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  1. dburne

    Question on charging batteries

    Hey gang, Due to declining health, I am unfortunately faced with needing to sell my boat. I can no longer drive, and we have sold our home and are moving to FL next week. I have a guy that was wanting it, we talked yesterday and now he wants to come tomorrow morning and take it to the lake to...
  2. dburne

    Broken locking mechanism on trailer winch

    Well we had another great day on the water today, boat is running really great now that the batteries are wired up properly lol. But the day was not totally without issue, I must be living wrong or something. Anyway at the end of the day, we were loading the boat up on the trailer, and...
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    Question on broken cavitation plate on 4.3 Mercruiser Stern

    Hey gang, I have a question regarding the cavitation plate, or anti cavitation plate - not sure what it is called, on my Mercruiser 4.3 MPI Stern Drive. Ok so as you know from my other thread, last Saturday was a wild day for us with the motor ending up not starting at the end of day and...
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    New 190's 4.3 MPI dead in the water

    Well today certainly was interesting. The wife and I put in early this morning, for a fun filled day on the lake - beautiful weather finally, after all the rain we have had the last few weeks. Boat ran great as always - for most of the day. Ran up to the other end of the lake, anchored in our...
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    Replacement for Safety Chains?

    Hey gang, So on my new Sport 190 we got last year, it has the two safety chains attached for the trailer. The chains are starting to rust in areas, which I do not care for. I have seen like these steel braided cables of sort that have a vinyl covering over them, used in place of safety...
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    What do you do with your stern drive cleaning/ care?

    So we are now into our second season with our new Sport 190. Having a blast, and absolutely love the boat. I tend to be somewhat anal about keeping the boat as clean as possible, have to store it outside due to the size of the my garage doors not being big enough to get the boat in the garage...
  7. dburne

    Sport 190 Season 2 Coming Up!

    Ah, spring. Yes spring is finally here! Beautiful day out today, getting me daydreaming of being out on the water once again. My new Sport 190 performed flawlessly last year, even with me trying to make it not so flawless. I will never forget spending 15 hours on the water on the 4th of...
  8. dburne

    Sport 190 Winterized - Battery Care?

    Today is a sad, sad day. I hauled our new Sport 190 ( purchased in Feb), up to the dealer and had it winterized today. No more boating for us, till late April/early May of 15. :( We have had some really great times in it this year, we went to the lake a bunch of times - lost count - put app...
  9. dburne

    A question on streaks of " grime" on side of my 190

    Hey gang, me again :) Ok so here is what I am talking about - it is faint so I don't think it would show up good on a pic. I have to store my boat outside behind my garage ( due to garage having two single doors rather than one big door). So I had cross ties and pea gravel put down, and keep...
  10. dburne

    50% scattered forecast...

    Hey gang, So we are having the two oldest grandkids over this weekend, ( 10 and 8), and they were so looking forward to hopefully going boating with us tomorrow. We have been having some rain here this week, and currently the forecast for tomorrow calls for 50% scattered showers and...
  11. dburne

    Mercruiser 4.3 MPI - oil - synthetic or regular?

    Hey gang, I am just curious, regarding engine oil, do you guys run synthetic or regular oil? The reason I ask - the Mercury manual for my engine recommends only Mercruiser 20w40 I believe, full synthetic. Obviously they recommend Mercruiser oil, as that is their brand and make money off of...
  12. dburne

    4th of July?

    Hey gang, So what is everyone here doing for the 4th? I think the wife and I , are going to take our new Sport 190 for it's 8th voyage, to a new lake for us. Tims Ford Lake here in south central TN, I hear it is a really pretty lake and from looking on the internet it also appears they do a...
  13. dburne

    Sport 190 - Automatic Bilge Pump?

    Hey gang, So the wife and I went to the lake yesterday, knowing there was a 40% chance of thunder showers. Well, we did get caught up in a downpour for a few minutes while anchored, and the bilge took on some water. I looked in there, and the water was up around the bilge pump about a third...
  14. dburne

    Question on prop nut and washer

    Hey gang, In another thread recently, I mentioned I had ordered a new prop wrench ( my first), and upon checking the prop nut on my new Sport 190 discovered it was fairly loose, so I have tightened it. The prop wrench I ordered, came with a prop nut and couple of the tabbed washers...
  15. dburne

    New Prop Wrench

    Hey gang, So last week I figured I probably should have a prop wrench in my arsenal, so I placed an order for one , it arrived yesterday while we were out on the lake in our new boat, on it's 5th voyage. Anyway so this morning the wife and I were doing our routine boat cleanup, she does...
  16. dburne

    Anchor Suggestions?

    Hey gang, I need to get a new anchor. I have had the following mushroom anchor for a couple of seasons now, and the vinyl coating on it is wearing off and looking pretty rough. http://www.overtons.com/modperl/product/details.cgi?pdesc=Overtons-Vinyl-Coated-15-lb-Mushroom-Anchor&i=74514 This...
  17. dburne

    Tweaking my GPS Mount

    Hey gang, Ok so I have my Garmin 531S mounted to the windshield support pole. I really like the location, only downside is that support rod twists in the brackets, so when hitting waves etc the GPS unit swings around - rather annoyingly. So I ordered a RAM suction mount, when we went out...
  18. dburne

    What is this discolored plate on my stern drive unit?

    Newbie question! I noticed this plate on my stern drive was somewhat discolored during cleanup yesterday, what exactly is this, is this one of those sacrificial things I read about in the engine manual? I assume it is supposed to do this?
  19. dburne

    What is this discolored plate on my stern drive unit?

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  20. dburne

    First nicks on my new 190 Sport

    Yesterday we went out for our third outing in the new 190 Sport, had a great time. We were cruising the lake and hit a couple of larger waves, and the boat made a loud sound when it hit - the wife said wow that did not sound good, I told her it was just the larger wave hitting the hull hard...
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