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    1977 75 hp johnson stinger wiring harness ?

    I rebuilt the transom for my pontoon and removed the motor, that said its all back together, except for an orange wire that comes of the control end of the wiring harness (not the motor side) and goes to the oppesite side of the engine, my question is this just a ground wire? I for the life of...
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    Motor Pod ?s

    how are you all doing? I,m Back with some ?s for the ol fat girl, that ol 68 riveria cruiser is in need of a motor pod, the old adjust yourself pod is starting to crack and i feel its time to replace it, I can work metal pretty good, was thinking of finding some alum sheeting and was gonna build...
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    77 75ho johnson stinger died while running

    took it out to the lake sunday was running great, started without a hitch, but after about a 1/2 hour motor died while running, got it home and no spark at all opened up the power pak and noticed some corriosion (white) on the bottom 4 wires on the powerpak, i m guessing the powerpak went bad...
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    wife left the key on after lake

    when we pulled out the pontoon, my wife turned off the motor, but left the key on did we cook anything in the electrical? it seems to crank just fine, its on a 77 johnson stinger, with a standard control box thanks
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    Hey 5150abf

    Whats your name there mean? Is it your secret service code name and now i know ill die?:eek: is it the number on your time card? surely to god its not part of your ssn #?:confused: Stop me if i guess it or I am being too nosey?:facepalm: is it your birthday? by the way have a Merry christmas:D
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    been gone for the season but just saying hi.

    Im back, dont have much puter time, since got the ol cruiser in the water, but figured i would stop by and say hi. Had a great summer, the kids cought most the fish in the lake, tried to splash out all the water in the lake, ate most of the bologna in c-ville, eat all the ice creame at the...
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    1977 75 johnson stinger lower unit reseal job.

    i have a 77 75 hp johnson stinger (long shaft) that I need to reseal. just changed lower unit oil and it had some water in it, no visible cracks in the lower unit so i assume it needs reseasled. what kind of money am i looking at for that is it some i should attempt it myself, or let a pro. do...
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    Just checking in

    hey everyone is been a while so i figured i would say high, the ol boat i redid has been doing very good, not as many bugs to work out as i thought there would be, just wondering how many of you all set jug lines from your pontoon? there perfect for jugging, we have caught a lot fish this...
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    Trolling (the basics)

    i know nothing about trolling, have a few ?s forgive me if they seem stupid can you troll with out a trolling motor just idling an outboard along? (i see people on the lake that do this all the time but i dont think they catch anything) how do you troll for walleye in smaller lakes?, whats the...
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    1977 75hp johnson stinger info

    going over the motor for the year and have a few ?s how do i know the water pump is working on this pig?(it has no **** hole) how do i know its charging?(put the ol volt meter on it and anything over 12 volts is good?) how much lower unit oil should the lower unit hold? i have changed the oil...
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    1977 75hp johnson stinger

    I am getting the ol motor ready for the season and i am going over the motor just to make sure everything is up to par. I have a few simple ?s that motor doesnt have a **** hole for the water pump, how do i know its working with the muffs on? I have put new lower unit oil in it but doesnt seem...
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    lower unit oil for 77 75 hp stinger

    how much lower unit oil should it hold? whats considered good compresson? how do you tell the water pump is working?(it has no **** hole)
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    pontoon console and steering

    alright got my steering console in the mail today (have to send it back cause ups beat it up pretty bad) but anyway i have the rotory cable style steering, now my questions are can i trim some of the cable off? and is there any disadvantage to mounting the steering in sideways so it will fit in...
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    pontoon and trailer

    alright some of you have seen the ol pontoon i am redoin, now i have been thinking about the trailer, i have a trailer that the cross members ride on the trailer and the pontoons hang down and the trailer tires are under the boat, trailer pulls great etc.. now my ? is if a tire pops, detreads...
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    what was i thinking powershift 2

    was taking the controls off the stinger 75, and took them apart at the box instead of the motor (wanted the smallest hole possible in the new deck of our pontoon)got everything disconnected, but the white wire that runs in the box, that white wire had been cut before, so i cut it again. whats it...
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    pontoon restore

    I am posting the before and after pic of my pontoon project and the pics of the work along the way, i am doing this project on somewhat of a budget. the boat is a 1968 riveria cruiser that was going to end up a dock, or at the scrap yard, the motor (1977 75 hp johnson stinger) seems to be in...
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    wise pontoon console

    anyone have 1 of these? i am thinking of getting 1 for the toon i am redoing and have read mixed reviews from being very cheap, to being very good buy and everything in between?
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    draining logs

    how would you get the water out of logs that have no drain in the bottom of them? i was thinking about that while reading the post of whats in your logs? maybe modified shop vac hose?
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    wiring up a pontoon

    I know i am wearing out the iboats forum, (but this place is addictive to someone restoring an old boat)(its really nice to get outside opinions) anyway the question is i want to go with 2 batterys on the boat when i am done, now i am planning on going with 2 seperate batterys (not going to have...
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    pontoons and kids

    i posted this in the towing section, but thought i would share this with the pontoon folks as well, this is my son tryin to go to the lake, you can see in the pics he tightens up the chain really giving it his best, its so funny how much kids love there boats, water, etc..
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