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  1. Texasmark

    Does winter cause odd purchases ?

    You did an excellent job of restoring that beautiful classic. Those old OMC 25 HP engines powered a lot of wooden fishing boats, loaded down with fishermen and gear down on the Texas Coast (Galveston Bay in particular) when I was a teen. Question: My impression of a basement is a foundation...
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    Conversion from I/O to outboard on Islander.

    If I recall correctly, back in the '60's I was in Austin, Tx. and Glastron was built there. Glastron has always been a top rated boat in my opinion. Anyway, on one occasion I was looking at the engine well of a good sized boat..maybe 20' and the transom wood didn't go all the way to the side...
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    Need Help & Advice on a Purchase....

    FW my bid.
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    Advice needed on 12'-14' jon boat purchase.

    The Lund reputation may have to do with the location of their customer base dictating their popularity. Down here in Tx. they are a minority. I have currently have a Crestliner 1750 Fish Hawk and they are few and far between down here....but you go up North and they are popular....same thing...
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    Anchor Industries Deckette Pro 160 16 foot Specs

    I agree. 100d HP is too much for a 16' boat of any kind unless you are into racing and most are structured to handle that kind of power.....ask Faztbullet....he used to race and his Avatar shows some of his handy work and operator skills.
  6. Texasmark

    Lowe 1667

    Not familiar with a 1667 but if an open boat with cross seats there are many seats avaiable to make you outing comfortable that bolt right up to the cross seat. On the V hull vs the John hull, John hull is fine on rivers. Other than that you want the V for a softer ride....BTDT
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    Need Help & Advice on a Purchase....

    You can never get salt out of your equipment. When a teen and fished both, I had 2 tackle rigs....one tackle box and rods and reels of salt and another set for fresh. I grew up on the Texas cost and fished both environments. Boat equipment is the same senario. I would take the Four Winns in...
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    No fuel. Mercury 115 2 stroke

    If the bulb is new and "functioning as designed"....ha ha with the new EPA mandated bulbs........ and doesn't get hard on prime, either the tank isn't supplying fuel to it or there is/are leaks within the engine proper. First place to suspect are the floats in carb(s) not closing off...
  9. Texasmark

    Boat Pricing

    Why? I see Troy is upset about Sam's choice for head coach.
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    1981 Mercury 7.5 2 stroke

    Before you reassemble it, get a cylinder hone and run it up and down at a slow rate making X designs on the cylinder walls....just enough to rub the glaze off....be sure to wash out the dust. The purpose of this is to allow the new rings to wear off slightly and seat against the cylinder walls...
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    Might be dipping my toes back into boating

    Opinion: Only good thing about a cuddy is when you are out fishing the Gulf of Mexico and the normal summer time afternoon "squalls" come up and blow like hell and rain like hell, plus a few pops of lightening just to remind you that you are vulnerable for about 5 minutes, is that you have a...
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    1981 Mercury 7.5 2 stroke

    There are skeptics everywhere that condemn snake oil. I maintain all my equipment and have over my 83 year lifetime and that includes cars, PU trucks, OTR trucks, Boats through 125 hp, tractors through 110 HP, all types of 2 and 4 cycle equipment that are required on a farm, and just recently a...
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    1981 Mercury 7.5 2 stroke

    Smaller engines probably so, with only 2 cylinders. On larger engines a thermostat forces cooling water over the top of the top cylinders. Without the stat, they can overheat where there is no cooling water at the top as I read herein and what makes sense. Same thing on a car/truck/tractor...
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    1981 Mercury 7.5 2 stroke

    That wouldn't hurt. Pour 2 oz per gallon of Sea Foam (available everywhere) into the tank and then put in your normal fuel-TC-W3 oil 50:1 ratio. Run it for an hour if you can and let it sit over night or more. If you run it in a barrel, just remember that combustion temps are in the water...
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    Advice needed on 12'-14' jon boat purchase.

    I had a Toyota, the small sized truck before they made the full size...forget the name. Made the rack from the tailgate to the front of the bed out of electrical steel conduit.....scraps from dumpsters I welded (learned how to weld) together. I would drag the 10' boat up to the rear of the...
  16. Texasmark

    Might be dipping my toes back into boating

    At early 70's I too thought I was through boating having had a boat before I had a car and building one as a teenager. About 7 years later I realized I made a mistake and got back in. Got a bigger boat, smoother riding more whoopie.
  17. Texasmark

    Advice needed on 12'-14' jon boat purchase.

    That rig looks like my Lake John, wide and high sides.....great boat. Being aluminum and wide and flat bottomed, that 25 ought to push her along at 30 or so. Nice rig.
  18. Texasmark

    1981 Mercury 7.5 2 stroke

    I had a mid 70's 7,5 and never had to go into it, so I can't advise on that. For the 3 and 4 cylinder engines, the manual states that one should expect problems if cranking compression (about 200 RPM) was less than 120 PSI. I don't know why the smaller engines would be lower compression by...
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    Advice needed on 12'-14' jon boat purchase.

    My last John was a Lowe Lake John model. I built a top rack for my Toyota PU so that I could slide it up on the rack over the top of the PU working alone and could go places where a trailer wouldn't be convenient. It got banged around and this and that. Looked like new when I gave it to one...
  20. Texasmark

    Advice needed on 12'-14' jon boat purchase.

    You are probably good with any of these mfgrs. They have stood the test of time. Welded boats have become popular and I have had a couple for years/decades and the welds are good as gold.
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