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    1973 AQ170 with no water thru-flow

    Last time i had it running was about 4 weeks ago on muffs in the driveway and water was flowing through and out the exhaust. Today I fired it up again in the driveway in prep for an evening ride this week. Good thing I did because now I do not get water flowing through. I checked the impeller...
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    1973 AQ170 will not turn over. Not even a click at the starter.

    I had no problem with with last year, but this year I can't even get a click at the starter. I had the starter out and tested to be bad, so I have a new one in, but the exact same problem. Over the winter I had the head off for rebuild. The only thing I touched with the electrical system was to...
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    Trouble setting valve lash on AQ170

    I've just had my head planed with new seats and the valves ground. I'm trying to set my valves following the instructions in the Workshop Manual from alcanboats.com. The instruction is as follows for the 6-Cyl engine: "When the piston No. 1 cylinder is at TDC (the compression stroke), valves...
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    '73 Volvo Penta AQ170 wants to stall when first shifted into gear (for or rev)

    First off, THANK YOU for being available and being a great information source for me leading up to our purchase. Nearly every Google search included an iBoats result that was useful! The boat we ended up purchasing is a 1973 Glastron Swinger V187 with a Volvo Penta AQ170. Boat and trailer are...
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