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Problems
I took out my v20 for a ride today and had a couple of problems I need some advice on.
1. The strap on my winch broke retriving the boat. Q. do you guys use a safety strap on your boat or a chain or what? I'm thinking if that happned on the road that could of been very bad. 2. I'm having hard starting cold, after it warms up I found it will start pretty easy in the first notch position on the throttle. Other times I have to give it full throttle to start. Some times it will start at idle, I'm thinking carb rebuild? 3. Today it realy bogged down at full throttle then it was ok? Again carb? 4. I'm also thinking timing? However my tach is not working. TIA
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1985 Wellcraft v20 Step up Cuddy 3.7 L4 Merc 165 Hp Last edited by Ambush; 06-25-2012 at 08:16 PM. Reason: spelling 
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06-25-2012, 07:09 PM
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carb, see if you can find an earlier model Rochestor 2 barrel car for your engine rather than the Mercarb you have on there now, you'll be much happier with the Rochestor
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06-25-2012, 07:27 PM
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Dang spare, I had a good list goin and fixin to post till I seen Rochester in your post.
I was fixin to give some advise on outboard stuff. I gotta pay attention. Good call. On 1. (On each of my boats) I hook & chain the bow eye close to the stand to prohibit the boat going forward or back in case of human or mechanical failures.
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06-25-2012, 09:52 PM
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All my boats have always had a safety chain on the bow eye and transom straps. I used to have a single strap that wrapped the transom but now I have the rod saver straps that hook to your tow rings.
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06-25-2012, 11:23 PM
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As to #1.
My personal opinion, I'd get rid of the strap on your winch and go with a 5/16" steel cable. In my opinion straps are fine for smaller boats but I prefer cables for 20' and larger boats. Use some kind of boat strap..either belly or stern, to keep your boat from bouncing on the trailer. (Personally I like the belly straps, but I know that lots of guys here like the stern straps). Use a short (18")? separate cable (or chain) attached to your winch post on one end and to your bow eye on the other end as a safety measure while trailering. That way if your winch or cable or strap should break, the safety cable (or chain) prevents the boat from sliding backwards off your trailer.
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1987 V20 w/1987 150HP Yamaha on a Shoreland'r Trailer 1978 16.5 Airslot w/1996 120HP Force on a Four Winns trailer 1996 V21 w/1993 200HP Mercury on a Shoreline Trailer All towed by a 5.7L Hemi Durango. If God didn't have a purpose for us we wouldn't be here, so Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly. (Leave the rest to God)  Silence, in the face of evil, is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak, not to act is to act. God will not hold us guiltless.
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