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    Tooned In

    Just a few of my rig, I had it done a year ago and was to busy on the water with her to get on and post pics. let me know what you think
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    omc outdrive 232amftc

    Morning guys, Saturday night I re installed my lower unit and filled it with oil, I came to my shop today and noticed a very large puddle of oil under the drive. It appears that the oil is coming from inside the cavity in from of the prop where the prop shaft comes out of the unit. I took the...
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    anode

    I am curious if anyone has ever/read about possibly taking there anodes of there drives and running them through a light sand blast just to remove the build up. would that return the anode to somewhat of a new condition exposing the new material?
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    gauges and senders

    I am curious what the best way to go about verifying that the senders in my electical system are compatable with a certain gauge set that I like? is there a standard sender for certain things. 232amftc 2.3l ford omc cobra is this going to be compatable with this set? Teleflex Mercury Volvo...
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    volume control

    I am looking to have a few different sets of speakers on my ship located a great distance from each other. what I am trying to do is have the head unit volume turned up a little ways from max volume and then have separate volume controls for each zone. each volume control for there zone will be...
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    1987 trim sender

    Re: 1987 trim sender I need to little blue diode? resistor? thingamabobbie? in the top. I picked up one at radio shack that was one size smaller than the one on this one
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    1987 trim sender

    Well after a quick look at the thread below I grabbed a really sharp knife and started to tear out the epoxy inside my junk (only junk cause wires broke off at the sender)..... I got her dug out of there and tested it with a meter........ needless to say the meter was ALL over the place....I...
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    fuel fill location

    1987 harris 30ft pontoon I/O 2.3l ford omc, I have a flip up sundeck at the stern section of my boat that acts as the top of the engine compartment. I am curious on the "legal" side of a fuel fill location. can I put the fuel fill under the sundeck "hood/hatch" or does it have to be on the...
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    nav/anchor lights and washdown pump

    Just getting ready to purchase a few more items...... that being said anyone want to chime in on nav/anchor light brands they would purchase again or really like ? I am pretty sure I will be going with LED but I am unsure about the brand. also going to install a wash down pump for washing the...
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    1987 232amftc proper coupler maintenance

    i am curious as far as keeping the "coupler" it self greased is there any good info anyone has stored on how and where to grease I have checked and greased the gimbal bearing and it seems good (tight when tried to move by hand and no extra noise when driving) I plan to check alignment before I...
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    blue sea master/ acr isolation switch setup

    I have been slightly tickling my brains cells about some of the electronics that I plan on running on my ship. Throughout my thought process I started with the main pos/neg cables from engine. I plan on using a combined blue sea switch for my master power. I will be running two battery banks...
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    Do not remove this Bolt

    Re: Do not remove this Bolt just to be alot more specific..... in this picture it is the bolt that has the big "NEVER REMOVE THIS PLUG" around it......hense my concern for the marks on the head....if it has been removed now what lol?
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    Do not remove this Bolt

    afternoon folks, I recently purchased a 28 ft harris with 2.3l ford OMC Cobra serial# 232amftc 1987 I have read many posts that tell people not to remove a decal on the side of the drive and take out the bolt behind said decal......... I did not remove the bolt but I noticed that decal was...
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    internal cleaning of outdrive

    232amftc 1987 2.3l cobra I drained my lower unit of oil and plan on doing a pressure test tomorrow,(very nasty oil/water came out) I am wondering if there is a way to (douche) clean out the drive. maybe flush new oil through the drive? thanks for all the help
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    1987 Harris 280 heritage

    Re: 1987 Harris 280 heritage new flooring and its current condition having starter and alternator rebuilt, cant really put much of it back together until I get those back on the engine and all my engine wiring done because the access I have to the engine. I really don't want to jam my big self...
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