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    water inlet for speedo

    OK, am I just blind or what? I've got a '99 Johnson 225HO pushing a Renagade 20 and I be Damned if I can find a water pickup for the speedo. Tube or "hose" visable on the front of LU goes into a solid fitting, no holes that I can find???
    Jeff Priest (one of original six)
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    Re: water inlet for speedo (RENAGADE 20)

    Mine was on the starboard side of the engine, down low in the pan, towards the back.



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    Re: water inlet for speedo (Lockjaw)

    Look on the bullet of the nose cone. That's where they put em on the lightnings.

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    Re: water inlet for speedo (ChampioNman)

    Thanks guys I'll clean my glasses and look again
    Jeff Priest (one of original six)
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    Re: water inlet for speedo (ChampioNman)

    How precise are those water-speedos? I got my boat out for the first time yesterday. Got a top speed of something like 62-63 mph (the speedo stops at 60).
    -08 150 HO with a Raker II 22". 5400 rpm.

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    Re: water inlet for speedo (torew)

    Subract 10-15%. GPS is the true humbler.

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