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    Rotted Raised Fiberglass Floor on Trihull

    I have a 17ft tri-hull Sirocco fishing boat I am working to restore. It spent a year in a salt water wetslipe with no cover and another year in a yard with no cover (I know Im an awful negective boat owner). At stern there is a piece of plywood the previous owner used to replace the front...
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    Milky Gear Oil - 1986 50hp Johnson

    Recently I started keeping my boat in a wet slip instead of trailering it. The last time I drained the gear oil to replace it, the color was a gray milky color. I have run it a few times since and today checked the oil by removing the drain screw and again it was gray and milky. I've read that I...
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    Prop rotation question

    Sorry for the stupid question but... Is this the proper way a prop works. Clockwise rotation propels the boat forward. Counter Clockwise propels the boat in reverse.
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    Motor all of a sudden knocking/clanging and lacking power

    I was out fishing the other day and as I was heading back to the dock I tried to get my boat up on a plain and the motor (1986 Johnson 50hp) started to make a knocking/clanging noise which increased in tempo as the throttle was increased. I slowly got back to the ramp and did a compression...
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    NEW Hub wont go all the way on spindle

    I just bought a two new hub kits and while putting the first on I had trouble getting it on all the way. The hole the spindle goes through seems go be the same as the old on but it won't get on there. I know it is not going on all the way b/c I can not get to the pin hole in the spindle to put...
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    Trim and Tilt issue - 86 Johnson 50hp

    I have a trim and tilt that has been sitting in a shed for 6 months for my 86 johnson 50hp. I was in the process of installing it on my motor but needed to lower the shaft prior to installing it. It worked last time it was installed, but when I hook it up to a 12v battery and cross the red and...
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    Mounting Outboard on boat?

    I have a fiberglass boat that I want to mount my 86 johnson 50hp on. The transom is solid and I want to keep it that way so I need to know the proper way to do this. Such as, drilling holes for the mount bolts, sealing the old holes (what kind of water proof seal and how to apply), sealing the...
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    CALLING ALL GURUS - Thinking about buying this boat, Please give advice

    In the image below is a boat I am looking into buying. I have not seen it yet but the owner says it is a late 80's with a volvo engine that will turn over but needs a carb rebuild and a trim and tilt for on side of the inboard motor. He also says it is solid except for one soft spot in the...
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    Taking on water

    I just bought an older boat, 75 bass boat, and it has been taking on some water when I am out and about. After an inspection of the hull I found a couple areas of concern but one area that is presumably the problem. I have a crack in the hull about 4 inches long. You can see the inside of the...
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    Engine still won't shut off

    I have a 1986 Johnson 50hp. So far the engine is running decent except a lot of times the key ignition and Kill switch won't kill the engine. I think I have a loose wire b/c if I move wires around on the engine it will work for a while. (Both key and kill) But then when I remove the cover and...
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    Using a timing gun?

    I have a 50hp johnson 1986 that I would like to check the pickup timing. I have an induction gun my friend loaned me but I am not sure hth to use it. I get confused about how to hook up the red wire to the spark plug wire number 1. The motor needs to run so how can i connect it to the wire w/o...
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    Pickup timing

    I have a question about Pickup Timing, NOT advance timing. I have recently adjusted the jam nut which adjusts the throttle rod. I don't have a timing light but I have read that as long as things happen in this sequence (below) when you shift forward it will be most likely ok to not check the...
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    How Do I Know Rpms??

    My manual talks about the rpms left and right but I just don't get how I am to obtain this from my motor. Is there a special tool I need to buy??? Please help a frustrated bloke.
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    Pickup timing question

    I have an 1986 Johnson 50hp that I have been working on. When I bought it the throttle cables were bad so I replaced them. Now when I shift in forward and reverse and back to neutral the throttle was not going back into place against the idle screw (where it started). I adjusted the throttle...
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    Weed eater Trolling motor??

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/PLANS-BUILD-YOUR-OWN-OUTBOARD-TROLLING-MOTOR-UNDER-200_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZ66Q3a2Q7c65Q3a15Q7c39Q3a1Q7c240Q3a1318Q7c301Q3a1Q7c293Q3a1Q7c294Q3a50QQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem2554b3a42aQQitemZ160334849066QQptZMotorsQ5fManualsQ5fLiterature#ebayphotohost...
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    2 hp emergency back up motor?

    I was thinking about buying a 2hp johnson 2 stroke for an emergency back up for my 50hp johnson. I have a 18ft bass boat that is used on the ocean in Tampa Bay. Will a 2hp push this boat at all? Could it be used as a trolling motor too?
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    Kill switch and Ignition shut off issues.

    I have a 86 johnson 50hp and I am having issues shutting it down. The key switch every now and then was not shutting off the motor so I inspected it and found semi loose screws holding down the wires. This maybe was the problem but I can't test until I get out in the water. Also I tried to...
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    Kill Switch and Ignition Kill no workie!

    I took my new fixer upper boat out for the first time the other day and I had an issue where sometimes the ignition would not turn the motor off when I turned the key to to off position. To make things even worse, my kill switch would not work at all either. Sometimes the ignition would kill the...
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    Speedometer

    Any one know the specifics of a boat speedometor, Im a newb at them. If you buy a guage online, does it contain the actuall mechnism that measures how fast you are going?
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    VHF antenna questions

    Ok, I know that VHF is line of sight and taller is better, but I have a 18ft bass boat that I will be keeping in the Tampa BAY area so I should never need more than 5 miles of distance to transmit. How short of antenna can I get away with?? I already have a 10 ft. one but it is big and in the...
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