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    Sunken Scout, sunken spirits

    After buying my 17' Scout center console, I read all the posts and info I could on the thing and couldn't agree more with the poor design and placement of the transom scuppers. I love the boat and the factory installed 90 Yamaha but keeping the deck dry was impossible with the scupper pressure...
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    Mercury 15HP 2-stroke dying a slow death

    Hi All, I have never been steered wrong here and hope to keep my streak alive! My early 90's Mercury 2-stroke 15HP duck boat motor is slowly dying. I had it serviced by a Mercury dealer last year when the stator went out and I couldn't get it started. It has run great this hunting year (since...
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    Deck flooding

    We had our first good rain here in NorCal last week with several inches of rain falling in just a few hours. My new-to-me 1994 Scout 172 Sportfisher has a new bilge pump set to automatic when I am away. There is a hatch at the stern that is o-ring sealed, effectively keeping deck water from the...
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    Transom leak

    Every time I launch my Scout I immediately get a small amount of water in the bilge. I would estimate about two cups worth. It doesn't seem to get any worse throughout the day and it never reaches a point where the bilge pump turns on. I have not been able to get in the boat when it is launched...
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    Prop paint?

    Looking for the perfect striper grounds yesterday, I forgot about a shallow area and ground the paint off my prop and skag. It's amazing what mud and water can do in a few short seconds! Anyway, what is the best paint to use for repainting the prop and is it even necessary? My motor is a 90HP...
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    Is this hole supposed to be here?!

    I have a new-to-me 1994 Scout center console 17-2' fiberglass boat. There is a perfectly round hole, approximately 3/8" in diameter, drilled into the V of the bow about 6" below the water line. Probing the hole I can feel there is some sort of a wall aft of the hole, presumably to keep water...
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    1987 Celebrity 19.5 Cuddy-Comments??

    Hi All, I am looking at a 1987 Celebrity 19.5 Cuddy with a Chevy 350 Mercruiser that has 800 hours on it. The current owner has installed every option known to man including wrap-around canvas, a windlass, chain locker, GPS, fish finder, etc, etc. He is asking $5,500 and I'm thinking making a...
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    1996 15HP issue FOUND.

    Thanks to all who have offered advice for my power loss issue recently. If you recall, my motor was losing a cylinder/power after about ten minutes of flawless running. This happened several times. The power would kick back on for a bit then I'd lose it again. Per the advice of this forum, I...
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    1996 15HP Johnson still fouling a plug

    Thanks to everyone who responded to my last post and got me this far. My motor had been losing the lower plug to fouling every 40 minutes or so and your advice led me to rebuild the carb. I found the old style neoprene float needle was severely worn and causing the lower plug to foul. I have...
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    1996 15 HP Johnson losing power

    Hello and thanks for putting up with my first post. I just purchased a boat with a 1996 15 HP pull-start Johnson outboard attached to it. It ran great the first few times I had the boat out. I just cross a river to a duck club I belong to. The entire trip is maybe 20 minutes. On the third trip...
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