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  1. bansil

    Lets talk lake anchors

    90% of boating is on TVA lakes, depth ranges from a couple ft to a couple hundred ft. Very steep drop offs, due to the mountains being flooded 80 years ago. lots of old wood debris I have been told. local marinas recommend everything differently...no type of anchor recommended amount of...
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    Bansil and Mamaturtles getaway cruiser

    :wave: Figured I would post some pictures of our project. Hello all, after 1-1/2 years we finally have a toon in the driveway. Our biggest hurdle in boat shopping was all the ignorant sellers out there biggest complaints and issues? 1) Having a 20/24 ft with brand new furniture and a rotten...
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    On the lake in a pop up thunderstorm

    What to do? Try to run closer to shore? (so 50 ft trees are taller than pontoon) of course trees would probably get hit and fall on pontoon What happens if boat gets hit by lightning...crispy critters? Just thinking out loud
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    Needs parts for DT90 carburetors...help need back on water

    My new to me motor would not idle Suzuki DT90, I took carbs apart and found several issues Ethanol sucks to start with, mounting gasket was missing a big pc, it was actually under carbs on engine pan, you can see how the broken gasket was actually re-torqued down clamping it with part of gasket...
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    Blown fuse dt90

    While cleaning up some wiring, notice a wire labeled throttle going to a 10 amp fuse, it is blown 2 wires come out of control panel, one goes to ground block and one to fuse that is blown, any ideas what wire is for? wire size is very small like 18/20 ga, of course the last owner used 14 ga...
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    Need a tachometer for my OB

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    help with a fish finder chart plotter setup

    I am looking to buy a fish finder next week and need some help/advice or possibly a kick in the butt. Boat is 24ft aluminum pontoon mostly fish fresh water on TVA lakes(lot's of steep banks, not a lot of shallow water) would use once a year for a week in salt water, (inside of the Crystal...
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    suzuki DT90 questions

    Hello, we went and looked at a 24 ft pontoon boat yesterday (plan to buy if engine checks and runs out good) I need some info on the engine before we purchase it and have searched but with out much success It is still winterized and we will wait until 1st of April to go, scope cylinders and do...
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    Looking at a 1989 Starcraft and have a few questions

    It is a 22 ft Islander and the main question is about the engine and drive, it has a ford (OMC) 2.3lt cobra engine, is that really enough engine for this boat? I have seen other Starcraft with 150 out boards etc. Found several reman. long blocks for a lot less $$ than an OB, and the rebuild is...
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    Tohatsu 3.5 oil requirements

    3.5A2 waiting on some parts and then put it back together this weekend what oil and amount for lower unit? How to put it in? Also any other lubs that need replced? I figured it need oil for the connecting rod, where does it go or can be checked? I looked for a basic manual and my google foo...
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    Tohatsu 3.5A2 fuel line issues

    Hello, Tag 3.5 A2 I picked up a 13ft aluminum boat and it came with this mounted to the back, I took it off to fix the transom and decided to look at it today No numbers on engine anywhere, id with decals and the Tohatsu website 1)Good bright spark 2)Plug looked good 3)Cylinder looking...
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    Pontoon boat for traveling parts of the 'Great loop"?

    Greetings, Have been lurking and reading and finally posted today The rivers of our country have been a dream of mine since I first started reading adventure books, 48 years later it is still a dream I told my wife 16 years ago I had a dream to travel on the rivers when I turned 50...time...
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