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  1. J

    Rod holder , storage

    Anyone know where to gets these?
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    New mercury 40hp

    Didn’t mean to post 3x’s but this is a good guide from mercury for extending battery cables
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    New mercury 40hp

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    New mercury 40hp

    Any recommendations on gauge wire when moving start battery up front I’m thinking 2-4 gauge it’s 12 ft run
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    New mercury 40hp

    Any recommendations on gauge wire when moving start battery up front I’m thinking 2-4 gauge it’s 12 ft run
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    New mercury 40hp

    It s 2018 1648 grizzly till bought it with 25hp it was a dog cruise was 17ish I have 2 Amy batteries 1 in stern and one in how 2 guys and gear 460 and the boat weighs 590 max hp for boat is 40hp so that’s what I upgraded too. Much happier with performance can cruise 26-27 mph 4800 rpm I will...
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    New mercury 40hp

    Thanks for the replies , as far as slow down I’m mainly fish susquehanna River who wants to travel 5-10 miles at 18mph when u can go 28/30 get there in half the time more time to catch fish. I’m gonna more the 2nd battery up front and install a aluminum side box so my fishing partner can sit in...
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    New mercury 40hp

    Yeah I’m thinking about putting the second battery upfront also it weighs 65 pounds that might help move some of the weight forward and have less weight in the back
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    New mercury 40hp

    Thanks , it has PT when I trim down The porpoising goes away it just seems like the bow is not up high enough when I’m running, if I cruise around 28,29 run fine guess just don’t run WOT 😀just had to see after running so slow with 25hp.
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    New mercury 40hp

    So I changed out my 25 hp Mercury four stroke which got 23 miles an hour wide open to a 40 hp Mercury four stroke got 35 today with myself and another guy two batteries one upfront when both of us sat in the back at wide-open I would start to get some porpoising if he sat upfront we didn’t get...
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    Key start and power trim assembly

    I picked up 2019 mercury 40hp yesterday, it has harness with control for key start and one for power trim , it’s on a 2018 tracker grizzly , I have some ideas where to mount both utilizing versa track system. Has anybody done this or have ideas. I’m thinking fab couple aluminum brackets to mount...
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    25hp tiller tach

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    25hp tiller tach

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    25hp tiller tach

    Thanks for replies it does have pt/t installing weds will let u know speed
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