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    VRO Question

    The oil pump itself is made by Mikuni & of very high quality. I've never seen one come into my motorcycle shop that has been serviced correctly & failed including those ran on high end 14K rpm's 2 stroke race bikes ! Mercury uses the exact same gear driven pump design on their outboards of...
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    1991 Stratos 201 Pro XL restored

    The 201 is a bad azz basser, lots of room & very good riding boats ! Ya did a fantastic job on the restore ... congrats :)
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    Raccoons

    I 2nd that ... will take down a Coyote pretty easy too ;)
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    Hydrowave Electronic Feeding Simulator

    Yeah ... every bass boat should come equipped with a Hydrowave, a box full of A-Rigs & why not add in a electric shock device along the bottom of the hull to make it a 100% sure thing :D
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    gassing up the birds

    I don't own a Phoenix but a slow fill on any boat means something is not quite right, usually a kinked fill hose or vent tube causes it.
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    Happy Birthday Olebucketmouth, 4strokes, Nitro1, kentws, kpool, tbohn, Miguel Garza

    Re: Happy Birthday Olebucketmouth, 4strokes, Nitro1, kentws, kpool, tbohn, Miguel Ga Thanks fellas
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    A little pond fishing

    Well I usually make a effort to fish every Friday the 13th. (always had good luck) but the wind has been howling so bad here for a week that I didn't bother launching the boat. With a bad case of cabin fever my better half & I decided to make a day of it while visiting my daughter .... a nice...
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    OMC Noise!

    Best I remember it's located on the left side of the foot control housing on most OMC units ... should have the serial & model # in the same location.
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    OMC Noise!

    Could be bearings or shaft/cable is getting bad .... best thing to do is look around on the web & see if somebody is listed in your area as a repair shop for it & have them look at it if you don't feel comfortable doing it yourself. Or at least call them & explain the symptoms & I'm sure they...
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    OMC Noise!

    All parts needed to rebuild it are still available, they are tanks & I really like them. You may need new bearings and drive cable, that's what usually causes one to be noisy.
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    SUPER Fast Laser LTV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    There is a blue 88 model in Huntsville a guy has been trying to sell for what seems like 6-8 months, the last time I spoke with him he'd decided to pull it off of craigslist because he was getting to many crackpots just wanting test rides, lurking & not buying. The boat presently has a fairly...
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    Livewell and bilge odor...How to clean?

    I use soft scrub gel in my livewell, it has bleach in it & does a great job of killing germs/bacteria & rinses away easier than pure bleach.
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    Boat attitude at slow speed.

    I think Stratos went to a solid composite hull in 1999 so a 1997 model although hand laid fiberglass may have a lot of incased wood in it still, especially around the storage boxes, live well & bildge areas ... if so ... maybe there has been some water intrusion & it soaked into the foam...
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    Skunked!!!

    It happens to the best of us ..... don't sweat it bro !
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    Bush & Obama at the Barber Shop

    George W. Bush and Barack Obama somehow ended up at the same barber shop. As they sat there, each being worked on by a different barber, not a word was spoken. The barbers were even afraid to start a conversation, for fear it would turn to politics. As the barbers finished their shaves, the...
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    how do you protect your fishfinder when not in use?

    A gun cover with foam inside is as good as anything to protect & store it, especially during those hard winter months. I like convenience of the factory covers & they look good too.
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    Oil To Gas Mixture + Outboard Year

    Props I'm no expert with, I run a Fury II on my little 115 but Jay or somebody that knows this stuff may lead you in the right direction. What I always look for in a prop is a good all around performance & for hole shot with reasonable top end numbers ... but ... getting max rpm's is key...
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    Oil To Gas Mixture + Outboard Year

    50:1 mix is perfect for that motor, just make sure to run some stabilizer with it that includes something for handling ethanol if your forced to buy that kind of fuel.
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    Compression test

    Depends on how much the difference is, meaning it will never get better unless by chance some of the rings are stuck & work themselves loose by doing a Seafoam de-carbon treatment or something similar to it. I'd say anything past the 10% average will cause a out of balance issue "sooner than...
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    Supreme Court

    I agree 100% ... now he has a White House spokesman trying to save face over his threatening remarks toward the SC Justices .... but I will say it again ... this guy even has them in his pocket. What amazes me is how many idiots still cling to his bullshit pipe dream of rainbows & lollipops &...