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Happy & Meaningful Labor Day (a wee early) to all! 2018 SPX 190 - talk about, “a grain of sand in the eye of an elephant!” Q - CAN ANY ADVISE THE BEST ADHESIVE PRODUCT TO USE A “Pin Prick” AMOUNT OF, TO RE-ATTACH A SMALL PORTION OF A FACTORY EMBLEM TO OUR HULL? Background: Wiping the hull...

Goooood morning and Happy New Year, CSR all !!! My question is: how difficult would it be for me to “learn on The Admiral’s boat” (her pride and joy) how to repair the crack in the attached photos? Q-2: Is such an undertaking even advisable , for the first time, in a spot that is so...

2018 Mercury 150hp 4-stroke outboard, S/N Prefix: 2B466xxx Can anyone point me to where I might find out WHAT THE TRICK IS to get the # 4 spark plug angled back “UP” into the bottom cylinder? PS - Happy New Year to the entire CSR family!

Happy Holidays, CSR! 2018 Mercury 150hp 4-stroke outboard with only 50 hours on engine and despite our best intentions to not let her “sit” on the floating dock boat lift this winter (like last :( ) our out-of-town travels once again spell several months of hard-freeze nights and relatively...

Good evening, CSR braintrust! I am wondering if two observances I made today are normal or, indicative of something else I should attend to (what I haven’t a clue, thus this query). First is the amount of carbon I came across. Photos 1 & 4 I took the attached pictures as I removed the Black...

I started to put this is in the “Maintenance” section but, only category that came close was “Questions” (which this is not) so, I am posting here in case it helps any; starts out somewhat long-winded but, real meat on the bone starts around paragraph 8: “SUFFERING FROM SEALANT CONFUSION?”...

Aloha, all! Does anyone know of a way to store BoatLife Life Sealant or, for that matter, 3M 4200 so that, after using just a portion of the tube, the stuff doesn’t harden in the opened and then closed tube after a couple weeks or a month? “I read on the Internet” (I know, I know) that putting...

For those of you with dogs aboard and which were reluctant, hesitant or freaked out about being on the dock or boat, any tips on shortcutting the acclimation process? Wife has a new rescue, Jack Russell mix 1-year old who in a month is already turning out to be an awesome new family member and...

AI’ve had a year to think about it and decided it’d be a good idea to locate a *SERVICE* Manual for 2018 Mercury 150hp 4-stroke outboard ... Well, luckily I was standing next to something that offered a soft crash landing when I Googled “Mercury-Mercruiser 90-8M0109955 SERVICE MANUAL” cuz, my...

Greetings CSR from the Great Smokies where the leaves are (finally!) startin’ to put on their show! I did a quick search first but, came up empty so, here goes, WHAT COMBINATION OF ratchet devices (universal joints? Flex shafts? Black magic, voodoo? Incantations?) do you use to get a socket...

I did several searches after reading and re-reading the Mercury 4-stroke 150hp Owners Manual and haven’t found an answer so, thought I’d post it here: Q - When running the motor on the hard (on trailer and in order to warm the engine oil up for an oil change (in Neutral, of course) and after...

Just an FYI, in case anyone has “a list” and has been price shopping; I just got an “e-flyer” from Overton’s they are having a Columbus Day Flash Sale: SAVE 25% No Minimum Use Code: COLUMBUS Online only. Offer expires 11:59pm ET 10/8/18. Some restrictions apply. See details...

Greetings all (and prayers out to all anywhere near storm track of Hurricane-then-tropical-storm Florence over last 72 hours - hope you and all your families are safe and sound)! I was sure to read the mod’s “Please read before you post a question here” sticky before posting the below...

’Lo all, hope everyone is having a safe and great summer! Question: we have a 2018 SPX-190 Outboard and I am not sure if I should connect a ski rope (pulling an adult, over 220lbs in dry weight) to: a) the pylon mounted vertically behind the padded sun deck; or, b) one of the eyes on either...

Good morning all! I did a search first, didn’t find any answers and am putting this here as I understand the types of speedos differ from sport boats and outboards versus cruisers, etc. Trying to find out why the speedometer on our 2018 SPX190 OutBoard (with 16 hours on it) gradually went out...

I attempted a search and then struggled with the most appropriate forum for this (I really wanted to post in the ‘General Discussion’ forum, for the greatest potential for answers); and mods, please move my question if in your opinion it belongs elsewhere. Here goes: at the risk of giving the...

Greetings, all (We saw our first Red Robin’s this past week so, splash season shouldn’t be too much farther, for all of us north of the 38th! :-) I did a cursory search and don’t see this product mentioned and I am creating this thread as I did not want to risk ‘highjacking’ any existing...

’Morning, all (and Happy Fall)! Question: anyone know where I can land my hands on a replacement drain plug for a new 2018 SPX (190)? I ask as, while at a dealer yesterday, the mechanics said they had misplaced the plug that had come in with our brand new 2018 SPX 190 (after taking the vessel...

'Lo, all (hope everyone had --or are having-- an awesome Labor Day)! Does anyone have any suggestions for equipment that do not already appear on basic lists such as this one, by the SBC?by http://www.safeboatingcouncil.org/assets/docs/boatersequipmentchecklist-pb-26ft-8b.pdf I did a couplel...