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    Aging fiberglass boat and a strange dream

    I am the proud owner of a 1977 Fiberglass Grew. 200SS. (kind of unknown) a great boat with many many hour on it. I found it in a field with literally shrubs growing inside it. many hour getting back in the water. I had a dream the other night I was launching her for the first time this year...
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    OMC / MERCRUISER frankenstein neutral cutoff switch

    I had a mercruiser inline 6 GM 250 4.3L and replaced it with an OMC inline 6 GM250. There isn't much different between the two engines. The only thing on the boat that is OMC is the engine. All other controls and support hardware is still MERCRUISER. Unfortunately the electrical is different. I...
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    Replacing gimbal bearing NO Grease Zerk! 1977 Grew

    ~~After two long weeks of disassembly. Building the custom tools and picking at my pre-alpha's (1977 Grew) outdrive to replace the gimbal bearing. I've finally removed the old gimbal bearing. The bearing removed was a rounded edge gimbal bearing with a plastic housing which also had a tin layer...
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    Show Us Your Old Boat!

    Re: Show Us Your Old Boat! 1977 20 Foot Grew - inboard GM 165 OMC AKA "The Seven Hundge". Bought the boat for $700. Boat was sitting in a Northern Ontario field. Had many issues, it was un-covered for who knows how long. The first job i did to resotre was remove the trees and shrubs growing...
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    swap inline 6 165 for for 5.0l V8

    Hi All, I have a 77 20" Grew (glass). I have an inline 6 merc gm 165 in there now. For reason that are my own, i want to drop a 5.0litre merc ford into it. I have the new 888 outdrive that matches the V8. I hope to use the existing transome plates and gimble assembly what can i expect to...
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    Help Me Quiet the Dog House

    Hi all, I've recently "renovated" my boat I've done lots of work to it. Newish engine and outdrive - seats - refinished the wood and so on... The dog house has no insulation although it is very quiet compared to last year. I know i can improve by adding an insulation on the inside of my...
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    SOLVED: Engine Turns over when i hit the horn and others

    hi All, i recently had a mercruiser engine replaced with an OMC engine both were Gm 165 inline 6 (from the 70's) Engine looked near indentical When I got it back from the boat place (long story) my boat engine would no longer be turned over with the key - pushing the horn turned the engine over...
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    Merc gm 165 took a cooking and now....

    Hi All, I have a GM 165 inline 6. Last summer i took it for a 500 yard ride while the stern drive impeller was not functioning. Needless to say i over heated the engine. over heated is an understatement, the engine went nuclear! I've since repaired the impeller on got back on the water but...
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