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    Engine overheating randomly

    Hello all, I'm assisting my father in law with his boat and have run across an issue that has stumped us. Here are the boat details. It's a 1984 Anna Capri 24ft. It has the Volvo Penta outdrive with a GM 350 engine. The cooling setup is the engine is a closed loop, cooled with fresh...
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    1984 Wellcraft 180 Shifter/throttle question

    Ok, I have a really dumb question, but I need to ask anyway. I'm sure many other 80's model boats are similar so this isn't just for Wellcraft owners. I purchased my Wellcraft 180 American a few months ago, and have just today taken the time to tune it up and replace some parts. I started the...
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    I have little to no water circulation, and question?

    Ok, so I posted a few weeks ago about buying a boat and wondering where to start. Here is the link if you care to read, http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=294633 Anyway, bought the boat knowing that it was overheating and the previous owner thought it may have spun a bearing or...
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    Where to look first?

    Hello all, new poster here. I just purchased a new to me boat today. The seller told me that back in September it started overheating while he was fishing and while he was limping back to the ramp he thinks he spun a bearing. He didn't really go into detail on why he thought that or exactly...
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