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    1986 Chevy Sub 4 Barrle qjet rochester

    I had my carb rebuilt the other day and went to put it on yesterday. When I disassembled the carb I took pictures with the camera well my wife formatted the camera card with my pics. So Now I am kind of left in the dark with were my vaccumm lines go. Is there a diagram on the great wide net that...
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    Bears Fans!

    What do you think they should do now? Should Lovie keep Rex in or do you think it is time to pull the plug on the first round draft pick from Florida? I support my Bears through thick and thin but there comes a time where you need to make a decision on whether we want to win or lose. If we had...
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    Distributer gear.

    My distributer gear broke yesterday. I got a big back fire then nothing. Do I need to pull the head and look for tuliped valves? What should I do to check to see why this happened? The gear is shearded completely on one side. I am at a lose here what would cause such a thing? Thanks in advance.
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    First Wheelie!

    My oldest son "4" pulled his first wheelie the other day. My father and I have been racing quads now for about 10 years. He has since retired and no longer races but still rides. He now owns a few scramblers, which I always make fun of him for. Well we were out at his house and my son asked my...
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    I Hate Stupid Boaters!!!!!

    Where to start. We got out on the lake at about 4PM yesterday. Went up river a little ways where we always tube because there are not any docks anywhere so our wake will not hurt anything. We pull out of the channel quit a bit so that we did not affect the traffic flow. So we sat there a few...
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    Getting on plane

    OK. I read a lot of threads degrading the "WhaleTail". I took mine off and noticed that it did help with the steering and what not. But now I have a hard time planning and purposing. When I go to plane out I trim all the way down. With two people on it planes right out, with 4 people I have to...
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    Fuel Pump

    I have a question regarding my fuel pump. We were out yesterday and I noticed a strong gas smell. I opened the engine hatch and seen a lot of gas dripping from the fuel pump. I could not locate the origin of the leak. I left the hatch off and went for the dock. My pump does not have the hose...
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    Do I have trim issues too?

    I have been reading in a couple posts about some trim issues. I will describe the best I can. I have the trim buttons on the dashboard. I have 3 buttons running straight down and from top to bottom it says: UP UP OUT IN. Now when I press the "IN" button it goes down. Then when I want to bring...
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    Need a little help with timming marks.

    Ok. My marks are very worn and I know they go in 2 degree increments I can see the lines but want to make sure that I am actually 8 degrees BTDC. Here is a picture hopefully. I think that BTDC is on the left when looking straight on at the engine and ATDC is on the right am I correct?
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    1985 Surburban issues

    I have a 1985 Chevy suburban with the 5.7L 350. I was on my way to work and all of a sudden I lost all power, it would start back up in natural while rolling then die again. It finally would not start. I checked to see if I was getting gas to the carb and I could not see our here the...
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    Voltmeter question

    1972-73 mercruiser 4 cylinder with a merc one outdrive. I went out yesterday on the boat and notice the my volt meter was pegged all the way to the right. If I idle back down to idle it would go back to where it is supposed to go but once I got back up to plane, it would shoot back up again. I...
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    Trim bolt gone!!

    Hello again everyone. I was wondering where would be the best place to get all the parts for the bolt that holds the trim cylinders to the bell housing (transom) This is for my 1973 140 mercruiser with the Merc 1 drive. We where out last night just putin around and did not notice it was gone...
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    timing tab unreadable

    Can any one give me a correct picture of the timing tab for a 1973 mercruiser 4cyl 181 CI. Mine is very unreadable and I would like to check the timing. Thanks.
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    Yet another issue

    Well I have just recently repaired a crack in my block (Yes It was winterized) that has been there for a while on the carb side right by the soft plugs. When I found this crack I checked the engine oil and it was perfect, almost like the day it went in. Well I ran the boat on muffs yesterday to...
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    Did I do this right ?

    I was taking out all the seats and stuff in my boat so my wife can reupholster them, when I found a crack in my block. This is a 1973 gm 3.0 inline 4. I noticed water rust marks running down the block. I got down there and looked and seen the crack. I ran my finger across it and it seeped just a...
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    Just a quick ?

    Is my drive a pre-alpha, MR, or Alpha. Serial # is 3512779. I have the clymers manual, I know big piece of *#&$@ but it was free and it actually helped a little. Thanks guys.
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    Lost RPMS

    This is a 1973 reinnell with a 2.3L gm motor. The boat was running great all day until we were heading back to the dock. We were cruising along at about 4,500 rpms and then suddenly we felt the boat hesitate a little and the rpms dropped to about 3,500. We made it back to the dock but the boat...
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    Shifting issues

    I am having a few issues with shifting back into neutral while in gears. This is a 1973 mercruiser 140 with the pre alpha drive or mr drive. Here is what I have for you all. When I shift into gear there is no problem but when I got back to neutral of reverse it is so hard that I actually broke...
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    Starting issues

    I have been experincing intermitent starting issues. I have a 2.3L mercruiser 140hp 1973. It starts up great and runs great. But after about an hour of playing around on the tube or wakeboard or just riding around in general it has trouble starting. If I set floating with the engine off for more...
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    Son left the key on what

    Could I expect from the coil. My 3 year old son loves working on the boat with me and surpringly he is rather good at getting tools for me. They other thing he is good at is turning switches and pushing buttons. Usally I check everything before I get out of the boat to make sure that all...
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