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    What type of grease on the driveshaft splines?

    69ESL85 Does it matter?
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    What to do about wet foam and water in hull?

    I've got an old chrysler modified V. It's a project boat that sat outdoors in storage unprotected. It's got the old threaded drain plugs on the back. To start with the bow has a casting deck that opens for storage that was leaking. There's no drain from the storage to the back of the boat. I...
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    What is the O ring on the drive shaft lower unit for?

    Obviously it seals, but what? 6985ESL
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    Is it normal for water to leak from the flange of the lower unit?

    Noticed it today when I raised my motor completely that I had a very small amount of water leaking from the flange. I had just dropped the lower unit to repair my shift solenoids. I was worried I screwed something up. Also my lower unit has several small " weep " holes in it. When I hook it up...
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    1969 85 hydro-electric shift problems, I have the manual

    Engine is stuck in forward. After searching I found the most common problem is the wrong fluid. I drained the fluid (yes it was the wrong fluid) and refilled with type C. No change. Checked resistence on blue shift lead and got 6 ohms. No reading on green lead. With key on checked voltage on...
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    1969 electric shift 85hp not shooting water out the back

    Hi all. I have a shifting problem too, but I searched and will try some things out first. I know with my previous outboards, as long as the engine is running I had 2 steady streams of water jetting from the back. I just bought this boat/motor. Today I started it for the first time and didn't...
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