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    shifter problem...possibly

    I have a 1999 Johnson 150 hp and I am using an OMC side console control. I have taken the boat out about 5 times and the shifting was fine forward and reverse...all of the sudden this past Saturday the motor would not shift into reverse...is would just grind gears.... it was like it wasn't...
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    i need a quick fix for this:

    cant believe the whole thing didn't come off on the highway, and lucky it didn't at 65 mph!!!!!!!!...got all the way to the ramp and was prepping and looked down and saw this. I have seatow trailer gold, and they paid $300 of the $450 tow job!!!!!!!!! I think the combo of the washer and catle...
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    high speed miss or skip

    https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipOfQ2k_PPfaccPjh0pNqOg89g7_F-RoblHHYA2n you can certainly hear it right before the end at about 21 seconds...but there were a few..... before that...but maybe not as noticeable anyone have any ideas?...no fuel restriction alarm.... seems that since I...
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    burning rich smell

    so I have a 1997 faststrike 175 that I was running on the Hudson river Monday. while idleing I could smell a strong burning rich smell.... burnt my nose a little... since its winter and I cant easily run the boat at home on muffs to try and 'tune" it.... and the fact that I think with the 2...
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    instaled the Lenco Actuators on my flotation PODS!!

    I loved the addition of the large flotation pods that were welded to the back of my 2070 LOWE...really lifted the stern. but it killed my top end by literally putting the brakes to the water when trying to get the bow up for WOT running...so as one aspect of my boat rebuild this summer I cut...
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    maxing out at 5K rpm....but speed is low

    I have a Lowe roughneck 12 degree Mod V...I had a 115 ocean runner on it and even with level flotation pods( meaning some drag!!) I still got about 38 MPH with a 12.75 X 15 aluminum prop. well that motor blew and I tore the boat apart because the foam absorbed so much water, and I installed a...
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    150 hp carb parts questions...

    so I have the BRP factory rebuild kits.... I know they put several gaskets you wont use in so the kit fits a wider range and years of motors. but usually its a CHOICE...but there is a small plastic ring (white) gasket that I am thinking goes under the needle seat...but when I took 6, 150 hop...
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    riddle me this carb experts, and trainees!!

    Motor in question 1999 JOHNSON Ocean Pro 150.....J150pxees. The motor was an oily mess so I am rebuilding the carbs....I took the power head off and installed it on a 1997 Fast Strike 175 hp mid and lower section because my boat has a 20" transom( more about why that might be important later)...
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    plastic carb, brass ball leak

    so I have a new to me 1999 150 ocean runner...it was a salt water motor, but since the carbs leaked so bad the whole motor is an oily mess....so there is no corrosion to be seen on the outside.i have pulled the carbs and they are on the bench..i have a rebuild kit for each one...my question is...
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    troubleshooting a possible fried battery charger

    so some dirtbags decided to steal my twin batteries out of my starcraft a while back... I had them wired to a battery switch and an onboard GUEST 10 amp charger. it was a nice set up that I also have on my Big lowe roughneck. So I replaced the batteries eventually, and then it took me several...
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    Lenco all electric trim actuator wiring QUESTION

    so. I have purchased a pair of Lenco trim actuators(not the kit) to install on my boat in a capacity that is NOT a trim tab...per se I don't have any wiring other than the two wires that comes off the actuators. I want to wire BOTH actuators to work simultainously with ONE switch. I need to...
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    question on I/O lower unit hydraulic rams

    I am wondering how much force these units have in either direction. I want to "adapt" a set I have on a junk boat I acquired for parts. the boat appears to have a clean mercruiser gimbal set still installed with the twin hydraulic ramps for TNT action, with the pump. I am thinking of using...
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    TNT relay assy question..

    I have a T-H Marine Hydraulic jack plate on my 20 ft Lowe mod V. after less than a year the relay system from TH Marine failed...I bought another, and a year later it failed...so in a pinch I wired in an extra TNT relay box from a 1988 evinrude 70 HP, I had on hand... it has worked ever...
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    Teleflex safe-T-Q, question

    I am moving my helm forward and to the port side of my boat. It was a center console and I had the cable come off the helm towards the port and bent down and back to the center line of the boat and under the floor. then it ran down the center line of the boat under to the floor until it came out...
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    sandwiching aluminum sheet onto transom?

    so I have a Lowe 2070. It has a composite core for rigidity in the transom assy. I say assy, because there is a layer of .100 thick aluminum welded to the boat to form the outer layer of the transom assy. then the core is placed in and on the inside is a layer of .070" thick aluminum that has a...
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    vent tube on permanent fuel tank question

    how far INTO the fuel tank does the vent tube NEED to go or SHOULD go? I have seen most , are just open tubes...on one tank I cut open it was welded into the tank on one end and ran the full length of the tank on the inside!!! up against the top of the tank. I have seen other tanks where is is...
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    permanent fuel tank vent designs

    So I want to put a permanent fuel tank in my boat that didn't have one. I have chosen the center V down the middle of the boat...the space is not that wide and it is not that deep... so I am building the tank myself...because to just get 28 gallons it needs to be 96" long!...nobody makes a tank...
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    source for EXTRA WIDE aluminum sheet

    anyone know a source for extra wide aluminum sheet(1/8th" thick 5086 or 5052).... the floor of a boat I am working on is 68" wide!! and I do not want to lay 4 sheets down on the 13 foot run of floor... bob
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    early 90's J/E V6 lost foam casting block question

    so since I have a few motors of the 60 degree looper configuration, I take a look at any thread I see concerning those. and over the years it seems many people have spoke of a weak casting spot in the block that cracks and left water into either the 1 cylinder or the 2 cylinder...or maybe both...
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    what wiring to choose

    I just tore my LOWE Ultra Roughneck down to the bare bones and will rebuild using new wiring as I am moving the console up and over from the center!!...so my wiring I installed in 2010 when I originally built this boat really cant be used. I used a lot of DUPLEX wiring as well as single...
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