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  1. woodrat

    Lord Nelson's life preserver...

    "Sailing down the placid Thames last year as part of the celebration marking the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, the actor playing Lord Nelson was required to accessorize his vintage admiral's outfit with a contemporary life preserver, which tended to spoil the effect."...
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    Yamaha 9.9 throttle control problems

    My Yamaha 9.9 kicker is getting to the point where the throttle doesn't want to stay where you put it. I've tightened the screw in the end of the hanld, but it still won't stay and it's getting rough to turn. The seloc manual that I paid $40 for doesn't seem to have anything about how to get...
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    gimbal / steering arm questions - early merc

    So I picked up my transom assembly today. It's not perfect, but a whole lot better than mine was even before the crash, and a lot cheaper than some of the ones I found were. But it has the same kind of slop in between the steering arm and the gimbal ring that my old one had. I looked at...
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    mercruiser transom assembly questions

    So I hope you guys can bear with me here, but I can see that I am going to have a lot of questions by the time I finish replacing my outdrive. I'm a pretty good mechanic and I know I will get it figured out, but this outdrive is a Rube Goldberg device if I've ever seen one! I started taking all...
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    need new merc drive

    So, it probably qualifies as a SHT, but I will post here anyway because i need some info. Coming back from a successful ocean fishing trip today, and almost back to the ramp, I hit an unknown submerged object and just trashed my outdrive. I had cut the end of a jetty kind of close, but had...
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    diesel mercruiser swap?

    Anybody out there have any experience swapping a diesel motor of some kind to a mercruiser drive? I am thinking of something like a mercedes 4 or 5 cylinder engine to replace a 4 or 6 cylinder chevy engine. I've heard that it can be done, and will get better fuel economy, but I want to hear from...
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    mercruiser gimbal housing identification

    I am looking at a used gimbal housing for my 1972 120 merc I/O on ebay, and I am trying to figure out how I would tell if it will fit my application. The seller doesn't know what year or model series it is. Is there an easy way to sort that out?
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    Is there a better MPG carb for Mercruiser 120?

    I have a 72 bellboy with a 120 mercruiser in it. It has a 2 barrell carb. It runs good and is so far very reliable, but I would sure like it to get better mileage! I went out in the ocean today and fished and ran 36 miles and used 11 gallons of gas. I know that's not terrible for a boat, but I...
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    Columbia River fish report?

    Anyone been down to Buoy Ten in the last few days? In the ocean? How is it?
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    Buoy Ten-Columbia River, fish report anyone?

    Anyone been down to Buoy Ten in the last few days? In the ocean? How is it?
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    how to size the kicker motor?

    I'm trying to figure out what size of kicker to get fot my "new" boat. I had a 9.9 on my last boat, a 16' open aluminum skiff, and it was really too big for the job. You had to just idle it to troll slow enough. I'm trying for a motor than is a better troller than that, and that can still serve...
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    United Arab Emirates company to take charge of US ports

    So, anyone here think that this is a great idea? <br />Just so I don't get accused of posting questionable sources, here's the google news search page so you can pick and choose your favorite slant on the topic.<br /><br />...
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    Loose steering, Mercruiser 120

    My new boat (72 bellboy) has some play in the outdrive. I ahevn't had it in the water yet, but when we were looking it over, I noticed you could wiggle the drive back and forth a bit without moving the wheel and it didn't seem to be in the steering linkage. mercstuff.com had a riff about the...
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    New I/O boat! (to me, that is...)

    This might belong in stupid human tricks, I don't know...<br /><br />After a couple of months of looking, I finally bought an older 'glass boat with a I/O setup to replace my outboard aluminum skiff. It's a 72 Bellboy 19' with a Chev 120 hp/Mercruiser set up. It's pretty clean for it's age, all...
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    hey, what happened to that thread? "...to ease tensions"

    what happened to that thread? It was here yesterday afternoon, and didn't seem unruly at all... How could it have gone so bad so quick as to get yanked completely? :confused:
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    Mercruiser 120 question

    I am looking at a 69 Fiberform with a 120 mercruiser engine . Is that a GM engine? It allegedly had the outdrive replaced three years ago, and all it allegedly needs is a outdirve water pump impeller. If it's a GM motor, the standard "chevy II" one, I would consider buying it, but I am new to...
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    oil mixture for 1969 Johnson 40hp

    I haven't run this engine in over a year, and I can't remember what the mixture is supposed to be. 32:1 rings a bell, but I can't seem to find the owner's manual around to look it up. Got spoiled with a year and a half of yamaha oil injection. all I had to do was keep the reservoir topped off...
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    Article about N.O. flooding from 2001 Sci-American

    Unforeseeable? Maybe politicians like W wouldn't get so trashed on if they would refrain from saying stupid, provably untrue things in public... Just maybe...<br /><br /> http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa006&articleID=00060286-CB58-1315-8B5883414B7F0000 <br /><br />And this is not to...
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    crack in my hull!

    I have a 16' 1989 Valco bayrunner that I have had for a year and a half. Despite its clipper bow, it does bang some when running in short chop, but after all, I bought a solid welded hull instead of a riveted one so as not to have worries like that. Well, last week my brother and i are out i...
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    Buoy Ten Salmon Reports?(Columbia River)

    Has anyone here been down to Buoy Ten in the last week or so? How is it?
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