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It has been a while since I have visited the Fast Bass bulletin board, and now I am not able to access it. Can anyone help me out to get back into this bulletin board. Thank you, Butch Leslie

Been reading the adverse affects of E-10 ethanol in gasoline on outboards, and was wondering if this ethanol will do any damage to the fuel tanks that Allison uses. Mine is made by Moler and it has a tag on it stating the material is crosslink poly. Can anyone shed some light on this. Butch...

Well, my wife backed into a tree and broke the left drivers side taillight lense. I went on the internet to see if I could find one at a fiar price, and the price range was from $250 and up. Found a websight that had slightly scuffed new OEM one's for $24.95, left side only, I was in luck, and...

This is my thoughts on reducing the price at the pumps. Have the government to build their own refineries, both here and in Mexico. We still buy the crude at the current high prices and refine it and sell it at the cost to buy and refine it, no profit. The government makes no profit. As a result...

On occasion when I turn on my ignition key the fuel pump doesn't start running immediately, may take a second before it starts. Is this a normal occurence? It works fine and has never left me and I just never did pay attention to notice this before. It doesn't do this every time, just some time...

I know that Allison's were used in the past in the Mod VP racing and I am wondering how fast can one of these boats go and make a full rack turn? I have an XB2002/280 and I have run 50 and made a full left and also a full right hand turn, and it will throw the rear seat passenger out if you...

Has anyoue tightened up the nuts on their water pump housing and had the housing plastic to break down and start crushing under one of the nuts? Looks like it is happening to me and I will have to replace the upper housing. Didn't overtighten it, used a torque wrench and torqued to 50 inch...

Bought a pair of Maxon 2 way FM radios with headsets, voice activated, to use with my passenger in an Allison XB2002, and they work fine as long as the motor isn't running. What can I do to make them work? They seen like the perfect solution to talking to passenger, but it looks like the high...

I am interested in mounting a graph type GPS on my XB2002, and as usual I have more questions than answers. I want something with a big screen so that these old eyes of mine have no problem reading it, and I would like to know what is a good way of mounting it? Last, who sells these units at a...

I have a real 26" lightning ET prop that I plan to sell soon and it is in A #1 shape, perfect. What is a good asking price. I want to be fair but I also do not want to cut myself short. Butch Leslie

So many people, myself included, always have questions about problems with our outboards. I finally got off of the money, about $75.00, and purchased a factory service manual for my 2.5/280. This manual has a trouble shooting section for everything on this engine with solutions. I would...

When Allison hulls are being made is clear resin sprayed into the mold first, or is the clear coat eliminated and only colored resin used in the mold first. Butch Leslie

I just completed cleaning my carpet in my '92 XB2002, and It looks almost as good as brand new. All I did was use a little 1500# pressure washer on it. It is amazing how clean it is, and it fluffed up like new. I started using this last year and could kick myself for not trying it sooner...

I know that no one likes to drill holes in their cavitation plate to attach this allison plate, it voids the warranty. Has anyone tried to glue it on with epoxy or another type of glue? The foil is attached under the cavitation plate so all of the force should be upward towards the cavitation...

Just curious, never bought the service manual as of yet, what is the schrader valve for on the fuel rail of a 2.5/280? Butch Leslie

I have always used my livewell to store soft drinks, and I never fished out of my boat. I think that I will fish this year, and I don't know how to work the livewell. What does the pump and recirculate switches do. I have an idea, but not sure. If I use recirculate, do I put the valve in the...

OK, we all know how many gallons we burn in an hour, but in order to tell how many miles per gallon we get we need a GPS with the mileage feature, and unfortunately mine does not have this feature. What would be considered a good MPG with lets say a 225, a 260 and a 280 Mercury, and at what RPM...

I recently bought one of those twist lock plugs with 2 wires coming off of it to use to charge both troling motor batteries at one time. It requires you to plug it into the receptacle on the bow that you normally have your troling motor plugged into, and to attach your charger wires to each of...

I have always noticed this little push button in the starboard rear storage compartment and never could tell what it is there for. Is this the reset switch that some say they have to stand on their head to find on some Allison models? What does it control? On my 1992 XB2002 it is eaisy to...