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  1. Mr.Stuart

    old outboard question

    I've been watching the local ads in my area for a small aluminum boat and have been noticing quite a few ads for older outboards in the 15hp and under range, some stuff dating back to the mid 1930's and the prices on them seem inexpensive to me, the 1935 Evinrude I saw advertised was listed at...
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    Battries and battery switches

    This is probably going to sound like a complete nu-be question, but here it goes anyway. My starcraft has 2 12 volt batteries and a battery switch, the switch reads 1, 2, all, and off. When I'm running the boat, I always have the switch in the "all" position, but is that necessary? Why the...
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    1978 115hp rude idle question

    I've got a 78 Evinrude 115 HP and I'm noticing that it seems to load up, or maybe run rich at lower RPM's every now and then I have to open up the throttle and blow things out before I do any extended idling, or low rpm cruising. Is this normal? Is there some adjustment or something where I...
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    History of Aluminum boats?

    Bare with me here, this post might be somewhat long winded. I’ve been looking for a 12 foot riveted aluminum boat, and have been following a lot of ads on the internet, and even did some searching through Google to see how long aluminum boats have been manufactured. It’s been for some...
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    Sterling Scout boat trailer

    I picked up an old Sterling Scout boat trailer off craigslist about a month ago, it looks to me to be pretty old, but I have no idea of the year, I live in Oregon, and I don't believe that a trailer that small needs a license, I know my utility trailer that has an 1,800 GVWR doesn't need one, so...
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    anyone ever hear of a Sterung boat trailer?

    I just picked up a little 12 foot boat trailer last night and was wondering if anyone had ever heard of a trailer manufacture called Sterung? the model is a "Scout" it needs a little work or modification to work with a 12 foot boat, but I don't think it's going to take much, I'll post pictures...
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    remote steering, starting and shifting

    I might be putting the horse before the cart on this one but I have an 89 9.9 horse "soon to be short shaft" Evinride electric start outboard. I'm looking for a 12 foot aluminum boat to put it on and was wanting to set up a steering counsel on it, nothing elaborate just something simple, and I...
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    1978 Evinrude 115 HP spark plugs

    I changed out the plugs in my 78 115 horse evinrude and went with NGK's, engine didn't run as well with the NGK's as it did with the old wore out Champion plugs, which I kind of expected from reading another thread on the matter. I looked in the owners manual and the manual calls for either a...
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    trailer question

    I've got 1978 Starcraft Holiday 18 and it sits on a trailer with rollers, the boats o\been on this trailer for close to 30 years, but I was wondering if a rivited aluminum boat migtht be better to sit on a trailer with bunks instead of rollers, or does it make any difference? it seems to me that...
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    more 1978 115 HP Evinrude questions

    I had the boat on the river today, we spent close to 8 hours out there, the engine ran perfect but holy cow, what a gas hog!! we must have gone through close to 35 gallons in the time we were out there, I didn't know there was anything made that can drink that much!! so, ready for this? I'm...
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    Rude 115 and 9.9 questions

    I have a few questions, first off, I have a 78 115 horse Evinrude that the mechanic just looked at and reported it to be in well above average condition for the year, he said it was pretty much next to show room quality and estimated that it would bring an above average price if it were ever...
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    78 starcraft anchor questions

    OK, bare with me here, I got some "new boater" questions ready to throw at you, and the first one is going to be about anchoring the boat. I'm posting a picture of the front of the boat so you can see what I'm talking about. Other then throwing the anchor over the side of the boat, which I...
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    1989 Evinrude 9.9 extra long shaft conversion

    I've got an 89 9.9 rude extra long shaft and I want to convert it to a short shaft, from what I've been reading, it looks pretty easy to do ....if I can find the parts....... I've searched e-bay, and done some google searches and have not been able to find a short drive shaft for it, the engine...
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    78 rude 115 general questions

    I got the 115 Evinrude checked out today by the mechanic, he said that he was unable to find anything wrong with it at all, I wanted it checked out just for the peace of mind, being a new boater, I wanted to know that I was safe taking the kids out on the river with the thing. The mechanic did...
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    what's the best 2 cycle oil to use?

    I have a 78 Evinrude 115 horse and an 89 Evinrude 9.9, both take a mix of 50 to 1, I was using some Pennzoil 2 stroke stuff I found at bimart and was told to not use it, so what's the best 2 stroke oil I can use and where am I going to find it? I put in a quart of the Pennzoil the other day...
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    evinrude 9.9 long shaft

    This might sound like a stupid question, but I'm new to boating and really don't know the answer. I just bought a boat that came with a Evinrude 9.9 long shaft electric start trolling motor, I would like to get something like a 12 foot car topper boat, something similar to the picture, but...
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    1978 evinrude 115 horse outboard

    question, I'm looking at a boat with a 1978 evinrude 115 horse outboard, the model number is 115893, so far, it looks like it might have a lower drive issue with water getting into the oil, how hard are these to work on, the seal kit is 75 bucks, and the shop wants an hour or two to fix it, so...
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    need advice on buying used boat

    Hi, I'm a first time boat buyer, and just went through a nightmare with a boat I just bought but was lucky that I was able to return it to the previous owner, you can see the thread on it here: http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=209894 before I make the same mistake again, I have a few...
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    mercruiser L-Drive: what motor have I got?

    I hve a mercruiser L-Drive, I just bought the boat, it's in the shop for a tune up, I asked the shop what engine it has, they guessed it's something between a 135 and 165 horse, I'm not sure how they can tune it up if they don't know what it is, but is there some way to identifie the engine so I...
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    fish finder, depth finder questions

    Hi, I just got my first boat today and I'm a complete newbie when it comes to boating, so here goes one of the many questions I'm sure I'm going to have for the forum. The boat came with an Apelco XCD 300 fish finder that has seen better days, the screen on it is all but toast, it does work...
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