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  1. Figz

    1982 Checkmate Sportfire Questions

    Thanks for the info! I will take a look at that. To be honest, I think a strap would be nice just as something to hold on to. A few passengers have commented to me about the lack of an "oh-shit" handle, for lack of a better word! :rof:
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    Had the Sportfire out today!

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    Had the Sportfire out today!

    Took it out to sea trial the fuel fix…it didn’t work. A passenger still has to pump the primer bulb so as to keep fuel in the engine or it will die. Also took it out to go watch the log canoe races…waves got rough, and the team I like to watch capsized early.
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    Pulsare And Challenger

    Haha, #MoparOrNoCar!
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    Saw this Checkmate at my local wharf on the Eastern Shore of MD today

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    1982 Checkmate Sportfire Questions

    Does anyone have a good website or know a place where I can find a replacement grab handle for the passenger side? I was looking at Amazon, but I am not a big fan of how cheap they all seem. The mounting holes are still there in the dash from where the old one used to be.
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    1989 Mercury BlackMax 135HP Questions

    All of the wiring on the back of the gauges are daisychained together and have one power and one ground going to them until they go back to the wiring harness, which supplies a ground and power. My wiring goes from the harness to the RPM gauge to the temperature gauge to the fuel gauge to the...
  9. Figz

    1989 Mercury BlackMax 135HP Questions

    Thank you for the reply. I have been troubleshooting this issue for about a month and a half now maybe more and it is very frustrating. At first, when I got my new gauges all the gauges were working except the trim gauge which was known to be inoperable now all the gauges have slowly died and...
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    It's been a while

    That is a beautiful boat + trailer! I love the hubcaps (y)
  11. Figz

    1989 Mercury BlackMax 135HP Questions

    Gauge Update: Working: Temperature Speedometer Fuel Not Working: RPM Trim After receiving a NOS Mercury Quicksilver RPM gauge and installing it into the boat, on the first click of the key when the engine was cranking, the gauge was reading RPM. However, the gauge only worked for that...
  12. Figz

    New Member, Long Time Boater, About to Buy an Exciter or Similar

    Welcome to the forums, Dan! I do not know much about Exciters, but I would ensure the hull is in good shape and not cracked in the transom, especially since the boat is a 1988 model. I have an 82 Sportfire, and it needed its transom rebuilt after 20 years of good use. This is always an...
  13. Figz

    1989 Mercury BlackMax 135HP Questions

    Thanks for the reply! Since the last update, I replaced the fuel sending unit in the tank and the fuel gauge is now reading properly. I have an RPM gauge on order and the trim gauge. I guess I might just need to get a new sensor. Are the sensors known to go bad? Right now as gauges are going...
  14. Figz

    1989 Mercury BlackMax 135HP Questions

    Now that the boat has been out a couple times, some of the gauges are either failing or are not working. The boat HAS been sitting for 26 years, could the gauges just be going bad from putting them back in service after being idle for so long? A new temperature gauge was purchased and it is...
  15. Figz

    1982 Checkmate Sportfire Restoration

    A light 30MPH, nothing crazy. I am ordering a new temperature gauge as the one that I have is faulty. I also might need to order a new trim sending unit because the gauge works, so it must be the wire or the unit. I’m still looking for a new or used transducer/chart plotter as well as the one...
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