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    Gauge/Control compatibility on Repower

    If I were to repower a 1993 carbed 225 with either an HPDI or 4-stroke of recent vintage, what am I facing in terms of re-rigging, particularly in terms of the gauge and control package at the helm. What about the engine itself - will it mount in the existing holes?
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    Optimax Noise Level

    In one of the early reviews of the Optimax (don't remember which model) Powerboat Reports found the engine to be loud compared to competing products. Is this still the case? The engines I am looking to possibly buy would be the 135 Optimax if I downsize and buy a new boat, or possibly a 225...
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    Whaler & Whaler/Merc

    Looking for a high-quality 17-19 center console with a few creature comforts for the family (like a rear bench seat, front cushions etc). Went to the local Boston Whaler dealer - saw a "Dauntless 180" - just about exactly what I need. Just a couple of problems...<br /><br />1) With a trailer...
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    Using old wiring to pull new w/side markers

    I just got a new complete LED kit w/side markers (and zero instructions) but it looks kinda obvious except the snaking process - I assume I should cut off the old car connector and then split apart the old harness at that point (trailer front). Then I can use each side's old wires to pull the...
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    Nervous about changing impeller

    1993 Yamaha 225 90deg<br /><br />In the interest of saving myself some money I've been trying to do some of the easier jobs maintenance myself. I have mechanical skills, but not in the outboard arena. I did the tstats. I did the fuel pumps. I did the poppet valve/grommet etc. Now I want to...
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    Tohatsu 5 (circa 1999) Water Pump

    I usually deal with larger Yamaha engines, so please forgive the dumb questions - I have a 5hp Tohatsu on my tender - normally on the bigger engines I replace the water pump impeller every 5 years or so. Assuming this is also good practice on the Tohatsu, I bought a pump rebuild kit. Looking...
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    I've had it with Winter

    Boston snowfall is, as of yesterday's latest present, at more than double statitical average. My boat is buried so deep it will be July 4 before it sees the water. My cottage driveway (which I don't have plowed) has a 4' high snowbank of solid ice blocking the entrance.<br /><br />My...
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    Boat Shows - Good Idea or not?

    Since someone mentioned the Seattle show in another thread I thought I would ask what people think of actually buying boats at a boat show. <br /><br />I bought an inflatable once at a boat show about 2 hrs before the show closed and the guy was deparate to get rid of it. It was a real buy...
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    Conventional vs smart tabs

    Can some one give me a succinct pro/cons of conventional (console-controlled ) trim tabs vs Smart Tabs. If the smart tabs are so good, why would anyone go through all the considerable installation complexity of conventional tabs?<br /><br />I can see two things off the top of my head (1)...
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    Weight of DFI 2-strokes

    This weight increase issue is really bugging me, being in the market for a 225 repower sometime soon.<br /><br />My o/b is on a bracket and one of the disadvantages of the bracket is that the effect of even a little extra weight that far back is magnified....<br /><br />I can understand why a...
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    Cowling won't lock

    This is a simple question - over the years the cowling on my 1993 225 Yam has become harder and harder to get to lock closed. Really have to slam it down, sometimes repeatedly. There appears to be no adjustment on the lock mechanisms themselves but it looks like the hooks on the cowling could...
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    Fire Extinguishers

    This came up in another post but is important enough to merit clarification. My fire extinquisher has been on my boat for a LONG time. The little dial always reads in the green so every Spring when checking out flares and all the other safety equipment I simply assume it is OK and move on...
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    Dumb question - shaft length

    Exactly where is it measured from/to? Bottom of cowling to bottom of skeg would be as long as it could be. But maybe it's just to the cavitation plate?
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    How hard to rewire

    My trailer wiring is gone. I've seen replacement kits in many places, but my trailer has side as well as rear lights and how the hell do you pull new wires through enclosed members? Do you use the old ones to pull the new ones?
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    Smoother transition between displacement and planing?

    I put this comment in the "when is my boat on plane" but it's really a different topic.<br /><br />I have a deep V hull (24' Cuddy) with 225 o/b. It is either on plane or it isn't. I'm sure not uncommon for this style. I boat in Maine and frequenly have squeamish guests - between the...
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    1993 225 - Shift Shaft

    With the corroded shift shaft having come up in several other posts, I suspect I have the same problem after 11 years in the salt. Questions:<br /><br />Where is the best place to inspect? I will be pulling the lower unit this winter to rebuild the water pump. Can I replace it then? Or does...
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    Are 4 and 5 inch GPS screens usable?

    I usually think a lot of Powerboat Reports/Practical Sailor but in a recent review of small cartographic color GPS they said that all the units were difficult to use in the sense that the screen was just too small to focus on and get any detail from while driving the boat.<br /><br />I'm sure...
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    Why do they smoke so much at startup/idle?

    If the oil injection system is designed to supply very little oil at low speeds (200:1 at idle it says), why do the larger engines smoke so much at idle, particularly when just started. I doubt there's anything mechanically wrong - I've seen the same thing with carbed 225, 175, 150s all in good...
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    repower options - Yam 225

    My boat hull is in great condition after 11 seasons (24' Proline 1993), but the engine has been experiencing more than its share of problems, the most damaging of which is increasing corrosion - steering arm, shift shafts, trailer lock, boltheads starting to go. I'm not averse to fixing as I...
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    Alum vs Plastic tanks

    Powerboat Reports has been ranting against aluminum fuel tanks for years now. They corrode in saltwater and tend to be mounted such that they cannot dry out (foamed in, e.g.). Furthermore most small boat tanks cannot be replaced without major destruction of the deck.<br /><br />Modern plastic...
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