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    gas consumption v4 vs v6

    So this past sunday my reliable and faithfull( mostly) ocean runner 115 bought the farm.... it might have been my fault and it might have just been its time... I am sure a rod let go and seized the block... It was running so well...I was at WOT...temps were about 130 in both heads and water...
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    dual axle trailer wearing one tire excessively

    I rebuilt my dual axle trailer.. I bought two new axles , two new sets of hubs and new springs, and bushings and bolts. ought 2 new tires and used a pair od oldies that were lying around...just to get it set up... I have taken only two trips with the boat and trailer rigged up. about 300 miles...
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    installing 2 batteries, what combo??

    ok so I went to start the boat for the first time this year, It was last run in December of last year. I had no power to tilt the motor. Went to check the battery switch, turned it on #1. still nothing... went to check the charge in the batteries... the charge was zero...because THEY WERE...
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    Bypass the stop circuit??

    My 1995 115 Johnson looper has been acting up since December.. Originally I thought it might be water in the gas, then I thought it might be the gearcase...then after posting here I had thought that it might have been a leaking t-stat housing allowing water to run down onto the spark plug and...
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    good deal on rivets!!!

    http://newyork.craigslist.org/jsy/pts/5500831654.html smoking deal on a pair of rivets!!!!......get em while they are hot folks!!! bob
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    BAD MISS.. thought it was the gearcase!!!

    so we learn as we go...and we become experts at the stuff we solved, but are newbies when we encounter stuff unseen before. I had what I was thinking was water in the gas...but since I had hit my SS prop on my 1995 Johnson ocean runner 115 twice in the previous week...I thought... I MIGHT have...
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    one sideof the V4, the plugs are rusting

    My Johnson V4 1995 vintage ocean runner 115 hp has had the straboard side plug bodies rusting badly while the port side has no rust. I use the motor in salt water, maybe 20 times a year... I am thinking it MIGHT be because the port side runs much hotter at idle than the starboard side, and thus...
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    Johnson 175 wont warm up!!!!!!

    I got this motor and there were no tstats in it , so I thought it might have an over heat issue...but I installed brand new t stats. and ran the motor...it will not move my temps gauges which start at 120 degrees!. the heads are barley warm to the touch. I am thinking this isn't a desireable...
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    motor turns on its own and takes the steering wheel with it

    this isn't a torque steer ( I don't think) , because it happens at idle ...if I am idleing along at the slowest speed possible the motor wants to turn all the way to starboard and the boat takes a hard right turn.... is it possible the motor isn't mounted level? is there a tensioner that can...
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    what parts might i need..1997 175 hp

    I fired up my frankenson motor this past weekend.i put a 175 fast strike power head on a 175 ocean runner midsection...all went well, except I have a fuel leak coming from between the manifold and the carb on the port side.it is significant, so I am ordering the gaskets. What might I also need...
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    need a source for electronis connectors

    I bought a used lowrance 332 C..its a chartplotter and sounder....I didn't get an antenna or a cable for the gps unit...also called the network cable I need what is called a LGC -2000 y adapter cable.....it has a connector on one that goes to the network port on the head unit and on the other...
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    source for trailer tounge material

    I want to extend my trailer's tongue with a piece of rectangle tubing that will slide INSIDE my trailers 3 X 5 galvanized tongue. does anyone know a source for something that would work it has to SLIDE INSIDE my 3 x 5 tongue tube!!!!!!!!!!! is want at least 2.5" X 4"...prefer 2.625" x 4.5"...
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    OH NO!!!!!!!!!

    http://www.viralalternativenews.com/2015/11/new-study-alzheimers-aluminum-link-can.html uummmm....I cant remember why I posted this....let me get back to you guys.....hmmmm bob
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    how much filter, causes fuel flow problems??

    I have just mounted my 1997 Johnson Fast Strike 175 onto my starcraft. I rigged up two fuel tanks under the floor and have a T valve to pull gas from one, OR the other. I ran the outlet line to my fuel -water separator. then I run the line to the BULB and then into the motor. now I have a...
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    OMC Gasket Sealing Compound, substitute

    so I am ready to install my power head onto the midsection and the book is calling out for OMC gasket sealing compound. will the stuff called Indian Head gasket sealant, work?? http://www.permatex.com/products-2/p...ompound-detail or do I need something that will work at higher than 350 degree...
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    boat-bunk hangover and, fold away tongue

    of course I am talking separate subjects. first up, how much over hang is the limit for an aluminum riveted boat on a bunk trailer, when the boat is sporting a v6 Johnson outboard? I am playing close to the limits of trailer length so I am thinking 2 " might be ok of an over hang off bunks...
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    rubber stop on windshield

    is there supposed to be a rubber stop of some form on the port side fixed windshield of a walk through windshield on a HOLIDAY, to keep the opening section from scratching the bow paint??? bob
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    experience R&R guys

    I am looking to have a power head removed from a seemingly clean salt water Johnson, Ocean Runner 175, as well as a super clean freshwater only Johnson Fast Strike 175. then have the Fast Strike's power head installed on the Ocean Runner(extra long shaft)midsection and LU. Both motors are...
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    which way to mount trailer springs

    so I decided to rebuild my dual axle trailer, and I bought four new springs and bushings and shackles and bolts.... the hangers are part of the sliding frame assy so you can move both axles at the same time when making adjustments for tounge weight. I mounted the springs and noticed that one...
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    cable lengths

    I am wiring up my boat and I have the two batteries under the seat I am making for the drivers helm. I don't know the exact length, but my steering cable from Teleflex was a 20 ft version....the battery cable starts a little closer to the stern but it has to snake its way up and into the...
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