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    Dude where's my Bearing Carrier

    anyone have an extra bearing carrier for a 1965-35hp chrysler sea king?? I took my lower unit halves and the bearing carrier to a friend of my boss. This friend owns a metals fab shop and I figured that if anyone could romove a snapped in-two stud and a fouled up oil-seal this guy was the...
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    Lower Unit dissassembly Chrystler 35hp 66 built

    Last night I removed my lower unit in the attempt to hunt down a leaky seal and to inspect the impeller. Great news! Impeller looks brand spanking new!<br /><br />I cannot seem to remove the lower half of the lower unit to inspect the gears :( . There appears to be only 2 studs that hold...
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    Impeller bits and pieces?

    I was looking through my Seloc manual for my 65' Chrysler 35hp Sea King. I decided to go out and familiarize myself a little better with my motor after the review. I have been having problems with forward power and was reading up on timing and coil information. I was checking out the hose...
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    posting pictures?

    Can anyone tell me how I might be able to post pics here with out having my own web page to link to?
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    Running Code 3

    Last Thursday the Wife and I took a day out and went to go fishing. Everything was going great. We put in and off we went. I got about 1/3 the way out across the river then I lost almost all forward power. I made it back to the ramp at idle speed. So there I sat in waste deep water looking...
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    Lost almost all foward power - 35hp chrysler

    took the boat out last thursday. got it in the water and went to head out. it started to climb up to speed but at about half way there it seemed that the throttle would not open any more just below half speed. I had it pegged to! I knew something was wrong so i went back to the ramp by the...
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    1965 Crysler Sea King, 35hp

    2 weeks ago I had my boat out and was totally stoked that I had fixed my lack of reverse and could now actaully put in with out the circus act. Now on the 12th I decided that it was time to drain the lower unit and replace the lube. I did that and it went well. Last Thursday I took it out and...
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    40 Days & 40 nights?

    Last night I returned home at about 6:30 pm. it was raing like heck.....so much that it looked foggy. I could hardly hear the T.V. because it was raining so hard. It continued to rain even as I turned in to go to sleep around 11:30 pm. I woke a couple of times through out the evening to find...
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    Look before you leap.

    I was hanging out with a friend on Memorial Day and he wanted to go get some tackle. We drove down to the local sporting good store. while he was looking at sharp , pokey thing that smell bad I went down stairs to where all the boating stuff is and was talking to the dude behind counter about...
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    Look before you leap.

    I was hanging out with a friend on Memorial Day and he wanted to go get some tackle. We drove down to the local sporting good store. while he was looking at sharp , pokey thing that smell bad I went down stairs to where all the boating stuff is and was talking to the dude behind counter about...
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    Beer.....bEER.....BBEREEEREREEER

    Not too long ago my boss cut almost every body in the office becasue times are tough and no one wants to pay anymore for the work that we do. I was talking to a co-worker a while back and discovered that we both had a common interest....We both like to make out own beer. Well now that we have...
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    Old, hazy windshield

    Hey all!<br /><br />If anyone knows how to clear up a foggy, weather-aged plexiglass windshield ......I am open for discussion. I put my greasey hands on it one time and noticed that the hand print was easier to see through than other spots. Maybe I could wipe er' down with some WD-40 or maybe...
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    Just hi!

    I have not made a post in a long time...last was A dream sequence theme.<br /><br />Anyway I just wanted to say hi......So HI!<br /><br /> :p
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    "I had a dream........."

    Okay....someone tell me if this is normal.<br />My wife and I bought a bought in the middle of last Sept. We took this boat with us on our 2nd annual Snake River camping trip at the months end. Everything was great! In early Oct. we took the boat out locally to go fishing a few more times...
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    Wards Sea King 35 hp - No reverse

    I am very new to the boating experience. So any advice that anyone has is going to be much appreciated. Thank you<br /><br />The boat that I have recently purchased has a 35 hp Wards Sea King outboard on it. I am guessing the the year of manufacturing at about 1965-70. At this time I do not...
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