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    1999 Johnson T@T Airbound?

    Some of those PTT motors have an adaptor or coupling that connects them to the pump. Do you have such a thing?
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    Laying the Deck Questions

    You likely want your fuel tank fuel pickup in the stern. Otherwise, when you plane with a near empty tank, she will suck air. Also fuel fills are very often in the stern area.
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    High Voltage

    It is not great for the battery. Starter and trim motors will likely not object. The CDI unit is not connected to the charging system, so that's OK. You should replace it. C/O Sierra and CDI electronics and perhaps GLM for replacement voltage regulators.
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    Bass boat resurrection

    If you do decide to keep it, you should clean and rebuild the carbs. If they are partially clogged, and you run it, it can run lean and damage the cylinders, rings, pistons... Carb kits are pretty cheap....
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    Bad starter?

    I suppose that there are carb cleaners that don't clean very well. I think I had a gallon can of a carb soak product that didn't clean anything. However, products like Gumout and Chemtool contain toluene and acetone. Chemtool also contains methanol. Simply add methyl chloride to them and you...
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    Bad starter?

    Your kidding right? Carb cleaner is designed to dissolve varnish in the carburetor. It is essentially a weak paint remover. Try it on your starter windings and see what it does.
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    Trim wiring problems

    Another thought on your melting wires. If you are using a 3 wire PTT motor and relays, you may be shorting half the PTT motor windings. 3 wire motors have the common ground in the center of 2 windings. Only one winding is energized at a time, and the other winding is supposed to be open...
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    Bad starter?

    Carb cleaner has solvents that dissolve varnish. If any of it gets onto starter windings, which are insulated by varnish, it will short out the starter. Wipe the bendix clean without any solvents, and oil it. Make sure starter cables are clean and tight. if motor is older, corrosion can...
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    Merc na1601-02 control box wiring

    One of those wires is for overheat buzzer. Ground the temp sensor on the block and see which one grounds. (likely tan/blue). One is likely temp gauge, as V6 models had both temp gauge and temp alarm. (tan?) The third wire is likely trim gauge. Some Mercs had the trim sensor, some didn't. If...
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    Trim wiring problems

    A 3 wire PTT motor uses solenoids. Auto starter solenoids would work, but are not sealed, causing sparks in an area that could have gasoline fumes. Marine solenoids are sealed, and I therefore recommend them. They will be available at most marine stores. The switches on your control...
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    SeaSenor

    A guess is that the overheat warning for the motor is sounding. A lot of them are built into the motor control box.
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    Hook up boat engine to permanent magnet generator.

    Larger boats have generator sets for a reason...They use less fuel than running a propulsion motor. They do take up more space, which that why they are usually on 40 footers or larger. Some put the commercial gens on their swim platform. They are air cooled and air ventilated and cheap. That...
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    Towing and Launching

    The boat is listed at 1025 pounds. Add about 300 pounds for the trailer. If the car is rated for 1500 pounds it should be fine. No trailer brakes are needed.
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    Boat trailer rusting at welds galvanized

    The rust on the rear caps (picture 2,4) looks especially bad. Make sure the trailer tube drains, or you will have swiss cheese steel. Also check the axle. They need to drain or they will rust out quickly. The line of rust (picture 3) is potentially bad. See if it will stop with cold...
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    Hook up boat engine to permanent magnet generator.

    as Bob said, in the 60's automobiles had permanent magnet DC generators instead of alternators. The advantage of the generators was that they did not need any voltage from the battery to charge the battery. So if you jump started (or bump started) a car, it would charge a completely dead...
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    SeaSenor

    Approximately 10 what? Minutes? Is your motor control unit built into the console? If so, could it be a buzzer warning?
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    `97 Fast Strike 150 trim/tilt issue

    Look near the starter for a fuse. A lot of them will have a double fuse holder with a spare fuse on the unused side. Before replacing the fuse, "exercise" all the switches to assure they spring back to the center position. You might blow them out, since water will complete the up circuit, if...
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    Cheetah 180V (1984) or similar outboard conversion

    So you are going to replace a 225HP+I/O motor with a 115HP outboard? I would expect performance will suffer somewhat. Yo will save about 700# of weight though.
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    Options for water sealing wood

    I would use some plain spar urethane. That holds up well in direct sunlight, in a marine environment. It will work well under vinyl. Catalyzed poly resin will also work very well under vinyl. No FG cloth needed. Not to disparage Woodonglass and others, but I do not understand how linseed...
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    fixing rotted floor

    In addition to what Scott said, some (not many) boats have the stringers sealed with resin and cloth. This obviously helps them resist rot. Newer boats can have non-wood stringers. Yours's is probably too old for this option. To answer your question. Look at the bottom of your hull. Each...
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