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  1. timg19

    gimbal bellhousing torque maintenance

    I just pulled my boat out of storage and I'm performing some regular maintenance on it. I read in the owners manual that the gimbal bell-housing bolt torque should be checked every year (should be 50 - 55lbs). When I checked, one was at 30lbs and the other was 25lbs (my wrench is good, I checked...
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    Small leak when outdrive is up

    Tonight I notice a very small amount of water in the bilge and could hear a trickle of water. I had the outdrive way up in the trailering position. I put the drive all the way down and it stopped. Any ideas? Just bought the boat a month ago from a marina. Has a alpha 1 gen 2 outdrive and...
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    How To Tune Your Prop

    I just purchased a 2003 Rinker Captiva 192 - Mercury 4.3 MPI 220 HP. I'm finding the recommend RPM for my engine is 4800. We had it out this past weekend and if my memory serves me correctly, my RPM at WOT was around 6000 - 6500! Speed was 38 mph via GPS (speedometer gage was not working)...
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    Painting 70hp Johnson outboard

    Will be documenting my process of re-painting my outboard. First question, any thoughts on if I should take it off my boat or not. From what I have seen it looks like it might be difficult, but I think it might benefit from being removed. Second, any thing I should disassemble that isn't...
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    Help With Above Water Line Paint and Detailing

    Hey all! I just bought my first boat this summer (2011) and have been reading this forum since then, really appreciate all the information! First things first, here is my boat info: 1979 Thundercraft Titan 70 HP Johnson Boat and engine are in great condition, just had it out and was...
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