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    Solas Titan 4-Blade Prop Review

    No questions in this one, simply a review... My boat: 1996 FourWinns Horizon 170 Runabout. 130 HP V-4 Johnson Outboard. Previous prop - 19 pitch 14.5" 3-blade aluminum. Indeterminate manufacturer. Previous stats: - decent holeshot, but never timed it. It would not overrev on the...
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    1999 Honda BF15 outboard trolling motor won't idle

    Well, she'll idle down okay without load but dies once you put it in gear. If you set the throttle when in gear and under a load to a low idle, it revs like crazy when you pull it out of gear, and thunks into gear like someone hit it with a sledgehammer. I'm thinking it needs a carb rebuild...
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    De-Rating Outboard Horsepower to Match Boat HP Limit

    I want to start off by saying that I am not interested in breaking the law with this, so don't accuse and/or tell me it's okay because no one checks, either way. I would really like to see if anyone knows the rules as far as de-rating an outboard motor so that it can be installed on a certain...
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    1999 Merc 200 - Oil Pump Went Out?

    I was up in Hell's Canyon last week and ran into issues about 5 miles from the dock on the way back (thank goodness). The engine stopped running really quite abruptly, like it seized up. I used the kicker to eddy out of the current and then inspected my setup. The oil reservoirs were both...
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    Hewescraft Trim Problems (Listing at Speed)

    'Afternoon. I have a 1999 Hewescraft Sea Runner 179 with a Mercury 175 Sportjet. The Sea Runner is a deeper-vee model and it seems to want to list at speed (over 23 mph or so) to one side or the other. If I try to run her straight up, it tosses back and forth and side to side like it is...
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    Trolling Motor Bracket Mount

    Good day, folks! I am working on the installation of a trolling motor bracket mount on the intergral fiberglass swim platform on my 1996 Four Winns Horizon 170 fish/ski. A few specs: I plan to purchase a 7.5 horsepower, 2-stroke Johnson or Evindrude gas motor. I plan to use this mounting...
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    Sticker and Horsepower Ratings

    My buddy and I were having a philosophical discussion over a pint the other night about outboard motor sizing and the rules and requirements therein. I wanted to run this by you guys to see what you all know about the subject. Every outboard-equipped boat I?ve ever been in has a sticker that...
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    1996 Johnson 130 Draining Battery

    1996 Johnson 130 on a four winns horizon 170. Battery goes dead if it is left hooked up for more than a week. Running boat doesn't seem to charge it much, but i suspect that is because it is big-time drained. Suspicion confirmed by hooking it up to a charger and running it all night anf batt...
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    1976 (IIRC) Mercruiser 260 Outdrive not going into gear

    Good morning, gents. I helped my neighbor launch his 28 foot cabin cruiser last night, for the first time in two years. It has a mercruiser 260 5.7 liter engine, and whatever outdrive they would have put on a rig like that. The labels are all faded, but maybe it said 800 on it? I just...
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    Prop Diameter Question

    I have a 1996 Four Winns 170 Horizon with a 130 HP Johnson outdrive. Ratio 2.25 to 1. In most references I can find, the recommended prop size for this motor is a 13.5 inch diameter. As far as I can tell, it came from Four Winns with a 13.5 x 22 pitch (this is from the specs. published online...
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    1996 Johnson 130 won't come off idle, very rough

    Good afternoon. I have a 1996 Johnson 130 horsepower (V4) outboard that seems to be having fits. The following is what is occurring: The boat runs great upon first startup. I can run it for as long as I want and have no troubles. Once warm, if I shut it off to fish or swim for awhile, the...
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    1996 Johnson 130 fuel leak

    Good day all. I am new here, wondering if I could trouble you folks for a bit of advice. I took my boat to the lake today and by the grace of God didn't blow myself up. She was running poorly. Maybe 50% horsepower at best, and kept dying at idle everytime I tried to put her in gear. I put...
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