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    1986 Mercury 9.9 2-stroke - hard cold start?

    I pulled my 14' Smokercraft with 9.9 Merc 2-stroke out of the barn to run the engine for the first time this spring. I acquired this boat last fall from my father who took excellent care of the entire rig. I wasn't in a position to spend a lot of time with the boat/engine last fall (new baby)...
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    Recommended fuel hose assembly?

    Is this what were talking about...since OMC no longer exists? https://shop.evinrude.com/products/553944/Fuel_Hoses I guess I'll have to figure out if I need 3/8" hose or 5/16" for my 9.9. Pretty sure it is 5/16". Thanks!
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    Recommended fuel hose assembly?

    I went out yesterday to run the Mercury 9.9 2-stroke outboard on my 14' Smokercraft and had a couple issues, the biggest being the bulb has aged to the point of being hard as a brick and I have leaks at the connections to the bulb. I won't try to run it again until I replace the fuel line and...
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    Gas tank and battery location and tiedown?

    I have a 14', 1974 Smokercraft with a 9.9 Merc 2-stroke (tiller) that I recently acquired from my father. Over the years, he tried different approaches to secure the battery and gas tank in the space between the rear bench seat and the transom but nothing lasted long. I'm 175 lbs. and will...
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    Storage solutions for a 14' boat?

    I just acquired a 1974 14' Smokercraft with trailer and 9.9 Mercury 2 stroke from my father. Over the past couple years (he's now retired), he has been spending a decent amount of time doing trips up to Canada and in bigger water, so he has upgraded his boats accordingly and did not have room...
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    Turning a bench seat into a walk-through?

    It looks like if that boat were to have a floor, the bottom of that "U" would be level with it to have a smooth, continuous floor. It gives me ideas. Thanks for the example!
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    Flex Seal for leaky boats?

    The property I bought came with a flat bottom Meyers row boat for the pond that had LOTS of pin holes in the hull, as well as other issues. It looks like a tree branch hit the edge right at the chine which has produced a crack. I used JB Weld to plug up a number of leaks to large success but...
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    Turning a bench seat into a walk-through?

    I was talking with my dad the other day (who owns 3 boats) about buying a boat (I don't own anything with a motor, just canoes, a kayak, pond row boats, etc.) and he told me hold off doing anything, he is reconsidering his fleet. So it sounds like I may have the opportunity to acquire his 1973...
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