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    old style log exhaust to king cobra with riser

    Make sure your replacements have the proper riser gaskets. With raw water cooling the water goes into the manifold at one spot, it fills the manifold, goes up the riser, and dumps out with the exhaust. If your new manifolds and risers used to be on a closed cooling system then they'll have a...
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    Pics of your Fiberform boat

    Restoration nearing completion on my 1975 Fiberform Sportsman 21. Original OMC 235 power. Very thankful that the to-do list gets smaller every year!
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    1973 Fiberform Cabin Cruiser Restoration- Please share your opinions(Not Finished)

    Hmm, let's try that again:
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    First Snow!

    Well, that's likely it for boating season up here. I'm going to hold off on full winterization for a couple of weeks but if I'm lucky and it warms up we might get out one more time. I'm already keeping the block and manifolds drained "just in case". All in all, not a bad first season with the...
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    75 OMC 235 low WOT

    Still struggling with the getting the engine running properly. The problem is it doesn't seem to have any top end power and won't go past 2100 RPM. I've read the "low WOT" stickies and the carb troubleshooting page from the service manual but I'm hoping to narrow the cause down before I put it...
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    Set timing without timing light

    Did the tuneup this weekend on my 1975 OMC 235. A buddy was supposed to drop by with his timing light but didn't show. After installing the new ignition parts I set the dwell with a multimeter that reads duty cycle (V8 duty cycle = dwell / 45) and then manually rotated the engine to the 10...
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    1975 21.5 Fiberform Sportsman 'Renewal'

    Re: 1975 21.5 Fiberform Sportsman 'Renewal' Splash!! Put her in the water today for a quick half-hour cruise up and down the river to check things out. I decided against the '10-minutes' plan but still stayed pretty close to the boat launch. Engine ran fair but needs a tune-up for sure...
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    1975 21.5 Fiberform Sportsman 'Renewal'

    I hope it doesn't turn into a full restoration, for now we'll call it a renewal. This cabin cruiser followed me home from my father's place last fall. Its had a long life of adventure and storage, mostly the latter. OMC 235hp electric shift stringer with only 350 hours on the clock. Always...
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