Champion) even had girls driving some of...
  16. Texasmark

    Login Question

    I am on my wife's computer. I cannot login from mine. It's been a month now that I have been trying to get back to chat and haven't been able to. I'm on this forum because this one that I frequent often (when I could get in) and I want to tell you about some slick pics I found which do a...
  17. Texasmark

    iboats has a sale on OMC 4 stroke props......what?

    My curiousity is at it again. Why do you have to have a special prop for 4's? I noticed a thread from Dhadley the other day that said that if you don't keep them at or over 6000 at WOT they'll load up fast. Is there a 4 stroke message here that potential 4 stroke purchasers should know about...
  18. Texasmark

    Sometimes You Just Wonder Where People's Heads Are!!!

    Boy Son gets this used Merc. Decide to do the things you do when you don't know and a couple of other things. (The impeller has already been done.) One of the things you do is to replace the thermostats (2 ea, V6). The other thing was to replace the lower unit lube and since the screws for...
  19. Texasmark

    Do you ever use a DVM and are considering a new one?

    This is not financially motivated on my part. Listen up (if you choose d:) ). I'm retired and don't work for anyone, already have mine so what you do about this is your business. d:) I have a pretty good sized shop to take care of my farm toys....and the boat. Most of the equipment I bought...
  20. Texasmark

    Modifying existing Pee function.

    As I mentioned a couple of days ago (OB non repair disc), boy's 150 BM has the pee routed from the output of the stats (2). That forces you to wait for pee till the stats open.....not good. Found out that the (a) 200 hp BM has strong pee from the start and after talking with the owner...
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