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    Which Carburetor?

    I have a 50 horse Mercury outboard that was identified as an 1985 1050525 50 by the serial number that I posted. Crowley's has a tillotson and a Walbro both listed as carburetors for this model and I can't get outside to look at it right now. Does it tell on the carburetors which type they are...
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    It's the green wire.

    I found out that the right brake and turn signal weren't working on the trailer so I checked the green wire and found out I had to jumper past the problem area somewhere between the front and back on the old pontoon trailer. I ran a new wire along the outside of the frame but I would rather run...
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    2 stroke 50 horse floods easily?

    The 50 H.P. 2 stroke 4 cylinder flooded easily at the lake this week. Some times I had to disconnect the fuel line and crank for a while until it ran low on fuel before it would start. It seems like it will start right away if it is warmed up for awhile and started every half hour or so but if...
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    Marina Fuel?

    This is the first boat I have owned that has needed mixed gas and has a tank that is too big to just lift off of the boat. What I was wondering is when you fuel up at a marina do they mix the gas for you or do you have to add your own 2 stroke oil? With the inboards I have had all they had to do...
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    Umbrella holder

    I thought I would show how I managed to make an umbrella holder for the front of the pontoon boat. I drilled through the deck and bolted one floor flange on the deck and the other one under the deck as a bolting flange to give the stand some strength. I used long enough pipe nipple to hold the...
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    Bloody Shad

    I watched KVD catching bass on his bleeding shad spinnerbait on You Tube. He says he believes in the red hooks so much that he won't throw a lure that doesn't have a red hook anymore. I ordered 3 bleeding shad spinners and when they got here they didn't have the red hooks like the picture in the...
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    First winter for the pontoon boat.

    We have been towing a fifth wheel trailer to Florida for the winter for the last five years. We would like to tow the pontoon boat down with us this year but we only have one big diesel truck. I wouldn't even consider towing in tandem. I figure the boat wouldn't be a problem once we get it down...
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    Attracting fish

    My wife and I were fishing in a lake that had about eight foot of clarity. She tossed her line out with a bobber and split shot and a small hook to fish for bluegills, I was casting a double fluke rig for bass. She wasn't getting any bites until the bluegill started following the flukes in...
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    How many rods are legal?

    I looked up spider rigs for crappie because in-fisherman has a show coming up. When I looked at the you-tube videos there were two guys in a boat who had 4 rods each in rod holders in the front and a rod each out the back and another laying off the captains seat. Don't all of the states have...
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    Used motors?

    If you buy a used motor and it works okay all season should you take it to a dealers to be checked out during the winter-off season here? If so what all would you have checked and done to it? I am handy enough but no expert on outboards.
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    Ran rough after sitting idle.

    The 25 horse merc. ran rough after sitting in the garage for a couple of months. The fuel in the tank didn't look like it had evaporated down very far and I would have thought it was mixed up pretty good after the distance towed and the number of starts and stops along the way. I still have 4...
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    Added a center roller

    I added another roller to keep the keel from scraping when the bow drops down off of the front roller. It worked very well for launching but I think I am going to have to hold the boat forward with the motor now to keep it from rolling back before I have the bow strap hooked. The motor ran...
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    Bunk slides for the pontoon trailer?

    Have any of you tried the 1/2"x5"x54" bunk slides on a pontoon trailer and how did they work for you. I wondered if being a half inch thick caused any problems with the way the boat sits on the trailer or anything? Do they stay on tight if you screw them down over the carpet or do I need to cut...
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    Does motor setting stop cavitation?

    After smacking bottom with the original prop on the 50 horse merc. I replaced it with a little bigger dia.-less pitch-prop. What I have noticed now is that I cannot get up to WOT with out getting what I would call prop slip-cavitation. I don't have power trim and tilt but I do have a pin that...
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    Bunk Supports

    I added gull wing supports under the bunk boards about half way to the front. The height is controlled by the top cross bolts in the plate. I used 1/4x4" steel and 2"x3" angle. I am figuring on extending the trailer frame back far enough to add a couple of supports aft. I want to tack weld all...
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    Quick fuel line connectors.

    I was having problems with fuel dripping from the NEW fuel line and motor even when the line was disconnected from the motor end and the gas tank cap loosened to relieve pressure. I think the solution will be a quick connect at the TANK end so the whole fuel line can be disconnected. I think I...
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    Where do you hook lanyard?

    I haven't found a good place to clip the emergency kill switch lanyard that will work for me so I haven't been using it. I would probably use it if it was convenient to use. Maybe I need a better type of kill switch cord than the self coiling type that I have now. I am thinking about tying a...
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    Bunk Slicks?

    Does anybody know if the wrap around bunk slicks that go over carpet and fasten from the bottom work or are they too flimsy and a waste of time to install. I would like to install something on the front third of the bunks to give it just a little initiative to slide back when launching. I don't...
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    Bimini top boots

    I don't have a boot for the bimini top and have been just wrapping it with bungee cords to keep the fabric from blowing out too much while going down the road. Are there boots available that cover the end radii that are reasonably easy to put on or has anybody figured out another way to keep the...
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    Not 4 Wheel drive.

    We launched the boat this morning so that I could change out the bunk boards on the trailer. I switch to 4 wheel low before backing all the way down the ramp and then let the wife back me in. After I backed the boat off the trailer the wife was trying to pull the trailer out. The truck spun in...
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