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I have always heard stuff like this and have never experienced it for myself, despite doing all the "wrong" things. The best anecdote I can give is a Troy Bilt ZTR that was bought new in 2005. I took the carb apart one time to bypass the backfire solenoid and it was spotless inside. Still has...

I considered it as well and tried something similar. I have a Plethora of Milwaukee M12 batteries, so I purchased the battery adapter and pigtails. I wanted to run my graphs and livescope off of it. The problems I encountered were that the M12 batteries do not have their own BMS, it's built...

Seems like more and more manufacturers are going to 100% welded construction with fabricated transoms. No doubt the increasing cost of lumber has something to do with it. Not a lot of wood in boats anymore. I know Lund, Tracker, and Lowe are no longer using wood in anything but utility style jon...

Found the old service manual thread and it appears the dropbox links are no longer working. Took a while to find it, I could've sworn it used to be pinned but I may be wrong. I'm needing the manual for a 98 50hp Evinrude. Anyone have an updated page with good links? I thought about PMing Jim...

I haven't really heard of it being used on aluminum boats. It's more geared for glass boats, where replacing the transom requires an extreme amount of labor. Although in your case, I don't think it's a bad solution if you could get all the wood out. With that four stroke and the jack plate, you...

I would try contacting Lowe about the literature for that boat. It's not that old, I'd say they should have something for it. I would drain whatever gas is in it, and refill with pre-mix until you can verify that the VRO is working. I don't know much about those systems so hopefully someone...

What kind of shape are the leaf spring shackle bushings and stuff in? Pretty tight or sloppy? The hubs look pretty strange in the pictures, are they serviceable with parts that are available? You can spend quite a bit on that little stuff and quickly diminish any savings over purchasing a...

First, is that power trim or just a tilt assist cylinder? Second, does it have an adjustable trim pin? If it does, I would try to move it so your baseline trim setting is lower.

Most financial advice would say buying any sort of toy on credit is a bad choice. There is some truth in that, you're paying interest to borrow on a depreciating asset, getting shafted both ways essentially. Add in a high interest rate and you can be upside down pretty quickly, especially if the...

I just sold my 06 last year that had 310,000 miles on it. It was on it's second transmission, second rear diff, and it needed a transfer case when I sold it, pump rubbed through the case and it was leaking. Many front end rebuilds. The motor was hanging in there, tired but still dependable...

Ditto. Those chargers aren't cheap and I think it's a mistake to leave them plugged in all the time. I'd isolate the batteries (disconnect your electronics or cut your main power switch if you have one), leaving only the charger connected and plug it in periodically. Self discharge drops to...

As I recall the water pressure on those older Mercs is only 1-3 psi at idle. On my 60 it was just enough to budge the needle off of zero on the gauge. You aren't going to see a very strong stream at that pressure, but it should be steady and not a dribble.

Probably a 14 or 16ft flat or mod-v jon boat. There's a reason that's the stereotypical "river boat". Glass is heavy, so aluminum would be preferable in terms of draft since you're running shallow water, also more durable when accidents happen. A Tracker Grizzly 1648, 35-40hp motor with power...

You should be able to replace every shaft seal in that lower unit without pulling it apart. Drilling a small hole in the seal and using a screw to pry on usually works the best.

Assuming your truck has a ~25 gallon tank, I wouldn't put more than 5 gallons in a full tank at a time. It also depends on the truck, if it direct injected or turbocharged, don't take the chance. In any model, catalytic converters do not like burning oil and they are not cheap so dilution is the...

You will want one that does pressure and vacuum, many of them only do vacuum. I have a cheap one from Ebay that works quite well. Testing with pressure allows you to find the leak using soapy water and looking for bubbles around suspect seals. Vacuum testing will only tell if you there is a...

If there is a gap between the prop shaft and the seal then you have bearing trouble. Up and down movement in the prop shaft should be almost imperceptible, a little bit of endplay is normal.

A chemical stripper may work on that crap. A stainless cup brush on a grinder will work as well but you will have to be a little careful, they can be kinda rough on aluminum. Regardless that is a fine little boat, nice layout, will make someone an excellent fishing machine. I would think 30hp...

Looks like unburnt 2 stroke sludge to me, I wouldn't worry too much. It's rare to have a bad seal that would let oil out but not let water in. If there's no water getting into the lower unit, and the oil level isn't dropping, run it.

They also make a pipe thread paste and it is the best stuff ever.