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Thanks for that Bill. They have been that way since I bought the boat. I see in the paperwork that the previous owner had the injectors cleaned and a couple replaced at one time, but it was several years back. Both engines run good from idle on up. It's just the idle itself.

I have two 115hp four stroke Yamahas. 2003 year model. Both motors start up fine but want to idle at 600 rpm. The Yamaha specs call for 750(50+ or -). Not a huge deal except that when cold at start-up when launching and manuevering to the dock, the port engine will occasionally die. It starts...

If you can get the plastic part off of the seat, you could take it to an automotive body shop that fixes plastic bumpers and they can fix it so well, you can't find the repair.

Outboard covers that have the Grady logo instead of the makers name, for Yamaha, Mercury, Suzuki and Honda. Gauge covers with the Grady logo. Good quality boat shoes with the Grady logo. Good quality bucket with rope handle with Grady logo. (nothing from China)

You are a brave man Wesley.

Look up "garboard drain". https://www.boatoutfitters.com/search/?q=garboard%20drain%20and%20plug

Nicely done!

Looks good on the trailer though.

This thread is 5 or 6 years old.

Kas, you can get your Garmin to do a self-check on its compass readings by finding an area with calm water and drive your boat in slow 360 degree circles at least twice, taking one minute or more per circle. I live in Venice, Florida also and when I do this when syncing the compass with the...

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Me too.

As for alternate options and I wanted to stand on something that didn't list, I would go stand on a sidewalk.

It's an odd set-up. Before I replaced the fuse, the gauge did everything it was supposed to, like change mode etc., but the tach set on "0". Once I replaced the fuse, the tach started reading rpm. I'm not sure where the power was coming from but some things it's easier to just accept and move on.