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The VST was the answer. Mechanic said the vst had some corrosion inside and those particles were plugging up the screen. The answer is a new tank. The boat sat for about a year before I bought it and he believes thats when it occurred. He has to wait on the parts and get it back together before...

My ac stopped pumping water and hence is not cooling. I went to trouble shoot it but the part numbers are unreadable on the waters pump. Anyone know the model number, or where to start? Obviously I made sure there was no plugs in the line. How many years are these units good for, is it about...

Thanks for your comments. If it's truly a fuel issue we are all doomed to have fuel issues. I have never had E10 in the tank, either did the previous owner. I Keep the tank full at all times and use the boat very frequently. At least 2 times a month I burn 150 gallons of fuel on one trip and...

I have this posted on another site but wanted to ask here too. Running offshore today with my twin 2005 Yamaha F250's after a hour and a half at 4200 RPMs approx 25 knots I noticed I was having to adjust the port engines throttle much more often than normal to keep the engines roughly synched...

Noticed my fresh water tank was empty yesterday after filling it last week just sitting on the lift. When I turn on the water pressure, the pump runs much longer than it ever had and I hear a constant hum when the water pressure switch is on. The pumps not running like it does when someone is...

Seems that way :bang . Will do, thanks.

Does anyone know of a company that has any pre made canvas covers for the Marlin? Maybe a company you had one made through that might already have a template. There is a custom shop around here but they want the boat at there shop which I really don't want to haul the boat for, if I can avoid...

$130/hr, ouch! 1st off see if you can get a mobile guy for less. I'm not sure where you are but around here $80/hr is our labor rate. For that money I second throwing on some racors and periodically checking your glass bowls. The water will settle at the bottom of the bowl and you can just drain...

This is true. Got it straight from Yamaha after being told one day to run off the hose and the next to not run off the hose. Apparently the hose was originally designed for boats left in the water with their motors trimmed up. They also said to run the motors, originally. After a few burnt up...

Looked really quick and didn't see an obvious place, but it probably is. The boat is a 2005. Thanks Nick :bang

Anyone have some pictures handy of where they mounted their female plug for the electramate? I have a pretty good idea of where it should go but curious where you guys did it. I need something to do now that Grouper is closed until the wahoo show up and figured this to be as good as of time as...

If you're asking what will work I think the general opinion is to not go less than 200hp. Most of us on here don't really know what you can get away with because we think in terms of how can we optimize our vessels. I think you're on your own with this one my friend. If you do the math and feel...

I ran a 1991 228 for 4 years and I had a 2006 200 Yamaha 4-stoke. When fishing I had my 90 gallon fuel tank full, 5-6 person crew, a fish coffin full of ice and other misc equipment. I don't know what that weighs but the real world translation is enough power to plane, push through some chop...

I had a 1991 seafarer and what I did was just remove all the panels and painted them white. It what pretty easy and it looked much better. If you search my posts I am sure you can find my old boat in the for sale section. I believe there are before and after pictures.

I have a 05 Marlin I am placing on a friends lift for a few months. Does anyone know the proper placement for the bunks? I had an assumption that the bunks for the lift should be the same as the trailer, although because the trailer has a cradle forward I doubt this to be true. Also all the lift...

This looks like a perfect opportunity to do some baiting! Anyone? I would take this one but I got a good one going right now I don't want to get confused.

Just put in the Furuno MFD12 3D and have been very impressed. I use to run raymarine and lowrance electronics. I installed everything with my amateur knowledge and every time I had a question, which was often, a rep talked me through it over the phone. I have not run in to much trouble figuring...

I just got my Marlin a month ago and I saw the generator as more of a nice option but really didn't think I would use it to much. Now that I have it, I love it :praise . Being able to escape the heat while grabbing this or that out of the cabin when we are fishing/cruising is very nice. The...

Ok so I pulled off the back hatch so I would have access to the valve. Actually the problem was two fold. The valve arm (not sure what its called) the one you use from the actual port to close the valve, had frozen at its pivot point as well as the actual joint was stiff too. The way that pole...

I had an engine survey done but because I got such a good deal on the boat I did not have a survey done on the hull. The boat is a 2005 and was stored in a climate controlled garage its whole life, I took a risk on not having the hull surveyed I know but so far, so good. We did discover some...