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Here's the newest to my stable. It's a 96 PROLINE 183 flats boat with an ill 150HP MERCURY XR6(previous owner mixed it 100:1 instead of 50:1 :o).

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t.../PROLINE-1.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t.../PROLINE-2.jpg
And the BOB'S MACHINE SHOP low water pickup and hydraulic jack plate. As well as the MERCURY high five prop.
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t.../PROLINE-3.jpg
Let the beatings commence.
Here's one similar to it.
http://adcache.boattraderonline.com/6/3/2/87838932.htm

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Whats the low water pick up, Never heard of that??

Boat looks good! So what about the motor? what did the 100:1 do to it?

Thing must fly with a 150!!

and I am not saying anything about it being a f a g boat till I see you with a fly rod!http://syncboard.com/albums/album02/rainbow_smiley.gif

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Those Mercs will run like a scalded dawg on 100:1, for a little while.

Thats a nice looking boat, I'd like to have one like that to use for bass fishing and inshore coastal fishin.

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I guess you will be able to report to the smart tab section soon also.

Gee I count like 8 thur hulls?? what they all for??

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Well the thru hulls are for the 2 livewells, plus the extra large release tank. I mainly got it to repair and hopefully turn a profit. FLATS boats here in FLORIDA are golden! The guy I got it from said he let out at 62, but it was still climbin in speed. He didn't run it longwith the 100:1, so hopefully it's saveable. He never heard noise's,it justshut off he said. I pulled the flywheel off and the magnets had come out and tore up the stator with it :o. But there is a squeak in one of the main bearings when you turn it over. I'm hopefully going to get the powerhead off next week. I'll either rebuild this one, or repower with my 140 EVINRUDE or my 80 150 MERC I got.At least this one has a rock solid hull with NO flex anywhere. Those are trim master hydraulic tabs on it, Ithought they were smart tabs at first to. The low water pickup is to raise the engine up higher to get the prop to cavitate some to boost the top end without losing water to the engine, and it also lets you run the engine in shallower water to idle across the flats.


And there will not be any flyrods on it on my watch!

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Sounds like you got a good deal and a plan! Hope it all works out!!

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So do I :-/.

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That braided cable on the lower unit, is that the water pick up you mentioned ???, never seen that before. ??

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Yep, the braided line is for the water pickup. They use them mostly on high performance type hulls, race and high speed apps.
Go to this site and click on the "BIG FOOT Nose Cone Kit
With Low Water Pick-Up" for a pic of it.
http://www.bobsmachine.com/

The grean shows where the old pickups were, the blue shows where the front added portion is, and the red shows the new pickups.
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t...aterpickup.jpg

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Well here's MY NEWEST's newest, it's a 95 150HP MERCURY EFI XRi. The only bad part was it came with the boat, but I've got a 81 150 2.0L MERC to go on it. Unfortunately though the boat has a failing transom :-[, so I'm gonna have to plate it to sell it(I don't feel like rebuilding a bass boat transom). My video came out like crap, so here's the video that the seller made of it running.
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=naiscoot70
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t...50HPEFIXRi.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t...INNERZZ880.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t.../81150MERC.jpg

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Well at least i know where to grab some spare Merc. parts from. ;D

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The transom looks already plated?? what they do a carpy job??

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Carpy?

MJ's jonesin' so bad to get out on the water that he's got fish on the brain ;D

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No, the transom isn't plated. It's just painted white like the bottom of the hull. The boat with my old 2.0 MERC is plated though, but that hull is beyond rotted :o. The transom in the boat I got with the engine isn't wet or cracked anywhere, it just simply broke from engine torque. He said the transom was fine with his 2.0L, but he got the speed bug and hung the 2.5 EFI on it. You can see the transom went from engine torque from where it's flexing. I can either sell it like it is without an engine, plate the transom and hang my 2.0L on it, or cut just the middle out where it's cracking and replace the wood and plate it to reinforce and put my 2.0L on it and sell it. I personally I like option #1 myself, but I'm getting tired of working on boats. Option #2 is against my ethincs as I hate selling something knowing it's bad without disclosing it(I know, I'm to honest). And option #3 would be the best for somebody else as the boat is really in sound condition with the exception of the transom. The floor is solid and all of the electrical works, and it isn't all faded out like most 21 year old boats.

But first on the agenda is to get the MERC off of my PROLINE and get that EFI on there ;D.

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Are you going to swap lower units to retain the low water pickup, which is reel handy with that jackplate?

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DEFINATELY! I just have to re-seal my low water pick-up unit, has a few streaks in the fluid in it(but nothing major).

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hey ferm, in all this swapping, i need a steering arm for a 95 merc/mariner. i realize your not tearing down an engine, but thought you might have one in your "inventory"

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Don't have one at the moment, I may have one in the next couple of months though. I'm thinking of parting one of these MERCS out.