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    Tooned In

    Just a few of my rig, I had it done a year ago and was to busy on the water with her to get on and post pics. let me know what you think
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    omc outdrive 232amftc

    Morning guys, Saturday night I re installed my lower unit and filled it with oil, I came to my shop today and noticed a very large puddle of oil under the drive. It appears that the oil is coming from inside the cavity in from of the prop where the prop shaft comes out of the unit. I took the...
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    anode

    I am curious if anyone has ever/read about possibly taking there anodes of there drives and running them through a light sand blast just to remove the build up. would that return the anode to somewhat of a new condition exposing the new material?
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    gauges and senders

    I am curious what the best way to go about verifying that the senders in my electical system are compatable with a certain gauge set that I like? is there a standard sender for certain things. 232amftc 2.3l ford omc cobra is this going to be compatable with this set? Teleflex Mercury Volvo...
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    volume control

    I am looking to have a few different sets of speakers on my ship located a great distance from each other. what I am trying to do is have the head unit volume turned up a little ways from max volume and then have separate volume controls for each zone. each volume control for there zone will be...
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    1987 trim sender

    Well after a quick look at the thread below I grabbed a really sharp knife and started to tear out the epoxy inside my junk (only junk cause wires broke off at the sender)..... I got her dug out of there and tested it with a meter........ needless to say the meter was ALL over the place....I...
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    fuel fill location

    1987 harris 30ft pontoon I/O 2.3l ford omc, I have a flip up sundeck at the stern section of my boat that acts as the top of the engine compartment. I am curious on the "legal" side of a fuel fill location. can I put the fuel fill under the sundeck "hood/hatch" or does it have to be on the...
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    nav/anchor lights and washdown pump

    Just getting ready to purchase a few more items...... that being said anyone want to chime in on nav/anchor light brands they would purchase again or really like ? I am pretty sure I will be going with LED but I am unsure about the brand. also going to install a wash down pump for washing the...
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    1987 232amftc proper coupler maintenance

    i am curious as far as keeping the "coupler" it self greased is there any good info anyone has stored on how and where to grease I have checked and greased the gimbal bearing and it seems good (tight when tried to move by hand and no extra noise when driving) I plan to check alignment before I...
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    blue sea master/ acr isolation switch setup

    I have been slightly tickling my brains cells about some of the electronics that I plan on running on my ship. Throughout my thought process I started with the main pos/neg cables from engine. I plan on using a combined blue sea switch for my master power. I will be running two battery banks...
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    Do not remove this Bolt

    afternoon folks, I recently purchased a 28 ft harris with 2.3l ford OMC Cobra serial# 232amftc 1987 I have read many posts that tell people not to remove a decal on the side of the drive and take out the bolt behind said decal......... I did not remove the bolt but I noticed that decal was...
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    internal cleaning of outdrive

    232amftc 1987 2.3l cobra I drained my lower unit of oil and plan on doing a pressure test tomorrow,(very nasty oil/water came out) I am wondering if there is a way to (douche) clean out the drive. maybe flush new oil through the drive? thanks for all the help
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    1987 Harris 280 heritage

    Well here she is in all her glory, the day I went and bought her had to scrap all furniture (rebuild) bottoms of the base all rotted, so I wedged her in the shop and started to massage every inch (im the one behind the wheel)
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    Does this look right?

    I just bought this boat in june so I don't have any background on the drive 232AMFTC 1987 2.3L OMC Dropped the lube out of the drive today and is was thick as molasses, really green goo the first 10 mins then eventually it turned black, I also pulled the top cover off the drive and looked at...
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    How far to go ?

    2.3l 232AMFTC I have completely torn down my 28ft pontoon and have a lot of good access to the engine compartment. so this leads to my question of how far to go....... I have been looking around on the engine and wiring harness and noticing a few things that could use a little TLC to make...
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    electric thoughts

    I have been in the process of completely re-wiring my 1987 28ft harris flote boat. I need a little help with a couple decisions and thanks for the input in advance.... 1) I am need of a good stereo with speakers.... everything I have found online appears to be junk....a little direction in the...
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    mounting a few things

    Hey Guys and Gals, Trying to figure out through out my build where to mount my ducer for my finder/sonar/nav also a place to put my pickup screen and feed line for my wash down/live well/bait tank pickup. unfortunately I don't have a bracket that's welded on one of the toons for ducer....... I...
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    2.3l ford top of dipstick

    I pulled an oil sample out of my dipstick tube the other day and had it tested, (I work for a cat dealer so it was 8$ and really easy) I noticed on top of the dipstick tube it had an threaded adapter fixed right to the end. I am not trying to sound stupid but is this threaded piece where I would...
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    LOG condition after cleaning

    set out this past Saturday morning to clean up the logs before I started to install the new decking. here are a few pics of the condition they are in...... I was some what happy with the way they cleaned up but not real happy with the shape that the aluminum is in under what I scrubbed off with...
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    2 things?

    Testing toons ? I put plugs in the top holes on the toon and plan on putting a little compressed air into them to test if the have any leaks. How much pressure should be used? 24" by 28ft long also when I tap on them it sounds very hollow and almost "thin" or weak? can toons over time become...
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