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    Shearing Crank Key in Old 'Rude Twin?

    I have a nice old 1968 40HP Evinrude with selectric shift, model 40872D. I got her with the key sheared, and points installed wrong. Fixed that.. She ran ok in the bucket, then sheared. I put in a hardened key and she ran great....but I made a mark across the crank to flywheel...she's still...
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    1968 Evinrude 40HP Selectric Shift Won't hold in gear

    I have a nice old 1968 40H Rude with selectric shift, model 40872D. It won't hold in gear anything above 1/2 throttle. I looked on BRP's site, and most parts are available, but the ones I suspect are around $200 each....What should I be looking for and is there ways to troubleshoot it before...
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    Can't a man have lunch in peace !

    Re: Can't a man have lunch in peace ! Please sir! May I have more?! got this one from an auto wrecker and she is now spoiled and a pest!!!
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    4.3L Overheat?

    So, this is new to me. boat started randomly chirping the overheat alarm to me. Changed the thermostat, no change. So, I checked a few things. when the boat is running, there is a nice, solid flow of cold water from the leg (raw water) pump. I can blow through the lines to the manifolds...
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    Boat matches truck? Max Cool or Douchery?

    I have a Blue 2012 Ford SVT Raptor with the bed decals. Stock interwebz photo My 98 Sea Ray is also mostly Blue. I was thinking of painting the trailer black, getting similar rims, then getting a wrap so the boat resembles the truck...What is the general consensus of that? Max Cool Factor...
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    Sicamous/Shushwap..?

    Headed to Sicamous to plop the new(to me) Sea Ray into the Shuswap for a few days....anything I should see or avoid whilest down here?
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    4bbl Swap

    So, bought a new to me boat, was freeze damaged, and I'm replacing the long block. Whilst I'm in there, i want to swap to a 4bbl intake....from the merc 2bbl. It's a 4.3L, 1998. What all is needed, aside from the obvious carb, and intake....throttle brackets? Linkages? Any boat salvage...
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    Anyone Buy from "Canada Engines" in Surrey?

    Bought a boat, motor is freeze damaged. found a rebuilder who will set me up with a marine spec 4.3L for $2150 Anyone ever use their engines?
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    New (to me) Ray...=Ghey.

    So, had a nice 1995 Signature 180, with a 4bbl, ran mint, had all the problem spots done. Saw a 1998 Sig 190, blue, to match my ford Raptor....1ft wider, 1 ft longer, fuel door on proper side...tandem trailer, pretty...snap in carpet....bought it! Test ran tonight...ran mint..then when going...
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    My SHT. :( not too bad this time..

    So, my first SHT in 09 when I first got her, which led me to iboats.... and now my other. Doing spring maintenance, had my oil filter and fuel separator sitting waiting to be installed....I went ahead and pre filled my oil filter with oil....only, it wasn't my oil filter. it was my separator...
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    Exhaust Manifolds...

    So since i've owned my Sea Ray, there's been a crack in the starboard manifold...it's gotten worse over the years...water pouring into my bilge...I had it welded but no luck. I'm assuming there was a freeze involved with a previous owner, as the port side is a jobber.... So, Now, do I risk the...
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    The Guy who..

    The guy who turned me to iBoats, and basically, fixed my Sea Ray's leg and built all the "special" tools to fix it,.... was buried today. he was 32. 2 years older than me. Young people shouldn't get sick and die.... If you're the praying type......keep him in them...
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    Roswell Area 52 Tower install...

    Anyone done one? any tips or hints? or is this best left to the pros? It's going on a 1996 Sea Ray BR 180
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    Running very rich...

    1995 Mercruiser 180LX, OF294870 Running so rich, that the boat is smoking at idle. My transom is black. This just started this year. (had a pile of young kids with me, so didn't want to pop open the cowl and start digging around, but) when I got home i made sure there was nothing plugging the...
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    Need some advice on 35hp Chrysler

    Here's the scoop - A friend picked up a 60/70's runabout, with a 35hp Chrysler. It wanted to spin the prop all the time, even though it IS a F-N-R model. it was just really tight. Got it to run, and it runs great. but it's always turning.. Pulled the lower off, and it was rusted to hell...
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    1995 BR180 Wakeboard tower install

    Anyone put, or have a tower on a 1995 BR180? I'd like to see where you put it, and how it looks before I fire this Area 52 onto mine and drill holes. Thanks!
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    Alignment question

    So, after an unfortunate incident last summer, I did major repairs on my boat. Gimbal ring, Bearing, steering arm, lower leg, blah blah (http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=340328) I finally decided to check the alignment...and, as one would expect, WAY out. To get it close to...
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    Red Green Show - I think I understand now..

    Ok, so, living in Canada, I CANNOT FATHOM how the Red Green show stayed on the air so long... I think I understand now....Just like Nickelback, Celine Dion, and Moosehead Beer, Canadians cannot stand it....But, somehow, our neighbours south of the border enjoy it....I can't read iBoats one day...
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    No Rudeness intended, but...

    Why are the "Force" motors considered junk? I own a boat, repair my own boat,(merc 4.3L) so to my friends, I'm a boat GOD!!! I've read on here, to avoid the Force motors. Why? I understand why to tell them to avoid the OMC's, but why the force?
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    In dash mounted Depth or fish finder?

    Ok, so I have an old Sea Ray, (1996) and I want to stop hitting my poor aluminum prop into the northern Alberta mud. Our lakes here are getting shallower and shallower, to the point that some are now closed, and others are so shallow, if you don't hit the 'channel' they've dredged just right...
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