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    81 wellcraft 25' cuddy...full restore

    First I would like to say thank you to all the marine mechanics out there that take the time to answer all the questions us diy'ers have. I have almost made it through the whole project and have found all i needed in the forums already answerd, thank you all so much. I have an 81, 26'...
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    mercruiser260 seized....motor swap

    I have an 81 mercruiser 260 in a 25ft wellcraft I got this winter. Started messing with it and motor is locked, got to reading on here to find out they are just a 350 block I went and bought a rolling longblock set up out of an 83 chevy pick up that had 4wd started unbolting everything to swap...
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    64 sea king ignition help

    Ok well my johnson disapeared off my boat this weekend while i was gone and now im stuck with this old sea king with no fire, i have read the other posts and found a few places to buy coils, condensers, and points, so my question is where do i start i determining the fault of my problem? So far...
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    evening catfishing in the dog days

    Hello all, Im fairley new to fishing, wasnt a big past time of my family's, I bass fish ponds all the time aand now thanks to all the wonderful people here i have my boat ready to go and dont know what to do. My plan is i have four pole holders on the boat i was going to rig each one with a...
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    71 johnson 6hp t-stat

    i just replaced the water pump on this lil motor and run it in a barrel for a few barely have any tell-tell and got hot in just a few min. i know it has a tstat so my question is will it harm the motor if i remove the stat and use the boat for a few days(on vacation not at home) till i can get...
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    64 sea king

    Not sure what i really have here would post pics if i could but........... i aquired this through a friend for an educatad opinion on the agreement that i cound use it when ever i wanted it with more projects to come possibely, not a lot of onfo avail on motor. i got it home opend the hood the...
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    1968 supercraft paint job

    I have a 68 model super craft I recently purchased a lil of nothing and am wondering how to go about painting it. It being a 68 model the original color is an ugly green that has been painted over a couple of times with diffrent colors over the years but the kicker is the last owner used a latex...
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    65 hp johnson runs good but sounds horrible 73' model

    put it in the lake started up just fine but there was a nasty noise coming from it we didnt even notice till it setteld out for a min. and the power and everything picked up and sounded great then went right back to noisy and a lil sluggish, droped the foot and no obvious damage to the top of...
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    40 hp 402 with a mind all its own

    I am trying to work out an electrical problem on my motor, it will start up and run just fine, idle up just fine, full throttel and idle. After about 20-thirty min i loose all spark for a couple hours till its cold again then it will do it all over again cant seem to figure it out, and where can...
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